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SeabassDebeste posted...

is rape that common in anime? i guess tbf i haven't heard of a ton of these (and for that matter, maybe they're mostly clustered here at the bottom because of that)

It's more common than it should be imo, but nowhere near as common as my ranking so far would indicate. As you suspected, I'm ranking anime with rape low because I don't like seeing it. In my opinion, rape or sexual assault are too often used for cheap shock value without respecting the magnitude of it or how heavily it would traumatize someone. I have more respect for something like Banana Fish or Eden of the East where it's at least given the weight it deserves. Even then, though, I wish the authors could've used something else. Have the bad guys do something else to show they're evil. Find another way to give a character a tragic backstory. I watch fiction for entertainment, and sexual violence is almost always too real-world serious for me to enjoy.