• Rampsquatch
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      That was the national law, meanwhile each prefecture had its own higher age already.

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      Which is obviously fucked up.

      The point isn’t if it was “legal”, but instead “ethical”.

      Even if a country allows you to be with a 13yo, it is fucked up.

      He essentially said: "it’s a fine show, no problems, because the relationship was legal! " When referring to a 14yo

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        To me it seemed more like he was explaining why teens and kids are so sexualized in anime in general.

        Because it was the age of consent and enough Japanese anime/manga creators are okay with that enough to put it in pretty much everything