I'm also happy with the change, and I think that has to do with western influences and change of mentality in the youngs. Japan's culture being popular internationally it was about time for them to align with other developped countries.
I’ve seen more incest and pedophilia in Japanese content (stories) than other countries stories but it’s just based on what I’ve seen. Even when I visited some big cities like Tokyo, I see very young people offering themselves for help, which is sad. That’s why I don’t agree with the whole: It’s accepted in their country, who are we to judge?
I think it depends on what I’m seeing…
Welcome and thank you too.
Although we're reading BL with such fictions it's necessary to reminds the ugly reality of certain practices still occuring today in some parts of the world.
20 and 23 years of difference? Yeah, that is a lot. There's really a gap here, in terms of lives and experiences.
This just show how some practices should evolve for the better, especially in case of forced marriages.
I mean to add on, 20-23 year of difference is okay…in my opinion if you’re a fully grown adult.
For example, a 25 year old woman/man can be with someone 20 years her/his age.
Yeah, that occurs in other parts of Earth too, whether the countries are developped or not, infortunately...
A 16 years boy going with a 20 yo woman IS weird to me too, furthermore bc girls in general mature faster than boys. I think a 20 yo woman or man had accumulated much more expériences and built more confidence than a 15-16 yo.
We can even speak about grooming at this age, though depending of maturity and intelligence a 17 can groom a 40 mentally déficient (but I disgress from the topic).
Now, if we want to go in the pathos, a 10 yo boy going with a 6 yo girl is very wrong (but they were such équivalent thing on Tik Tok, I've seen it on YT), and that was the parents doing.
Of course, if they're grown adult and like much more mature people, there's no problem if it's their choice.
Yeah, shota + incest was a thing not so long ago, until they decided to ban it bc of few grave cases involving otakus and mangas authors. I think you know about that too...
For the girls offering their body in exchange of money in Japan, this type of thing occur infortunately elsewhere too. There's new markets with internet, you see, and with the normalisation of prostitution with words such 'sugar babies', 'sugar daddies'... sexual transactions/services don't seem like prostitution to a lot of people nowadays. In the West, we have platforms like OF, 2.0 pimps who pimp teenager girls in hotels etc. The situation is dire, to say the least... And with the growing number of poor people, we'll see more of this trend
Dude it’s kinda crazy to think that reading about illegal age gaps and someone not liking it is because of trauma. Seriously man what the hell. Aside from what others are saying, this is an illegal manga website where we can comment and discuss as we desire. It is precisely what you’re engaging in. My comment was a dissatisfaction with this trope. Just because it’s not me shitting rainbows about the manga doesn’t mean it is not a valid opinion. Criticism and appreciation both occur when one reads something, regardless of whether they are the intended audience. Kindly think upon this.
Agreed.
Teacher x Student where student is the aggressor so that makes the story okay is such a tired trope break it up already. It becomes so apparent writer has a kink for illegal age gap but wants to take away from the grooming allegations by making the younger person desirous of the relationship. It still doesn’t make the situation alright.