Weird way to lead into this…
“maybe like another account said, I should read shounen ai. Will you listen to my conspiracy theory?”
I read that and saw two long paragraphs and said, “oh no. What could she possibly say?”
Basically her conspiracy theory is that a lot of smut stories put a lot of emphasis on sex rather than emotions and long relationships as a way to potentially boost japan’s population by targeting younger, more fertile (i feel gross typing that) readers.
Like it’s a bid to get their 20-40 year olds having more sex so they can have babies and japan’s birth rate wont just continually decline.
The first paragraph was basically about how shounen was booming when japan was going through a tough time bc the primary message in shounen is “Dont Give Up! Fight! Fight!”
But omfg whyd she have to just out of the blue say “Will you listen to my conspiracy theory?”
I got so scared
