I am sorry to say but whoever created this thread is disingenuous. They cited the work of University of Tokyo Professor Patrick W. Galbraith. Someone who has published several books on lolicon/otaku culture. Many would argue their THE books on anime culture. Galbraith's meta analysis titled "Lolicon： The Reality of ‘Virtual Child Pornography’ in Japan" basically concluded there was no connection between lolicon and pedophilia.
Galbraith argued that concepts are reinterpreted through different cultural lenses. The Japanese molded Lolita Complex to better fit their cultural sensibilities. Which why the evolution of the term primarily led to it being used in the context of fiction.
When the Japanese translation of lolita complex was introduced to Japanese society in 1969, shoujo magazines began popping up the following year. Shoujo primarily focuses on a female audience and tends to use softer art styles when depicting characters. In other words, these shoujo magazines primarily featured youthful looking female protagonists.
Galbraith then discusses the history of these early publications. The thread mentions child pornography was legal during this time and that many of these publications "tried" to public sexually explicit images of minors. But this thread only briefly mentions the public backlash. Galbraith shows quotes from many of these publications and they basically admit the photographs were unpopular with their readers. These publications were inundated with angry letters and they were forced to concede. Even before it was made illegal. The free market, the otaku community overall didn't want CP. It even says in the letters they preferred the shoujo illustrations.
When the 80s rolled around. The term lolicon was basically synonymous with otaku culture and it culminated in a new genre called Bishoujo. Which translates to "
beautiful girl" During this time, you had the lolicon boom which essentially means otaku culture shifted more towards character worship. Anime fans obsessing over cute anime girls.
In other words lolicon is the origin of waifu culture. This extends to ALL anime girls. If you like Asuka from Neon Genesis or Rias from High School DxD, Ryuko from Kill La Kill or Saber from Fate. If you like any number of non-loli anime girls, their existence is all tied to the lolicon boom and the emergence of the bishoujo genre. Because being a lolicon didn't just mean you liked underage female characters. It was used to describe otaku who liked anime girls, Period.
This is just the historical argument. Galbraith interviews a Japanese Psychologist named Saito Tamaki who published the book Beautiful Fighting girl. Does this thread mention Beautiful fighting girl or Saito Tamakis quotes in Galbraiths work? No, because that would conflict with their preconceived conclusions.
Saito Tamaki basically concluded that lolicon was just a subset of ficto-sexuality. An attraction to fictional characters, but with a specific emphasis on the moe (cuteness) aesthetic. He even argues otaku have are far more developed physiologically in certain aspects. Otaku have a very strong sense for what is real and what is not real. They can distinguish between fiction and reality.
So Galbraith concluded lolicon was culturally different from it's western interpretation, that lolicons/otaku are psychologically different from pedophiles and lastly he also argues on the basis of free speech. That illustrating fictional characters does not constitute harm and therefore its abolition would be censorious. Culture, Psychology and Liberty.
This thread mentions Tsutomu Miyazaki, the serial killer and rapist. Who was "wrongly" labelled by the media as an otaku. The Japanese saw otaku as weird and they found thousands of video tapes and books in Miyazaki's room, some of which were anime and manga. It is more accurate to say they wrongly attributed the cause of his behavior to anime and manga. Its basically the same as a conservative saying video games cause violence. What about the tens of thousands of other households who also have video games? They are they not violent serial killer rapists? The media essentially used the label as a convenient scapegoat. Galbraith points this out. The professor also participated in a documentary on YouTube discussing Miyazaki.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2KK0U3gcaE Suffice it to say, Miyazaki is an example of what
[not] lolicon is.
Here's the full documentary called
Contours of lolicon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6qsnjxBLjc
I feel like the thread is missing a lot of important context and is basically ignoring the conclusions of the authors their citing. As for all the lolcows, the lolicon community doesn't like any of them. The only person who is the least cringe is Nuxtaku. He tried to condemn loli in order to fit in with other content creators in his circle. He would remove older thumbnails with cute anime girls in them to erase the evidence. Its ironic seeing him being condemned in a anti-loli thread, the same can be said for Vaush. A socialist retard who likes AI generated horse porn and funnily enough, I recognized the loli artist for one of the illustrations in his folder. "But I didn't know it was a loli" Suuuuuuuuuuuuure you didn't man.
Right-wing figures like Nick fuentes, purposefully exaggerate their rhetoric to get a reaction. They purposefully play into being perceived as racist. But if you have a serious conversation with them, their opinions are a lot more nuanced.
Its the same with lolicons. We are constantly being called pedophiles. Which why a lot lolicons exaggerate their rhetoric and this is gradually assimilated into the culture. This has flown over the head of this threads creator, otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned the artist wholesome orenji. Yes, he used the term "child GF" in his meme . But you got offended over it and that's the point. There is a reason why Blue Archive fans spam the n-word, and shout uuuuuuuoohh cunny, cunny, cunny and type the crying emoji. Their gatekeeping you.
. As some sort of cope, they act like going for ones lower than their age range is somehow immoral when they are just as screwed in the head.
