IIs being a lolicon pedophilia?

[Anonymous]

I'm 21 and likes 11-15 years old anime girls the legit age in Japan is 13 and plus they just fiction it's not like they're real and let I still get it's not like they're real and let I still get called a pedophile for liking them even tho they're not real and is only fiction and can be any age in my head especially during timeskips.

[jarofawesome]

As someone who grew up with anime middle through highschool I can still relate to the fangirl/fanboy mentality of liking characters even though for all intents and purposes they are technically highschoolers. I'm of the opinion that I've been conditioned to an extent to find these character designs asthetically pleasing, and like you said, they aren't real. The same thing can be true to an extent in real life. I can find a 16-17 year old to be attractive, but I am also able to distinguish that this is real life and that is not okay to engage with. It's also more of a tendency towards a personality type the character portrays than the literal fact that they are a teenager.

Here's the main problem I have with anime "pedophilia" conditioning. Have you ever noticed a pattern for when shows portray highschoolers (or sometimes adults) that, for whatever reason to the audience, a particular character does not appear to be the age they are claim to be? (like everything, there are exceptions, but the pattern is still often enough to be a cliche)

The pattern is that male characters tend to look Older than they actually are, while female characters tend to look Younger than they actually are. Which is why to an extent I feel it is slightly easier to justify being attracted to a 15 year old who looks like they are 21 than it is to justify a 15 year old who looks 9.

https://www.ranker.com/list/anime-characters-who-dont-look-their-age/anna-lindwasser

[jarofawesome]

The young old thing isn't that big of a deal. It makes sense from an evolutionary biology standpoint as women are most generally valued during their late teens and twenties while men gain value with age instead. Again, it's when you start overlapping this youthful appearance with literal child proportions that it becomes disturbing.

[OfDeath]

This is a grey area. I can see it having the potential to be a gateway to actual pedophilia.
This reminds me of something though. I remember once when I was in Sydney, I hired this Japanese hooker who really looked like she was an anime girl.

[EyesOfGod]

Dude they draw '15 year olds' to look like adults in anime. Its just one of two ways for drawers to young 'high school girls' get naked and not be near pedophilia.

[jarofawesome]

There's a difference between being attracted to a "15 year old" who looks like they are 21 and a "15 year old" who looks 9.

[worldscolide]

yeah that makes you a pedo.. and a very sick person.. Please dont breed..

[Asker]

You do realize they're just drawings right? Lol

[worldscolide]

irrelevant.

[Asker]

There's a difference between fiction and reality they're drawings not real kids.

[worldscolide]

Irrelevant

[Zach1457]

Legally it's not. but potientelly a tendency to pedophilia.

[Anonymous]

Sledgehammer to the penis, only solution.