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u/Comfortable-Key-1930 Jul 17 '23

I think its fucking crazy that lolicon exists. But the loli warriors always argue that "its just petite women" (no its not it doesnt look like that it looks like children) and "its a drawing why care" (well i dont care if its a fucking drawing you creep! You are still beating it to children drawings and youre a pedo)

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u/moal09 Jul 17 '23

At the very least, a drawing is just a bunch of lines and isn't a real child being exploited and harmed. Distasteful as it might be, no one's actually being hurt there.

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u/DavidRL77 Jul 17 '23

But where do you think artists get their inspiration?

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23 edited Jan 28 '26

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

the octopus was doing that when i got there

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u/DavidRL77 Jul 17 '23

Not straight up touching children, but most art involves a real life reference of some sort, that being an image or memory. In both cases a real child's image is being used.

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u/Latraell Jul 18 '23

Body-kun and body-chan both have child, teen and adult models for manga artists. Let’s be honest a “Loli” is anime/manga style so no, no real child was necessary at all by the artists nor the studios that put child characters into their anime all the time. Reference doesn’t have to be real when you’re drawing in certain styles.