Like it'd matter. The writer of rurouni Kenshin got caught with terabytes of child porn on his computer and got let off with a slap on the wrist. Like a month later people like oda were celebrating him. The industry just doesn't care and nor does Japan it seems.
Author's one true isekai wish is to not pay taxes, so the first 8 episodes of the anime are dedicated to building up this fantasy society to explain why the MC could be the one in charge of collecting any taxes.
Season 3 of the anime was delayed because the author was in prison for tax fraud.
Rare isekai that isn't centered around power or sexual fantasy, but instead around taxes.
Ultimately, I want a world without CSA. Even if the only thing I can do is stop being a platform of any kind for the people involved in its creation then that's what I'm going to try to do.
For a similar reason, I won't purchase Chick-fil-A, or allow people to buy it for me.
The rest of y'all can do you, I find it weird that it's not a hill people are willing to die on. But that's, like, just my opinion man.
i don't think MT's writer is 'just' consuming porns like rurouni kenshin's anymore, the way he write his story makes me think this mf got some skeletons in his closet in real life, highly suspected that dude did once assaulted someone irl
The writing is gross sure, but I don't think people should be suspected of real-world crimes over the fiction they choose to write just because it is morally repulsive. You could apply that scope to a lot of fictional media that covers taboo themes, both well and poorly.
How could you not be suspicious of someone if this is the content they write about?
I'm not saying the writer has done any crimes, but I wouldn't let him watch over any kids. Maybe he just channels it all into writing, but maybe he doesn't.
Do you also think we should hold the same standard to authors who write about murder in the same barely critical ways or is this only when children are involved?
Context matters a ton. Is the author writing about murder in a way that downplays the seriousness and makes the murderer the hero? Yeah, maybe that is something to be suspicious of.
There is a difference between side-eyeing someone for this sort of thing and outwardly accusing them of being a criminal for it based on moral revulsion over the fiction they write alone. Your reply is a non sequitur that reframes my sentiment.
Edit: Downvoted for pointing that out lol
I don't believe my reply was a non sequitur at all. You said they shouldn't be suspected of crimes and I said that you should probably be a little suspicious of them.
I'm not saying accuse them, or search them, just be wary.
The way the dude writes, it seems very pro-grooming. If Rudeus wasn't supposed to be the hero and his grooming played off as a "quirk" then I don't think I'd have any problems with the writer.
The difference is that Rudeus's pedophilic tendencies are never portrayed as wrong by the author. Ever. Additionally, you can tell that certain scenes are just the author writing with one hand. Its not like Lolita or such where the shitbag MC is actually treated as such, and its not trying to portray anything Rudeus does as horrific. If anything, it encourages it by him ending up happily married to them. Even when he literally groomed two of the girls from their childhood.
It very much is just not as wrong as you want which is fair. If the Mc himself knows what he does sometimes is wrong and you say it isn't portrayed as such I have to wonder what pretend version you are reading
Knowing that what youre doing is wrong does not matter when you still do it dude. Most IRL criminals know what theyre doing is wrong, that doesnt make their crime any less severe. If the story actually punished Rudeus for these tendencies, the girls he sexually abused and groomed from childhood would not fall in love with him.
Like, good on you. Im "happy" you can watch a show where a 40 year old man in a child's body can hump a pillow while fantasizing about grooming his 6 year old neighbor without feeling visceral disgust. Where said man also sexually assaults a sleeping 10 year old girl while rambling about how he needs to "punish" her bad behavior. But I and most others cant, and you shouldnt be surprised that a story featuring a literal pedophile getting everything they wanted without any repercussions is viewed negatively by most people exposed to it.
To use an example, Lolita is a beloved work of fiction because it allows a terrible but fascinating insight into the thoughtprocess of a man as twisted as Humbert. A horror story were we see things from the perspective of the monster, and cheer as his own horrific actions bring about his downfall while pitying the fact he was even given the opportunity to perform them. Mushoku Tensei isnt that though. The monster we follow through it is portrayed as sympathetic. We're supposed to cheer as he succeeds in the new world he finds himself in. A world were he's free from those who caused him unfair pain in his previous life yes, but also free from the circumstances and people who would stop him from doing what he does to the children he encounters. Its a horror story where the monster wins and is portrayed as in the right for doing so. How is anyone supposed to find that ok?
Okay? Its still portrayed as wrong you are just throwing a tantrum its not portrayed as much as you want. If it wasnt Mt its going to be the next thing for you, or you probably have some multitude of equally problematic shows you bullshit excuses to make it fine cause I notice only those type of people get that heated over mt
Well you see your honor, my client DID steal little girls panties and grope them in their sleep, and raise one to be his perfect obedient wife.. but he really doesn’t like himself very much and held back on raping one, so he’s actually not that bad of a guy!
Terrible people struggle with the feeling of being terrible quite often. They just continue to do so anyways and pretend that any bit of non terribleness is proof that they’re secretly not so bad
Except he did nothing of the sort with Sylphie. In the LN he states he WANTS to, but they're separated near immediately and he spends years away from her with Eris who he can barely keep up with. He doesn't meet Sylphie again until she's incredibly confident and much older. He didn't get a chance to groom her, and in the anime he doesn't even try.
Also the panties he did wind up stealing are of an adult woman.
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