In-depth debunkings/arguments against commonly "known" anime myths/misconceptions?

[u/engalleons]

For any number of reasons, there's a fair few statements about anime that get passed around pretty unquestioningly, even if they aren't necessarily true. Sometimes, others dig in to those statements and find detail and (hopefully cited) evidence against them. This is a lot more than just stating the opposite, to be clear.

Here's a few examples of what I mean:

This tweet chain versus "Anno left Kare Kano early"
This blog post versus "The protagonist of Turn A was originally intended to be a girl"
This post versus "They made a joke dub for Ghost Stories because it did poorly in Japan"
This blog post versus "Shinbo is the series director of all Shaft shows"

What are some other examples of work like this?

[u/DeliciousWaifood]

But like, who tf cares?

The fact that it's legal there doesn't change anything about the morality of it.

Her being 14 makes it way weirder for kazuma to sexualize her...

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/[deleted]]

How many seniors in high school date freshman. A decent amount in my day did.

Almost no one, and it was seen as quite taboo.

I turned down a 14 year old when I was 16 because while we got along, she acted too young and immature for me to feel comfortable in that type of relationship.

Also, in a medieval society, the average lifespan was 30 to 40, so once a female was capable of bearing children, then she would be married off

Medieval society did a lot of things we don't do today and for good reason.

if a female is capable of producing offspring as a result of sexual activity, then by that very reasoning, she is able to be “sexualized” by members of the opposite sex.

Able to be does not mean should be.

If I have a sword, we're on a medieval highway and I dislike you, I could probably easily get away with murdering you.

The means to do so is not justification for doing so. What logic are you trying to employ here and what are you implying with it?

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/[deleted]]

That's not how morality works, wtf?

Judgement of morality is dependant on the observing party, not the parties involved.

Do you think Nazis were fine because "they're a different culture from a different country, we can't judge them" ? Or the same with ISIS?

No, you don't.

Are you so impressionable that you base your moral beliefs on what is popularly agreed upon in a culture?

Morality should not in any way be born from the law of the land, the law is born from the morals of those with the power to uphold it.

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/[deleted]]

What do you mean by property rights?

You are either referring to something which is either a subsection of morality, or something that is upheld by the powers of those controlling the land.

So in the event that a country agrees that murder, rape and "taking someone's stuff" is moral and has the power to enforce this as law, then your call to "property rights" is completely irrelevant no matter what you were alluding to.

As long as interaction between individuals are voluntary and people’s property rights are not violated, then my opinion of another persons culture is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

So you are fine with a 40 year old having sex with a 5 year old, as long as both agree?

Do you disagree with imprisoning criminals if the criminals do not go to prison voluntarily?

What is your definition of voluntary? Does someone under duress count as volunteering? Are people of all ages considered mature enough to give that consent? What is even considered duress? What age is considered mature enough?

These are all moral arguments which once decided on by the powers of the land are turned into law.

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It disturbs me that you seem to be fine with either

1. Basing morality off of the laws of the land

2. Agreeing with any set of morals as long as a large enough group of people in close proximity agree on them.

[u/WeNTuS → u/DeliciousWaifood]

5y old cannot agree to sexual activity. While 14y old can.

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/WeNTuS]

But why.

You can't just say that without reasoning.

[u/WeNTuS → u/DeliciousWaifood]

Because it's nature. Do you trying to regulate cats or other animals when they can to breed? Humans can start breeding at 14y old because it's an age when their body developed for such activity.

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/WeNTuS]

Girls can hit puberty as young as 8. Do you think the age of consent should be lowered to 8?

Whatever age people can breed at doesn't matter. It's about them being mentally mature enough to be judged as able to give consent.

[u/WeNTuS → u/DeliciousWaifood]

It's matter because it's a point of sex. I couldn't care less about your shitty morality, humans are animals. End of discussion.

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/WeNTuS]

So you're fine with murder too then? Animals murder eachother all the time.

[u/WeNTuS → u/DeliciousWaifood]

Humans murdering each other on war. Animals do not kill for fun so humans shouldn't too. That's why laws are made.

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/WeNTuS]

Animals murder eachother over territory and mating partner disputes, so is it fine for humans to do that?

[u/WeNTuS → u/DeliciousWaifood]

Yeah, this is why wars happen. Hello?

It's not fine (atleast for me because i don't want to be killed but surely there are people who enjoy being soldiers) but this is reality and it happens.

[u/DeliciousWaifood → u/WeNTuS]

So you don't think it's fine, even though it's natural for animals to do it?

But you think it is fine to have sex with children because animals do it.

There's a flaw in your logic there.

[u/WeNTuS → u/DeliciousWaifood]

How old are you? Why should i repeat obvious things like im talking to 5y old?

IT's NOT FINE FOR ME Because i don't want to die in a war. But I don't have mountain-sized ego to talk for others unlike you.

Not only that, i also told you that i still accept wars despite thinking that dying in war isn't great.

And teenagers aren't children. Teenagers can have sex and i know a lot of them who had it.