sensui-tomo
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i think the term you're looking for is Ephebophilia, since i believe these characters are between the ages of 15-19. Pedophilia is aimed for younger children.
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The JRPG Blue Reflection Has Creepier than Average DLC: Underage Girls in Swimsuits
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i think the term you're looking for is Ephebophilia, since i believe these characters are between the ages of 15-19. Pedophilia is aimed for younger children.
Pandora012
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Dude games that have waaaaaaaaay more fan service get localized.
Some GAF users really fucking love whataboutism, don't they? Get this shit outta here, you don't care about stopping the issue, you're just trying to derail the thread from what it's supposed to be about.
This is fine, everyone including the guys are wearing typical beach wears and people wear beach wears regardless of age. 16-17 year olds would wear beach wears like that and all they are doing is selling costumes that's already in the game, that characters wear over a certain period of time, as an unlockable that you can wear anywhere else. Like you can buy every single piece of clothing that characters wear in that game and the swimsuits happen to be one of them. It's still pandering but it's alright and not really disgusting.Congrats Persona 5 fans you are now officially on the FBI watch list.＼(^ω^＼( /^ω^)/
This however is not fine.
just bikinis guys
respect their culture guys
Jangowuzhere
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like we've had hundreds of games released with this kind of stuff. I just don't see that many actually angry about. If someone wants to actually spend $20 on this weird bikini DLC, then whatever.
Parakeetman
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Changed the post with an edited pic from Wikipedia bout the average ages for the various education levels in Japan.
So to answer your question it would be the last 3 rows of this image for the High School category as thats the setting for the game.
Many localizations of japanese games put more clothes on characters, which weren't attempts at sexualization like this cause.
http://download.gamezone.com/upload...width_SMTxFE_Kiria_idol_outfit_comparsion.jpg
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/ar....jpg/EG11/resize/600x-1/quality/80/format/jpg
http://randomtower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Outfit-comparison.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA7uW-Efy3k
You could have said "What about Qatar?" and your post would have been equally effective... in completely missing the point of everything. It's really not necessary to say that one big bad thing doesn't magically pardon all small bad things, nor that two bad things can't exist at the same time. It goes without saying that people who find this disgusting will also find disgusting how women are treated in certain parts of the world. What's the point you're trying to make? That everyone is a hypocrite because there are "bigger fish to fry"?
Posted earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLfV-bXDFxs
So you're saying that those characters look like this?
I'm done. I just can't.
Couldn't that make them 18? Or are they explicitly put in specific years?
Glass Rebel
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Seems pretty clear cut to me but this is typical Gust fare from what I've seen. I don't know how sexualized the characters are in the main game but pretty much all of them seem to have titillating DLC costumes for their characters that are either designed to look underage or are underage proper.
Bottomline is, if you want or need to see these characters in their underwear, there's something wrong with you.
Bottomline is, if you want or need to see these characters in their underwear, there's something wrong with you.
SmokedMeat
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Pretty sure it's this.
sensui-tomo
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so thats 15/16-17/18 i assume? unless they graduate earlier than we do in the usa.
Pandora012
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Just googled it, they should be around 16-18
LinkSlayer64
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I have always wondered, is this a by-product of attempting to target the age group these characters belong in (high school kids) because anyone can play video games anywhere, at any age?
Not that it makes it any better, but it would make more sense.
Not that teenage boys needs things more sexualized than just existing to find it appealing, if anecdotal evidence is anything to go by.
Not that it makes it any better, but it would make more sense.
Not that teenage boys needs things more sexualized than just existing to find it appealing, if anecdotal evidence is anything to go by.
Cornbread78
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Yeah, Nintendo has quite the situationon their hands with the diminishing viability of the Vita and the increasing viability of the Switch when it comes to handheld games and the niche Japanese gamed market. People can scream SONY SONY SONY all they want, but this $hit is coming to a Switch near you very soon my friends.....
Oh, I know. I just love it when people call out these niche games for swimsuits, but the mainstream games are no different in that regard. I will freely admit that the ones shown in Blue Reflection are definitely depicted as younger girls and is a much worse look, but still, this isn't an isolated thing...
TheMrPliskin
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I don't know if it was your intent but your post comes across like you trying to give this game a pass because you feel people are too quick to call something sexualised.
I wish I could be shocked or surprised but even popular games like DoA had underaged girls in bikinis for decades. They changed their ages for Western release but that wasn't the case in Japan originally. There are also a lot of other similar fanservicey games in Japan with stuff like this. Games like GalGun had expensive DLC where the girls had see-thru clothing and they're in high school, iirc. This is more of the same.
Considering the original post, it was probably wrong place to post that. I agree
Jangowuzhere
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I doubt it
It's likely focused on appealing to a niche market. That's why the price is so ridiculous.
yaffi
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Reads like second year of High school; so around 16 I'd say.
Honest question: what do you expect a bunch of foreigners on GAF to do? I think a bunch of people agree with your sentiments, but they're also acknowledging that they live in a different country and it really is Japan's problem. The most we can do on here is discuss the problem which you'll find a majority of the people agreeing with you. What's the point here if not only to express outrage? It's good that you have a conscience, I guess?
sensui-tomo
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thank you for that video, i got a few more laughs out of it than i should have.
Kittehkraken
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damn man why post anything ever if it's not gonna result in action
AtomskEater
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I keep forgetting we're on an activist mobilization website and not a discussion forum for, y'know... talking.
meltingparappa
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I know the OP is about broader issues, but Gust rpgs are extremely niche for a reason.
There is so little in anime that resembles anything close to an actual human being, much less something physically intangible drawn, voiced, animated and written by adults for adults, without even the faintest hint at PG-13 nudity.
This thread acts as if we should be mass-calling a UNICEF hotline in tears.
Cornbread78
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On the flip side, there are anime and games out there that do not rely on fanservice to be good games and experiences; just ask...
LinkSlayer64
Member
That also sounds like a good way to earn money, to manipulate the young and impressionable as well.
I can't watch this as I'm at work, and I'm sure this was posted because many people think it is bad, but I found this series hilarious when I was in high school, of course what I also took from it was the obsession with having sex or virginity was something to be ridiculed because everyone does stuff when they do it, and it isn't a race. Also because (once again, anecdotal) many teenagers were obsessed with the concept, I felt it was although over-the-top, pretty accurate some times lol. I got asked questions I didn't want to be asked myself. Thank god those years are over.
Let's back this up for a sec and get right down to the basics, guys.
For everyone defending this by saying "It's just a different country's culture." This is not mainstream Japanese culture.
This is a creepy, perverted subculture that, while not outright illegal, is strongly looked down upon by the Japanese mainstream.
You're proudly lumping yourselves in with another country's sexual deviants.
For everyone defending this by saying "It's just a different country's culture." This is not mainstream Japanese culture.
This is a creepy, perverted subculture that, while not outright illegal, is strongly looked down upon by the Japanese mainstream.
You're proudly lumping yourselves in with another country's sexual deviants.
Really disgusting and the sexualized poses make it worse.
Isn't swimsuit modeling for minors a big thing in Japan too? For a well developed country, they still have some seriously messed up shit. Any game that has characters depicting minors and tries to sexualize them by using suggestive poses should be nuked from this planet.
This is why I couldn't watch Kill la Kill. What happens in the second episode is some seriously disgusting shit, I don't know how it became so popular overseas.
Isn't swimsuit modeling for minors a big thing in Japan too? For a well developed country, they still have some seriously messed up shit. Any game that has characters depicting minors and tries to sexualize them by using suggestive poses should be nuked from this planet.
This is why I couldn't watch Kill la Kill. What happens in the second episode is some seriously disgusting shit, I don't know how it became so popular overseas.
Pandora012
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Yup, I'm curious how people will react. This is not new to nintendo, but it's easier to ignore because the Vita. With the Vita soon to be gone, people can't ignore the games on nintendo.
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