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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1: Jul 21st 2022 at 2:48:44 PM

The flag here for WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me was sent with the rationale

According to the page this work is about a college student falling in love with a fifth grader, and the fifth grader becoming accepting of this and reciprocating. The YMMV page mentions that the college student bribes the fifth grader to wear clothes she made. I don't know if this show has any sexual fanservice to go with the pedophilic storyline but "college student falls for fifth grader, fifth grader accepts this, narrative does not condemn this" seems to be a pro-pedophile/pedopandering narrative that could breach the content policy.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Jhiday (Don’t ask)
#2: Jul 28th 2022 at 2:46:06 PM

For what it's worth, the anime adaptation on Crunchyroll ; that should at least make checking it out easier.

While the show itself has mercifully little-to-none fanservice, it does portray its grown woman protagonist who loves little girls and dresses them up in cute clothes in a very sympathetic light. (Of the "sure, she's a bit creepy, but she's really harmless and misunderstood" kind.)

RallyBot2 (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#3: Jul 28th 2022 at 3:56:31 PM

Is it the "normal" weird anime lolicon stuff or does it go beyond that into actual pedo-pandering?

dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Jul 28th 2022 at 4:08:11 PM

The manga is definitely not sexual, and while the protagonist is not portrayed as a bad person, the manga does seem to lean more towards her less savory actions as socially inept at best and creepy at worst.

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
RallyBot2 (Elder Troper) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
#5: Jul 28th 2022 at 4:09:53 PM

Then it's an easy keep from me.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
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#6: Jul 28th 2022 at 5:07:38 PM

Do we not cut romantic pedo-pandering?

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Jul 28th 2022 at 6:17:09 PM

No, or if we do, I've never heard of it happening.

Edited by Ramidel on Jul 28th 2022 at 5:17:38 AM

badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#8: Aug 28th 2022 at 6:26:07 PM

From what I've seen of this series, what little there is is extremely tame, to the point it seems more like Cuteness Proximity to me that legit romance. I find it less objectionable than Lucoa and Shota's relationship in Dragon Maid, and nobody's arguing to cut that show for it. Voting keep.

badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#9: Sep 11th 2022 at 10:54:16 AM

Bumping to make Septimus' life a little easier.

Siegfried1337 Calabash. from The Eastern Luminant Since: Sep, 2018 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#12: Sep 12th 2022 at 9:09:25 AM

Keep.

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StarSword Captain of USS Bajor from somewhere in deep space Since: Sep, 2011
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#14: Sep 12th 2022 at 1:54:43 PM

Hmm. Do we count "paedo-white washing" as equivalent to "paedobait?"

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#15: Sep 12th 2022 at 2:05:46 PM

No offense, but this... doesn't seem like that kind of series to me. Mya-nee's behavior strikes me more as a complete lack of social skills than pedophilia.

To answer your question, if we do count whitewashing as actual pedophilia, then to my understanding, otherwise completely kosher series like My Hero Academia, Azumanga Daioh, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid would have to go. I'd be inclined to say no.

Edited by badtothebaritone on Sep 12th 2022 at 4:09:33 AM

miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
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#16: Sep 12th 2022 at 3:05:48 PM

We even have an entire trope to jokes about it....

And yes this is such a common joke about weirdos in even mainstream stuff like the above. [up]. That it's not really worth getting into.

Edited by miraculous on Sep 12th 2022 at 3:24:36 AM

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#18: Sep 25th 2022 at 12:22:48 AM

Bumping to get it out of the stack of locked threads.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#19: Oct 2nd 2022 at 2:18:43 AM

Bumping to get it out of the stack of locked threads, and to get everything on the same page.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
miraculous Goku Black (Apprentice)
Goku Black
#20: Oct 2nd 2022 at 2:31:46 AM

Tbh I think we can close. Their is more than enough consensus and we kept the other one uchi maid well this is even more tame.

"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#21: Oct 8th 2022 at 2:07:04 AM

Meh, OK, I'll call this as a consensus to keep for now. I'll do the record-keeping; closing in the meantime.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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