i think its somewhat widespread in every community. people tend to make a bigger deal of it than it actually is though (see: this post). for example the underage relationships shown in anime are usually pretty mundane in nature, as no one in anime ever has sex – well outside of hentai… but that is hentai…
i guarantee i’ve probably seen way more shows than you as my MAL has over 700+ series watched. the amount of non-hentai shows where the characters actually fornicate, much less on screen, is probably in the single digits between all of those shows watched. I can’t actually think of a non-hentai show where the charcters actually do have sex on screen, aside from one – and that one is between two older high school characters, and you don’t actually see anything really objectionable.
if i actually think about it, i think the stuff i’ve seen in american tv and film is probably worse than that. I think the biggest problem people have with anime is that japense culture is unfamiliar and scary…
I love how we can brag about being weebs nowadays. I was in them trenches back in the day. Trying to explain the difference between anime and cartoons to people. Getting weird looks for having a goku shirt.
we’re complaining about implied sex now… as if high school age kids don’t actually have sex… seriously get off the damn soap box. go outside. touch the grass.
Damn. I don’t watch anime but is this that widespread within the community? lol
i think its somewhat widespread in every community. people tend to make a bigger deal of it than it actually is though (see: this post). for example the underage relationships shown in anime are usually pretty mundane in nature, as no one in anime ever has sex – well outside of hentai… but that is hentai…
Seems you have been missing a couple of shows …
i guarantee i’ve probably seen way more shows than you as my MAL has over 700+ series watched. the amount of non-hentai shows where the characters actually fornicate, much less on screen, is probably in the single digits between all of those shows watched. I can’t actually think of a non-hentai show where the charcters actually do have sex on screen, aside from one – and that one is between two older high school characters, and you don’t actually see anything really objectionable.
if i actually think about it, i think the stuff i’ve seen in american tv and film is probably worse than that. I think the biggest problem people have with anime is that japense culture is unfamiliar and scary…
feel free to name some shows though.
I love how we can brag about being weebs nowadays. I was in them trenches back in the day. Trying to explain the difference between anime and cartoons to people. Getting weird looks for having a goku shirt.
we could always brag about being weebs – just pity the people who aren’t. their loss.
Sexualizing a character doesn’t require onscreen fornication
So you missed more than just a couple of shows. But nice flex.
Redo of Healer, Higehiro and The Fruit of Grisaia have on screen sex.
And then there is implied sex even in tame shows like the middle aged online shopper and the jobless reincarnation iseakai.
And that’s just of the top if my head, having watched less than 200 animes.
I was going to point out that Rudy and Silvie were considered adults at the time, but I totally forgot about Eris.
But Eris is older than Rudy, I think. Though she’s his cousin …
I was pretty sure that one of the main harem girls was pregnant in S02, and was refering to that. But I might be wrong.
we’re complaining about implied sex now… as if high school age kids don’t actually have sex… seriously get off the damn soap box. go outside. touch the grass.
I wasn’t complaining, just refuting your statement that no one in anime ever has sex.
Old stuff here:
Final episode of Onegai Teacher, the male student is shown having sex with the female teacher. It was a romcom otherwise.
Chobits, the MC had to finger the android to power it on.