Rapelay controles4/23/2024 But what is the point of a game that simulates rape? I think we can all agree that some thoughts should be expressed, and some should not. You know, I'm all for freedom of expression, and the ability for people to choose for themselves what they want to be exposed to. Seriously, when will people learn that all of Japan is not like Akihabara? At one store, if I didn't look real closely, I wouldn't have noticed that they even sold those games there. The video game stores I go to usually have 18+ rated games (for violence, like MadWorld, Assassin's Creed, and so on) under lock and key so kids can't even look at the box, and certainly can't buy the game. In fact, get this: it's actually probably harder to buy a 18+ rated video game in Japan than it is in America. If people want "Adult Content", you have to go to an adult bookstore to get it, just like in the West. Manga aimed at adults, and by that I mean mature themes and not sexual content, is much easier to find, and that is in fact pretty common at least where I live out in the Japanese boonies. The only one I have found any reference to at all over here that would be aimed at adults is Evangelion, which is still really popular here, and the only anime aimed at adults that people seem to know here, and it's probably mainly because there's a hugely popular Evangelion pachi-slot game. This includes Bleach, Shin-chan, FMA, and so on. Most of the popular mainstream anime in America (the ones that used to run on Adult Swim, et al.) are seen as being for tweens and teenagers here. When it comes to anime, the average perception I get around here is that it's a kids' thing, and you actually have to search for a while to find an anime that isn't directed at children or families. I can't think of one Japanese person I know who would even think of playing Rapelay at all, much less buying it. Although these types of games are legal in Japan, that does not mean that they're common, or popular, or even that most people don't have a problem with the content. I also live in Japan and not once have I seen an underwear dispenser either. It isn't about 'hate' and maliciousness, or cruelty (though you can't account for all users and viewers) - it is fantasy that fills emotional needs and wants, and not physical, criminal ones.Ĭlick to expand.Entire thing here QFT. Rape and abuse in adult fantasies and entertainment reflect a desire to control or to be controlled. This is the same way that the violent fantasies we dream (which are quite accepted in Western society) do not imply a real desire to do violence. Should these be banned too? Sex therapists will tell you that rape and abuse fantasies do not imply a desire to rape or abuse in reality. It is very sad that a 'debate' is happening on this 'problem' when many of the participants lack the relevant facts.Īnd it makes me wonder if they know about all the nasty adult videos produced in Western countries, that feature misogyny as fetish. SO for adult games, Western audiences, perhaps fueled by fetishistic need for more 'weird Japanese stuff', appear to lack much interest in the harmless and actually entertaining, interactive novels and dating sims, and instead go for the minority of hardcore titles. Anime output in Japan is still by far, most heavily founded on non-offensive products. That idea was more a reflection of what Western audiences were attracted to. It happened with anime - remember back when 'all anime' was apparently perverted and sick, and always exactly like Urotsukidoji? That's right - it never was. The whole debarcle is Western scaremongering. I read the Japanese news and that is where I get this information, by the way. Erotic and romance games are indeed a big industry but the hardcore variations make up for much less than outside sources like CNN would have you believe. something quite exaggerated and not entirely true. In much the same way, rape games are 'a big industry for Japan' like. I have seen thousands of battery, cigarette and drink dispensers, but only ONE (count 'em) underwear dispenser, and it was next a 'certain kind of shop'. If you go to where these things are sold, then you will find them in abundance. Of course you will read all kinds of anecdotal reports but they are just as full of hyperbole as tales of underwear dispensers. I live in Japan and rape games are not that prevalent.
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