Matt Walsh gets asked, "What's your opinion on anime?"
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There actually is a lot of satanic imagery, symbolism and themes that I have long since believed for years that Japan post WW2 is an experiment. Anime being one small part of it (I also believe how the Japanese economic boom-bust phenomenon was another part of the experiment)... Some people have pushed the idea of cool Japan for decades and it's allowed their anime, manga, etc. Go into some pretty weird shit
Lolis (sexualisation of underage girls), the beatiality both in some generic shows and in porn, transhumanism, sci-fi dystopia (post humanism, i.e so much anime looking at the deconstruction of the human), also extends to a lot of fantasy. And beyond there's so many different genres that still present a sense of authoritarian heirarchy and many stories revolve around characters working to advance up or fit in to the system (could be a loose connection to the beast system). The ones who reject the system are often villains
Speaking of villains, someone in another post bright to my attention the scores of luciferian-archetypal villains in Japanese pop media. Well known examples would be Kefka, Dio are just a handful that I can remember off the top of my head atm. These are characters that are oddly celebrated and have legions of fans
Must people I'm guessing haven't thought about it enough to see the connections because anime and all that dress it up very well
loli is a body type not an age. And people like to ignore shota which leads me to believe the whole anti loli crusade that started only recently, is more feminists bitching about cute female characters. .
sure it's a body type. but the imagery is still powerful. a lot of people who are totally into it may eventually see them as no different to children
it's so widespread that the loli is normalised
The furry example is a good bridge to the Loli.
They may not wanna fuck them but they wanna become them. Then groups of them become them and wanna fuck each other within the group.
It seems harmless at the moment but it could start a slippery slope like gay to LGBT to drag bordering on grooming kids if these groups get a little bigger and more vocal.
To the first point because the represent Loli like real life people, it again makes it appear harmless and related to fiction. But over time the appeal gains traction as it becomes more mainstream, normalised, and as more fans cross boundaries with their fandom. I see it happening more in the West first