I disagree with your part about making the characters better if they were not loli. Some characters just need to be for story reasons.
In general I think loli is just a nice canary in the coal mine, if people complain about it you know that they are tourists. Loli is also a great gatekeeping tool. Blue Archive gatekeeps itself by catering strongly to the lolicon demographic (though they're not the only ones that enjoy it).
I disagree with your part about making the characters better if they were not loli. Some characters just need to be for story reasons.
Agreed, and there are cute (nonsexual) "lolis," but there are also plenty of over the top, obnoxious and more sexualized lolis that, at least for my own enjoyment, would be better of as not lolis. Not saying there are no good lolis, just that some animes I enjoy in spite of them.
In general I think loli is just a nice canary in the coal mine...
there are also plenty of over the top, obnoxious and more sexualized lolis that, at least for my own enjoyment, would be better of as not lolis
Very fair, not everyone likes that and some is indeed over the top. The usual people hate ALL lolis, doesn't matter if its from CGDCT anime which have 0 sexualisation or something like monogatari.
I disagree with your part about making the characters better if they were not loli. Some characters just need to be for story reasons.
In general I think loli is just a nice canary in the coal mine, if people complain about it you know that they are tourists. Loli is also a great gatekeeping tool. Blue Archive gatekeeps itself by catering strongly to the lolicon demographic (though they're not the only ones that enjoy it).
Agreed, and there are cute (nonsexual) "lolis," but there are also plenty of over the top, obnoxious and more sexualized lolis that, at least for my own enjoyment, would be better of as not lolis. Not saying there are no good lolis, just that some animes I enjoy in spite of them.
Absolutely.
Very fair, not everyone likes that and some is indeed over the top. The usual people hate ALL lolis, doesn't matter if its from CGDCT anime which have 0 sexualisation or something like monogatari.