First things first: Yes, this is a sensitive subject. No, I'm not running cover for the pedo that used to run rampant here. I am honestly seeking answers.
I asked about this a long time ago, and if I recall, what really happened was that mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki had his house raided, where they found lots of porn DVDs--one of which had an underage girl on it...who, so I'm told, was maybe two months under Japan's age of consent.
Which means either she lied about her age to do it (not unheard of), or was forced into it. It's not like she was eight years old.
He had a ton of porn, but that one disc ruined everything.
Now, obviously that's really bad. But I need further context about the case and if he deserved to be condemned. No, don't show me the disc contents, good lord.
I know that he got basically a slap on the wrist from the Japanese courts and was allowed to return to work. But since it's the 30th anniversary, a lot of other manga artists are paying tribute to the series today, including Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Hunter X Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho, despite his debilitating health problems.
But not everyone agreed to do it. Hirohiko Araki, creator of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, made a really lazy tribute that was basically just lineart of Kenshin's head with the hair colored. One of the few that outright refused to participate was Tite Kubo, creator of Bleach.
And if it's true that this was a mild case, and we condemn him for it...then I hope we also condemn anyone who has a complete collection of every game released for the original Xbox, because a game called The Guy Game had a girl who lied about her age to be in it, then flashed the camera, meaning that game is, by the letter of the law, legally considered to be child porn.
The problem is, harpies are trying to infantilize woman for as late in their life as possible to prevent them from holding any sort of accountability, especially with the pop science claim that brains don't stop maturing until 25 (which is largely bullshit btw).
21 is a fully autonomous adult in 99% of the civilized world. You can drink, drive, smoke and vote in elections. In most other countries, that limit is 18 (except for buying). A woman's body indicates its sexual maturity once ovulation and menstruation begins, which typically happen considerably earlier. Go back 1000 years in history and there's no doubt there were 14 - 15 year old girls being impregnated by men close to double their age (sometimes even over). But we don't do that anymore because we understand as a species that's fucking creepy and most ninth-graders don't have a fucking clue about the world.
A 38 year old man should be perfectly fine to date a 24 year old woman (provided that's when they start dating). A 14 year gap is hardly the end of the fucking world. But foids are melting down over that idea. A 29 year old man should be able to date a 21 year old woman. And really, at the end of the day, all that matters is the younger party's consent. Leo di Caprio still gets more pussy than a typical foid simp because in spite of his age, he's still somewhat of a hunk with his hair intact, a high quality of life and a lot of fame. And women want that.
To the degree that isn't bullshit, it could be turned around as an argument traditional younger marriages (like, not 30), to finish the development of the prefontal cortex while working out a relationship that needs to last another 60+ years. Seems like if that part of the brain matures as a single woman, it's likely to help keep her that way.