I do honestly feel like we're just throwing the word loli at anyone under the age of 18 in an anime when that has never been the case.

In Internet nerd nomenclature, no. Loli is a specific archetype of character design. But these recent conversations have been in the context of law. Those will be saying "depicted as a minor," which would draw no distinction between Anya and the cast of Highschool of the Dead.

Your post is kind of funny though. "Loli" as a character archetype was already language creep from "lolita" which always had a pedophilic meaning. Makes you wonder how many people have gotten accounts flagged for searching for EGL fashion.

I do honestly feel like we're just throwing the word loli at anyone under the age of 18 in an anime when that has never been the case.

In Internet nerd nomenclature, no. Loli is a specific archetype of character design. But these recent conversations have been in the context of law. Those will be saying "depicted as a minor," which would draw no distinction between Anya and the cast of Highschool of the Dead.

Your post is kind of funny though. "Loli" as a character archetype was already language creep from "lolita" which already had a pedophilic meaning. Makes you wonder how many people have gotten accounts flagged for searching for EGL fashion.

I do honestly feel like we're just throwing the word loli at anyone under the age of 18 in an anime when that has never been the case.

In Internet nerd nomenclature, no. Loli is a specific archetype of character design. But these recent conversations have been in the context of law. Those will be saying "depicted as a minor," which would draw no distinction between Anya and the cast of Highschool of the Dead.