Hot take:
I don't care. Someone on the literal other side of the Earth may or may not have done something that 100% didn't DIRECTLY harm anyone (he was never accused of creating, merely possessing, which INDIRECTLY harms by creating demand, but it's the person buying stolen "discount" goods versus the person stealing products to sell at "discount", one is clearly worse than the other.) but may or may not have INDIRECTLY harmed one other person on the literal other side of the Earth.
If he jailbaited, he got jebaited and should get his wrist slapped, as should the legal-less-a-day girl if it was voluntary on her part (and an entrapment charge), and the producer of the content should get something more severe for not proper vetting if unknowing, and much more severe if knowingly.
But ultimately... I don't care. Ruroni Kenshin was a decent anime... And I don't know anything about the creator other than supposed this or supposed that. Made In Abyss is a decent anime, and the creator has all sorts of unsavory rumors about themselves, but the anime is decent.
If every year, we had a "Paint Farm Landscapes In Realism Styles" day to remember Hitler's true calling of the art school graduate artist that he should have been instead of mad dictator, I wouldn't care. You're looking at non-illegal non-contentious content. The only contention is the creator's other actions. Condemn those actions specifically, and condemn them hard. Just... reinforce the glass on your houses first.
If Bleach's mangaka wants to make a panel about how sexualizing high school women is bad, maybe he can feature Orihime in it in a skintight outfit with highlight cutouts, like her standard outfit for a third the series, tut tutting Ruroni Kenshin's author for doing so. Oh wait...
Hot take:
I don't care. Someone on the literal other side of the Earth may or may not have done something that 100% didn't DIRECTLY harm anyone (he was never accused of creating, merely possessing, which INDIRECTLY harms by creating demand, but it's the person buying stolen "discount" goods versus the person stealing products to sell at "discount", one is clearly worse than the other.) but may or may not have INDIRECTLY harmed one other person on the literal other side of the Earth.
If he jailbaited, he got jebaited and should get his wrist slapped, as should the legal-less-a-day girl if it was voluntary on her part (and an entrapment charge), and the producer of the content should get something more severe for not proper vetting if unknowing, and much more severe if knowingly.
But ultimately... I don't care. Ruroni Kenshin was a decent anime... And I don't know anything about the creator other than supposed this or supposed that. Made In Abyss is a decent anime, and the creator has all sorts of unsavory rumors about themselves, but the anime is decent.
If every year, we had a "Paint Farm Landscapes In Realism Styles" day to remember Hitler's true calling of the art school graduate artist that he should have been instead of mad dictator, I wouldn't care. You're looking at non-illegal non-contentious content. The only contention is the creator's other actions. Condemn those actions specifically, and condemn them hard. Just... reinforce the glass on your houses first.
If Bleach's mangaka wants to make a panel about how sexualizing high school women is bad, maybe he can feature Orihime in it in a skintight outfit with fetish-bait cutouts, like her standard outfit for a third the series, tut tutting Ruroni Kenshin's author for doing so. Oh wait...
Hot take:
I don't care. Someone on the literal other side of the Earth may or may not have done something that 100% didn't DIRECTLY harm anyone (he was never accused of creating, merely possessing, which INDIRECTLY harms by creating demand, but it's the person buying stolen "discount" goods versus the person stealing products to sell at "discount", one is clearly worse than the other.) but may or may not have INDIRECTLY harmed one other person on the literal other side of the Earth.
If he jailbaited, he got jebaited and should get his wrist slapped, as should the legal-less-a-day girl if it was voluntary on her part (and an entrapment charge), and the producer of the content should get something more severe for not proper vetting if unknowing, and much more severe if knowingly.
But ultimately... I don't care. Ruroni Kenshin was a decent anime... And I don't know anything about the creator other than supposed this or supposed that. Made In Abyss is a decent anime, and the creator has all sorts of unsavory rumors about themselves, but the anime is decent.
If every year, we had a "Paint Farm Landscapes In Realism Styles" day to remember Hitler's true calling of the art school graduate artist that he should have been instead of mad dictator, I wouldn't care. You're looking at non-illegal non-contentious content. The only contention is the creator's other actions. Condemn those actions specifically, and condemn them hard. Just... reinforce the glass on your houses first.
If Bleach's mangaka wants to make a panel about how sexualizing high school women is bad, maybe he can feature Orihime in it in a skintight outfit with fetish-bait cutouts tut tutting Ruroni Kenshin's author for doing so. Oh wait...
Hot take:
I don't care. Someone on the literal other side of the Earth may or may not have done something that 100% didn't DIRECTLY harm anyone (he was never accused of creating, merely possessing, which INDIRECTLY harms by creating demand, but it's the person buying stolen "discount" goods versus the person stealing products to sell at "discount", one is clearly worse than the other.) but may or may not have INDIRECTLY harmed one other person on the literal other side of the Earth.
If he jailbaited, he got jebaited and should get his wrist slapped, as should the legal-less-a-day girl if it was voluntary on her part (and an entrapment charge), and the producer of the content should get something more severe for not proper vetting if unknowing, and much more severe if knowingly.
But ultimately... I don't care. Ruroni Kenshin was a decent anime... And I don't know anything about the creator other than supposed this or supposed that. Made In Abyss is a decent anime, and the creator has all sorts of unsavory rumors about themselves, but the anime is decent.
If every year, we had a "Paint Farm Landscapes In Realism Styles" day to remember Hitler's true calling of the art school graduate artist that he should have been instead of mad dictator, I wouldn't care. You're looking at non-illegal non-contentious content. The only contention is the creator's other actions. Condemn those actions specifically, and condemn them hard. Just... reinforce the glass on your houses first.
If Bleach's mangaka wants to make a panel about how sexualizing high school women is bad, maybe he can feature Orihime in it in a skintight outfit with fetish-bait cutouts.