Sick as it may sound but simulated Child pornography is legal in Japan

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I think this is a major reason why Anime had lost some popularity in the West. Many Anime have sexual portrayal of under age girls. They call it Lolicon. Incest is illegal in Japan and though cousin marriages is legal in Japan, it is looked down by society and Most Japanese people don't marry cousins. Despite of that being seen as Taboo ,Many Anime,Manga and movies in Japan have incest themes. Incest romance is very popular in Japan. Their excuse, as long as it stays in fiction. They will be against these things if it's real life but not in fiction. I do know western media also have it's own fair share of Fictional Immorality like the incest stuff in Game of Thrones or the Under age teen sex in most American teen dramas where the actors are adults. But at least those are adults passing as teens, Not pre-pubescent children which is being used in those comics and Anime. The anime though are voice acted by adults. I know there had been a case where a kid asked his mom to buy him an Anime DVD. She so a DVD cover with 5 cute looking little girls. The plot of the anime written on the dvd's back seemed normal but she was shocked that it is actually animated porn. So Before buying Anime DVD make sure it is not pedophile stuff. In fairness to Japan, they have a low crime rate. that must be the reason why they are not strict on this one. Some Japanese Law makers thinks giving Pedophiles fictional pornographic depiction of children will protect actual real children because they will stick with these illustrations of fictional characters instead of hunting children in the streets. There is still ongoing debate in Japan whether to ban these Pedo pornographic comics and Anime.