@Enzeru:
And I'm part of the western culture, naturally having different views on such things. It's completely normal for many of us to react that way, I'm certain. For those who don't, that's their thing, but I definitely won't approve of Momo's figure and the way it's being promoted by MH.
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That's a problem with many female figures who are presented in sexual ways. You can't tell their age, assume it's legal, and accept it. But in Momo's case it's crystal-clear that he's a child.
So you are the kind of dude who will have sexual relationship with a girl and tell later"i didn't knew she was underage!!"
You know Rebecca is underage, you know that Shirahoshi is, yet it didn't made all that ruckus, because she looks older, but she was still 16 you know, you knew so that does not make any change, you just want to close your eyes on something and not on other things.
Your culture made is sounds like "as long as it looks older it's ok, but if he/she looks like a kid it's a no no"
Well i wonder what's more twisted…
@diloul_:
The funny part in our discussion is that probably no one will display him that way or very few…
I know if i'll display him like this in France, no one would understand and family/friends/visitors would think there is something seriously wrong with me... Even if i know in Japan this is nothing sexual, it still weird in our old countrys.
I remenber one "case" that bring this kind of discussion long time ago if you remember the first part of Naruto when Kakashi put 2 fingers in Naruto's ass ! The famous " 1000 years of suffering " jutsu. You know that Kakashi isn't a pedo, i mean it's obvious but outside Japan, you can't understand that.
And even knowing that, it's still weird... Funny but weird !
Don't make it sounds like all french are thinking the same way as you please !
there is nothing wrong in displaying him in fundoshi, and i don't get it, people talking about doing things with figures, that is creepy, just to think that it can happen means that somehow you got it twisted when there was nothing wrong.
MH makes figures for Japan market, not yours to begin with
don't judge or play innocents when all you feel is shame of seeing a kid butcheek and it's a male, if it was a little girl that would have been ok, yup that's might be your cultures guys, but you can just skip that figure.
There is worst than that, much much worst and people say nothing, they likes it and you know why? because it's a girl, as long as it's not a dude it's ok?
no it ain't like this.
@Al!naJames:
Rebecca is 16 but she doesn't look 16. So if anything she's not screaming for a pedobeard alert. Also, Rebecca's outfit is not ok mostly for being a stupid sexists design.
Momonosuke is what, 9 years old? For crying out loud. It was absolutely unnecesary to include cast-off even though we saw him naked. We saw many guys naked in the series, you know…
This was 100% made to use with that creepy face to display near Nami and Robin POPs for mature woman/small child fetishists to get their boner share. So yeah, it's kida disgusting. Cast-off girls are not anywhere near as creepy cause come on, most people enjoy naked bodies of grown women. But this kind of fantasy is, let's be honest, very unhealthy.
It's absolutely sexually related, only it's aimed at a different audience than you think.
So what? because she doesn't look it's ok and go ahead?
nope.
If you wanna play the "young is nope" then better play it from the start and not half way because it's a male in japanese outfit.
There is nothing wrong to begin with, you are making all the fuss of it and you are also the one having the worst idea and lewd thought, seriously …