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Nov 21, 2017 9:33 AM
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I guess I speak for the whole fandom who has been supporting the series since the beginning when most of us were just kids when I say I am so deeply upset and disappointed and I feel betrayed. Rurouni Kenshin was a huge part of my childhood and it had a big impact in my life. It really hurts knowing he wrote these characters with strong morals and beliefs only to mess it up himself. His own characters would never forgive him. That's what's giving me comfort right now, to think of Kenshin and his friends beating Watsuki's as*. Even the villains such as Shishio would never approve of his actions. I cannot however, throw away everything the series meant to me.
Nov 21, 2017 9:48 AM

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Infatuate said:
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Next up is Made in Abyss' creator, who doesn't even hide his tastes with the content he draws/writes.

Annnnnd of course the insecure cunt comes along trying to sling shit in the usual off topic fashion.


The topic is child pornography. Made in Abyss features children naked and even stuff being penetrated in their ass. If that's not a fetish I don't know what it is.
Nov 21, 2017 9:51 AM
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vini64 said:
Infatuate said:

Annnnnd of course the insecure cunt comes along trying to sling shit in the usual off topic fashion.


The topic is child pornography. Made in Abyss features children naked and even stuff being penetrated in their ass. If that's not a fetish I don't know what it is.
Even assuming he's into lolis, that doesn't mean he's gonna literally possess child pornography of real people
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vini64 said:
Infatuate said:

Annnnnd of course the insecure cunt comes along trying to sling shit in the usual off topic fashion.


The topic is child pornography. Made in Abyss features children naked and even stuff being penetrated in their ass. If that's not a fetish I don't know what it is.

Unless the show was referenced by actual stuff the author owns then it doesn't really apply as the case tbh. :T

Same can be applied with the Ruronin Kenshin author (unless someone can give evidence about that connection or whatnot).
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HaXXspetten said:
vini64 said:


The topic is child pornography. Made in Abyss features children naked and even stuff being penetrated in their ass. If that's not a fetish I don't know what it is.
Even assuming he's into lolis, that doesn't mean he's gonna literally possess child pornography of real people

^ That, simply put it of course. Which I can agree with. Just simply put that just because he does that doesn't mean he actually owns it. Its just simply pulling straws.
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vini64 said:
Infatuate said:

Annnnnd of course the insecure cunt comes along trying to sling shit in the usual off topic fashion.


The topic is child pornography. Made in Abyss features children naked and even stuff being penetrated in their ass. If that's not a fetish I don't know what it is.

It isn't meant to be arousing, they're all believable / realistic situations within their context. If you find yourself turned on by it then you're the fucking weirdo lol. Way to expose yourself.

I don't watch as much anime as before...
Nov 21, 2017 10:19 AM

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illivinni said:
Considering Japan's age of consent... does that mean the teens are younger than 13? Nooo my childhood got ruined T______T


Doesn't mean it's legal to view porn of children under 18
Nov 21, 2017 10:29 AM
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Nov 21, 2017 10:47 AM

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Savage shit going on out there in the grand land of Nippon

Next one on the list: Boruto's Ikemoto.
Nov 21, 2017 11:26 AM

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I considered him my hero and Kenshin was one of the series that introduced me to anime. RK will always be a notch top series but I can't idolize a fucking pedo. What a big letdown...
Nov 21, 2017 12:16 PM

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Now I know how Roman Polanski's fans must have felt back in the day. Fuck.
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Nov 21, 2017 12:40 PM

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Haven't watch or read Kenshin, but I watched (and enjoyed) Busou Renkin... And the idea of the mangaka approaching children with the outfit of Papillon is completely hilarious.
Nov 21, 2017 12:48 PM
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The instant alibi for all such accusations in Japan.




On a serious note, I don't think his reputation is compromised too much, he wasn't caught with an actual child or anything. I expect him to recover and go back to doing Kenshin tales eventually.
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I considered him my hero and Kenshin was one of the series that introduced me to anime. RK will always be a notch top series but I can't idolize a fucking pedo. What a big letdown...

You don't have to idolize the author to enjoy their series, ya know.

Take Hitler for example, a lot of people think he's a great artist/painter. Does that mean these people idolize him? Of course not. They just love his artworks. It's an extreme example, but you get the idea.
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FrostWings said:
ren_moon said:
I considered him my hero and Kenshin was one of the series that introduced me to anime. RK will always be a notch top series but I can't idolize a fucking pedo. What a big letdown...

You don't have to idolize the author to enjoy their series, ya know.

Take Hitler for example, a lot of people think he's a great artist/painter. Does that mean these people idolize him? Of course not. They just love his artworks. It's an extreme example, but you get the idea.


Yeah, that's why I said that I still love Kenshin and consider it among the best series of all time. I'm just saying that, for now, it's hard not to think about the fact that the series was written by a sick man who once you used to admire.
Nov 21, 2017 4:31 PM

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The feeling I have from all this is akin to basking in the warmth of a cheerily crackling fire, only to be doused in a bucket of icy cold water. It just doesn't feel real.

As selfish as this is going to sound, I hope we still get Hokkaido and the new movie that was supposed to be made... someday.
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And that just what they FOUND. Who knows what he did and they can't prove due to lack of evidence. Reminds me of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro who was imprisoned in 2002 for underaged prostitution and Shueisha still hired him to write Toriko for Shonen Jump, their young children's magazine. That's TWO Shonen Jump mangakas confirmed to be pedophiles. Who else is hiding? Oda was involved with both Shimabukuro and Watsuki so I hope he isn't one.
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And that just what they FOUND. Who knows what he did and they can't prove due to lack of evidence. Reminds me of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro who was imprisoned in 2002 for underaged prostitution and Shueisha still hired him to write Toriko for Shonen Jump, their young children's magazine. That's TWO Shonen Jump mangakas confirmed to be pedophiles. Who else is hiding? Oda was involved with both Shimabukuro and Watsuki so I hope he isn't one.


A 16 year old does not mean pedophilia!

Teenagers at that age can drive where I live!
Nov 21, 2017 5:38 PM

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LOl this is something i wouldnt expect

come back Nobuhiro
Nov 21, 2017 5:42 PM
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First off, title should be "Nobuhiro Watsuki charged for possession of child porn"
Seems like you're trying to sugarcoat it.

Secondly, I am so disappointed. The creator of one of my all time favorite stories is a man so disgusting. And to think I actually looked up to him as an artist and author.

HaXXspetten said:
vini64 said:


The topic is child pornography. Made in Abyss features children naked and even stuff being penetrated in their ass. If that's not a fetish I don't know what it is.
Even assuming he's into lolis, that doesn't mean he's gonna literally possess child pornography of real people


You gotta be pretty fucked in the head to draw little children in a sexually explicit manner.
Nov 21, 2017 5:59 PM

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Yep, and I think those girls are Chinese, since they have a lot of kidnappings there, especially Japan Black Market has established itself throughout South East Asia and East Asia. Japan Kidnapping rate is low as 2 chances in 1000000 people.


Good God, I thought this was happening only in movies and yaoi manga. What the hell is wrong with the world? What is this, 18th century?


Dude you probably didnt see whats going on on a deep web. People are being literally sold as fuck slaves one after another. But none is talking about that because its scary and weird.
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HikariJake said:
HaXXspetten said:
Even assuming he's into lolis, that doesn't mean he's gonna literally possess child pornography of real people


You gotta be pretty fucked in the head to draw little children in a sexually explicit manner.


it's kinda funny when there is case where an lolicon mangaka had to talk with police because some actually wicked minded people get inspired by his manga and actally commiting the crime. he himself has nice chat with police, with cookies and tea...

another interesting note, remember kodomo no jikan? the author is female... infact, lot of lolicon H doujin mangaka also female...
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Why Watsuki, why??? I'm so disappointed, it's not worth giving up one's career nor giving up one's freedom for something like this: despite that I still love Rurouni Kenshin: that's not going to change - his career is one thing and his personal life is another but after this I wonder if we'll ever get to finish to read the sequel manga of Rurouni Kenshin now for those who still wish to continue following the story. I admit he's my top favorite manga male artist but after this incident now I already see him in different eyes: what a shame. -_-

@lovelikewine I agree, Rurouni kenshin is a part of my youth too; the story is completely innocent from all this and has nothing to do with his personal life and I'm not throwing away something I cherish. ;)
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Now Japan is gonna have sexual assault and pedo allegations kinda like here in the US
I think we should just start over as a species humanity is fucked
Nov 21, 2017 8:37 PM

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dude this is fucked. I read he'll only get a year in jail, imagine if he did this shit in the U.S.
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SuperRed said:
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And that just what they FOUND. Who knows what he did and they can't prove due to lack of evidence. Reminds me of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro who was imprisoned in 2002 for underaged prostitution and Shueisha still hired him to write Toriko for Shonen Jump, their young children's magazine. That's TWO Shonen Jump mangakas confirmed to be pedophiles. Who else is hiding? Oda was involved with both Shimabukuro and Watsuki so I hope he isn't one.


A 16 year old does not mean pedophilia!

Teenagers at that age can drive where I live!


I chose the word for sentence structure convenience. Regardless, THAT is of more importance? Not the underaged prostitution?
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MoonStar9 said:
SuperRed said:


A 16 year old does not mean pedophilia!

Teenagers at that age can drive where I live!


I chose the word for sentence structure convenience. Regardless, THAT is of more importance? Not the underaged prostitution?
MoonStar9 said:
SuperRed said:


A 16 year old does not mean pedophilia!

Teenagers at that age can drive where I live!


I chose the word for sentence structure convenience. Regardless, THAT is of more importance? Not the underaged prostitution?
MoonStar9 said:
SuperRed said:


A 16 year old does not mean pedophilia!

Teenagers at that age can drive where I live!


I chose the word for sentence structure convenience. Regardless, THAT is of more importance? Not the underaged prostitution?


I never said it was more important...just trying to correct a misconception.
Nov 22, 2017 4:55 AM
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EWWWW! GTH!! I HATE PEDO’S.
I feel bad for the fans :(
Nov 22, 2017 4:56 AM

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Well, since there's proof and he admitted, all there's to do is to wait for him to be judged. That's sad for Kenshin's fans.

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Good God, I thought this was happening only in movies and yaoi manga. What the hell is wrong with the world? What is this, 18th century?


Dude you probably didnt see whats going on on a deep web. People are being literally sold as fuck slaves one after another. But none is talking about that because its scary and weird.

What you meant is dark web. You use the deepweb every day, even MAL has deep web pages. Your facebook account if you have one has a deepweb part, and so on. There is nothign scary about the deepweb :p.
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I haven't gotten into the series yet, but I feel really awful for the fans who looked up to him because no one knew he was fucked in the head. I fully understand the stigma behind pedophilia and that it's sick and wrong and there's a desperate need for treatment, but Watsuki I think was fucked either way because he lives in Japan. So he confessed to it, he always knew he was messed up in the head, but what could he have done? He couldn't tell anyone about it, and even if he did, where was he going to get help? Where could he have gone for therapy/treatment?

He kept it to himself, and it festered into what it's become today, and now he has to suffer the consequences for the rest of his life, but he'll never get the proper treatment he needs. It's just a lose-lose situation for everyone involved.

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dude this is fucked. I read he'll only get a year in jail, imagine if he did this shit in the U.S.

Only a year? Holy shit, what a slap on a wrist. If it was just because he had possession of it and wasn't a distributor, that's still too lenient.
Nov 22, 2017 2:46 PM

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Gross. Not gonna disown the series for it though.
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Nov 23, 2017 12:24 AM

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Well then, guess that means this scene really was what it looked like O_O

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If you support his works, then you are supporting pedophiles which in turn makes you a pedophile.
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If you support his works, then you are supporting pedophiles which in turn makes you a pedophile.


So if I voted for Bernie Sanders for president, does that make me a Jew because I am supporting a Jewish politician?

Retarded logic.
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If you support his works, then you are supporting pedophiles which in turn makes you a pedophile.


So if I voted for Bernie Sanders for president, does that make me a Jew because I am supporting a Jewish politician?

Retarded logic.


I voted for Trump for president so that makes me an alpha because Im supporting an alpha politician.

Sound logic.

If you support someone who is known for wrongdoings you are just as bad as the person committing them. So you might as well be jerking off to kids you pedo.
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So if I voted for Bernie Sanders for president, does that make me a Jew because I am supporting a Jewish politician?

Retarded logic.


I voted for Trump for president so that makes me an alpha because Im supporting an alpha politician.

Sound logic.

If you support someone who is known for wrongdoings you are just as bad as the person committing them. So you might as well be jerking off to kids you pedo.


That doesn't make any sense, buying manga doesn't contribute to child pornography in any way, the fact that he choose to spent his money on illegal stuff isn't my problem.
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SuperRed said:
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I voted for Trump for president so that makes me an alpha because Im supporting an alpha politician.

Sound logic.

If you support someone who is known for wrongdoings you are just as bad as the person committing them. So you might as well be jerking off to kids you pedo.


That doesn't make any sense, buying manga doesn't contribute to child pornography in any way, the fact that he choose to spent his money on illegal stuff isn't my problem.

I'm just going to say: Do not feed any further because the more its said its just gonna make it worse a bit, then agaiiiiiin. Being honest, this is most likely bait.
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Kuma said:
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You gotta be pretty fucked in the head to draw little children in a sexually explicit manner.


it's kinda funny when there is case where an lolicon mangaka had to talk with police because some actually wicked minded people get inspired by his manga and actally commiting the crime. he himself has nice chat with police, with cookies and tea...

another interesting note, remember kodomo no jikan? the author is female... infact, lot of lolicon H doujin mangaka also female...


People with psychological problems can easily have a "nice chat with police, with cookies and tea". It's not hard to feign innocence. Serial killers have got away with it all the time because they let the police into their homes with a smile on their face and promised them that everything is fine, there's nothing shady at all...

I'm not saying that all or even that most lolicon artists are criminals, but you tell me: how can a person who is all right in the head draw little naked girls in erotic scenarios?

"Lot of lolicon H doujin mangaka are female"
So? So you're saying that females can't be fucked up in the head?
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HikariJake said:
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it's kinda funny when there is case where an lolicon mangaka had to talk with police because some actually wicked minded people get inspired by his manga and actally commiting the crime. he himself has nice chat with police, with cookies and tea...

another interesting note, remember kodomo no jikan? the author is female... infact, lot of lolicon H doujin mangaka also female...


People with psychological problems can easily have a "nice chat with police, with cookies and tea". It's not hard to feign innocence. Serial killers have got away with it all the time because they let the police into their homes with a smile on their face and promised them that everything is fine, there's nothing shady at all...

I'm not saying that all or even that most lolicon artists are criminals, but you tell me: how can a person who is all right in the head draw little naked girls in erotic scenarios?

"Lot of lolicon H doujin mangaka are female"
So? So you're saying that females can't be fucked up in the head?


nah, my pont that lolican mangaka might have fucked uo mind, but they are not automaticaly criminal. they prefer drawing their imagination than ruinining someone life...
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Soooooo I guess we’ll never get that remake huh :/
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Kuma said:
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People with psychological problems can easily have a "nice chat with police, with cookies and tea". It's not hard to feign innocence. Serial killers have got away with it all the time because they let the police into their homes with a smile on their face and promised them that everything is fine, there's nothing shady at all...

I'm not saying that all or even that most lolicon artists are criminals, but you tell me: how can a person who is all right in the head draw little naked girls in erotic scenarios?

"Lot of lolicon H doujin mangaka are female"
So? So you're saying that females can't be fucked up in the head?


nah, my pont that lolican mangaka might have fucked uo mind, but they are not automaticaly criminal. they prefer drawing their imagination than ruinining someone life...


Yeah, I agree with you there. Lol
I defend the right to make and consume lolicon anime/manga/hentai, but I'm not going to pretend that it is normal or anything.
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As I said in other places, I feel a big pain, because Kenshin is my favourite character since I was a child.

Such a horrible days for fans. :'(
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He's been charged for two hundred thousands yen fine.
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The painter Caravaggio and the playwright Ben Jonson were both killers. The composer Benjamin Britten and the writers J.D. Sallinger, William Golding, Gustave Flaubert and Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) were allegedly all pedophiles in varying degrees. The writer Virginia Wolf and the poets Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot were allegedly all anti-Semites. I could go on, but I think that's enough to make the point. So what do we do about it? Run to the art galleries, theaters, concert halls and libraries with pitchforks and firebrands? Here's what James Poniewozik of Time Magazine says:

"Accepting [that bad people have made great art] doesn’t mean excusing horrible private behavior. It doesn’t mean giving my money to people I find reprehensible. And it doesn’t mean that creative geniuses are übermenschen beyond the moral laws that govern mere mortals. It just means realizing that ... sometimes great artists are going to be people I really don’t like."
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Cool story and what not. Outrage and stuff. K.
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