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What do you think about adult female characters that look like 12 years old girls in anime?

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Mar 23, 2023 5:53 AM
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Personally, I think it's a bit strange and maybe even creepy to have adult female characters who look like 12-year-olds. It can be seen as sexualizing underage characters, which is a big no-no. However, at the end of the day, these characters are just fictional and don't represent real children. As long as everyone understands that, I don't see a problem with it. But hey, that's just my opinion.
Mar 23, 2023 6:02 AM
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I think nothing of it because I am not a fan of that particular design so I just follow the other girls

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Mar 23, 2023 6:27 AM
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An artist can paint their trees in red, same logic applies here. And besides, we all have our own fetishes. As long as you can separate fiction from reality, anything is acceptable.
Mar 23, 2023 6:35 AM
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They are the best tbh, need more shows with them 
Mar 23, 2023 7:00 AM
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I am a big fan of the hentai of these lolibabas

I love these characters and wish to see more

Mar 23, 2023 7:02 AM
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I don't really mind it, it's just another trope in anime, this setting is funny sometimes.
Mar 23, 2023 7:02 AM
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Lolibabas are one of the best characters out there.
Mar 23, 2023 7:17 AM
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I think nothing of it.. I'm not a fan of this idea to make an adult look like a kid.. I take no particular interest in it but I know why they do it ..
 

Mar 23, 2023 7:20 AM
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It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'd typically prefer them to look younger rather than older.

As for a character seeming as if they don't match their stated age however (or their age which we find out through reading background info, source material, etc.), I actually find the issue is more the other way around with some characters' visual design looking too old for their stated age. There were many times when a character was said to be at the end of middle school/junior high school or a first year of high school, so usually either 14 or 15 years-old, and to me their design matched more of how I would expect a 20+ year-old to be portrayed (or very late teens at the minimum).
Mar 23, 2023 7:25 AM

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I honestly find it stranger then the 1000 year old loli. Someone who is supposed to be just a normal adult, but looks like a kid, is stranger then some immortal being that looks like a kid, or a kid that looks like a kid. I mean, it's not something that bothers me really, just of the 3 types, its the one that I like the least. 
Mar 23, 2023 7:37 AM

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Generally I don't place too much emphasis on a character's physique. But Komoe-sensei from "A Certain Magical Index" is different for me. Although it's more about her child like personality and being gullible that makes for some peak comedy moments. Komoe could be depicted as a grown adult and I'd still like her, as long as the behavior and voice is the same. Index is supposed to start some comedy skits in the series but I found her just plain annoying. Touma's interactions with Komoe or Misaka is where the comedy in that series shines. It was hilarious when even the ruthless, gruff and unsociable Accelerator as well as the literal child Misaka Last Order were bewildered when they first saw Komoe-sensei and thought that Academy city finally found a way to reverse the aging process. I don't care about the morality brigade calling everything in sight as being sexualized. As long as these lolis make me laugh, I am down with whatever. That's why I also love Maria and Kobato from "Haganai" as well as Yamada Aoi from "Working!!".  My new favorite though is the 1000 year old idiotic demon principal of the school in "Jitsu wa Watashi wa". For her comedy to work, she does need to pose as a student though not a loli.
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Mar 23, 2023 7:38 AM

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I love lolibaba characters like Oshino Shinobu and Hachikuji.  Anime characters are often made to look hot and cute which is why I gravitated to the medium so much.  More loli moms in anime would be a plus.  
Mar 23, 2023 8:00 AM

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I find it cute but don't go after it that much.

Mar 23, 2023 8:00 AM

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Just bruh, what the fuck??????
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Mar 23, 2023 8:04 AM

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Lmao the topic attracted an actual paedophile.


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Mar 23, 2023 8:14 AM

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depends i guess. how tall is the character?
Mar 23, 2023 8:16 AM
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It's one of those anime oddities that i'm okay with.
Mar 23, 2023 8:23 AM

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It seems a bit strange to me, I suppose they do it to attract more young audiences, I don't know, I don't want to think that it's for something else.
Mar 23, 2023 8:27 AM
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It makes me uncomfortable. Especially when it’s an anime that has a lot of fan service.
Mar 23, 2023 8:29 AM
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Heh. Yet another FBI bait thread.........
Mar 23, 2023 8:36 AM
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reminds me of oka chan from golden time. knew someone who was like her. so personally just find them wholesome, not very attractive tho ill admit. sister vibes

Mar 23, 2023 8:46 AM

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Like you said, it's fiction, so it doesn't really matter at all. A "legal" loli isn't inherently sexual either, it can be played strictly for comedy. 
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Mar 23, 2023 9:02 AM
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Huge yuck from me... Male or female.
Mar 23, 2023 9:04 AM

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I don't care and I don't feel uncomfortable, I've seen many short adult women who looked like children in real life.

Mar 23, 2023 9:04 AM

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When they are sexualized, they make me want to punch their creators in their faces. If they are not and are just cutesy and childish, I find them annoying but that's it.
Mar 23, 2023 10:04 AM

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Not a fan. If you're an adult character, look like an adult please.
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Mar 23, 2023 10:08 AM
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generally not a fan but some i like and fantasize like Hestia and Tatsumaki but i consider them petite women more than lolis
Mar 23, 2023 10:23 AM
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I generally don’t care either way

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Mar 23, 2023 10:26 AM
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Wow, all the parkwatchers be gathered here
Mar 23, 2023 10:34 AM
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Neat, I guess. They're cute.        
Mar 23, 2023 10:49 AM
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It repulses me greatly if i accidentally have to see it somewhere
Mar 23, 2023 11:22 AM

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Not a fan, I think the one in Toaru is a good example of why.




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Mar 23, 2023 11:38 AM

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Mar 23, 2023 11:58 AM

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It doesn't bother me. It only bothers me when their personality is like that of a much younger character. 
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Mar 23, 2023 12:12 PM

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I prefer if they're actually 12 years old.
Mar 23, 2023 12:21 PM
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It's the best trope anime has to offer, second only to saboderes
Mar 23, 2023 12:36 PM

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well personally I don't see anything wrong with it, its fiction, I want my fiction to have the freedom to include things that are uncomfortable. Not that this is all that uncomfortable to begin with, a close up of an eyeball being sliced, now that's uncomfortable.
Mar 23, 2023 12:41 PM
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Meh it doesn't bother me it's just a trope.
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Mar 23, 2023 12:43 PM

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Another glowie bait thread. 
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Mar 24, 2023 3:56 AM

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I approve of them, I love them, please continue making them and make more of them.

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