Middle school in Japan covers ages from 12 to 15, so that's still underage.
the Retromancer
Keita is 15, while his step-sisters Riko and Ako are 16. However, they are two heads shorter than him and have rather moe designs, so them being visually sexualized in most early chapters and trying to get Keita into indirect sexual activities (like licking them in the hot springs or grabbing him in the pants) or Imagine Spot him, is very sus, so a more detailed description would be in order.
Chapter 34 introduces Kiryu, who is 14 and another head shorter, and also very sexualized in her introduction, makes me very skeptical.
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Kiryu
is not, visually, looking like pedopandering to me. She looks like a fairly standard-issue anime teenager.
So far, this is feeling like it should be restored.
Edited by Ramidel on Mar 31st 2024 at 3:49:30 AM
the Retromancer
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Because the character you linked to is an adult
. I'm talking about this one.
Edited by Amonimus on Mar 31st 2024 at 3:51:50 PM
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Can't see what she looks like due to a bad link
the Retromancer
Because tvt is allergic to unicode in links. Thankfully there are redirects.
Yeah, no. Kiryu is 110% lolicon bait.
I'm not putting it in such strong terms but she's definitely borderline to me. I'm not calling it entirely yet but I'm definitely not as happy with it.
Animu
Won't judge until I see the worst that happens to each of the girls.
Since some of the episodes are OVA, we could exclude the most rule-breaking ones like it was done with Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya.
One-Track Mind (he/him)
Bumping for feedback, as it's been a few days.
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From the wiki:
...Yeaaaah, this is not looking good
"Leftover items still have value!"
Animu
We could settle with cutting the episodes where that happens and restoring the rest. But still, doesn't seem that she has actual sex.
Edited by animuacid on Apr 17th 2024 at 11:58:33 AM
I'm rather against cutting individual episodes within a work (as opposed to bonus episodes, special manga and OVAs).
Animu
The thing is that there are 12 OVA episodes and 12 episodes aired on TV.
And we have the precedent of Training with Hinako in which the third OVA was cut but the first two were kept.
Edited by animuacid on Apr 17th 2024 at 12:16:14 PM
Training with Hinako is sold as three separate OVAs, each with a different gimmick. Likewise, Magical Girl in Hot Spring is a DVD extra.
If we want to specifically cut the OVA, or the TV series, because the OVA is Too Hot for TV (or theoretically the reverse) I could see doing that. But I'd rather not, for example, have a situation where we cut the third episode of Interspecies Reviewers (which we didn't and won't, I'm just mentioning it as an example). That's going too far.
the Retromancer
The portrayal of Kiryu in the main manga as mentioned earlier is probably more of a priority than side-material, as the page may not be left at all.
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One-Track Mind (he/him)
The People's Champion
Was I supposed to get a ping? (If so, I didn't get a PM.)
Right now, I'm leaning towards "cut the OVA, but keep everything else."
There's beauty in even the smallest moments.
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Everything but the ova can be kept.
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Animu
Abstaining because there's not an episode by episode analysis yet.
TV: Abstain until we have a recap.
OVA: Cut unless there's a damn good reason to keep - that one almost-cunnilingus scene with Kiryu is more than enough.
One-Track Mind (he/him)
Bumping for more feedback, as it's been a week.
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Quite unpredictable
I could suffer through this one. It's only a 12-episode anime, right?
...Kiryu concerns me. I scrolled through her wiki page and it looked very, very iffy and lolicon-ish.
"I don't have the power to reverse my destiny. [...] But I'm not going to turn away from my fate anymore." — Kiriya
Animu
Go ahead, but it's 12 episodes of TV anime and 12 of OVA. And currently the OVA seems worse so watch the TV episodes first.
This page was cut by P5 due to being a "heavy fetish fanservice show w/middle schoolers". The problem is, middle schoolers in Japan are significantly older than middle schoolers in the United States and other English-speaking countries - indeed, the twins look to be teenagers at the very least. Not to mention, if the "fetish" referred to in the disposition is "incest", then we don't cut pages simply due to being about incestuous relationships. Thus, I'm inclined to propose a restoration of the page, tho that depends on how others interpret the series. What do you guys think?
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