In other manga they said Japan had legalised same-sex marriage. Is that true or just their fantasy?
Yes. It is indeed fantasy at the moment. Things are changing, and there's a lot of grass-roots support, but the government is super conservative. Just few months ago, LDP's politicians were spouting hateful anti-LGBT rhetoric straight to media. For example, indicating that only good citizens are those who breed, or that "equality has gone too far"... So yeah...
Recently, there was a court case that decided this limitation to marriage in Article 24 is unconstitutional, as it goes against Article 14 of the same document. However, regardless of that, lawmakers have to actually take this issue to the table and change the Constitution. Which is far easier said than done, because Constitution also has things relating to status of the Defense Forces.
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