I think having a discussion on lolicon as a genre and how we relate to it is useful. I understand you don't want this discussion on a thread about a specific manga - I'm sorry I did just that, I wasn't trying to start anything. But it sure would be nice to talk about it and if it has already been discussed, I'm interested in seeing the discussion.
I personnally have a rather open-minded view on this (I think ?), I enjoy age gaps a lot and I like fiction that tackles this subject. Some of my favorite mangas are lolicon by definition, but the way they treat pedophilia is always well thought and morally interesting. I have a problem with the genre when it includes doing harmful things to kids as if it was totally normal and never representing the pain caused. I would certainly REALLY criticize the idea that "it's fiction lol", I think nothing is more twisted than that. So some mangas are more problematics than others.
In the same way, some users have a way to openly react and talk about pedophilic behaviours that is very problematic and should not exist on this forum - or anywhere really. It would be great if Dynasty was more aware of that and did something about it.
As a final note, and just to be crystal clear about how real this is : pedophiles are on this forum. A lot of them. They read these stories. They enjoy them. And they recruit here. When I was 20 I was sent pedophilic pornography by a guy from a manga forum I barely knew. He said something along the lines : "this is the kind of horrible thing we can find here, what do you think ?" Let's not be blind and naive about it. We are not all mature and "it's only fiction". A lot of users have very grey lines that need clear education and warnings ; and some others are way over the red line.
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