Comments on: [Team Blue] A Serious Look at the Lolita Complex

By: Yamcha

Yamcha — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:15:22 +0000

@ojisan: I see no reason for any lolihater bashing… Unless you want to be bashed. Then we will have a bash! (no pun intended)

@vendredi: The old-school lolis weren’t really intended for males to ogle over though. My first experience with the “sexy” loli was Kiddy Grade’s Lumiere, and ever since I’ve noticed the increasing trend of loli sexualization in current anime. Perhaps a loli retrospective post is in order… Oh the lolipedos would love that, wouldn’t they? I do agree that the visual look of girls in general does seem younger these days too.

@Meu: I didn’t notice one bit. Why are you looking anyway, hm hm?

By: Meultima

Meultima — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:37:33 +0000

It’s striped.

Why is it always striped?

By: vendredi

vendredi — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:47:37 +0000

It definitely is the elephant in the room that no one really ever talks about seriously; and the “token loli” phenomenon seems, as you mention, really recent in the long-term scale of things. The oldest (in terms of series age) “loli” character I can recall was that pink-haired princess in Sailor Moon…
The other interesting thing that probably deserves some more examination is not only how loli characters have become more prevalent, but also potentially how a “loli aesthetic” has changed the style or portrayal of particular characters. I’m sure even a quick comparison of anime from 10 years ago versus very recent anime might show some significant differences in the way female leads are stylized and/or characterized, for example.

*edit: Looks like an appropriate picture to boot also.

By: ojisan

ojisan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:10:18 +0000

If I sounded harsh it wasn’t in relation to your own piece – balanced, well written – I was being defensive, expecting DOGPILE THE LOLIH8TR posts to follow. And surprise – none such yet!

I hope I get the Yakumo gif this time -

By: Yamcha

Yamcha — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:05:38 +0000

@ojisan: loliz is srs bsns. Thanks for the constructive criticism and comments. And concerning the Ana picture… I thought it was a good lead in. >_>

@Blowfish: I hate that so many current anime have to toss in cookie cutter lolis as an archetype in and of itself. This generic loli invasion has left me in despair!

@Panther: I’ll tl’dr you a new one… I was thinking about pictures to break up the text but decided against it.

@ron: Thanks man. Now if only all the lolicons were the harmless type…

By: ron~

ron~ — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:20:37 +0000

very nice article

i agree with your groupings of lolicons, i like loli for their cuteness, say no to loli rape!

ron~s last blog post…PS3 Home IM@S Haruka Costume GOT!

By: Panther

Panther — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:21:03 +0000

tl;dr i stopd reedin' @ 4 paragrafs becuz lack ofz pics 2 brek up post Panthers last blog post...Asu no Yoichi! 07 - For Ze Fanservice

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By: Blowfish

Blowfish — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:47:38 +0000

Nice written article! Im amazed how the media caters to the "new audience" aswell.But lets not lie: most of todays shows arent about originality but increasing ratings to the max. Personally i have a huge dislike for the cookiecutter loli concept aswell as moe.It would be interesting to find out what the first stepping stone for the creation of lolicons was.Sadly we wont ever find it out Blowfishs last blog post...The Japanese Garden

By: ojisan

ojisan — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:30:20 +0000

OK, I give you credit – you are addressing it seriously, even if you lead with a pantsu shot of Anna Coppola. How to begin? I’m a big fan of Manabi Straight and Ichigo Mashimoro, & yet I really really dislike the online blogposting pedobear community.
In the same way, I can laugh at jokes about death, evisceration, defenestration, erectile disfunction & maiming. But I can’t laugh at jokes about child sexual abuse. Young girls are fun & smart, & cute or not cute, but they don’t deserve our sniggering cynicism.
They’re only drawings, of course. So why did half the theatre audience cry through the last ten minutes of Grave of the Fireflies? If they’re only drawings, and have no relation to real people in the real world, we wouldn’t care about them in the first place.

So throw me on the bonfire, here I am!

Wow, your site has great animated gifs, seriously -