Nagaike, Kazumi (2022-12-16). "Male Love for BL, Shota, and Otokonoko Characters: Japanese Alternative Masculinities Mediating Different Modes of Existence". Mechademia. 15 (1): 150. ISSN 2152-6648. Shotacon for women is almost exclusively yaoi, and may be published in general yaoi anthology magazines or in one of the few exclusively shotacon yaoi anthologies, such as Shōnen Romance. Because of the possible legal issues, US publishers of yaoi have avoided material depicting notably underage characters. [11] In 2006, Juné released an English translation of Mako Takahashi's Naichaisouyo ( 泣いちゃいそうよ) under the title "Almost Crying", [12] a non-erotic shotacon manga; the book contains several stories featuring pubescent male characters, but their relationships are nonsexual. It was found out by my mother (divorced from my father) who walked in on two of my other brothers engaged in fellatio. This was when I was 18, the other two brothers were 10 and 12 at the time. My mother called my father ... she had somehow connected all the dots already. The police came. "T," then 16, was questioned. "T" told everyone about how this family friend had been "raping" him for years. The family friend was indicted by a grand jury, and then a few days later shot himself before standing trial. My brother, a minor himself, went into counseling. Enforced: The work in question has this setup as part of Author Appeal, hence why there would be a Token Shota on the team. a b Tony McNicol (2004-04-27). "Does comic relief hurt kids?". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07 . Retrieved 2008-01-18.

The term "shotacon" is a Japanese contraction of Shōtarō complex ( 正太郎コンプレックス, Shōtarō konpurekkusu), a reference to the young male character Shōtarō ( 正太郎) from Tetsujin 28-go. [3] In the anime and manga series, Shōtarō is a bold, self-assertive detective who frequently outwits his adversaries and helps to solve cases. Throughout the series, Shōtarō develops close friends within the world. His bishōnen cuteness embodied and formed the term "shotacon", putting a name to an old sexual subculture. The word shotacon itself was coined in the magazine Fan Road in 1981. [6] Shotacon for male readers may feature either homosexual or heterosexual relationships. [nb 2] Both gay and straight shotacon typically involve escapades between smaller, often pubescent males and young adults (older brother/sister figures), sexually frustrated authority figures (teacher/boss), significantly older "uncle/aunt" figures (neighborhood acquaintances, actual family members), or outright father or mother figures (adopted, step, or full blood relation). Outside of these tropes, stories that involve only young boys (with no older characters) are not rare, with the most common recurring theme being a classmate relation. In short, if anime depicts a minor engaging in obscene, sexually explicit conduct then it’s a crime to produce, distribute, receive, or possess it, or to attempt or actually conspire to do so.

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Deconstructed: First of all, it would be considered illegal in today's day and age, and secondly, the emotional and mental maturity required to be in a relationship is perhaps too much for a young, un(der)developed boy, and not to mention the possibility that Alice could be manipulating him...

Some critics claim that the shotacon genre contributes to actual sexual abuse of children, [4] while others claim that there is no evidence for this, [4] or that there is evidence to the contrary. [5] Origins [ edit ] BL, in short, is fantasy. Viewers, gay or straight, want to experience the kind of love the show presents — simple, sweet, usually unemcumbered by reality — even though it’s mostly far from possible. Being gay is hard; being in a gay relationship is hard. And many fans of the genre watch BL precisely because they don’t want to see this reality. They want to see male-to-male relationship on screen that’s not burdened by the tradition and baggage of real-life romance, heteronormative or homoerotic, fictional or otherwise. Coffee Prince,” adapted from a novel of the same name, pretty much has the same premise: Choi Han-gyul (played by Gong Yoo) hires Go Eun-chan (played by Yoon Eun-hye), who he thinks is a guy, to pretend to be his gay lover to escape the blind dates arranged by his grandmother. When Han-gyul takes over an old coffee shop (the titular Coffee Prince), he hires good-looking employees to attract female customers. Eun-hye continues to pretend to be a man to get a job at Coffee Prince, where she and Han-gyul develop feelings for each other. Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — The popularity of the “2gether: The Series” has prompted local media to explain and theorize why, all of a sudden, the Filipino audience is crazy over a show about two college students falling in love with each other after pretending to be in a relationship.

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Mga Batang Poz” is unapologletically gay. The show is created by gay men; it is directed by Chris Martinez and its teleplay was written by Jerry Gracio. It is marketed as an “advocacy” series, made to promote HIV awareness, particularly among young gay men. So the stories are specifically gay stories, about the young gay lifestyle. Its characters identify as gay, and one of its actors, Awra Briguela, is an openly gay actor. Sex in BL is often shown as tender, similar to how sex is depicted in a heterosexual romance fiction. In “Mga Batang Poz”, sex is depicted as rough, even violent. Three of the four main characters are straight-acting, but it never suggests that only straight-acting gays are attractive and desirable. In short: nothing about “Mga Batang Poz” suggests that it cares about pandering to a general audience. The show feels like it is specifically made for gay men. What’s obscene? Query Google for [ “legal definition of obscene” ] and read. Then speak with your own Iowa-licensed First Amendment attorney. Restraint is only ever used as a last resort in situations where there is a threat to an inmate or staff, said Corrections Minister Robyn Lambley. Afterwards the boy is seen stalking around the cell and throwing his torn-up mattress at the CCTV camera in visible distress. The boy had been classed as at-risk and needed to be dressed in a non-rip gown, Justice Peter Barr ruled, and was apparently a known “spitter”. You and your family members are living with deep psychic wounds. If you have the courage to get to know these wounds and accept how they are influencing your life, you can live a life free of shame and full of joy. You can live with this. You can. But you have to look at it with open eyes and confront it with courage every day. Whatever is true and certain, get it out in the open. Whatever you have seen with your own eyes, speak it. Live your life in the open. Speak what you know.

a b "History of Syotaket" (in Japanese). Syotaket. n.d. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27 . Retrieved 2009-07-23. Juné Manga - Almost Crying". Juné Manga. Archived from the original on 2009-07-31 . Retrieved 2009-07-23. Kimi, Rito (2021). The History of Hentai Manga: An Expressionist Examination of Eromanga. FAKKU. p.242. ISBN 978-1-63442-253-6. My sister, age 8, then came forward and said that "T" had also been molesting her ever since she could remember. Then, my cousin said that he used to come over to her house when her dad wasn't home and asked if he could be her first kiss. Then, my other brother, age 6, said that he didn't want to talk about it ... and on and on. Minimal, if any therapy, was received by my other siblings. Each of those siblings went on to start drinking and using drugs. My youngest brother started getting high at age 12, and I've never seen him sober since. He's now 25. It seemed that everyone I knew, every young family member, had been affected. My dad drank, but then again that had started way before any of this. Mind you, I once found naked photos of my father with his sister. Syotaket" (in Japanese). Syotaket. n.d. Archived from the original on 2009-05-11 . Retrieved 2009-07-23.Alternatively: Alice genuinely loves Bob, but Bob is too immature to handle (or even care about) a relationship, and has no idea why this "nice lady" is behaving this way. Shotacon stories are commonly released in semi-monthly anthologies. Sometimes, however, manga artist will publish individual manga volumes. Many shotacon stories are published as dōjinshi; Shotaket ( ショタケット), [nb 1] an annual convention to sell shotacon doujin material, was founded in 1995, [10] by a group of male creators. [3] The 2008 Shotaket had over 1000 attendees and offered work from nearly 200 circles. [10] You aren't to blame. There is nothing you could have done to stop these things and there is nothing you can do to change what has happened.

Pagliassotti, Dru (November 2008) "Reading Boys' Love in the West". Particip@tions Volume 5, Issue 2 Special Edition Milton Diamond and Ayako Uchiyama (1999). "Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan". International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 22 (1): 1–22. doi: 10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00035-1. PMID 10086287 . Retrieved 2008-01-06. While BL shows do present male-to-male relationships, it can be argued that they do not necessarily represent gay relationships. Yaoi in Japan was initially created by female writers for a female audience. Because of this, early Japanese BL employ tropes that are used in straight romance fiction or are designed to appeal to women. Men in older BLs are usually classified as seme (dominant, masculine) and uke (submissive, feminine) to mirror heteronormative gender roles. Mga Batang Poz,” produced by the ABS-CBN streaming service iWant, is the closest thing we have to a BL series. But don’t be mistaken: even with the presence of gay characters and homoerotic romance, “Mga Batang Poz” is not a BL. Not in the strictest sense of the word.A local blog has described the show as “new.” “We need to face our new reality,” it said. A fashion publication has called it “unapologetically gay.” A news outfit has called it “a testament to how far we’ve come in terms of acceptance.” These reasons are not wrong, but they’re also not accurate. The Japan of “Ossan’s Love” is realistic. It has to be, because the characters are middle-aged men. Coming out as gay has real life repurcussions beyond being teased by peers. It is hard, regardless if you’re 18 years old, or 25, or 33, or 55. It’s a refreshing change from Thai BL shows that usually just tells stories about young and attractive men. Other popular and acclaomed gay-themed titles from Japan with mature gay characters are “Kinō Nani Tabeta?” (What Did You Eat Yesterday?), a slice of life series about a gay couple, and “My Brother’s Husband.” Both are manga series that were adapted to live-action shows.