I can't think of one Japanese person I know who would even think of playing Rapelay at all, much less buying it. Although these types of games are legal in Japan, that does not mean that they're common, or popular, or even that most people don't have a problem with the content. I also live in Japan and not once have I seen an underwear dispenser either. It isn't about 'hate' and maliciousness, or cruelty (though you can't account for all users and viewers) - it is fantasy that fills emotional needs and wants, and not physical, criminal ones.Ĭlick to expand.Entire thing here QFT. Rape and abuse in adult fantasies and entertainment reflect a desire to control or to be controlled. This is the same way that the violent fantasies we dream (which are quite accepted in Western society) do not imply a real desire to do violence.
Should these be banned too? Sex therapists will tell you that rape and abuse fantasies do not imply a desire to rape or abuse in reality. It is very sad that a 'debate' is happening on this 'problem' when many of the participants lack the relevant facts.Īnd it makes me wonder if they know about all the nasty adult videos produced in Western countries, that feature misogyny as fetish. SO for adult games, Western audiences, perhaps fueled by fetishistic need for more 'weird Japanese stuff', appear to lack much interest in the harmless and actually entertaining, interactive novels and dating sims, and instead go for the minority of hardcore titles. Anime output in Japan is still by far, most heavily founded on non-offensive products. That idea was more a reflection of what Western audiences were attracted to. It happened with anime - remember back when 'all anime' was apparently perverted and sick, and always exactly like Urotsukidoji? That's right - it never was. The whole debarcle is Western scaremongering. I read the Japanese news and that is where I get this information, by the way. Erotic and romance games are indeed a big industry but the hardcore variations make up for much less than outside sources like CNN would have you believe. something quite exaggerated and not entirely true. In much the same way, rape games are 'a big industry for Japan' like. I have seen thousands of battery, cigarette and drink dispensers, but only ONE (count 'em) underwear dispenser, and it was next a 'certain kind of shop'.
If you go to where these things are sold, then you will find them in abundance. Of course you will read all kinds of anecdotal reports but they are just as full of hyperbole as tales of underwear dispensers. I live in Japan and rape games are not that prevalent.