5 Times Japan Gave Us Very Questionable Anime
Japan is known for a lot of things, some weird, some marvelous. The same goes for the Japan's anime industry. Today, we present you our pick for the 5 really really questionable anime exported by Japan!
1. Kodomo no Jikan
Loli pandering shows will always be controversial, but none gets more heat than Kodomo no Jikan. The series touches on worthwhile themes like child abuse, body image, and the teacher-student dynamic. Sadly, these themes go out the window due to a 9-year-old girl trying to sleep with her 23-year-old teacher and copious amounts of loli fanservice.
2. Seikon no Qwaser
Ecchi has become more common, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It causes ecchi-focused shows to get creative.
Seikon no Qwaser definitely is creative, even if it falls flat on it's face. Any show with breast milk as it's central plot device should be a parody, but Qwaser is determined to be a sexual Berserk. It comes off as creepy and sexist, as the female cast is reduced to little more than milk jugs for our "hero" to suckle on.
3. Strawberry Panic!
Exploring one's sexuality is super common for high schoolers, but Strawberry Panic! seems to think that consent doesn't need to be involved. The series frequently displays sexual assault, unwanted kisses, attempted rape, and emotional manipulation as something that is fine as long as girls are doing it to each other.
4. Kuttsukiboshi
Kuttsukiboshi answers every question with rape.
About to go in for an operation? Rape your sister for good luck.
Did your best friend catch you getting raped by your brother? Just rape her!
Your rapist / friend about to leave Japan? Rape her on the train then teleport to an isolated planet with her!
Can you believe Kuttsukiboshi is not a hentai?
5. Oriemo
Oreimo tries so hard to be more than incestuous tripe. We want to sympathize with Kirino, who hides her otaku hobbies out of fear of rejection. We might identify with Ruri, especially if we went though a chuunibyo stage. Then there is Ayase, the girl who knows nothing about otaku culture.
Oreimo could have been a nice look at social expectations, but instead we got an abusive tsundere, a psycho stalker, and a manic presented as harem material. It became the very thing the story was supposedly speaking out against.
1. Kodomo no Jikan
Loli pandering shows will always be controversial, but none gets more heat than Kodomo no Jikan. The series touches on worthwhile themes like child abuse, body image, and the teacher-student dynamic. Sadly, these themes go out the window due to a 9-year-old girl trying to sleep with her 23-year-old teacher and copious amounts of loli fanservice.
2. Seikon no Qwaser
Ecchi has become more common, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It causes ecchi-focused shows to get creative.
Seikon no Qwaser definitely is creative, even if it falls flat on it's face. Any show with breast milk as it's central plot device should be a parody, but Qwaser is determined to be a sexual Berserk. It comes off as creepy and sexist, as the female cast is reduced to little more than milk jugs for our "hero" to suckle on.
3. Strawberry Panic!
Exploring one's sexuality is super common for high schoolers, but Strawberry Panic! seems to think that consent doesn't need to be involved. The series frequently displays sexual assault, unwanted kisses, attempted rape, and emotional manipulation as something that is fine as long as girls are doing it to each other.
4. Kuttsukiboshi
Kuttsukiboshi answers every question with rape.
About to go in for an operation? Rape your sister for good luck.
Did your best friend catch you getting raped by your brother? Just rape her!
Your rapist / friend about to leave Japan? Rape her on the train then teleport to an isolated planet with her!
Can you believe Kuttsukiboshi is not a hentai?
5. Oriemo
Oreimo tries so hard to be more than incestuous tripe. We want to sympathize with Kirino, who hides her otaku hobbies out of fear of rejection. We might identify with Ruri, especially if we went though a chuunibyo stage. Then there is Ayase, the girl who knows nothing about otaku culture.
Oreimo could have been a nice look at social expectations, but instead we got an abusive tsundere, a psycho stalker, and a manic presented as harem material. It became the very thing the story was supposedly speaking out against.
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