(The relationship depicted in Sailor Moon is a completely different discussion.)Ģ. Missing this difference or conflating the two as the same thing indicates a severe lack of understanding of what people are objecting to. OP or part of a reblog compares this relationship to what happens in Sailor Moon, despite missing the whole “parental guardian is doing something sexual to the dependent child” part of the dynamic. This causes huge problems with consent and is obviously playing off incest and underage kinks.Īdding to this, this is the exact example of a time when I think some forum needs to happen.ġ. You cannot have sex with someone at the same time as raising them. That is most definitely a huge imbalance of power that Haru is abusing. Haru being the head of the household in a dad-like role and Ren is living as a dependent on him.
We also have the fact that, while not blood-related, Haru and Ren are family. Ren cannot consent to sex with Haru if he does not know what it is. Haru also does this to Ren before he understands what sex is and Haru refuses to tell him even basics about sexuality. Specifically Haru jerks off and blows Ren, while from what I read they do not engage in anal intercourse and Haru doesn’t want Ren servicing him, that does not mean it isn’t sex. In the manga Haru has sexual relations with Ren. The problem with this anime is that it’s clearly catering to those who like underaged boys and incest due to it’s many problematic elements.
The provinces out-rule the overall country’s age of consent so it’s not TRULY 13 anywhere unless they get a new province that doesn’t stipulate it’s age of consent laws. While it states on the books that the age of consent is 13 for the country, the reality is that it’s individual provinces have the consent age at around 16/17. So please when watching this anime, please know the laws of japan and sexual activity.Īs I understand it the age of consent in Japan is actually more like 17 and older. it grows and develops into a more lovers relationship. When you look at the anime, please remember that the age of consent in america is more different ( 16 in some states, 18 in others)Īlso in the anime and the manga, they boys dont really engage in sexual activity or much at all. I believe people think this anime is a pedophile type anime because they are viewing this anime in a AMERICAN perspective. Only in some areas in japan, the age of consent is different but overall the age is 13 and marriage age is 16/18 with parent consent. According to the SUPER LOVERS wiki page, ren is 16 and haru is 22/24. If you didn’t know, the age of consent in japan IS 13 years old. I never really researched boku no pico but im pretty sure the boy in the anime was younger than 13. So im not a fushoji or a huge yaoi fan but i do like it if the story is fluffy like Junjou romantica or love stage!Īs i was watching episode 3 (Which released yesterday april 20), i keep seeing comments that everyone says that the anime gives them boku no pico vibes.