And to add to the irony, most of the supposed Western anime/manga fans who are proud of the fact that they lust over animated women over real world counterparts ARE the problem. I don't blame the Western public for the derision because the most vocal proponents of anime/manga are presenting a distorted image of what is actual business. If they actually took the effort to explore the Japanese culture, they would realize how misguided they really are.

Case in point (sorry Jie). These are the covers of Young Magazine from the past three weeks (I'm sure you already looked at them before reading this). "Young" comics are for the twenty-somethings, between the Boy comics and the Older Men comics. THAT's what the anime/manga business is about, not what your typical fanboy leads you to believe. It's no different that your typical sports/FHM/Maxim magazine here. So in fact, the industry isn't that different from anything else around the world in that they also use women (in the flesh) to sell. It's just the people who are superficially involved that give it a bad name.


Vol. 12


Vol. 13


Vol. 14

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