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-Hey, do you know any Japanese food you could recommend?
-Sure. What are you looking for?
-Anything, as long as it doesn't have rice or soy in it.
-... here you go.
Asking for anime without the idolization of young female beauty is just entitled ethnocentrism. It's part of Japanese culture. Unless you are living in Japan, you don't get a say in their culture. Asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your normative views is an entitled misunderstanding of the purpose of art/craft, both as an expression and as a product. If you need your world filtered so you experience only things that reinforce your worldview, you might as well move to a compound in the woods, because that's the only way you're going to avoid all the people who don't share your beliefs.
All she asked for was some anime without excessive fanservice, suited for a younger audience, and your reaction was, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, IT'S ART."
What a narrow view of the medium. Imagine telling all the Japanese female fans that if they want different representation, they're being ethnocentric. You want an anime without panty shots and lolis? THE ENTITLEMENT. You are the one who seems to be asking for art that only displays scenarios that fit your ideals, not OP.
Young female beauty = 5 - 16 years old female = minors
That's their standard. The rest of the world doesn't get a say, same way Nigerians don't get to tell British gay folk not to be gay, Scandinavians don't get to tell Americans what kind of gun laws they should have, and you don't get to ban the Chinese from eating dogs. Your standards don't determine the lives of people half a world away. If they don't it want to change, it won't.
Exactly. There are a lot of things I find uncomfortable about other cultures, but I know I can't force my beliefs onto other cultures. They have to deal with that themselves.
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