Now, when I think of “glorified depictions of illegal acts” they probably mean shota/lolita, right? Yes, these are illegal in real life. And when you hear about pedos on the news, it makes you cringe a little. But come on, it’s cartoons. It’s comics. No matter where you are, if there’s someone who likes it, they’ll make it. If they’re worried about this market “glorifying” pedophilia, they should probably just force companies who produce works like that to censor genetalia, or to include statements with credits or something that would say “____ does not condone real-life acts of shota/lolita/incest, etc.” or something along those lines. Also, even though I dont think any of these markets is huge in the anime/manga industries, this bill will most deffinitly imact the economy.

As for that ignoramous who wanted to illegalize homosexuality: it’s exactly as Caedite said. In almost all places where homosexuality is (wrongfully, in my opinion) illegalized, it’s because of religious reasons. Gays can’t marry in Japan, true, but to completely illegalize DEPICTIONS, as in the IDEA of homosexuality is beyond disturbing. Yes, plenty of people would love that to happen, but the truth is: gays have been around since the dawn of Man. There are even species of animals that have shown homosexuality. There are countless great people from hisory who were gay, or have been presumed to be, and it’s time for the world to grow up. A person’s sexuality doesn’t define them as a person. Now, before I go even further into a tangent, the same can be said about a manga, character, or anime. Unless it’s full-blown hentai, there are plenty of decent series about homosexual characters that are respected as art. If homosexuality is considered “an illegal act” then just slap a warning on it too. Don’t ban it.

So many things the governments do wrong, and for the wrong reasons…

I have a question about this, in the West the people against homosexuals are from the Right because they are more religious and it goes against Christianity (Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox)

In Japan, being a non-Christian country I read homosexuality has never been banned so being gay is tolerated by everyone?? I also wonder who would want to criminalize it(talking about the assemblymen)