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Why do you say "pedo"? If they were supposed to be underage boys, they'd have eyes like manhole covers.

Trust me on this, I read lots of yaoi.

Posted by ShifterCat | November 21, 2007 12:29 PM
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Gay.

Posted by Mr. Poe | November 21, 2007 12:32 PM
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This isn't necessarily out of the ordinary in terms of Japanese games. Girlfriend dating simulators abound (X-Play has done a few funny segments about them), and pachinko and puzzle games often reward players with weird naked Anime guys and girls. Thank goodness touch-screen technology can help the thriving perv-eractive genre reach new frontiers.

And, uh, Brad? Not reviewing this.

Posted by Sam M. | November 21, 2007 12:41 PM
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@1 Seconded.

It's really not pedo. The Japanese are not shy about their love of child pornography, and their attempt to make it sound respectable is strikingly similar to the American attempt. Manga that involves underage boys is called "bishounen ai," which translates into, "boy love."

If the Japanese wanted this to be pedo, they'd call it something that translates into "Sweaty Hairless Boy Rape," and you'd play the role of a third grade gym coach giving eight year olds rub downs, and the cartridge would come complete with a canister filled with the smell of sweaty elementary school boys that sprayed out every time you got a thousand points. In other words, they wouldn't be subtle about it.

For God's sake, we're talking about a country where venerated legislators argued passionately against a ban on child pornography, claiming it was an assault on free speech.

This, this is merely very, very gay, and aimed at girls and boys who like their boys femme.

Posted by Gitai | November 21, 2007 12:50 PM
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"Why doesn't he have any nipples?"

Umm... yeah.

I think I'd rather just watch XTube.

Posted by SDA in SEA | November 21, 2007 12:51 PM
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Yaaaaaaaawn....

Posted by Madge-YoursoakingINIT! | November 21, 2007 12:52 PM
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I'd rather watch YouTube videos of Eydie Gorme singing.

Posted by Michigan Matt | November 21, 2007 1:22 PM
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Meh. At least the dating simulators have a variety of minigames in them. This seems like it would get boring fast.

Posted by Greg | November 21, 2007 1:26 PM
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Eh. Nothing different from games that are basically constructed to please horny young boys. This is, if anything, a step forward ... finally, gay and girl nerds, rejoice.

Posted by Gloria | November 21, 2007 1:40 PM
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Droplets of sparkling boy dew?

I really need to get away from the computer. Now.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | November 21, 2007 2:25 PM
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@1 and @3 are correct. And dating sims of manga and anime have even been done as flash - there are tons of them.

The eye size is critical. For example, one way you can tell a two-foot tall tween vampire is actually an adult in mange and anime is that she has small eyes. Dead give away.

Manga conventions were developed mostly half a century ago and have a lot of encoded meaning that newcomers may not understand.

Posted by Will in Seattle | November 21, 2007 4:03 PM
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The interesting thing about the whole Japanese boy-love phenomena is how popular it is among girls/women. Certainly we have slash here in the US, but it's much less known in the mainstream and doesn't have the acceptance of yaoi in Japan.

Posted by sam | November 21, 2007 6:19 PM
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Which is worse? This or the new "Dancing With the Stars" Wii game that's just been released?

Posted by M | November 21, 2007 7:12 PM
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And yet if I wanted to wipe the sweat off of Sailor Moon, I'd be arrested...

Posted by Bont | November 21, 2007 7:51 PM
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only the one in the basketball jersey looks underage. the rest are around 18 lookin' and the one in the sleeveless robe is rather ... interesting.

Posted by count d20 | November 21, 2007 9:39 PM
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Actually, if I have my facts straight, the age of consent in Japan is only 13, so ALL of them are of legal age.

Posted by Kyan | November 22, 2007 8:43 AM
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@ #4: Actually, "shounen-ai", or "boy love" stories can feature characters of any age group; it generally refers to non-explicit stories. "Yaoi" is more hardcore. Yaoi or shounen-ai involving underage boys is called "shota-con". All of these stories tend to feature "bishounen", or beautiful boys (many would more properly be called "biseinen", beautiful men, but "bishounen" has become kind of an umbrella term). And all of these things are aimed primarily at women and girls.

Yes, I am a major geek girl.

Posted by ShifterCat | November 22, 2007 10:40 AM
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I was going to post an actual comment, but couldn't figure out a way to work 'manhole eyes' and pedo video games into a sentence without hating myself afterwards.

Posted by Kerlyssa | November 23, 2007 9:17 AM
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I never got into sex games. Why do that when you can go screw real women (and hairless girly men if you so please)? I guess you can't get STDs from the DS (yet).

Posted by Mr.Tickles | November 26, 2007 2:27 AM

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