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Every other "weeb" fanbase has this, that's nothing new. Also - while I can't (won't be bothered to) provide actual data, it was already noticed that while Touhou Project has a larger amount of R18 content made than other "usual suspect" franchises (various popular gacha games with tons of waifus of all forms, personalities, shapes and sizes) objectively, the percentage of that R18 content among all Touhou fanmade content is lesser than this of fanmade R18 content of other franchises. So, actually, Touhou Project fanbase isn't that "down bad", it just makes so much stuff in general, that its mountain of porn inevitably became bigger.

On separate note, I consider the switch of DanKagu from a gacha game to a... non-gacha game an improvement. Yeah, the fact that whatever people achieved in the gacha version is lost forever sucks, but that's the problem with "games as service" as a whole, and shouldn't really be used against the standalone release of DanKagu.

I must say with pride that Polan can into Touhou too! We have one certain big server with hundreds of members, although maybe a dozen or two are really active. We also used to have a forum, but it was looooong ago. Also, our community tended to break apart, to then rejoin itself several times.

One quick dive on Danbooru later... Sariel has total of 326 arts featuring her... and maybe 3 or more NSFW and several that could be considered otherwise "spicy". Out of 326. Sheesh, your waifu is niche as heck. XD

1. I actually agree with the first point. 2. About the less comfortable subject... I think that, if there was literally no such thing like pedophilia, then there would be no reason for anyone to even think about making art depicting children sexually... so I'd say that, while I can't be sure that actual pedophiles truly are the majority of lolicon fans/creators/consumers, I literally cannot not assume that they are some sizeable part of it. But I do not have issue with them reading that stuff, frankly. Sure, Western people might be in a position to see it as a problem, even wondering why and how Japanese people aren't literally burning shops selling lolicon content down, and lynching - or jailing in horrific conditions - people caught with it... but if it was really causing problems, I think Japanese people would've already noticed it and made regulations accordingly. Gravure idol bullshit needs to end tho. I'm not sure if delving into the nature of pedophilia is within the bounds and scope of this discussion though... Beautiful. Pointing out that Japanese culture is just more comfortable with depictions of sexuality in general, because of differences reaching even to religion, is also a good point. And now, indeed, we got a culture massively sexually liberated (at least compared to what was 70 years ago), although still with some remnants of old prudery, with easy digital access to almost anything, plus globalisation, meaning that Japan's point of view is more available than ever. For anyone wanting people to not be constantly thirsty fans of something... you have to isolate Japan XDDDD

...I really should involve myself on this forum more. About that take about lolicon artists being "closeted pedophiles" and the counter-argument that, if that was the case, similar trends would be seen everywhere else... I'd like to remind you about one thing... In Japan people make and publish lolicon art basically openly, while in most other countries, those publication would be either definitely considered CSAM (that's short for "Child Sexual Abuse Material), or would possibly be considered as such, depending on the mood of people involved. So, yeah, there is a big cultural difference there. It just bothered me.

Late to the party, and maybe not adding much to the topic... but daym, this Lost Word business weighs heavily on my gamer heart. I want to like this game, and I want to discover the story, but this game is just, like... poor. The fights are in greatest majority completely unengaging and playing them feels like a waste of time, aside from boss battles which SOMETIMES offer something more (the Yukari fight actually stopped me in my tracks for a while, forcing me to master the P management, tracking of buffs, and getting the feel of using Graze... only because my luck with gacha was so lousy that I barely got any Friends, so I did not have any attacks she would be weak against). It would be aggravating to have those completely inconsequential, often completely unexplained in story random fairy battles interrupting the story, if it wasn't so dull! Playing on Hard requires clearing the stages on Normal already, so that's not a fix.. and, anyway, the power curve in this game is pretty steep, so there's hardly any possibility of running into anything that wouldn't be cleared by having higher levels. The story is kinda interesting, the fanservice for me, atm, mostly tasteful and sometimes funny/hilarious/amusing, without usually getting too offensive, and the artstyle is nice. The inclusion of the player-insert character isn't done too badly (even if characters are weirdly friendly, polite, and welcoming to her). Yet, I wait for Danmaku Kagura to come out, even if its artstyle seems more dull, just for a chance for ANY real gameplay.