Biopanda

Maybe if whales would stop being so damn tasty, they wouldn't have to be hunted!

"Lolita is included on Time's List of the 100 Best Novels in the English language from 1923 to 2005. It is fourth on the Modern Library's 1998 list of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century. It was also included in the 100 Best Books of All Time, compiled in 2002 by the Norwegian Book Club." Apparently.

I assume that part is just a deeply-rooted cultural thing? Japan was pretty closed off to the rest of the world for a really long time and, given their current laws on age-of-consent, that was a pretty normal thing to do back then. Not saying that makes it okay, but when you've got a culture that for thousands of years it's just a normal part of life until one day some foreigners come knocking about and are like "hey guys that's not cool" then I guess old habits die hard?

They were repressing all sexuality though, not just minor-oriented sexuality, with the censorship laws that America pushed onto them post-WW2. That is probably one of the big reasons that hentai exists in the first place, since it can skirt around the censorship laws a bit. Also the censorship is the whole reason that tentacle porn exists... so it was America that made Japan so fucking weird

I actually was just reading something about this on another forum and that sort of stuff is actually legal in most of the US(and a bunch of other countries, I believe?). Sure, you won't be hoping over to the local bookstore to buy to loli mags, but that's what the internet is for, I suppose. I guess their being lax about it could be seen as a bit of a problem though, but that's what you get when you sexually repress a whole culture like 'Murrica did :'D

Well yeah... because manga and anime is only from Japan? There's plenty of drawn content from people all over the world because people are perverts no matter their country of origin :v

It's a hard job, but someone has to do it ;3

That's not a Japanese-only thing though. Just look at Toddlers & Tiaras and/or the whole child beauty pageant scene as a whole.

At least they get some vacation :'D I work a full-time job in a field that throughout all of America doesn't get a single day of vacation and no overtime pay(where working overtime is a VERY common occurrence).

Sweeeet! This band is totes awesome <3

Found the best LPers ever, Gaming Garbage. Lowtax and Shmorky are the best LP combo in the whole world, end of discussion.

*fans self*

Nice to see 礼 back! Also, that song sounds really great

This band is really on a roll as far as releases go!

We all know he's actually Jun anyways.

"We've finally found a way to bring Hide back from the dead!"

If JAVs have taught me anything, not a single Japanese woman has ever had sex without sounding like she's being murdered, so the silence thing is out.

Skinny jeans and a deathgaze t-shirt :V No makeup though

I'm going to go and say that "singer" implies that one can sing, while "vocalist" is someone who can make noises out of their mouthhole :v

Are there any issues in particular that you're looking for? I've got vol.34(July 2006) and vol.88(January 2010). I've also got a bunch of older Shoxx and Fools Mate, if you're interested.

...this place is gettin' pretty damn creepy