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Originally Posted by bluemist
Enough of reality. I pondered in this one. There are multitudes of ero-games (bishoujo game/h-games) out there with an 'incest' theme. And the more annoying thing is: "they are not even related". There are so many of these games out there wherein the male character has a female love interest which is his 'adopted sister'. It means they are not biological siblings, but I guess they lived and grew together as brother and sister. I'd say what's up with that? Can I call it "legal incest"?? Though that relationship isn't immoral, don't you think I still promotes incestual relationships in general?
Why do some Japanese get turned on with a girl growling 'onii-chan!' to them in bed? Such fetishes...
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I can explain that.
There are actually two censorship associations in Japan regarding games and media. They regulate what is legal and acceptable according to Japanese laws. They are also the backbone of the game/anime/manga/media/movie industry and is probably something similar to the NAACP in the United States - they are the ones that go to court to go around loopholes.
Sofurin - Ethics Organization of Computer Software:
http://www.sofurin.org/
Medirin - Media Ethics Association:
http://www.media-ethics.com/
Example A: Japanese national law forbids incestual relationships between siblings.
Response A: Although the Japaneses national law forbids sibling relationships it does not clearly specify that the two siblings need to be blood-related or not.
Example B: Recently the Japanese national law forbid any expression (games made after this law went into effect) of sexual conduct for a character that is under the age of 18.
Response B: The Japanese law did not state whether the character may or may not look under 18. Hence, even if the character looks like a middle-school or high-school student, the loop-hole exists where so long as we do not say they are in middle-school or high-school, or if we just state them as "all characters represented are over the age of 18" is perfectly legal.
Example C: Minors under the age of 18 cannot buy pornographic material
Response C: Even if the ero-game is released, it is perfectly legal then to alter and remove the ero-scenes all together when they are released in the console game market. Hence middle-school and high-school students can buy such games as they are not pornographic material anymore because there aren't any sex scenes involved.
Of course, these two organizations do not back the ero-game/ero-anime industry only. They are a major force that regulates and censors all forms of games, media, and the like to protect freedom of speech and expression as guarateed by the Japanese Constitution of 1945. Think of them as a group of expensive lawyers and union labor guys who gets into argument with the government every now and then everytime such alterations and amendments to the laws are made. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose, sometimes each side has to compensate.
Hence, when you buy an ero-game, you are likely to see a stamp from either of these two commissions stating that "this game/media comforms to the standard regulations as mandated by [insert regulation committee here]."