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"Rapey"? Are you serious? I'm just really having trouble wrapping my head around this. How does that picture convey anything close to "rapey"?

mrmondo 10y ago
Um... perhaps by sexualising a young girl?
- mc32 10y ago
  In Japan you have 30 year olds (and older) who dress in that manner[1] and behave in that manner and speak in that manner. It's just different --so viewing it under a western lens probably introduces misinterpretation. [1]Just look into Rorita fasshon, etc.
  - krapp 10y ago
    I believe they're talking about the art on the box, not the picture of the cosplay girl holding it.
- viraptor 10y ago
  Honest question - what do you see as sexualising in that picture? (I'm not going to question the young girl part, but I think that depends on culture / drawing style / reception)
- PeCaN 10y ago
  I believe that's a picture of two happy people sharing a box of candy. I think you're looking a bit too deep into this one.
underwater 10y ago
Two (seemingly young) girls, one of who is winking at the recipient? Plus this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy
- vacri 10y ago
  I never got a rapey vibe from my grandmother when she winked at me while sneaking me a bit of candy out of my mother's eyeline. Maybe I'm the weird one here?
- krapp 10y ago
  >Plus this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy It's a box of candy. It's not a metaphor for sex, it literally contains candy.
morgante 10y ago
I don't agree with the connotation, but unfortunately there are negative associations in American culture with older white men who are into anime or other Japanese cultural artifacts.
- mahranch 10y ago
  Sure, there's a certain stigma attached to anyone who enjoys Japanese culture -- older white men included. But even then, one of the words that pop into my mind when thinking about said stigma isn't rape. It's weeaboo, nerd, otaku, geek, parents basement, neckbeard, etc etc etc.... I say that as someone who enjoys japanese culture from time to time myself. Not anime, but j-dramas, movies and their music. Especially their music. It reminds me of how music was here in the 90s (not as manufactured, still a lot of experimenting going on, etc).

mrmondo 10y ago

Um... perhaps by sexualising a young girl?

mc32 10y ago
In Japan you have 30 year olds (and older) who dress in that manner[1] and behave in that manner and speak in that manner. It's just different --so viewing it under a western lens probably introduces misinterpretation. [1]Just look into Rorita fasshon, etc.
- krapp 10y ago
  I believe they're talking about the art on the box, not the picture of the cosplay girl holding it.
viraptor 10y ago
Honest question - what do you see as sexualising in that picture? (I'm not going to question the young girl part, but I think that depends on culture / drawing style / reception)
PeCaN 10y ago
I believe that's a picture of two happy people sharing a box of candy. I think you're looking a bit too deep into this one.

underwater 10y ago

Two (seemingly young) girls, one of who is winking at the recipient? Plus this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy

vacri 10y ago
I never got a rapey vibe from my grandmother when she winked at me while sneaking me a bit of candy out of my mother's eyeline. Maybe I'm the weird one here?
krapp 10y ago
>Plus this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=candy It's a box of candy. It's not a metaphor for sex, it literally contains candy.

morgante 10y ago

I don't agree with the connotation, but unfortunately there are negative associations in American culture with older white men who are into anime or other Japanese cultural artifacts.

mahranch 10y ago
Sure, there's a certain stigma attached to anyone who enjoys Japanese culture -- older white men included. But even then, one of the words that pop into my mind when thinking about said stigma isn't rape. It's weeaboo, nerd, otaku, geek, parents basement, neckbeard, etc etc etc.... I say that as someone who enjoys japanese culture from time to time myself. Not anime, but j-dramas, movies and their music. Especially their music. It reminds me of how music was here in the 90s (not as manufactured, still a lot of experimenting going on, etc).