Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
okay i just went and looked this character up because i was curious and are we talking about two different characters or something? because the one i'm looking at looks to be maybe 14-18, not "child-coded" or "shota" at all. they look like a character you'd find in a typical series set in junior high or high school.

they're definitely not 21 but they're also not a young child either.

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
this is your brain on really shit anime

also there's a huge difference between 14 and 18, but i guess that goes under the really shit anime thing

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
as a shota-enjoying weeb i can confirm that anime brainworms make it easier to believe the character is a teenager, but they are not "physically 17 - 21" by any stretch of the imagination

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
da, but to me midare looks a lot like saber from that fate series and isn't it widely agreed that she's a short adult?

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
saber's meant to be physically 15

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
do you think fate is not a really shit anime

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
da but i mostly think of fate as a video game

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
https://touken-ranbu.fandom.com/wiki/Midare_Toushirou/Gallery?file=Midare-Kiwame1.png

if someone showed me this i would think it was a character from an idol anime and aren't they usually around 16?

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
idk but as someone who doesn't watch idol anime that character looks about 12 to me

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-05 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
they're so slim and twiggy and young that they look 12~15

like, the chosen aesthetic is very obvious

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
i can give you 14 but 18?? also there is a huge physical difference between a 14 and an 18 year old. also between what people could be comfortable about

which is the whole point

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah but that's not shota by any stretch of the imagination

Re: ayrt

(Anonymous) 2022-10-04 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
https://imgur.com/a/ku0oOMx

so what is this? a shota can be 14. it matters on how they look and midare fits that look because that's the point of the tantous—they're shota bait