Yeah it's hard to shake the feeling that it was medium divide wank in disguise, which is why even in the contemporary wankgate posts linked anons are making jokes about the Yuri On Ice boys getting away scott free.

It makes the mods seem even dumber for not implementing an age limit though because Voltron/Dangan Ronpa/etc. were all popular canons at the time and they were going to show up in any game that allowed them.