The Anime Pervert and the Danger of Normalization

Commonality, ubiquity, and exposure hardly explain why things are as they are. In this video I explore the pervert character archetype (particularly as portrayed in shounen series, inherently marketed towards children), how they are responded to by the west, and what this means about how society and culture interact with artistic mediums. This video was edited by Nunmanji, check out his channel here: Sources: Why Does Anime Portray Men as Perverts (the basis for the first part of the video): Earthchan, VR Chat, and Becoming the Bishoujo and Lolicon: Where to We Drawn the Line Around Drawings (Insightful further reading and further help for my points):