Talk:Affinity/@comment-24.20.4.175-20120623141000

@Monarch lady: Keep in mind that this is a Japanese game, and the Japanese have totally different stigmas concerning age of consent. I actually lived in Japan in for a year of high school, and seeing the occasional creepy old dude walking around with his fifteen 15 year old girlfriend was one of those things I just learned to deal with and tolerate. Is is creepy and weird? Absolutely. Is it wrong by Japanese standards? No. In defense of the sexualization of younger girls that occurs in Japan, most of it is marketed as relatively innocent. The idea of a young girl having a platonic romantic relationship with an older guy isn't really taboo in Japan; the idea of sex between such a pairing is, on the other hand, a topic that is largely avoided. This isn't meant to be a "Japanese people are pedophiles!" post; I merely seek to illustrate that western judgments are simply western judgments, and don't always correlate with values in other places. They aren't correct by any objective standard, despite the fact that people like you and I believe in them whole-heartedly as westerners. I, personally, find it kind of sad that you find yourself unable to see past such a little tiny, very optional detail of this game.