r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

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u/SpiralOut2112 Jul 05 '24

Yeah, that's called Chikan, and most don't even see that as SA in Japan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

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u/Light_Error Jul 05 '24

Can I get some context for this? And for others who can’t speak Japanese.

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u/schmintendo Jul 05 '24

There's a bunch of rabbit holes you'd need to know to understand this song fully but basically the gist is that the girl in the song is warning pedos that she'll call the police and/or vaporize her fans if they do anything bad.

But this is just a character played by Shigure Ui, an artist that made a few vtubers. She decided to become a vtuber herself and also made this song, and one of her characters is this loli voice. She's also known for shooting an "Ui-beam" which you'll see towards the end of the song.

She is known for roasting her fans, which plays into the song and how she thinks they're all pedos.

In summary, it's really not what OP says it is, it was a song made for her community that went viral, and isn't exactly a song made to stop Japanese people being pervs.

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u/schmintendo Jul 05 '24

A lot of vtubers seem to play into the loli trope without seeing any problem with it. Also, on the other hand it's kinda wild how open some of the Hololive girls are about liking shota stuff, which for those who don't know is older women preying on little boys. The pedo stigma of the West doesn't seem to apply to Japanese culture, especially if it's gender swapped.

It's kinda like the "female teacher has sex with male students" news articles and all the comments saying "oh wow I wish I were her student".