Artist causes controversy with loli illustration based on real girls
This is a case that happened a while ago, we didn’t publish at the time due to Hoss’ health, but here it is for record and knowledge of what happened.
They say it’s necessary to separate reality from fiction, but this illustrator didn’t know how to respect that rule. In February of this year, a controversy erupted in Japan over an illustration of lolis that caused a stir. Observe the illustration below:
The illustration above shows two girls with a provocative expression as they lightly lift their skirts. The art was done by Sabaku, a famous author of adult loli manga.
So yes, his work consists of drawing and making money from adult loli manga, and well, the illustration above caused him a headache.
Artist causes controversy with loli illustration based on real girls
All this controversy arose because of the advertising campaign of the clothing brand H&M, which was shared in Australia due to back-to-school. They decided to share a photo of two little girls from primary school posing for the camera with the slogan: ”Stand out with H&M’s back-to-school fashion”.
Notice how the photo from the advertising campaign above is the same as Sabaku Chitai’s illustration? The thing is, the illustration Sabaku made is from his series “Mayonaka no Yoruko-san”, and the character in question is Yoruko, he used this H&M campaign to create a poster for Mayonaka no Yoruko-san.
But his intention was not well received, as he used an image of real girls to draw a piece related to an adult manga, this blew up on Twitter and many people feeling offended raised a campaign against Comic LO and against Sabaku.
Comic LO, the magazine that publishes adult loli manga and to which Sabaku Chitai publishes his manga, issued a statement acknowledging the controversy with the loli illustration in question, and stated that ”Comic Lo’s content is completely fiction”.
Sabaku Chitai also released a statement:
”Statement from the Comic Lo editorial team. My private words and actions are mine and the editorial team is not responsible for them. I beg you to understand. I apologize to anyone who was upset or offended by my behavior. Finally, I would like to thank all my readers for their continued support.”
Another artist who was offended by this controversy was Nagiwa Kaede:
”I just spoke with the editor and decided to stop collaborating with Comic Lo in the future. I apologize to those who were expecting new content from me in this magazine. Personally, I cannot agree with the editor’s position on the subject in question, which caused a divergence of ideals. I mean, I think the magazine as a whole should be more aware of the need to separate fact from fiction, and the response they gave was not enough to prove that.”
Comments:
”Even among hentai artists there is ethics and common sense”
”This time it’s not about feminists, don’t get confused. It’s about not involving real-life issues in our loli hobbies”
”Comic Lo’s position is hypocritical and I don’t think so. It’s as if they didn’t care when real children were involved”
”Even Kaede Nogiwa-sensei, whose style is completely extreme to look at, felt offended by this issue”
”It is often said that even among pigs there are social classes, and this is fully confirmed”
”It’s amazing that the Japanese considered the H&M controversy ”exaggerated”, but when a lolicon artist used this theme for an illustration, everyone lost their minds”
”They are otakus who clearly know where to draw the line, something that is rare nowadays. In the past, otakus had decency, but now it seems that they pride themselves on ridiculing themselves on the internet and exposing particular tastes”
Sabaku Chitai’s account no longer exists on Twitter due to many reports received.
via Yaraon
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