STOP ACTING LIKE FICTIONAL CHATACTERS NEED PROTECTING. THEY'RE NOT REAL. THEY DON'T HAVE AGES. THEY ARE PIXELS. IF THEY WERE 'ACTUAL MINORS', THEIR EXISTENCE WOULDNT HALT WHEN YOU CLOSE A FUCKING VOLUME OF MANGA.

FURTHERMORE, IF THEY WERE 'ACTUAL MINORS' THE AUTHOR OF WHATEVER SHOW/MANGA WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAGICALLY TIME SKIP THEM TO OLDER AGE LIKE IN NARUTO. THE CHARACTERS IN MY HERO, WHICH STARTED IN 2014 WOULDN'T BE FUCKING TEENAGERS IN THE 1ST CHAPTER. THEY WOULD BE FETUSES.

'ACTUAL MINORS' ARE LIVING BREATHING CHILDREN YOU PURITY POLICE, CLOUT CHASING FUCKS. ANIME CHARACTERS, WHATEVER AGE THEIR LABELED AS, ARE NOT PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY THEY CAN BE MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.

SEXUALIZING THEM DOES NOT MAKE A PERSON A PEDOPHILE, IT MEANS A PERSON JUST WANTS TO FUCK/GET FUCKED BY AN ARTISTIC DESIGN OF SAID CHARACTER. IT HAS 0 TO DO WITH BEING ATTRACTED TO FUCKING CHILDREN.