Otaku incensed at a mangaka’s decision to portray a heroine as being a non-virgin have launched a campaign of harassment which has seen the writer forced to close her blog, reporting that she is “heart-broken” over their hateful attacks.
The mangaka in question, Sasuga Kei (real name Keiko Sasaki), currently writes “G.E. Good Ending,” a popular love comedy serialised in Shonen Magazine.
However, she made the mistake of portraying a “dojikko” character (Shou Iketani) as ending up with kiss-marks on her neck after an amorous encounter in the back of a car – fans complained that for this formerly prim and proper girl to be sexually involved with someone was an outrage, with 2ch spewing forth such criticisms as:
“Honestly, we just can’t idolise a heroine who isn’t a virgin.”
“In a shonen manga it’s weird to have a romantic manga with so little idealisation.”
A subsequent flood of comments to her blog, most harshly critical, led to the mangaka closing her site, saying “I just don’t have the confidence to continue with my site.”
This is of course not the first time the depiction of a girl enjoying normal sexual relations has sent otaku into a rage at having their fantasies of de-virgination shattered…
That’s the world of manga and anime for you, that’s how it is in Japan. I’m guessing the author wanted to be gutsy with making her heroine a non-virgin, personally that sounds like a great idea, brings a form a realism. Buut I just checked out this manga and man it got mega crushed. In Japan there are customs even for manga and anime so I don’t think any of you guys would change anything really. Customs meaning, cute heroine, or cool MC, or how harem’s should play out (even reverse), how idols should have no boyfriend etc. They’re not going to listen to a bunch of foreigners on how they run their stuff, although I wish we had some domain tbh lol, because there’s some really good stories in Japan that have been restricted or reduced by these customs. One for instance, is the ecchi in High School of the Dead :/ Overall, that’s the way it is in Japan. It’s a “mind your own business” case if our opinions got heard over there.
They are worse than Turks and arabs and other muslim or jewish people
claiming that virginity of theirs..
i am turkish Otaku
and proud of being (no) virgin !
What a damn shame.
I swear, I’m starting to hate virgin women.
Its amazing how many Otaku seems to think that you lose your virginity when kissed. A hickey does not equal sex. Nor will you get pregnant from a kiss.
Ofcourse rationality is in limited supply among fanatics. I wonder if the lunatic fringe will ruin another manga?
I hope she didn’t quit. 🙁 It sucks when haters complain for the most stupid of reasons.