Popular TCG franchise Yu-gi-oh (which is somehow still alive and well) has provided players with another batch of cards, though westerners and Japanese fans alike have been surprised at the censoring of one particular card as the west seemingly has an issue with the most triggering depiction of cheek pinching it contained.
The original Japanese card:
The censored western card:
Yugioh cards are often the subject of illogical western censorship, with most having any sexual characteristics or religious symbols removed though there has possibly never been a change as preposterous as this one – examples of other cards that have been censored over the years:
English censorship is absolutely moronic and I’m saying that against the stupidity that is Japanese straight up put mosaics or bars over adult intended material.
Everybody knows in the west that you can’t cheek pinch someone, that’s just common knowledge
I remember in the old days there were some pretty cool japanese card artworks that were completely replaced in the TCG version. Those japanese always get the good stuff.
The edit looks far more rapey now, with her holding the other arm. Did they even think this through?
So they changed it from a telling off cheek pinch to straight up sexual assault arm grab… The censored version looks way more suspect, wtf?