Credit Card Company Pressure Makes DLsite Babify Search Terms

After continued pressure from foreign credit card companies (likely Mastercard), adult-only books and games seller DLsite announced a major reformation in search terms in order to reduce the explicitness of search terms, another blow in the fight against Western influence.

Said terms include categorical terms like ‘loli-baba’ (‘loli hag’) and ‘b*stiality’ amongst other more specific fetishes like sex with insects, sex with sleeping women, and hypnosis-inducing voice packs. Some terms will now also be censored.

The terms and their replacements are as follows:

• Mesugaki -> Loser~♡
• R*pe -> No consent
• Loli -> Chickling (hiyoko)
• Loli-babaa -> Chickling hag (hiyoko-babaa)
• Confinement -> Trapped inside
• Cruel -> Super mean
• Reverse r*pe -> Reverse ra (Gyaku-re)
• Forced/Physically forced -> Commanded/Physically forced
• Inc*st -> Stories about family
• Torture -> Suffering
• Hypnosis -> Trance/Subconscious command
• B*stiality -> Animal friends
• Brainwashing -> Mind control
• Chikan -> Secret touchy-touch
• Conditioning -> Discipline
• Slavery -> Servant
• Humiliation -> Embarrassment
• Gangr*pe -> Taking turns
• Bug r*pe -> Bug ecchi
• Faceless r*pe -> Faceless oji-san
• Non-human r*pe -> Non-human ecchi
• Machine r*pe -> Machine teasing
• Sleeping r*pe -> Snore ecchi
• Hypnosis voice -> Trance/subconscious command voice

DLsite began trending on the Japanese side of social media for the sudden announcement, and while some have found the changes to be ingenious and hilarious (resulting in parody images like the one above), others see DLSite as kowtowing to Western influences, considering sites like Niconico were steadfast and accepted the cutting of Mastercard support.

That said, DLsite’s hand might have been forced, as they mention that over half of the purchases made on the site occur via credit card, meaning this was potentially affecting a major part of their user base.

Others pointed out that by making regular terms take on sexual connotations it could only lead to a higher risk of actual minors accidentally stumbling upon pornographic content.

Some of the reactions to the changes (especially the change from ‘loli’ to ‘chickling’):

Chickling God Requiem… (referring to breakout hit song Loli Kami Requiem)

Seriously, those code words are way too funny, lmao

DLsite’s word choices are turning this affair into a funny occurrence, but the more and more I’m aware of the fact that foreign credit card companies are trying to worm their way into changing our way of life.

Saying chikan as ‘secret touchy-touch’ is watering down a sexual offense that’s already handwaved away even more than before. It’ll make people even less aware of chikan as a crime and I hate it… because of course this isn’t gonna end with just DLSite’s internal search terms. There’ll be people who’ll use it in real life too.

Regarding DLSite, this isn’t the time to be joking about the situation. I seriously hope that if they are receiving pressure from credit card companies, they should reveal which one it is. Give a chance for those trying to fight against the restrictions to change to other payment options or other cards. Because there’s no guarantee that this is the only time they will do something like this.

“Welcome, what are you looking for?”
“Chickling hag super mean mind control trapped inside non-consensual animal friends”
“…Follow me” *creak…*