how is unhealthy relationship even defined? would a mutually beneficial but occasionally abusive relationship be considered “unhealthy”?

I man how many Americans show would pass that. Doesn’t glorify unhealthy relationships covers a lotof stuff.

I agree with the sentiment that loli shit is disgusting, but the problem is that so many of you sexless prudes go in looking for shit to be offended by and start projecting onto shit that’s fine. Like the character Kusano in Sekirei is fully gross, a disgusting pedo-bait character that simply should not exist in the story, period. That shit should absolutely be rallied against.

But then y’all bring up shit like Momo from MHA like it’s the same thing. It’s fucking not, at all. A post or near post-adolescent character wearing titillating attire in much the same way that comparable real life pop stars do is just not even remotely on the same level as actual children being depicted as sexual viable partners, especially in the context of a story like MHA where the protag is a literal high schooler expressing romantic interest in his age-appropriate peers.

And “glorifying unhealthy relationships” is fine enough critique I suppose but one that hardly applies solely, or even primarily, to manga and anime.

Ah yes the unfortunate truth.

I tried watching Dragon Ball but couldn’t take that old guy sexualizing a teen. Explicitly saying he wanted to touch her boobs

Damn. I don’t watch anime but is this that widespread within the community? lol

How would parasyte be viewed?

My brother saw Colorful and thought that was all anime lol

Anime:

Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken

Irozuku Sekai no Ashita Kara

Mob Psycho 100

Net-juu no Susume

Ping Pong

Yuru Camp (avoid the onsen scenes)

Manga:

Bonnouji

Dad, the Beard Gorilla, and I

Futari Ashita mo Sorenari ni

Hoshi Mamoru Inu

How Pathetic We Are

I Sold My Life for 10,000 Yen per Year

Karakai Jouzou no (Moto) Takagi-san

Yotsubato

Working in manga, the amount of titles I have to throw out of consideration for licensing because of these issues is insane

Mushishi

Reposting from the last time this subject came up

Bolded titles are my top recs. Series listed in chronological order of my seeing them:

Steins;Gate (correction: episode 8 unfortunately has one character grope another one. Everyone rightfully calls him out for being a creepass)

Castlevania (shut up yes it is)

Vivy: Fluorite Eyes Song

Violet Evergarden (not the movie)

Hyouka (skip the ova)

Belle

A Silent Voice

Baccano

Deca-dence

Trigun

Akudama Drive

ACCA: 13 Territory Inspection Dept.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Spy Family

Mushishi

5 Centimeters Per Second

Afro Samurai

Your Lie In April

Nichijou

Odd Taxi

Cowboy Bebop

Canaan

Sk8 the Infinity

Supercrooks

Bocchi the Rock

House of Five Leaves

Weathering With You

Haibane Renmei

Samurai Flamenco

BNA

Redline

Planetes

Last Exile

Witch Hunter Robin

Noir

Wolf’s Rain

Boogiepop Phantom

Boogiepop And Others

Ghost In The Shell (all timelines)

Niea_7

Serial Experiments Lain

Megalo Box

Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto

Samurai Champloo

Bubblegum Crisis

Ergo Proxy

Read Or Die (OVA and The TV)

Madlax

Moribito

Xam’d: Lost Memories

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Kyousougiga

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

Cyberpunk Edgerunners

Sonny Boy

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Thus concludes the exhaustive list of animes I’ve watched where I didn’t have to put up with any sexualization of minors

Ya Boy Kongming!

• Oishinbo - about a newspaper food reporter / gourmet
• Hinomaru Sumo - about a high-school sumo wrestler
• Hyouge Mono - about a Sengoku-era aesthete
• Warau Salesman - about a vengeful demon who punishes unhealthy urges
• Kaiji - about a gambling addict (who usually has to develop trust to survive)
• Onihei - about an Edo-period crime investigator

I find that if you want good anime recommendations, the recommendation must come from someone that doesn’t like anime. Anime fans tend to be really out of touch with certain baselines… like not being an open pervert.(I’ve seen that hentai hoodie, don’t lie.) Also people who don’t like anime can distinguish between “good for an anime” and “good”.

So I offer mine: Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Spirited Away.