Anime - Socialism with Kawaii Characteristics

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If I understand correctly, the characters here are likely used to refer to a fashion trend in Japan; dressing in cute, overly-frilly, doll-like clothing.

I think that's "Gothic Lolita." Lolicon is short for "Lolita Complex" and is more or less just awful pedo stuff.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Good to know, thank you

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

It's just lolita for the fashion style, gothic lolita is a substyle of the wider lolita movement which has other substyles like sweet lolita and classic lolita that each try to focus on particular parts of the overall aesthetic of cute, frilly, victorian-inspired clothing.

Ultimately the names for all of these call back to the novel Lolita, since in Japan the term became associated not with the pedophilia that is the focus of the text but instead it kinda merged with pre-existing idealised notions of cute young girls to the point where, over time, the term has been basically entirely disconnected from its source material.

Lolicon reintroduces the sexual component through the addition of 'complex' to the overall term. Technically there are non-sexual ways to understand it but like you said, it's mostly awful pedo stuff. The vtuber here is specifically saying lolicon. (ロリコン is rorikon when transliterated)

Source is my obsession with lolita fashion and my little bit of self-taught japanese.