Japan

"井の中の蛙大海を知らず"

"二兎を追う者は一兎も得ず"

"井戸の中の独言も三年たてば知れる"

"艱難にあって初めて真友を知る"

"虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず"

"小打も積もれば大木を倒す"

"この父にしてこの子あり"

"目は口ほどに物を言う"

"義は険しい山よりも重く、死は大鳥の羽よりも軽い"

"I don’t see any adults here in Japan. The fact that you see salarymen reading manga and pornography on the trains and being unafraid, unashamed or anything, is something you wouldn’t have seen 30 years ago, with people who grew up under a different system of government. They would have been far too embarrassed to open a book of cartoons or dirty pictures on a train. But that’s what we have now in Japan. We are a country of children."

"One culture, one civilization, one language, and one ethnic group."

"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces."

"The Japanese have a wonderful power of self-control. They don't lose their temper or quarrel with you, but if their honour is violated they may kill you. They can be bitter enemies.... The Japanese also have a high sense of chivalry.... But these things perhaps belong to the past. It is a great pity that people who have carried such ideals into practice are losing them through contact with European civilization. That is a great harm that European vulgarizing has done to Japan. Now you find most people mercantile in their outlook and they will do anything for the sake of money....."

"Won't you stretch imagination for a moment and come with me. Let us hasten to a nation lying over the western sea. Hide behind the cherry blossoms; here's a sight that will please your eyes. There's a lady with a baby of Japan, singing lullabies. Hear her as she sighs."

"The Japanese can only fulfill it by the sword."

"B.H. Chamberlain, in his Things Japanese (London, 1898), says: "All education was for centuries in Buddhist hands; Buddhism introduced art, introduced medicine, moulded the folklore of the country, created its dramatic poetry, deeply influenced politics and every sphere of social and intellectual activity. In a word, Buddhism was the teacher under whose instruction the nation grew up." A.S. Geden, while quoting the above passage, further adds that "In a larger sense of these terms, Japan owes more educationally to Buddhist influence and instruction than perhaps any other nation, with the possible exception of the Burmese". When Europe forced its way into Japan, it found that most Japanese, men as well as women, could read and write. They were educated by Buddhist monks in their "temple-huts", known as tera-koya. Attendance at these schools was entirely voluntary. "There were also schools open for girls, which were, it may be assumed, always under the direction of the nuns"."

"Japan has demonstrated the possible industrial dynamism of a highly deferential society, indeed a society which has only recently masked the values and practices of a divine-right monarchy."

"Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes."

"The right of locomotion; the right of migration; the right which belongs to no particular race, but belongs alike to all and to all alike. It is the right you assert by staying here, and your fathers asserted by coming here. It is this great right that I assert for the Chinese and the Japanese, and for all other varieties of men equally with yourselves, now and forever."

"I was against it on two counts. First, the Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. Second, I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon."

"Japan should learn from the harm caused worldwide by state-imposed ideologies and religious oppression, which have often led to deep internal divisions. The state exists to serve all citizens, not just the majority or a favored group."

"So why is Japan different? Why do its top officials – and this trend extends across senior government posts – resign office, seemingly at the drop of a hat? The theories are endless, most of them relying on oft-repeated but simplistic stereotypes about the supposed centrality of honor, saving face, and respect in Japanese culture... Japan's problems are too vast, and its strengths too great, to be ruled by something as capricious and frivolous as the whims of the majority."

"Those Oriental people work like dogs. They work their hearts out. They are workers non-stop. They sleep beside their machines. That's why they're successful in life. I went to Seoul, South Korea, I went to Taipei, Taiwan. I went to Tokyo, Japan. That's why these people are so hard workers. I'm telling you, the Oriental people, they're slowly taking over."

"The Japanese spirit wavered from then on between the lure of the West and the need to preserve her territorial integrity. Slowly, inexorably, Western civilization covered up with its veneer this other civilization patiently built up in the course of centuries, long nurtured in suffering and in pride by generations of men and women. But this was only in semblance. The Japan of old still dwells deep in the soul of every inhabitant of her islands and manifests itself at every turn in some euphuistic subtlety or an exquisitely delicate courtesy. ... The spirit of Japan, conceived in the Nara epoch, carried in the womb of her islands throughout the Heian period, delivered in the anguish of the Middle Ages, schooled by the rod of iron of the Tokugawas, fully grown now, benefited from all her past experiences. She cannot forget them."

"Japan must import all of its major minerals, from oil to aluminum. Without those imports-particularly oil-Japan stops being an industrial power in a matter of months."

"It may be that Japan is only a speck on a world map drawn by Europeans, but the country consisting of a chain of islands has played and is still playing an important part because of its situation lying east of the continent in the Pacific Ocean. From a cultural point of view Japan is an eastward limit of penetration, and a treasure-house, so to speak, in the history of world civilization. Another important thing is that Japan stands out as the first country in Asia which adopted modern mechanical civilization and carried it to the Asiatic Continent. The Japanese nation is, generally speaking, so generously disposed towards any system of thought that varying contradictions are kept on with no inconvenience whatever; it seems as if the Japanese nation were gifted with special capacity for tolerance. For instance, religions present an apt example of tolerance on the part of the Japanese nation."

"In the U.S., if you are a singer, you're usually a singer for life. In Japan, you branch out... Japan needs more child care places that are government funded. Big companies need to have day care centers. I used to take my kids on location. Sometimes my boss held my baby while I worked."

"People all over the world refer to Japan as the Land of the Gods, and call us the descendants of the gods. Indeed, it is exactly as they say: our country, as a special mark of favour from the heavenly gods, was begotten by them, and there is thus so immense a difference between Japan and all the other countries as to defy comparison. Ours is a splendid and blessed country, the Land of the Gods beyond any doubt, and we, down to the most humble man and woman, are the descendants of the gods... Japanese differ completely from and are superior to the peoples of China, India, Russia, Holland, Siam, Cambodia, and all other countries of the world, and for us to have called our country the Land of the Gods was not mere vainglory. It was the gods who formed all the lands of the world at the Creation, and these gods were without exception born in Japan. Japan is thus the homeland of the gods, and that is why we call it the Land of the Gods."

"[The Immigration Agency] considers filming while knowing that recording is prohibited inside the facilities to be an unforgivable act, no matter how much it is based on personal conviction."

"Two lawsuits filed [in October 2023] in Japan will test both the independence of Japanese courts and whether unpopular groups can be accused of almost anything with impunity. Democratic countries protect freedom of speech, which certainly includes criticizing groups one does not like. There is, however, a clear line separating harsh criticism from outright lies."

"In response to the M7 earthquake at Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture, we have immediately set up the Prime Minister’s Office of Response - Disaster Counter Measure HQ. Putting human lives as priority, we are making every effort to assess damages - putting forth all efforts in disaster response. For those in affected areas, please pay close attention to the latest information and place personal safety as your priority."

"Great Japan is the divine land. The heavenly progenitor founded it, and the Sun Goddess bequeathed it to her descendants to rule eternally. Only in our country is this true; there are no similar examples in other countries. This is why our country is called the divine land."

"If you look at the statistics of the Japanese economy around 1995–1997, it had a couple of years of 2–3 percent growth. That was the Keynesian influence of the then-head of the Economic Planning Agency. He was a good Japanese exponent of Keynesianism. Japan built beautiful bridges and other infrastructure, but abandoned these sorts of projects because its debt is so big, and its deficit is so big, that it will not do them anymore. … I think Japan could stand a really good Keynesian sustained stimulus."

"South Korea spends the equivalent of 1.7 percent of its GDP on caring for the old, just one step above the stingiest OECD member; Mexico. Neighboring Japan, on the other hand, is generous to its seniors, doling out an amount corresponding to 8.9 percent of its GDP on the archipelago’s vast grey-haired population."

"The Japanese people, since the war, have undergone the greatest reformation recorded in modern history. With a commendable will, eagerness to learn, and marked capacity to understand, they have, from the ashes left in war's wake, erected in Japan an edifice dedicated to the supremacy of individual liberty and personal dignity; and in the ensuing process there has been created a truly representative government committed to the advance of political morality, freedom of economic enterprise, and social justice. Politically, economically, and socially Japan is now abreast of many free nations of the earth and will not again fail the universal trust. That it may be counted upon to wield a profoundly beneficial influence over the course of events in Asia is attested by the magnificent manner in which the Japanese people have met the recent challenge of war, unrest, and confusion surrounding them from the outside and checked communism within their own frontiers without the slightest slackening in their forward progress. I sent all four of our occupation divisions to the Korean battlefront without the slightest qualms as to the effect of the resulting power vacuum upon Japan. The results fully justified my faith. I know of no nation more serene, orderly, and industrious, nor in which higher hopes can be entertained for future constructive service in the advance of the human race."

"Stories of past glories or of past wrongs are useful tools in the present but they, too, often come at the cost of abusing history. History is also abused when people try to ignore or even suppress evidence that might challenge their preferred view of the past. In Japan at present, the nationalist right is furious with archaeologists who are going to examine some of the scattered tombs where generations of the Japanese royal family are buried. Scholars have been asking for years for the right to investigate the sites, some of which go back to the third or fourth century. The nationalist fury grows out of their belief that the emperor is sacred and is, moreover, descended in an unbroken line from the sun. Japan, in the nationalist view, is a “divine land.” The more prosaic answer is that the royal family came originally from China or Korea; even if that is not true, it is probable that there was a good deal of intermarriage between Japan and the mainland so that the imperial family’s bloodline may contain non-Japanese genes. If the investigations find evidence to confirm that hypothesis, a key part of the nationalists’ mythology is destroyed."

"Japan is one of the most advanced countries in the world. It is the second largest economy in the Free World accounting for 10 per cent of the world economic output. It has been successful where many others have failed. Even during this period of prolonged world recession, Japan has managed to register GNP growth rates that is envied by other developed countries, some of which have recorded minus growth. This success story can only be attributed to the positive attitude of the Japanese people toward their work, that is, their sense of commitment and ever willingness to work. That is why I have asked Malaysians to "Look East" and to learn from Japan. We have all this time been looking to the West, perhaps through the accident of history. Now we would like to have a more balanced relationship between the West and the East. It is not so much your level of material wealth and advanced technology that we are after. What I have been exhorting is for Malaysians to emulate the Japanese in their work ethics and attitudes and their management system which, I think, is the main factor in Japan's rapid development and industrialisation."

"A nation of deities with the Emperor at its center."

"Ensure Japan's security and defend the kokutai."

"The basic stupidity of modern Japan is that we’ve learned absolutely nothing from our contact with other Asian peoples."

"It’s important that the truth doesn’t get lost in the noise. In a country where legal nuance often collides with social stigma, the [Toru] Goto case is more than a courtroom drama—it’s a test of whether justice can survive the weight of ideology."

"How courteous is the Japanese; He always says, “Excuse it, please.” He climbs into his neighbor’s garden, And smiles, and says, “I beg your pardon”; He bows and grins a friendly grin, And calls his hungry family in; He grins, and bows a friendly bow; “So sorry, this my garden now.”"

"Japan has been a great partner on issues."

"Today is a chance for Americans, especially our young people, to say thank you for all the things we love from Japan. Like karate and karaoke. Manga and anime. And, of course, emojis."

"In Asia, the memories of Imperial Japan are still fresh."

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that Nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American Island of Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack."

"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu. Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. And this morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island. Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our Nation."

"Japan's scheme of conquest goes back half a century. It was not merely a policy of seeking living room: it was a plan which included the subjugation of all the peoples in the Far East and in the islands of the Pacific, and the domination of that ocean by Japanese military and naval control of the western coasts of North, Central, and South America. The development of this ambitious conspiracy was marked by the war against China in 1894; the subsequent occupation of Korea; the war against Russia in 1904; the illegal fortification of the mandated Pacific islands following 1920; the seizure of Manchuria in 1931; and the invasion of China in 1937."

"Mister! Can you tell me where my love has gone? He's a Japanese boy!"

"The government is putting as much money into the economy through this package, and through additional spending, as the increased sales tax will put out."

"This has happened before and in some cases the islands disappeared. If it becomes a full-fledged island, we would be happy to have more territory."

"It is a common concern of the international community that China tries to change the situation and increase tensions in the South China Sea by carrying out extensive and rapid land reclamation, building its base in the region and utilizing it for military purposes. We have deep concerns over such actions and want to re-emphasize that Japan cannot accept (them)"

"In Japan, strong girls are very popular. The tradition of my country has in the , the Japanese theater in which only women take part, the maximum level of feminine emancipation. These actress cover all roles of the plays, even the male ones. I was inspired by them to create Haruka. It wasn't easy to make children understand how there could be true love between two women. Haruka is a tomboy, she talks and dresses like a boy, and therefore it's natural she falls in love with Michiru."

"The senshi are very sexy, and boys like it. In Japan, moreover, boys are quite weak and they search for a strong partner. They want to be dominated, and the senshi are ready to do it."

"Business travellers visiting Japan are usually easily forgiven for whatever they do, including dressing down for Cool Biz. When in doubt, they can always say sumimasen (or 'excuse me') at the beginning of the meeting, should they find themselves underdressed for the occasion."

"A year ago this time, the third quarter figure for 2012... we were talking about negative growth of more than 3%."

"Japan has a lot of engineers who work at desks. When it comes to implementation, though, they lose confidence and haven't got the courage of their convictions when other people criticize them. Engineers like that can't build cars. Success in this industry demands engineers who have the courage and the decisiveness to implement ideas."

"It seems that the ideology of sacred kingship was created, restored, and reinforced in Japan at the time of national crisis. The second half of the seventh century was exactly such a period. Japan faced a national crisis again in the second half of the nineteenth century when, according to its internal logic, the ideal of the ritsu-ryō state with its sacred kingship ideology woke up from its long sleep and was reestablished with some inevitable modifications. In this respect, I hold that the conceptions of state and kingship in ancient Japan have provided for Japanese society a structural continuity that has never been lost, though the society has undergone various historical changes and transformations from archaic times down to the present."

"Still, it was the restructuring of Japan that formed the main model for future American initiatives outside Europe. Although there were disagreements among US advisers as to how radical the restructuring of Japan should be, the basic direction was not in dispute: it was only through becoming more like the United States that Japan – the only non-European economic and military power – could be redeemed. The key to success was not only the rebuilding of Japanese institutions, but also the remolding of ‘‘the Japanese brain.’’ ‘‘Our problem,’’ according to an 1945 instructional film for the occupation forces, ‘‘is in the brain inside of the Japanese head. There are seventy million of these in Japan, physically no different than any other brains in the world, actually all made from exactly the same stuff as ours. These brains, like our brains, can do good things or bad things, all depending on the kind of ideas that are put inside.’’ The mix of coercion, enticement, and appeal to the popular will that the occupation authorities used to put ideas into Japanese brains emphasized the new role that the state had come to occupy in American policy at home and abroad. In the beginning phase of the restructuring of Japan – just as in the implementation of the Marshall Plan in Europe – it was veterans of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs who set the aims, and in doing so they reflected a much more positive view of what the state would be able to do than had been usual in American policy abroad. Even though the Cold War soon saw New Dealers lose influence within the occupation regime and in US foreign policy in general, all postwar American administrations up to Ronald Reagan were much more willing to use state power for social development purposes than any of their predecessors had been."

"I know that you are fond of Japanese things. Now, do you really imagine that the Japanese people, as they are presented to us in art, have any existence? If you do, you have never understood Japanese art at all. The Japanese people are the deliberate self-conscious creation of certain individual artists. If you set a picture by Hokusai, or Hokkei, or any of the great native painters, beside a real Japanese gentleman or lady, you will see that there is not the slightest resemblance between them. The actual people who live in Japan are not unlike the general run of English people; that is to say, they are extremely commonplace, and have nothing curious or extraordinary about them. In fact the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people. One of our most charming painters went recently to the Land of the Chrysanthemum in the foolish hope of seeing the Japanese. All he saw, all he had the chance of painting, were a few lanterns and some fans. He was quite unable to discover the inhabitants, as his delightful exhibition at Messrs. Dowdeswell's Gallery showed only too well. He did not know that the Japanese people are, as I have said, simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art. And so, if you desire to see a Japanese effect, you will not behave like a tourist and go to Tokio. On the contrary, you will stay at home and steep yourself in the work of certain Japanese artists, and then, when you have absorbed the spirit of their style, and caught their imaginative manner of vision, you will go some afternoon and sit in the Park or stroll down Piccadilly, and if you cannot see an absolutely Japanese effect there, you will not see it anywhere."

"Japan is a relatively-free, well-educated, and extremely prosperous society–and, in many ways, to be admired. But it is also a deeply racist society, although so far non-violent. For example, in 2017 a story broke regarding a Japanese cosmetics shop posting a sign in its window announcing that no Chinese were allowed to enter. An author who is an advisor to the government on education wrote that she favors an apartheid-type system in Japan that keeps the races separate. The Japanese Defense Minister received donations from an anti-Korean group; she was also pictured in a meeting with the head of the Japanese Nazi Party. Immigration is kept to a minimum and there is a strong sentiment among both the government and the majority of the population to maintain a mono-culture by retaining a single race in Japan."

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"ロリータ・コンプレックス＝小さな子どもばかりを好きになる異常性格。"

"roriita konpurekkusu = {chiisana kodomo bakari wo sukininaru} ijou-seikaku."

"Lolita complex = an abnormal personality [in which] {[one] likes only small children}."

"Is she the one? I didn't know you were into these things. Lolita complex, right? Yeah! Lolita complex it is! I see, I see. Exactly. Lolita complex, and borderline boys' love on top of it."

"★ ハイ . コン ( ヘイジ コンプレックス ) 5~10 ★ アリ . コン ( アリス コンプレックス ) 7~12 ★ ロリ . コン ( ロリータ コンプレックス ) 10~15​ (English translation below) Hei-Con (Heidi Complex) 5-10 Ari-Con (Arisu Complex) 7-12 Rori-Con (Rorita Complex) 10-15"

"Cool off, lolicon count! Watch out before you get burned!"

"ロリータ・コンプレックス、通称ロリコン [roriita konpurekkusu tsuusyou rorikon] Lolita complex, commonly known as "loli-com" [rorikon] 美少女を恋してしまうミドルエイジの心の病 [bishoujyo wo koishite shimau midoru eiji no kokoro no yamai] Middle-aged mental illness that makes people fall in love with beautiful girls 合掌 [gasshou] praying hands [with my hands clasped in prayer]"

"二次元ロリコン アニメロリコン 2-dimensional lolicon anime lolicon"

"It's difficult. [My female protagonists] immediately become playthings for Lolita Complex males. In a sense, if we want to depict someone who is affirmative to us, we have no choice but to make them as lovely as possible. But now, there are too many people who shamelessly depict [such protagonists] as if they just want [such girls] as pets, and things are escalating more and more."

"classmate: ロリコン! (rorikon! = lolicon!) Yuuji Yagami: オレはマザコン (ore wa mazakon = I'm a mother complex)"

"Hey, Tamamo! Tell me the truth! What exactly is your business today? You're in the surgery department! It can't be! You're... It could not be!No! It can't be! (screams) You want to see the chests of grade-school girls as a lolicon? And you can do whatever you want with your doctor status! No way, no way! Ah, stop being my rival already!"

"rorikon da..."

"he's a lolicon"

"ロリコンは人間じゃない･･･ケダモノだ･･････"

"rorikon wa ningen janai... kedamono da......"

"lolicon aren't people... they're beasts......"

"It's because the technology for immortality was accidentally made during your experiments to create a lolicon's world. You froze the appearance of every woman in the world at age twelve."

"You damn lolicon!"

"Takechi: "I can't kill her. Killing a little girl... is not the samurai way. Capture her alive." Matako "Senpai!! You're such a lolicon!! She broke in here, we can't be so soft!" "I'm not a lolicon, I'm a feminist. I must be considerate towards female enemies. Such is the path of the feminist.""

"She's famous among the five million members of the Nationwide Lolicon Network. The Network has awarded her with the best little girl of 2005 award!"

"ロリコン 男の罠にかかったと見せかけた少女ヘイリーの正体も明かされないまま、男の自宅という密室状態で繰り広げられる1対1の攻防はスリリング。 Rorikon otoko no wana ni kakatta to misekaketa shōjo heirī no shōtai mo akasa renai mama, otoko no jitaku to iu misshitsu jōtai de kurihiroge rareru 1 tai 1 no kōbō wa suriringu. The true identity of Haley, the girl who appears to have fallen into the lolicon man's trap, is never revealed, and the one-on-one battle that unfolds in the closed space of the man's home is thrilling. .. ロリコン 男への制裁というひとネタだけで一気にラストまで突き進める脚本にも、洗練されたビジュアルセンスを見せる演出＆編集にも才気が溢れているのだが、本作の大きな魅力はヘイリー役のエレン・ペイジ。 Rorikon otoko e no seisai to iu hito neta dake de ikkini rasuto made tsukisusumeru kyakuhon ni mo, senrensareta bijuarusensu o miseru enshutsu& henshū ni mo saiki ga afurete iru nodaga, honsaku no ōkina miryoku wa heirī-yaku no eren peiji. The script, which drives the film to the end with just the one plot twist of punishing a lolicon man, and the direction and editing, which show off a sophisticated visual sense, are full of talent, but the biggest draw of this film is Ellen Page in the role of Haley."

"どうすれば、才色兼備な30女をつかまえられるのか－－という趣旨の記事だった。 世界でも希有な ロリコン 優勢の日本社会において、（30女的には）ありがたい内容。 Dōsureba, saishokukenbina 30 on'na o tsukamae rareru no ka -- to iu shushi no kijidatta. Sekai demo keuna rorikon yūsei no Nihon shakai ni oite, (30 on'na-teki ni wa) arigatai naiyō. The article was about how to catch a smart and beautiful 30-year-old woman. In Japan, where lolicons are the most prevalent in society, it was a welcome read (for a 30-year-old woman)."

"全てのオタク・萌え・非モテを中心に、コスプレイヤー、メイドさん、ニート、引きこもり、 ロリコン、 ショタコン、 腐女子、 腐男子、 ゲイ、 ビアン、 性的マイノリティー、 貧乏人、 ワーキングプア層、 苦学生、よっぱらい、 その他諸々の大バカモノと少数者はもはや結集するしかない！ Subete no otaku moe hi mote o chūshin ni, kosupureiyā, meido-san, nīto, hiki komori, rorikon, shotakon, fujoshi, fudanshi, gei, bian,-sei-teki mainoritī, binbōnin, wākingupua-sō,-ku gakusei, yopparai, sonota moromoro no dai baka mono to shōsū-sha wa mohaya kesshū suru shika nai! All otaku, moe, and non-popular people, as well as cosplayers, maids, NEETs, hikikomori, lolicons, shotacons, fujoshi and fudanshi, gays, lesbians, sexual minorities, poor people, the working poor, struggling students, drunks, and all other kinds of idiots and minorities, have no choice but to unite!"

"Konata: "I was just wondering... If a guy in our class confesses his love for me or Yu-chan... Does it make that guy a lolicon?" Soujiro: "Well, they're in the same class year... so technically it wouldn't. But in this case, there would be an emphasis on your appearances... Hypothetically... If you were a thirty-year-old who looked like a grade schooler... Then you could say that guy is into older women... This is quite a complicated issue. It's hard to come up with a strict interpretation." .. Konata: "If you fell in love with mom, and you dote on a daughter like me... That makes you a lolicon, right?" Soujiro: "Hold it right there. I think you're a bit mistaken. I like normal girls too, not just little ones. So you should say I'm also a lolicon. Though I suppose it depends on the character we're talking about." Konata "Either way, you fail as a human being.""

"Daisuke "I mean, it's not about adult breasts." Kyoko "Not adult? Th-then that means... loli?!""

"Aogami "To be able to enjoy scolding from a child like that...Kamiya-yan you'll gain plenty of experience points!" Kamiya "So not only are you a lolicon, you're also an M? God, you're hopeless." Aogami "It's not like -I like lolis- but rather -I also like lolis-""

"In this case you obviously have read lolicon, and I haven't. I don't know whether you're writing from personal experience here, and whether you have personally been incited to rape children or give inappropriate hugs by reading it. (I assume you haven't. I assume that Chris Handley, with his huge manga collection, wasn't either. I've read books that claimed that exposure to porn causes rape, but have seen no statistical evidence that porn causes rape -- and indeed have seen claims that the declining number of US rapes may be due to the wider availability of porn. Honestly, I think it's a red herring in First Amendment matters, and I'll leave it for other people to argue about.) Still, you seem to want lolicon banned, and people prosecuted for owning it, and I don't. You ask, What makes it worth defending? and the only answer I can give is this: Freedom to write, freedom to read, freedom to own material that you believe is worth defending means you're going to have to stand up for stuff you don't believe is worth defending, even stuff you find actively distasteful, because laws are big blunt instruments that do not differentiate between what you like and what you don't, because prosecutors are humans and bear grudges and fight for re-election, because one person's obscenity is another person's art."

"It's perfectly okay. I also hold some interest in this kid." "Aikawa.. you are, as I thought, a lolicon." "I'm not one for sure. I don't have any interest towards her in a sexual way. Rather, why don't you make a move?" "Hey, Aikawa, don't put me in the same category as you. I, on the other hand, prefer mature women." "How should I tell you that even though I'm in the flat-chested faction, I'm not a lolicon." "I got it. I got it. Don't be so serious about it. Lolicon."

"「ロリコン」は航空自衛隊・ブルーインパルスの展示飛行課目の一つで、「ローリング・コンバット・ピッチ」の略称。 `Rorikon' wa kōkūjieitai burūinparusu no tenji hikō kamoku no hitotsu de,`rōringu konbatto pitchi' no ryakushō. "Lolicon" is one of the demonstration flight events of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse, and is an abbreviation for "Rolling Combat Pitch.""

"彼氏と一緒に卒業した学校へ忍び込む設定で、制服や競泳水着など学生コスプレを披露。「自分で言うのもなんですけど、わたし ロリコン なので、制服とか水着みたいに ロリ っぽい衣装好きなんです」と満足げに話した。 Kareshi to issho ni sotsugyō shita gakkō e shinobikomu settei de, seifuku ya kyōei mizugi nado gakusei kosupure o hirō. `Jibun de iu no mo nandesukedo, watashi rorikon na node, seifuku toka mizugi mitai ni rori ppoi ishō-sukina ndesu' to manzoku-ge ni hanashita. In the setting where she sneaks into the school she graduated from with her boyfriend, she shows off cosplay costumes such as a uniform and a competitive swimsuit. "I know it sounds like I'm a lolicon, but I like loli-like clothes like uniforms and swimsuits," she said with satisfaction."

"もしもし、おまわりさんですか。近所のロリペドハイブリッドさんについて情報提供をしたいのですが Moshimoshi, omawarisandesu ka. Kinjo no roripedohaiburiddo-san ni tsuite jōhō teikyō o shitai nodesuga Hello, is this a police officer? I'd like to report a loli-pedo hybrid in my neighborhood."

"ロリ巨乳 rori kyonyū Loli BigBoobs"

"I'd like to report a loli-pedo hybrid pervert in the neighborhood."

"TBA statement about Roxy upon protagonist meeting her, resembling manga/anime below"

"A lolita magician! Score!! Hmm... "Roxy," huh? Loli, scornful eyes, blunt. How perfect."

"Kuki-chan, the truth is... I am a lolicon! I am a lolicon. A true lolicon. My strike zone for women lies between seven and twelve years old. In other words... Anyone works for me. Even you... Lolicon is not a disease! It is a way of life! Even I realize that I'm a pervert! But all the same, Chifuyu-chan was willing to accept me. Just being able to play with Chifuyu-chan satisfies me!"

"サイテー！！ロリコン！！"

"saitee!! rorikon!!"

"the worst!! lolicon!!"

"Lolicon? Asuna-san, as a member of the medical practice, that's a term you must never use .. pedophilia should be distinguished from the vague concept commonly referred to as "lolicon"."

"Goth-Loli Shoujo!"

"“We’ve been using MMPI for the past five years,” Shukan Bunshun hears from an unnamed school board executive in an unnamed prefecture. “It’s possible, certainly, that Lolicons or people with other questionable sexual tendencies will find ways to hide that. On the other hand, we have noticed that, compared with prefectures that don’t use MMPI, our episodes of obscene behavior have decreased – to zero, in fact, over the past couple of years.” From another school board official in another prefecture Shukan Bunshun hears this story: A young applicant came across to examiners as very impressive. His written test results were tops. In interviews he conveyed fluently and convincingly his ideas concerning education. And yet there was something ever so slightly odd about him. He seemed, at times, to be looking about him furtively and uneasily. Perhaps it meant nothing. On the other hand, you can’t be too careful where children are concerned. The board sent the applicant’s MMPI to a qualified counselor for expert scrutiny. Sure enough, the expert detected Lolicon tendencies. The man was not hired. Score one victory for children and one defeat for sexual predation – right? But was the man really Lolicon? Tests are indicative, not infallible. What if he wasn’t? Whose victory is it then?"

"LOの担当さんから打ち合わせの時、 「このキャラ９歳にしてはちょっと幼く見えますね」と言われる。 じゃあ設定を変えて８歳ということにしますかと答えたら、 「LOの読者層が求めているのは９歳で、８歳は幼すぎる。絵の方を変えて！」と言われる。 LOのこだわりはこの次元なのだ。 When I was making arrangements with my boss: "These characters look a little young for 9." When I suggested making them 8 instead: "LO's readers want 9-year-olds, 8 is too young. Change the picture instead!" This is the level of fine-tuning at LO."

"I'm not a lolicon, I prefer a plump figure, matured lady, so I'd say Fubuki...But the Fubuki from ONE sensei version is not plump at all...This version of Fubuki is fully based on my own liking and preferences. I love boobs since I was young, and the back, waist and the butt, I'm having fun time drawing them! Tastumaki is not my cup of tea, but turns out that I'm having fun drawing her as well! .. Previously I never draw any loli-like character, when I'm drawing Tastumaki I spent many effort on drawing the ass."

"Me, I'm not interested in small little loli, really, hahaha, sorry I lied, I like her very much. I have the original Zenko version here, she looks older. This is the version that I decided not to use, she looks older right? I'm not good in drawing little girls, I'm always drawing it too tall in the first place, even for Tatsumaki."

"I used to struggle when I'm drawing Saitama, as for now I'd say Tatsumaki. I'm not good in drawing loli, I like drawing thicc figures."

"Kazuma Satou: "I almost got branded a lolicon." Megumin: [cracking her knuckles] "Why don't you explain exactly why getting into the bath with me makes you a lolicon?""

"Megumin: "I will be fourteen next month." Kazuma Satou: "Wait, fourteen? Seriously? You're not gonna be a loli character anymore?" Megumin: "A loli character!?" Kazuma Satou: "Oof...I was this close to becoming a certified lolicon for real..." Megumin: "Why don't you tell me how bathing with me certifies you as a lolicon?""

"I'm actually quite shocked, too. This country is full of lolicons. I can understand finding little girls cute, but... you people take it too far."

"Huh? Why do you have these manga, sensei?" "No, those aren't-" "Isnt this series notorious for being banned because of how it creates sex criminals?" "No, listen, I'm not into that stuff..." "Sensei, all this time I thought you were a simple lolicon...but I never thought you were a full-blown pedocon!" "Hey, I'm not a pedocon! I've never opened any of those books!" "Don't lie... all these manga have heavy-reading grudge stains!" "Look, a dumb college buddy sent me those as parting gifts. I couldn't throw them out, but I..." "You were friends with a fellow pedocon back home?" "That's how you see it?" "You married that girl after you knocked her up when she was 16. But this could mean you actually started violating that girl when she was only 15, 14, 13, or even younger than that..." "NGH! Believe me, I'm not a lolicon! And I'm no pedo..." "Make me believe!"

"Loli, fierce eyes, not friendly."

"CD Projekt Red first got the character design for Rebecca and they were like 'She's a loli. Lolis don't exist in Night City. It doesn't fit the Cyberpunk 2077 aesthetic'. But Trigger was like 'No, the loli must stay.'"

"Various priests: "It's a loli! .. Our order has been blessed with a loli! .. Look how loli-licious she is! .. LoliLoli!" Megumin "The next person to say "loli" is going to catch these hands!" Priest "God, she a is a LOLI loli""

"To someone set on a goal, determined to carve out a new life, particularly in the academic field, no place could beckon more alluringly than Tokyo. This is true not only for the wealthy youth who have their every expense provided; even for someone like me from the ranks of the dirt poor, barely able to scrape together the train fare, Tokyo exerts an irresistible pull. It may not in fact be as perfect as it seems, but to a young, naive woman it appears a veritable paradise on earth, holding out the promise of everything she desires. Tokyo, city of my dreams! Will you fulfill my one desire and give me a life of my own? Yes, I believe you will, I know you will, in spite of the hardships and trials in store."

"If you go to Tokyo, I think it becomes very obvious that there's this almost seamless mixture of popular culture and Japanese traditional culture."

"Why was it necessary to drop the nuclear bomb if LeMay was burning up Japan? And he went on from Tokyo to firebomb other cities. 58% of Yokohama. Yokohama is roughly the size of Cleveland. 58% of Cleveland destroyed. Tokyo is roughly the size of New York. 51% percent of New York destroyed. 99% of the equivalent of Chattanooga, which was Toyama. 40% of the equivalent of Los Angeles, which was Nagoya. This was all done before the dropping of the nuclear bomb, which by the way was dropped by LeMay's command. Proportionality should be a guideline in war. Killing 50% to 90% of the people of 67 Japanese cities and then bombing them with two nuclear bombs is not proportional, in the minds of some people, to the objectives we were trying to achieve."

"I realized that my gloss as chief economist, head of Economics and Regional Planning... was part of a sinister system aimed not at outfoxing an unsuspecting customer, but rather at promoting the most subtle and effective form of imperialism the world has ever known.... The march had begun and it was rapidly encircling the planet. The hoods had discarded their leather jackets, dressed up in business suits, and taken on an air of respectability. Men and women were descending from corporate headquarters in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London, and Tokyo, streaming across every continent to convince corrupt politicians to allow their countries to be shackled to the corporatocracy, and to induce desperate people to sell their bodies to sweatshops and assembly lines... a world of smoke and mirrors intended to keep us all shackled to a system that is morally repugnant and ultimately self-destructive."

"The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet."

"I cannot but bring to your mind those days when the whole of Eastern Asia, from Burma to Japan was united with India in the closest ties of friendship..."

"In Japan, the Communist Party has been particularly diligent in mounting a decade-long campaign against the Unification Church, promoting hate speech, weaving webs of falsehoods, and exciting politicians, media and public opinion against “the cult.”"