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Shotacon

Shotacon (ショタコン, shotakon), abbreviated from Shōtarō complex (正太郎コンプレックス, shōtarō konpurekkusu), refers to the attraction to young (or young-looking) boy characters, mainly in the context of Japanese media such as anime and manga. The term may also be used to describe one who feels such an attraction.

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Location
Japan
Branch
Cartoon pornography · Erotic art · Hentai · Lolicon · Pornography in Japan
Influenced
List of manga magazines
Influences
Boys' love · Bishōnen · Dōjinshi · Lolicon · Yaoi
Major figures
Tamaki Saitō · Katsuki Hamamatsu · Masanobu Komaki
Years active
Early 1980s–present

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Elements of Shotacon

Shotacon publications

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Shotacon

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples104
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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Shotacon

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related to Elements of Shotacon · 21
Shotacon → Adolescent, As, Boku, Both, Club, For, Honey, Ikeda, Loveless, Ouran High School Host, Outside, Pico, Seinen, Stories, Such, The, They, When, Yoshinori, Yubisaki Milk Tea
related to Origins · 19
Shotacon → Baker Street Irregulars, BOYS, During, Edogawa Rampo, In, Junior Detective Group, Kaoru Nagayama, Kobayashi, Kogoro Akechi, Kogoro's, Saitō, Sherlock Holmes, Shōnentanteidan, Tamaki Saitō, The, This, Under Cover Boys, Where, Yoshio Kobayashi
related to Shotacon publications · 16
Shotacon → Almost Crying, Because, English, In, J-Ket, Juné, Jケット, Mako Takahashi's Naichaisouyo, Many, S-Fes, Shotafes, Shotaket, Shōnen Romance, Sometimes, The, US
related to Etymology · 13
Shotacon → Animec, Fanroad, His, In, Initial Biscuit, It, Japanese, Katsuki Hamamatsu, Masanobu Komaki, Shōtarō, Tetsujin, The, Throughout
see also · 11
Shotacon → Artistic, Attraction, Cartoon, Child, Concept, Form, JapanCommercial, Japanese, Link, Non-pornographic, Organization
Branch · 6
Shotacon → Cartoon pornography, Erotic art, Hentai, Lolicon, Pornography in Japan, Simulated child pornography
Influences · 5
Shotacon → Bishōnen, Boys' love, Dōjinshi, Lolicon, Yaoi
Major figures · 3
Shotacon → Katsuki Hamamatsu, Masanobu Komaki, Tamaki Saitō
related to External links · 3
Shotacon → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Influenced · 1
Shotacon → List of manga magazines

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manga characters anime young works attraction also may male dōjinshi lolicon shota stories yaoi character boy japanese term erotic shōtarō

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShotaconBranchCartoon pornography1.00infobox
ShotaconBranchErotic art1.00infobox
ShotaconBranchHentai1.00infobox
ShotaconBranchLolicon1.00infobox
ShotaconBranchPornography in Japan1.00infobox
ShotaconBranchSimulated child pornography1.00infobox
ShotaconInfluencedList of manga magazines1.00infobox
ShotaconInfluencesBoys' love1.00infobox
ShotaconInfluencesBishōnen1.00infobox
ShotaconInfluencesDōjinshi1.00infobox
ShotaconInfluencesLolicon1.00infobox
ShotaconInfluencesYaoi1.00infobox
ShotaconLocationJapan1.00infobox
ShotaconMajor figuresTamaki Saitō1.00infobox
ShotaconMajor figuresKatsuki Hamamatsu1.00infobox
ShotaconMajor figuresMasanobu Komaki1.00infobox
ShotaconYears activeEarly 1980s–present1.00infobox

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