lolicon

See also: loli-con

English

Lolicon art often blends childlike characteristics with erotic undertones.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ロリコン (rorikon), from English Lolita complex.

Noun

lolicon (usually uncountable, plural lolicons)

  1. (uncountable, anime) The sexual attraction to young girls.
    • 1995 April 4, Joseph L. Petrow, “Marmalade Boy - Just Plain Screwed Up!!”, rec.arts.anime, Usenet:
      I got many flames for denoucing Nacchan's Lolicon ways a few months back!
    • 2004, Patrick Macias, Tomohiro Machiyama, Cruising The Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo (Stone Bridge Press), page 48:
      Innocence’s story—about female sex androids that kill their owners—is possible only in a Lolicon country like Japan. The androids are modeled after little girls[.]
    • 2008, Kenny Loui, Tokyo Phantasmagoria: An Analysis of Politics, page 69:
      This work can be considered a commentary on Japan's sexual fetishisms, inclusive of BDSM and lolicon, [...]
  2. (countable, anime) An individual fixated on young, generally prepubescent, girls.
    • 1993 October 29, "Eldrick Tobin, Master of Perversion" (username), "The Arc: Joyful Noise Omakefic Unit 01: Sentenced: A Fanboys! Crossover "jnomk01.txt" (1/1)", in alt.hentai.sailor-moon, Usenet:
      I don't need to hear you are becoming a lolicon.
    • 1998 March 9, "Chadwick Ngan" (username), "BLAND Manga Capsules 3/4/98", in rec.arts.manga, Usenet:
      Ken's a lolicon (pedophile).
    • 2000 July 6, "OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol" (username), ":: chokes :: :: passes out ::", in alt.hentai.sailor-moon, Usenet:
      Hey, don't take me for a lolicon: I'm not! It is just that I find that kind of anime... fun, refreshing.
  3. (uncountable, anime) Erotic or suggestive art depicting prepubescent females.
    • 1989 September 23, Mark Crispin, “bringing stuff into the US from Japan”, soc.culture.japan, Usenet
      If you are into bishojo, loli-con, or bishonen materials, be advised that customs *does* frown on what might be considered pornography.
    • 1993 March 27, Rafael Brown, “Anime Potrayal of Japanese Women”, rec.arts.anime, Usenet
      the whole gamut of lolicon and girls-with-guns genres
    • 2006, Lawrence Eng, Otaku Engagements: subcultural appropriation of science and technology, page 168:
      Some critics of lolicon claim that those who enjoy it also necessarily enjoy real child porn [...]
    • 2010, Sarah D. Goode, Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children: a Study of Paedophiles in Contemporary Society, page 29:
      Bizarrely, viewing and collecting lolicon seems to have become a subcultural norm, especially in Japan, [...]
    • 2010, Paul M. Malone, From BRAVO to Animexx.de to Export, in Boys’ Love Manga, page 33:
      Most importantly, because German child pornography and child abuse laws forbid representation of children as sexual objects, there is a complete ban on shota or lolicon.

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References

  • Porn Studies, page 101, Linda Williams (editor), Duke University Press, 2004 July
  • Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People

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