Saudi Arabia Bans Bravely Default Because It Promotes "Pedophilia"

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the_dengle said:
One of the characters in Bravely Default is pretty legitimately not only a pedophile but a rapist. But he's depicted as one of the most villainous characters in the game. It's pretty excessive to say that these kinds of people cannot be depicted in any form in media.

Unless they're talking about the Sage, in which case they may be onto something, although even in the Japanese version Agnes is 18. But I don't know what the age of majority is in Saudi Arabia.

Then there's Ringabel's comment about Victoria being too young for him, and the age difference between him and Edea... Um, this game is kinda weird sometimes, but always played for laughs.

Assuming you're talking about Red, yeah, I agree. He was definitely written as a scumbag, the exact opposite of 'promoting' it I'd say.

There's also the point of whether it's really pedophilia in the first place, I think hebephilia (sexual attraction to early-adolescents) or ephebophilia (sexual attraction to late-adolescents) probably describe him better anyway. Though who knows...it's hard to tell with chibis.

Of course, I've just recently finished the Fire Temple chapter, so maybe there's a legitimate pedophile I haven't met yet.