Star Ocean 5 censorship of a woman 18 years old due to western pressure.

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Teeqoz said:

Neodegenerate said:

That's semantics.  Censorship isn't always forced upon an entity.  It can also be a choice.  Self-censoring is a real thing.  Most people do it every day when they are talking to their bosses at work.

I'm not saying this isn't censorship, I'm just saying that it's not "due to western pressure". It's because SE thinks it's a smart thing to do financially.

SE thinks it is a smart thing to do financially because of the Western audience and their criticisms of the sexualization of characters in Japanese games.  That is still Western pressure.  Even if not directly applied, it exists.  They see the criticism others get and opt not to go that route.  They self censor to avoid it.