About fanservice and HBR
So Ive been on the search for new gachas lately and its proven to be a rather difficult task, since a lot of games that nail one aspect seem to completely miss the mark on others and ones that are rumored to nail every aspect (e.g. nikke) sexualize children. In gachas theres pretty much one hard line I draw which is the whole "hot loli" thing. If theres a child in my game and they get sexualized via butt shots, weird skins or otherwise, the games done for. Cant stand it.
Ive long debated on whether or not to play Heaven Burns Red since it seems to be a fan favorite in the sapphic community, but the school thematic turned me off quite a bit (just like blue archive is basically a glorified gooning fest for lolicons with actually good story). I gave it a shot today and i gotta say Im dissapointed. I have absolutely no doubt, that no in game character is canonically below 18, at the very least their age just wont get stated, but lets be honest for a second: Were in a highschool setting, most of the playable characters are bound to be 17 or something around that age. Especially the younger looking ones. I mean Tama could be in elementary??
So the game having swimsuit skins etc. threw me off a good bit. Putting young girls in very light clothing isnt new in gacha/anime space, yet it still isnt fine. That made me wonder, how come its still so highly appraised? Especially in queer spaces? Im used to there being way higher standards concerning those topics in our circles (Id never expect anything less than straight up lolicons in a nikke sub for example). But it genuinely surprised me how HBR holds its reputation in here so high, even though theres a clear sexualization of minors going on.
Maybe im missing a point and maybe you think Im being too strict about it. Let me know pretty please.
Have a wonderful day <3