Since I feel like we haven't talked enough about this show as a unique crime against humanity
@Aero Soul's pfp is a Dragon Maid character that looks like this (ilulu):
I agree this is freak fetish content, but it's an uphill battle to argue that the character with massive boobs appeals to pedophiles, and Dragon Maid has much much worse.
Let's start with Kanna and Saikawa.
I haven't watched the show but it is what appears to be a lesbian romance between two 9 year olds
(technically Kanna is 30 but she's physically and mentally 9).
It's possible to do a romance plot involving 9 year olds in a wholesome way in theory, but Dragon Maid has no such tact. It involves scenes such as Saikawa and Kanna getting close while playing Twister (whatever you're imagining, it's unfortunately that), Kanna sucking on Saikawa's fingers, Saikawa washing Kanna's back while bathing, and Kanna pinning Saikawa down after Saikawa says she wants to marry Kanna.
If you still have any benefit of the doubt for the show, she becomes, for lack of a better word, "overwhelmed" whenever events like this occur throughout the show.
While I wouldn't in good faith call any of this NSFW, it's obvious fetish content.
Would you believe me if I told you that is not the worst the show has to offer? What if I told you there is an outright pedophilic relationship in the show?
Let's introduce a character literally named Shōta.
https://maid-dragon.fandom.com/wiki/Shouta_Magatsuchi /
https://archive.ph/HRmEM
The wiki has since removed his age, but in the archive it says he's
but even in the current page it says
Shouta is an elementary school boy
Our friend Shouta has had the misfortune of summoning a rather buxom sexually open dragon. And by sexually open I mean also a pedophile.
She is not above using her body as a means of getting what she wants, shown when she attempts to use her alluring figure as an offering to the young boy Shouta into allowing her to stay in his home.
Lucoa appears to have a flirtatious nature, shown when she is disappointed when Shouta refuses to lotion her body at the beach, regularly takes baths with him and thrusts her colossal breasts in his face, much to the boy's discomfort.
Her sexual nature often has her being compared to a succubus or demon by Shouta and her other dragon companions, such as Tohru.
Quetzalcoatl will often try to get Shouta's attention, but due to her massive breasts she often ends up flustering and embarrassing him instead.
Despite how bad this sounds, it's underselling it. If you hate yourself, you can watch some youtube clips as proof:
Lucoa sexually harassing him while sleeping:
Lucoa sexually harassing him while sleeping (but she's naked this time):
Lucoa sexually harassing him while bathing:
This clip is unclear but in the original episode it's Lucoa trying to tempt him with a book containing sexy cosplays of herself:
A Redditor has defended this
https://www.reddit.com/r/DragonMaid/comments/mk1ids/lucoa_and_shoutas_relationship_is_kinda_creepy/ / https://archive.ph/CybEU
by saying this makes sense plot-wise because it's just in her character!
No matter which way you look at it, Lucoa is an affectionate dragon, and it's clear that once she's attached to you, she will let you know so. This could naturally cause problems if the individual isnt good with casual affection.
[This is very obvious with Shota. He's clearly a kid who enjoys his own space. This isn't a judgment on Shota of course, as everyone is entitled to that.
Making things even worse, Lucoa is clearly a very sexualy uninhibited character. This is actually a key point, as alot of people seem to think that Lucoa only acts that way when she's with Shota.
King_of_Renais
OP realizes how messed up this is
You do have a really good point. Still if it was reversed people would not accept it.
OP
but double standards are okay if it allows us to goon more.
But thankfully it's not reversed, so lets praise our wonderful bouncy goddess for being a cutie in every way.
tavioltean1
At the beginning of his defense King_of_Renais says:
On the one hand its obvious that Coolkyu is playing to a certain audience.
Which is correct. If you watch those youtube clips, it's obvious this isn't a real exploration of sexual assault or grooming, it's playing into the "onee-shota" fetish. If you're unfamiliar, here's Danbooru's description:
A genre consisting of pairing a younger boy with an older girl in a risque, sexual or romantic fashion. A portmanteau of 'onee-san' (elder sister/older woman) and 'shota' (young boy).
Danbooru has
16,000 images of this, it's a very popular fetish. Usually people self-insert as the shota, which is marginally better than self inserting as the pedophile, but I digress. Putting this in your show so shamelessly is almost beyond parody. Believe it or not, it's so bad that even some fans of the show can't stand it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DragonMaid/comments/i8y7eg/i_dislike_this_relationship_like_bruh_shouta_is/ / https://archive.ph/x1hBA
This is pretty much what prevents dragon maid being an absolutely perfect anime to me. It's still my favourite but I skip over thier scenes on rewatches. Also I'm pretty sure the name Shouta-kun is a pun of shotacon, which just makes it worse.
VinylVortex