Rape Games Banned in Japan

[teutonicman]

Wow... I can't believe that video games which let you simulate rape were ever legal in japan. Man and I thought the vending machince with used schoolgirl panties was bad.

 

[Rylian]

I despise the games in this genre and the subject material. I played on once out of curiosity. Awful.

Know what I like even less?
People who try to get something banned because THEY don't like it. Yeah, it's sick, but we're adults and we don't need the God damned morality police.

Banning this genre begins a trip down a slippery slope that is, in all honesty, more frightening than the fact that people actually play and enjoy such things.

 

[FoxParadox]

At first I didn't know what side to take with this. Yes rape is a terrible thing, perhaps worse than murder but there is a basic principle here that I think is being violated. I mean once they are able to ban a certain genre of gaming, where does it end? Obviously the people who banned rape games are also gonna want to ban any game that breaks the law (virtually) and before you know it, Japan's censorship will become just like China's.

And seriously, Japan of all countries? They practically invented porn!

 

[incubus42]

I mean once they are able to ban a certain genre of gaming, where does it end? Obviously the people who banned rape games are also gonna want to ban any game that breaks the law (virtually) and before you know it, Japan's censorship will become just like China's.

People can differentiate.
And just because something horrible like the simulation of raping gets banned (if it gets banned...) doesn't mean that automatically Japan is going to release a law against premarital sex with a death penalty and start suing all people who watch porn for millions of dollars.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

Apparently it was all one big hoax to prove more people were pro those games than anti.

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/05/29/media-invents-eroge-ban/

 

[Bob the Average]

hmmmm... i'm not entirely sure how to feel about this on one hand i support getting rid of pornographic games centered around rape but this would also ban games where rape was(for lack of a better phrase) handled more artistically.

 

[ohellynot]

This works on the idea that it is degenarative to women, however what if you could rape everyone the n it would be Ok right.
seriously though, I wonder if they would to all this effert to ban games for women that involved raping women. probably not.

 

[Lauren Admire]

Very much in agreement with you on this, especially considering the extremely low rape incidence rate in the country itself

Just as a point of contention: Rape statistics reflect REPORTED rapes, not the incidence of ACTUAL rapes. A good number of rape victims never report the incident due to shame, guilt, or fear, especially in a place like Japan where they harbor a rather passive attitude towards rape. (Heck, one Japanese politician [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3025240.stm] even linked rape with healthy signs of virility).

 

[Molten Water]

Hmm how come no one has talked about "THE PATH" its about rape too...all the girls get raped and KILLED in that game.after seeing all this stuff online i went and downloaded the game 2 see what its all about: its some dude who get caught doing some perverted thhing to some gorl on a train so a girl reprts him.so the guy goes on a vengeance mission to rape all the 3 people in the famil:the mom and her 2 daughters.and its pretty much some weird scenes in a train where you touch the girl and then you rape them in some place.THIS IS THE ONLY RAPE PART.after that you actually have consensual sex with them in locations.i didnt see what all the fuss was about.its good for a wank but nothing more or less.i didnt feel like going out and raping someone walking about...much the same as i dont feel like killing someone when i get out after playin CoD4.this has been made a big enough deal aldready and has been proven to be fake(The allegations.theres another thread about it) so chill aldready.and it says if your not 18 turn it off and stuff.it is a restricted game no doubt so dont give it to kids.no need 4 banning it.

 

[Abedeus]

Hmm how come no one has talked about "THE PATH" its about rape too...all the girls get raped and KILLED in that game.after seeing all this stuff online i went and downloaded the game 2 see what its all about: its some dude who get caught doing some perverted thhing to some gorl on a train so a girl reprts him.so the guy goes on a vengeance mission to rape all the 3 people in the famil:the mom and her 2 daughters.and its pretty much some weird scenes in a train where you touch the girl and then you rape them in some place.THIS IS THE ONLY RAPE PART.after that you actually have consensual sex with them in locations.i didnt see what all the fuss was about.its good for a wank but nothing more or less.i didnt feel like going out and raping someone walking about...much the same as i dont feel like killing someone when i get out after playin CoD4.this has been made a big enough deal aldready and has been proven to be fake(The allegations.theres another thread about it) so chill aldready.and it says if your not 18 turn it off and stuff.it is a restricted game no doubt so dont give it to kids.no need 4 banning it.

Sorry, but rape is illegal, pictures of raping are illegal, even fictional. Images of killing aren't illegal if they are illegal, because then every history book with pictures would get banned.

Why would anyone ever defend rape games?

 

[Doug]

To be frank, a) the rape was implied, not shown.

and thats what i mean by how graphic does it have to be, is it the act it self they find offending or is the graphic demonstration they found so offending they banned the game.

and by a quick look at the box art on this game it seems to be revolving more around boyish fantasies in a almost innocent cartoonish style, while the path (btw i agree i didn't like that game either) although not showing but merely implying the act it was done in a much darker tone showing the perversion and seducing.

Again, I came to a different conclusion - that rape wasn't involved and it was more the imagining of people who mistook the sounds of sex for rape.

And also, I found the Path confusing, unpleasant, and somewhat distrubing (not in a way I like)

 

[Zersy]

Good, though there still will be a huge underground market for this.

The main question is were these games fun ?

as in did you enjoy playing them ?

were they more fun then games like COD4 ?

if not then i really don't care

 

[nikomas1]

but this is fictional, you make it sound like a real life event, this is about a game in wchich theyre are no feelings, just animations, and what te player chooses to do, there is no dignity in a game like this already lol

They should at least have the women fight back.

What, so people could go and say "You Violently rape people in this game"?

I don't see why they just don't make the game about women just submitting to sex. Why do you have to rape them? Killing people in a game is quite fun, at least in that you are trying to fight for something. In these you just rape someone, no real goal. Maybe the should have just had the player buy a hooker instead and play rape games with her, At least then she is submitting herself for payment.

Well, I don't think it's anything that bad, the game I mean, let the sickos enjoy their sick games.
Besides, if you paid for it (hookers), it removes the rape aspect of the game, and then it would lose the draw.

 

[incubus42]

I googled a review and found one on somethingawful.com
I have to admit that I haven't played the game, but what I read there was quite shocking.

The next paragraph is a quote out of the review and NOT written by me:

Defining Moment: I wish I could say that the first instance of bloody cock or the rape that takes place on top of the child's enormous bed were the defining moments of the game. That would have been enough - more than enough - but, these are both things I have seen in Hentai games before. Pregnancy and abortion are new twists on this filthy genre, and they were disturbing, but they still don't quite win out. No, the winner on this one are the tears that glisten and move in the little girl's eyes.

{quote end}


I am sorry, but anybody who gets turned on by pressing buttons and therefore causes a virtual (yes VIRTUAL but still..) 11 years old girl getting violated in such a way, should plug out his computer, take two metal paper clips and put them into the power outlet without using gloves.

Yes I know that there is something called personal freedom. But as soon as a person shows interest in how it looks like when 11 year old girls get sexually penetrates, bleeds and cries, there is something wrong with that person.

 

[Aura Guardian]

Rape Games Banned in Japan

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You should probably include a link to the Rape Games are no longer banned.

 

[WrongSprite]

I can't believe you all think this is sick, when you cold bloodedly kill hundreds of people every day. This is worse, how?

 

[Allan Foe]

Don't think I trust that because the American porn industry is MASSIVE and they will try and find a way to boost their sales and widen their means.

While you shouldn't trust everything on the internet, scientific study or not, that article cites quite a number of scientific studies (although I haven't bothered to check them yet) and I'm not sure the Japanese National Research Institute of Police Science and USA HU's Department of Anatomy and Reproductive Biology are too involved in the American porn industry.
Also note that it's a study of Japanese sex crime rates, not American.

I went and looked up the game on wikipedia and found more links to stuff about Japan. How messed up is a country where there are women-only cars on the metro because there are so many weirdos feeling up chicks?

While the number of train molesters in Japan is truly terrifying, the rape rates are much MUCH smaller than in US, Canada or UK! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics] In fact judging by those figures each of those countries is much more deserving of the title RAPELANDIA than Japan!

I've seen some really disgusting and mind-wrecking sexually explicit material come from Japan and each time I'm reminded of it a little bit of my soul shrivels up and dies...

But can you ignore the facts?

 

[Kiutu]

Ok, I guess -I- will be the first to be against this.
Mostly it annoys me cause it seems more like people whining and being huge babies. Now, I know Japan does not have our government and laws (some we put on em yes, but not all) but still. Its like, why is this allowed but this not when it is very similar. So is games where girls are killed gonna be banned too? What about men/boys? Now yes, obviously few if any are playing these games for anything aside from sexual release, but for all we know it is a better outlet for peole with such fantasies. This is just like violence in gaming and is not going to make people who would not already do it start raping people or stalking them.
Equality Now, based on this they seem PETA-like. (Not a good thing)
Thats my view on this.

Death and rape are wrong no matter how someone spins it. The only difference is that death is more accepted than rape. Either way someone loses something but I would much rather die and keep my dignity. Than lose it to rape.

Not really. I am not comparing Deah to Rape. Im comparing Killing/Murder to Rape. Death would be comparable to Sex in this way. And I would rather be raped and live with the emotional scar and than die too young. Just because YOU would rather die does not mean everyone would. Atleast 1 person doesn't.

 

[Bat Vader]

Ok, I guess -I- will be the first to be against this.
Mostly it annoys me cause it seems more like people whining and being huge babies. Now, I know Japan does not have our government and laws (some we put on em yes, but not all) but still. Its like, why is this allowed but this not when it is very similar. So is games where girls are killed gonna be banned too? What about men/boys? Now yes, obviously few if any are playing these games for anything aside from sexual release, but for all we know it is a better outlet for peole with such fantasies. This is just like violence in gaming and is not going to make people who would not already do it start raping people or stalking them.
Equality Now, based on this they seem PETA-like. (Not a good thing)
Thats my view on this.

Death and rape are wrong no matter how someone spins it. The only difference is that death is more accepted than rape. Either way someone loses something but I would much rather die and keep my dignity. Than lose it to rape.

Not really. I am not comparing Deah to Rape. Im comparing Killing/Murder to Rape. Death would be comparable to Sex in this way. And I would rather be raped and live with the emotional scar and than die too young. Just because YOU would rather die does not mean everyone would. Atleast 1 person doesn't.

They should have the player buy a hooker and play rape games with the hooker. That way rape is not really happening. It is willing submission to rape games. Why play a rape game anyway? Why not just play a hentai game? There is still sex in it.

 

[Valkyira]

Why would someone buy a rape game anyway. Maybe its a police operation where they can easily catch rapists. Soon they will release a game where you have to molest little children.