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bradpara wrote:Just put a legal disclaimer at the very begining saying, "All persons engaged in sexual activity are 18 years old" and that should cover everything

bradpara wrote:Just put a legal disclaimer at the very begining saying, "All persons engaged in sexual activity are 18 years old" and that should cover everything

This is a declaration made with the consensus of all the characters that appear in this story.
All the characters appearing in this game have gone through special training and all actions carried out are done on the basis of mutual agreement.
Even if you're a inhuman person who believes that fictional characters in creative works do not have human rights, please do not ignore this.
We also thank all the kind people who see a character in the story saying phrases such as "help me" and take it as a real call for help.
However, even though you are worrying for the characters in the story, these are all lines spoken from a script.
They are not saying all this from the bottom of their hearts. We are sorry that they have put in so much effort into their acting that some people will confuse it as something that is really happening.
This game is a fictional story.

Esa94 wrote:I thought that's already established.

scott1and wrote:There's a few realistic things we should look at here.

1] It has been stated that this game will have adult content that features "minors", and no one has notified the devs that what they will eventually distribute is illegal.

2] Even if it is illegal, no one has notified the devs of this fact, ergo, no one probably cares.

8] There are FAR worse things on the nets that haven't been banned, such as Justin Bieber's Twitter page

There are also some other things I'd like to bring to your attention. Many of you, if not all of you have extensive knowledge of Japanese culture, and as such you will have ventured on to many Anime, Manga and Japanese oriented websites. Now, I ask each and every one of you to go and see if you can find a site that does NOT feature loli orientated anime, drawings or games somewhere within it, be they extreme or not . Secondly, the characters within the game are not exactly overly sexualised 10 year olds (no, not even Emi) and it does feature an actual message as well as the ability to turn the adult content off.
Lastly, this game is basically an eroge, so even if it is illegal, your not going to go to your parents or you morally up standing friends or peers and go "hey, I got this great new game where you get down and dirty with disabled girls", because while some of us may be perverts, we are not stupid.

That sounded really serious for a second there, but I'm pretty sure this isn't illegal as such in the West

SixthPeriod wrote:now I have to find out if its safe in Canada

remains free pending a yet-to-be scheduled sentencing date

SirMax wrote:Considering they're all in the last year of highschool, there's nothing to contradict them all being 18 or over, and there's nothing saying any of them are under eighteen. Innocent until proven guilty applies; it's perfectly plausible to assume they're all of age, so it would be hard if not impossible to convict anyone on the basis of them being underaged.

SirMax wrote:Considering they're all in the last year of highschool, there's nothing to contradict them all being 18 or over, and there's nothing saying any of them are under eighteen. Innocent until proven guilty applies; it's perfectly plausible to assume they're all of age, so it would be hard if not impossible to convict anyone on the basis of them being underaged.

Esa94 wrote:

SixthPeriod wrote:now I have to find out if its safe in Canada

Don't play the Emi route and you should be just fine

Esa94 wrote:

SirMax wrote:Considering they're all in the last year of highschool, there's nothing to contradict them all being 18 or over, and there's nothing saying any of them are under eighteen. Innocent until proven guilty applies; it's perfectly plausible to assume they're all of age, so it would be hard if not impossible to convict anyone on the basis of them being underaged.

I'm actually assuming them being in the last year of high school (eg. 18) will be made a central aspect of some storylines, because in the less-than-ideal case Hisao and the girl can only be together for as long as the school year lasts. Which isn't enough, obviously.

But yeah. The girls' birthdays are listed on the website; use that and the setting of Act 1 to decide whether or not they are of age. Everyone is at least 17.

Shockproof Jamo wrote:Hey, what the authorities don't know about, can't hurt you, right?

Esa94 wrote:

SixthPeriod wrote:now I have to find out if its safe in Canada

Don't play the Emi route and you should be just fine

"Katawa Shoujo: Canadian edition". Emi's path has been deleted and replaced with a Nomiya-path.

Panty Supervisor wrote:

This is a declaration made with the consensus of all the characters that appear in this story.
All the characters appearing in this game have gone through special training and all actions carried out are done on the basis of mutual agreement.
Even if you're a inhuman person who believes that fictional characters in creative works do not have human rights, please do not ignore this.
We also thank all the kind people who see a character in the story saying phrases such as "help me" and take it as a real call for help.
However, even though you are worrying for the characters in the story, these are all lines spoken from a script.
They are not saying all this from the bottom of their hearts. We are sorry that they have put in so much effort into their acting that some people will confuse it as something that is really happening.
This game is a fictional story.