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Ever since the RapeLay controversy, the tradition of the "erotic" game has been a touchy subject in Japan, and we don't mean the good kind of touchy. It seems that certain Ero games might not be so acceptable in the land of the Rising Sun anymore, with at least one well known distributor of interactive filth banning a vast number of titles based on certain key words.

The key words banned by online shop Dejipare include things like torture, bondage, loli and rape. Regular Christian sex will still be perfectly acceptable, but it seems that the whole underage rape thing that has been seen in many an ero title will no longer be tolerated. 

Quite what this means in the long term is unclear, but if one thing is certain, it's that some sectors of Japan are taking a good long look at themselves and wondering if they really do want to be associated with some of the stuff that's been coming out of the Japanese erotic game industry. Hit the jump for the full list of banned words, just because we like listing nasty things.

Thanks a lot, RapeLay. This is why we can't have nice things! Still, as Dale North said, it kind of proves that not everybody in Japan is a twisted sicko ... or at least don't want to look like one.

• Rape (including various terms for it)
• Loli (lolita)
• Gang Rape
• Sexual violence
• Cruel sexual play
• Reverse rape
• Shoujo
• Adultery
• Reverse sexual violence
• Forced
• Group sex
• School council
• Bestiality
• Bondage
• Threats
• Train groping
• Compensated dating
• Incest
• Torture
• Heavy bondage
• Pregnant
• Slave
• Pregnant woman
• Imprisonment
• Impregnation

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Diverse's Avatar
Diverse at 06/24/2009 10:44
I'm just worried about my loli porn. Hopefully this ban doesn't extend any further than eroge games.
Bulkmailer's Avatar
Bulkmailer at 06/24/2009 10:45
Attention Char Aznable. Post David Duchovany now.
Ace Flibble's Avatar
Ace Flibble at 06/24/2009 10:47
Aww they listed all the good ones...
nickthehat's Avatar
nickthehat at 06/24/2009 10:51
I like that Impregnation and Pregnant are in the list. I can't think of two more un-sexy words.
stevenxonward's Avatar
stevenxonward at 06/24/2009 10:53
School council?
Diverse's Avatar
Diverse at 06/24/2009 10:55
@nickthehat You're missing out.

able_to_think's Avatar
able_to_think at 06/24/2009 10:56
Damn, my "Japs are pervs" statement just lost half its punch. Lets just hope they keep hentai with that shit so I can still say it.
DoofALoop's Avatar
DoofALoop at 06/24/2009 10:56
Reverse sexual violence sounds so hot...is that like reverse cowgirl?
embef's Avatar
embef at 06/24/2009 10:57
Group sex? What's wrong with that?
PhazonYoshi's Avatar
PhazonYoshi at 06/24/2009 10:58
wtf is reverse rape, forcing someone to NOT have sex with you?
Dimly's Avatar
Dimly at 06/24/2009 10:58
But what will happen to my beloved Tentacle Grape?
Insanity Warden's Avatar
Insanity Warden at 06/24/2009 10:58
@nickthehat

O rly? I can't think of 2 words that are any MORE sexy.
AdamskiOwenov's Avatar
AdamskiOwenov at 06/24/2009 10:59
@Diverse thats the funniest/ most disturbing thing I've seen all week.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar
Doomsday Forte at 06/24/2009 11:01
So are they going to ban things that have pregnant women in them? Not even sexualized or anything, but any woman with a bump is no-go? D:

Can't wait for this to spill over into real-life.
Wan Sum Dung's Avatar
Wan Sum Dung at 06/24/2009 11:02
I have a boner.
ZombiePlatypus's Avatar
ZombiePlatypus at 06/24/2009 11:04
There's a few on there that really aren't "bad", and of course some that really are. Good for them?
bluemeep's Avatar
bluemeep at 06/24/2009 11:16
I'd better download a bunch of eroge torrents just to run some quality assurance tests. Can't have any of this slip through the cracks.
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar
Vanilla Gorilla at 06/24/2009 11:16
@able - Way to be racist.
D Sane's Avatar
D Sane at 06/24/2009 11:18
so no Heavy Bondage, but Light Bondage and Moderate Bondage is ok?
Necro BABS's Avatar
Necro BABS at 06/24/2009 11:23
That list made me hot
Projectexodus's Avatar
Projectexodus at 06/24/2009 11:44
Good, now Japan too will become a crime-free utopia like the US and the UK!

Lol!
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 06/24/2009 11:48
I'm not a guy who normally plays these games, since 2D girls don't do much for me, but this is a shameful attack on freedom of expression. I don't agree with rape games (beyond the ones resulting in funny images), but uptight prudes shouldn't be able to limit some of this stuff. "Compensated dating?" How is that obscene? "Shoujo?" Maybe I'm missing something, but that just means "girl" in Japanese, so are they banning girls in their hentai? I should also note that in this decision "bestiality" also includes things like catgirls, so screwing a girl with bunny ears is as bad as fucking a dog. This is way too reactionary, and I'm surprised Japanese eroge makers are taking this sitting down.
m_earendil's Avatar
m_earendil at 06/24/2009 12:17
This is going way overboard... soon they will declare Persona 3 to be illegal because it's a dating game that contains shoujo, school council and loli..... and I seem to recall having a dog in my gang too.
PogoOfGo's Avatar
PogoOfGo at 06/24/2009 12:20
...reverse rape?
m_earendil's Avatar
m_earendil at 06/24/2009 12:29
reverse rape... that's a girl raping a guy
Justin Villasenor's Avatar
Justin Villasenor at 06/24/2009 12:35
Hey, it's Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka ... uh, I only recognize the header pic because they made an anime series out of it. It had one of the most unexpected endings ever.
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Danzflor at 06/24/2009 12:37
emm im fine with reverse rape... but WHY MY PRECIOUS GANG RAPE and GROUP SeX! D;

T__________T

this is the end of gaming as we know it :(
Kia's Avatar
Kia at 06/24/2009 12:46
This is really just disgusting, and not just because I'm actually into half the things on the list in the first place. >_>;

I can't even begin to grasp why Japan is letting America push them around like this. We've -always- been all overly reactionary about Japanese hentai, why the fuck is this going on now, out of nowhere?
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Cowboy TTop at 06/24/2009 12:47
The reverse rape thing is about just that. I guess it might hold more weight in same sex hentai or futanari hentai (futanari...that's chicks with dicks, by the way).

Really though, these japanese softco are very weak to be doing all this, because of a few western prudes get their panties in a wad. They should defend what's part of their culture more. Sure, its not for everyone, but some like and are willing to pay for it. Why should another country get their way? Guess it should be interesting to see if fans of this material protest or fight back at all, since this kind of censorship is wrong.

Its possible that there might also be some pressure, from the government in japan that we aren't hearing about, because the japanese PM, I think, is a manga/anime fan. If that's the case, he would know about this side of the anime/manga/games industry. Perhaps he sees this side of their creative industries becoming more imporatant to japan, but spring cleaning is needed. We won't know the effects of such action for a while, but dojinshi anime manga and games will always feed the needs, if official means fold like this.

Will japan be a better utopia because of this? Time will tell.
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Im OK at 06/24/2009 13:36
"Compensated dating"? That's not even as bad as regular ol' prostitution (which is apparently fine because it isn't on the list), is it?

And it looks like tentacles still get a free pass, I take it?
m_earendil's Avatar
m_earendil at 06/24/2009 13:41
What's scary about this issue is the unforeseen consequences it may have outside of the otaku/gaming public. Laws against rape, pedophilia and abuse are meant to protect real people, and should be enforced upon material that depicts a real person being victimized, that's why pronographic pictures of REAL little boys and girls should be banned and their owners punished.... but a drawing is a work of fiction, and as long as it is produced without the involvement of a real uderaged girl/boy being raped, it can be seen as lewd and tasteles if you want, but not make it illegal.

Today, as "civilized beings", we frown upon the censorship of the novels written by the Marquis De Sade, and many consider them as true gems of literature and examples of liberal thinking, yet we enforce the same censorship onto other works of fiction (certainly less graphic and disturbing than De Sade's works) just because they are 3D and animated, and not just words on paper.
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NihonTiger90 at 06/24/2009 14:02
Somewhere out there in the world, the German government is pleased at this news of "sick filth" being banned. I'm not one for the rape games, but this seems a bit overboard.
JLanphear's Avatar
JLanphear at 06/24/2009 14:29
This is too much. This eliminates most of what makes Japan fun and crazy. The life of the party.
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RaunchyBulbasaur at 06/24/2009 15:07
Not my bus groping!
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Vrynix at 06/24/2009 15:17
Maybe I have my japanese terminology twisted...but shouldn't "shoujo" simply indicate that it's geared towards young females?
I mean it's not like we're talking about shounen-ai here or anything...
Then again maybe the japanese simply don't like humans of the female persuasion and will refuse all games the have that target demographic.
ROMaster2's Avatar
ROMaster2 at 06/24/2009 15:31
Get off of 4chan, Jim
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starhawl at 06/24/2009 15:31
And this is what I was warning you all about I said it if you think your giving government a scalpel to remove something you dont like well you just gave them a blugon and they are going to remove alot more that just that one thing you dont like.
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ROMaster2 at 06/24/2009 15:33
Oh, and @Diverse, what the source on that? (Or are you even allowed to say?)
GoldenGamerXero's Avatar
GoldenGamerXero at 06/24/2009 15:58
@Diverse

Any remaining parts of my innocence have been ripped away and burnt in a big o fire. I think I will NEVER unsee that picture @_@
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Junpei Ace Defective at 06/24/2009 16:09
It's all just drawings. DRAWINGS I SAY
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PrinnyMedic at 06/24/2009 16:10
this list is crap but who really wants to stand up a defend it and you cant just defend some it either all or nothing
grasslunatic's Avatar
grasslunatic at 06/24/2009 16:12
Wow they are going overboard with this.
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Xelotath at 06/24/2009 16:34
The news is wrong, it's not one distributor banning most of eroge, it's en organization made out of all major eroge publishers. As far as I know it only targets retail games, so online distribution will take over, the retail stores will loose money and the ban will be lifted. I'm all for banning stuff hurting real people but they should use that energy catching criminals instead of worrying of otakus fapping to 2D nekomimi girls.
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BurningHammer at 06/24/2009 17:07
School Council that sounds so harmless. Now the student body ;)
EdgyDude's Avatar
EdgyDude at 06/24/2009 19:27
Again, i find hilarious and hypocritical the targeting of games when they regular AV industry covers stuff way sicker than any of the list, ever seen a woman stick a squid in her privates? yep, you can find an AV for that in Japan, but no bondage games though, THAT'S just disgusting ¬.¬
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Dan CiTi at 06/24/2009 21:34
It is just stupid.
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ww3pl at 06/25/2009 02:28
The 1st chick on the left looks so awesome.
I wish drawings could just become reality :<
Archwright's Avatar
Archwright at 06/25/2009 09:42
This is a bridge too far. It's not like these games are rape-trainers any more than MGS is a spy trainer.

ugh... to the "kinder gentler world" I say: FUCK YOU.
Tye The Czar's Avatar
Tye The Czar at 07/08/2009 11:47
What? No Reverse Rape! I find that FAR more acceptable than plain old rape. Men deserve rape more.
@ww3pl: Those girls are from an Eroge. http://anisearch.net/?q=akane+iro+ni+somaru+saka
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