[USER=177]@qaiz[/USER] I can’t comment on the manga or anything from it that may appear in Season 2 of the anime, but I only noticed one of those things, which is under the spoiler. Yeah it is a bit uncomfortable. But I certainly wouldn’t call it anything approching loli or shotacon and if at any point an older character was depicted as lusting after a younger one, that totally passed me by. I remember a couple of dick jokes and there are times the main characters (who are both kids) see each other in states of undress, but again that seems more for comedy purposes because of their contrasting shame/lack of. The violence is anything but titilating, and personally (ymmv) I wouldn’t say it’s gratuitous. But it can be a grim show, certainly. No-one should go into it looking for sunshine and rainbows.
My last point was meant in a general sense, rather than being aimed at you personally. I make no claims to know your mind. I just don’t see anything inherently wrong about depicting pubescent kids as sexually curious, having been 12 years old myself once I distinctly remember enjoying the pictures of Laetitia Casta in lingerie in one of my mother’s old catalogues at that age...
Edit: I am kinda curious though that you developed this view of Made in Abyss without watching or reading it. Relying on second hand accounts isn’t exactly the most reliable way to develop an opinion of something and a lot of people (especially Westerners, specifically British and Americans) do massively overreact to the idea a 12 year old might have sexual thoughts being presented in media. So that’s something to consider when reading other people’s thoughts.
Might the creator of Made in Abyss have particular tastes? I’d say that’s certainly a possibility, yeah. Does that overshadow or diminish the entire work? No. I can enjoy it just the same as I can enjoy Alice in Wonderland or Peter Pan, knowing what I know about the creators of those works.
