it’s slightly more mainstream than it is here, but not by much. whenever a female child actor stays relevant past her debut there’s a national countdown of millions who are vocal about finding her hot. there was an snl sketch about how hot emma watson was in the 3rd harry potter movie when she was at most 14 during filming. pedophilia is a very real public phenomenon in the states, in some ways significantly more mainstream than in japan, it’s just expressed differently