[Devorlon]

I think Jobless Reincarnation is a perfect example because of its paedophilic undertones if not outright being so.

[entropicdrifter]

Jobless Reincarnation has a lot of fucked-up trashy aspects to it, but it also explores how those things fuck people up, why and how, and goes deep into character development and a realistic depiction of what healing from trauma (and people who haven't healed from trauma) looks like.

There are a lot of harem anime out there that do not do that type of deeper character work and function solely as male power-fantasies. See, for instance, Tsukimitchi or Rosario X Vampire

That was and still is my point

[claudiawerner]

'Pedophilic undertones' doesn't relate to 'trashy' or 'harem', even if you read the anime that way. In fact, it can be extremely interesting to see something which is so rarely portrayed or discussed in fiction, even fiction for adults.

The reality of child abuse is neither solved nor rebuked by depictions or explorations of psychology in adult fiction.

[mrsilencedogood]

I don't even know what this show is, but I can guarantee you any pedo-related stuff in there is highly unlikely to be for the purpose of "depictions or explorations of psychology".

Come on, don't try to kid me. It's there for the same reason all the other seinen anime have a ton of borderline softcore porn tropes in them.

[vunderba]

If you're head hunting for polarizing anime with borderline underage sexual objectification, you could have gone with the "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" anime - take one look at the clothing (or lack thereof) of Milim Nava.

In before people furiously try to rationalize by saying, "Well sure she looks like she's a prepubescent 12 year but ACTUALLY she's 3000 years old", yeah okay sure - but as the saying goes "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...".

[ahazred8ta]

"How not to summon a demon lord" has Krebskulm, a tween wearing a postage stamp sized outfit.

[dragontamer]

So people know: I've chosen a highly controversial anime on purpose to prove that there's anime some people hate and other anime people love.

I personally couldn't get very far into Jobless Reincarnation. So I'm on the haters side. But in any case, the controversies of this anime are well known.

[Izkata]

I actually didn't know there was any controversy around it, but this:

> I personally couldn't get very far into Jobless Reincarnation.

explains your choice. Based on how other modern isekais typically go, it definitely starts out looking like this one is going to go down a similar route, but it really doesn't. The overall character development for the main character is about him figuring out how to relate to others and develop healthy relationships instead of the fixations and fears he started with.