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From Japanese ショタコン (shotakon).

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shotacon (usually uncountable, plural shotacons)

  1. (uncountable, anime) A sexual complex where an adult is attracted to young, typically prepubescent boys, or the fictional depictions thereof.
    • 2004 Deborah Shamoon, "Porn Studies", page 101
      The term shota-con is a variant of the term loli-con for "Lolita complex" comics, a genre of porn comics for men featuring young girls. Shota is a common Japanese boy's name, thus shota-con indicates porn comics featuring young boys.
    • 2006 Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 page 31
      Lolicon or Lolicom is a contraction of "Lolita Complex," an unhealthy interest in underage girls exemplified by the Lolita Anime. Its rarer male variant is Shotacon.
      Shotacon is a contraction of “Shotaro Complex,” or an unhealthy obsession with little boys. It is said to derive from the boyish good looks of Shotaro Kaneda, the protagonist of GIGANTOR
  2. (countable, anime) An individual with such a fixation.
  3. (uncountable, anime) Erotic or suggestive art, manga, anime, or other media featuring underage boy characters.

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