Moral judgeyness aside, it’s just weird from a fandom perspective how a lot of popular VN franchises started out as niche porn that was later cleaned up for general audiences – there’s this whole aspect of the IP’s history that you have to awkwardly skirt around any time the subject comes up in polite company. Like, imagine if Batman’s first known appearance had been in an oddly high-budget Tijuana bible, and every time a comics industry thinkpiece wanted to name-check the iconic page depicting the first time he donned the cowl, they had to discreetly crop out the panel where he’s getting railed by Superman.



















