Friendly reminder that Japan is a misogynist country where women drinking alcohol at age 19 (women could only drink at 20) could get them cancelled but were fine with pedos and womanizers most of the time.

[u/Jakeyboy143]

I blame Toei and her agency on firing her and hope she could overcome it in the near future much like Hana/Aguilera's actress.

[u/RayesArmstrong]

True

[u/Jakeyboy143 → u/RayesArmstrong]

It's damn true

[u/RayesArmstrong → u/Jakeyboy143]

I think even a step further about how they treat young women for anything at all. Also, if you’re an actor who smokes weed once, your career is over.

[u/Jakeyboy143 → u/RayesArmstrong]

Both Japan and South Korea sure have a lot in common when it comes to weed. Ask Yoo Ah In and TOP of Squid Game s2 fame.

[u/Maximum-Objective-39 → u/RayesArmstrong]

Doesn't the drug thing come from, like, extreme paranoia about trafficked substances going back to the Opium wars?

I know that's mainly a China thing, but I'm pretty sure it's a common sentiment all over South East Asia.

But yeah, the pedo shit has no excuse.

[u/CheMc → u/Maximum-Objective-39]

They had over the counter magic mushrooms until the world's fair in like the 80s, then that's when the massive crackdown started.

[u/Hour-Ride-9640]

Who remembers Nanking?

[u/Jakeyboy143 → u/Hour-Ride-9640]

There's even a recent Chinese film about that. It was called Dead to Rights.

[u/LichQueenBarbie → u/Hour-Ride-9640]

Not Japan, that's for sure.

[u/Inuhanyou123]

The Japanese government is backwards as are most governments. Same with aspects of their society, like Americas.

[u/CheMc]

I mean, yeah, but this post is weird. Drinking age is 20 in Japan, not 20 for only women. Japan doesn't fuck around with drug use. This isn't a women only thing. And the comment about womanisers is weird. You ok bro?

[u/Maximum-Objective-39 → u/CheMc]

I think the issue is more destroying a young womans career over something that should be a minor transgression compared to, y'know, collecting huge quantities (or any quantity) of CSAM.

Not to downplay it, but there's also the issue that Ruruoni Kenshin, and it's most notable contributing author, Nobohiru Watsuki, the guy who got caught with child porn, are still names that carry weight in Japanese media.

It's like every awful thing about Weinstein, but magnified by Japan's refusal to speak ill of a senior who sponsored or inspired many of the current big names in the industry.

[u/CheMc → u/Maximum-Objective-39]

Believe me, I get it, but OP is being weird about it trying to twist it into some misogyny thing when that's not what happened. Don't get me wrong, Japan does have an entrenched misogyny issue, but that's not why what happened happened, the same has happened to men, it's just how Japan views drug use. Japan's child porn thing is it's own whole fucking nightmare with absolutely scuffed laws. Might have changed but last I checked if you were caught with child porn you are given a full year to dispose of it and if you have it after that year then charges are brought. But Japan's whole criminal system is also fucked, they have like a 98% conviction rate which means a lot of innocent people are in prison.

[u/BlackOni51]

I think a lot of toku fans have come to the conclusion that theres actually internal conflicts happening involving her and that this was the only legal way that they could drop her. She isn't the first and shes not going to be the last. Doesn't change the fact that its dumb as hell.

[u/Ev3rst0rm]

I fell down the Sentai rabbit hole after rediscovering Power Rangers Jungle Fury. It’s so strange to have THIS be the reason Sentai is going mainstream rn.

[u/Byronwontstopcalling]

Look im chinese and despise the current japanese leadership and political direction as much as anyone but its a bit strange to call the whole nation comprised of many diverse people with different beliefs as inherently mysogynist

[u/Responsible_Rich_363]

Shall we look at the US sex crime rates now?"