A prime example of a scantily clad anime character, Ritona Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann, as illustrated by Kanzeon.

So, I am a little late to the whole thing, but this has been alerted to me just only today (by the time this gets posted it will be yesterday) about a certain person within the local (SG) cosplay community having overstepped the boundaries of decency and been labeled a person who sexually harassed about eight girls, possibly more. You may read the translated article in English here, while the original thread that occurred in SGCafe forums over the issue is here (locked).

I had originally intended, long before the time period now, to write up this article, but never really got down to it. It was, in large part, due to my incompetence at writing anything worthy of note nowadays, as well as the lack of possible research, and knowledge therefore, in such an area. Yet recently, I have been given inspiration as well from this post by ID Sojourner, and therefore I bring to you a broader consensus of what society is like nowadays, at least, in my humble opinion.

Allow me to express the fact that this will be a long post. If you wish to read this article for the usual otaku-related stuff and similar images, you can skip this right now. I know of quite a few folks who have expressed their reluctance to read articles beyond their comprehension attention span, and therefore I must warn you ahead that this article is meant for those with an expressive interest (or might have it) in reading what I have to say thoroughly.
 

Again, all the thoughts of this post are my own after what I have read in my elementary college courses as well as what I gather from observing people around the world, writing in their blogs, speaking with them via the Internet, and the like. Truthfully, the sample data is thus subjected to much debate, but I rather have some data to work with and debate its accuracy, than nothing to work with at all and spout potent rubbish. This essay is entirely something that represents my opinion of society today, and the ills that we ourselves have created, and inflicted upon ourselves.

Lastly, I try wherever I can to quote credible sources from whence I get my knowledge and information. It is not wise at all to link to Wikipedia, but it does serve as a good place to be linked to direct, quantifiable and justifiable sources of knowledge. Of course, the accuracy of information and data is almost always subject to controversial and constant scrutiny, but to embark on a fruitless journey of deciding whether all the information that we process through our subjective and frail minds on an objective basis is something like looking for the pot at the end of the rainbow. Hence, I believe I have said enough, and let us move on to the main topic.

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