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Nijikon

A fan's room decorated with dakimakura and merchandise of the anime character Mirai Suenaga, 2012

Nijikon (二次コン) or nijigen konpurekkusu (二次元コンプレックス), from the English phrase "2D complex", is a sexual or affective attraction towards two-dimensional anime, manga, and light novel characters, as opposed to an attraction towards real human beings.[1][2][3] It has been interpreted by some observers as a genuine sexual orientation.[4][5] This attraction is primarily directed towards the non-realistic characteristics found in manga and anime styles. One of its sub-attractions is Lolicon.[6] Initially discussed as male otaku sexuality in Japan, it has more recently been examined within the context of queer studies, extending beyond Japan, and referred to as a form of fictosexuality.[7][4][8]

  1. ^ Poole, Steven (2007). Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution. Skyhorse Publishing Inc. p. 249. ISBN 978-1611454550.
  2. ^ Lamerichs, Nicolle (2016). "Otaku: Representations of Fandom in Japanese Popular Culture". In Bennett, Lucy; Booth, Paul (eds.). Seeing Fans: Representations of Fandom in Media and Popular Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 259. ISBN 9781501318450.
  3. ^ Galbraith 2019, § 2.
  4. ^ a b Liao, SH. "Fictosexual Manifesto: Their Position, Political Possibility, and Critical Resistance". 《Rhizome|球根》. NTU-OtaStudy (臺大宅研).
  5. ^ Miles 2020, pp. 271–273.
  6. ^ Saitō 2011.
  7. ^ Matsuura 2022, p. 144.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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