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| − | Neoteny is the retention of childlike characteristics after physical adulthood. In humans it describes the liminal period in puberty where sexual traits mature but the subject remains childish, or where a childish physical trait carries into older age. In lolicon art, neotenous figures lie on the opposite end of the spectrum from [[toddlerkon]]. Common features are budding breasts, curved hips, and actions that reflect, if not consensual reciprocation, an underlying sexual awareness. Neotony often refers to the [[anime]] trope of characters who are physically but not chronologically children.
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| | + | '''Neotony''' is be defined as the retention of an undeveloped state past the usual age of maturity. Many anime characters, usually in the science fiction and fantasy genres, appear to be young while, in fact, being quite old. |
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| − | == Examples == | + | ==Examples of neotonous anime and game characters== |
| | *[[Etna]] | | *[[Etna]] |
| | *[[Flonne]] | | *[[Flonne]] |
| | *Neju ne Melmas | | *Neju ne Melmas |
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| − | == In Culture ==
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| − | The allure of neoteny, or at least the concept of it, was popularized by Vladmir Nabokov's [[Lolita]]. According to its protagonist, there exist "between the age limits of nine and fourteen" certain girls with a nymphic, bewitching aura: nymphets.
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| − | Since then, trends of "lolita" fashion, art, and pornography have grown popular. Lolita media attempts to capture neoteny in older (legal to photograph) girls by posing them as children. Lolita models dress in childish style, wearing mismatched striped socks, print underwear, pigtailed hair. If they pose pornographically, all pubic hair is shaved.
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| − | This sexualization of childlike appearance is highly controversial in the west, but parts of the east accepted it. From early on, Japanese animation teemed with neotenous figures (see above). Neoteny, the idea of adults as childlike, dovetailed with parallel cultural movements like [[moe]] and [[kawaii]], and became ingrained into the cultural landscape.
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