why are people acting it's 12 yo girls writing minor x adult romance and selling it to their peers as shojo manga? it's adult mangaka catering to the "taboo fantasies" of young girls, and a publishing industry run by adult men ultimately deciding which fantasies to play to
I understand why age gaps are so problematic obviously but you also have to view them as a form of fantasy that girls have, and that's reflected in shojo manga. Sometimes you wanna fantasize about the handsome, safe, older man.