Lolicon vs. Shotacon

Loliconnoun

The sexual attraction to young girls.

Loliconnoun

An individual fixated on young, generally prepubescent, girls.

Loliconnoun

Erotic or suggestive art depicting prepubescent females.

Loliconnoun

The sexual attraction to fictional girl characters.

Loliconnoun

An individual who is sexually attracted to fictional girl characters (as opposed to real girls).

Lolicon

Lolicon (ロリコン), also romanized as rorikon or lolicom, is, in Japanese contexts, an idealization of and desire for the sexualized depiction of young girls, particularly within manga. A Japanese portmanteau of the English phrase (rorīta konpurekkusu), the term describes this attraction (see § Definition and scope), an individual with this desire, or the lolicon genre of media such as manga and anime, in which childlike girl characters () appear in erotic or pornographic contexts.

Shotacon

Shotacon (ショタコン, shotakon), abbreviated from Shōtarō complex (正太郎コンプレックス, shōtarō konpurekkusu), is, in Japanese contexts, the attraction to young (or young-looking) boy characters, or media centered around this attraction. The term refers to a genre of manga and anime wherein prepubescent or pubescent male characters are depicted in a suggestive or erotic manner, whether in the obvious role of object of attraction, or the less apparent role of (the character the reader is designed to associate with).