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>AND, I'll say in advance, Japan having multiple times less reports is completely plausible and I would believe it in a heartbeat. do you know what those people are like? their culture of shame and honor? it is a COMPLETELY different.
I don't think Japan has such a publicized scandal similar to the UK police hiding a massive rape gang, which should absolutely be taken as evidence that Western countries can and do offset their own sex crime statistics.
>Why is the west multiple times more violent than Japan, despite liking, offering, selling, looking, watching, WAAAYYYY more violent works than Japan?
Just within the next few months we're getting new entries for Ninja Gaiden, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil, all of which feature heavy amounts of gore and dismemberment.
If you look at manga, there's the entire guro subgenre; occasionally you'll see works like Shigurui get a TV anime.