I think I’m with caliagent on this one. One thing I’ve noticed among fighting gamers, anime fans, and most SRKers is that lolicon (in both forms) is almost like a joke now. For some reason a lot of people no longer view it with the utmost seriousness as in the past (or maybe they still do but indicate otherwise for the sake of fitting in, no one can really be sure) simply because it’s funny or trendy to poke fun about it. Whereas with typical Westerners, there would still be a huge problem with making a game and deliberately trying to draw people into it in the manner they’ve used. I mean, a couple weeks ago people were calling a public tournament “lolifest” or something. That just isn’t funny.
I could be way off though. Who knows.