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* Similarly to the above, ''[[Detective Conan]]/Case Closed'' cannot find a market in America due to a mix of this and [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|the different cultural expectations for children entertainment]]. It has the same kind of bloody cases of, say, ''[[CSI]]'' or ''[[Law and Order]]'', but it's drawn and narrated in a way that makes those accessible and appealing to elementary school kids. Adults don't want their children exposed to such bloodshed; teenage and young adult anime fans will find either the art style or the narrative childish.
* ''[[Oreimo]]'', the quintessential [[Brother-Sister Incest]] franchise. Not helped that the author {{spoiler|actually went there in the novels, unlike the anime that only left it in [[Incest Subtext|subtext]]}}.
** The same author went on to create the equally upsetting ''[[Eromanga Sensei]]''. On one side, the incest theme is less squeamish due to the protagonists being [[Not Blood Siblings]]. On the other side, the squick factor remains high due to the protagonists being a 15fifteen-year -old porn writer and his stepsister the ''12twelve-year -old porn artist'', whichwho has been in the business since she was ''ten''. Oh, and the [[Unwanted Harem]] the guy attracts is filled with girls where the oldest is 14fourteen at most.
* Go ahead, try to explain the plot of ''[[Those Who Hunt Elves]]'' to someone not in the know. "There are these three people [[Trapped in Another World]] who hadhave to disrobe elf chicks to find the fragments of the spell that will return them to their worl— It's not a porno, I swear!" It's actually a good comedy, and it's also very light on the fanservice, but people who heard the phrase "disrobe women" will either dislike the premise or find themselves disappointed with the lack of exposed flesh.
* ''[[Keijo!!!!!!!!]]'' is actually a pretty entertaining sports series, with decent character development. Problem is that the sport depicted on it involves pretty women in bikinis fighting on water-floating platforms, trying to incapacitate each other by only using their breasts and butts.
* [[Magical Girl]]s series are prone to this:
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* ''[[Oyasumi Punpun]]'', the most depressing slice or life this side of ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' and ''[[AIR]]''. The [[Art Style Dissonance|art dissonance]] where the titular Punpun (and only him) is drawn as a crude bird caricature doesn't help either.
* ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' also have it running on. The plot can be resumed in "Two siblings became orphans in the [[Second World War|II World War]] devastated Japan, and then [[It Gets Worse]]". Like ''[[Precious]]'' below and other adaptations of [[Misery Lit]], it can get extremely uncomfortable to watch, specially since its [[Take That, Audience!]] tone and its infamous [[Downer Ending]] has entered [[It Was His Sled]] territory among anime fans and movie buffs. The highest irony is that it was premiered in a double feature with the ''much'' [[Lighter and Softer]] film ''[[My Neighbor Totoro]]''... as a way to help '''''Totoro''''' find an audience.<ref>It ''made'' sort of sense in context, as ''GotF'' was based in a famous book while ''Totoro'' was a riskier film with no precedent at all, but it still feels jarring. It's like if [[Pixar]] made a faithful adaptation of ''[[Pedro Paramo]]'' to go in a double function with ''[[Coco]]''</ref>
* ''[[Love Hina]]'', for anyone who entered in fandom after 2003. To put it simplesimply, due to changing perceptions on abuse, [[Double Standard Abuse (Female on Male)|a bunch of girls constantly hitting and mistreating]] [[The Chew Toy]] of a main male character [[Running Gag|over and over]] doesn't read as funny today as it was at the late [[The Nineties|nineties]] and the early years of the [[Turn of the Millennium]]. Heck, even back then there were people who didn't find it that funny to begin with, due to the moments when the abuse went beyond [[Comedic Sociopathy]] and into [[Cringe Comedy|uncomfortable territory]].
* ''[[Sankarea]]'', the story of a boy with a zombie fetish and a suicidal girl who dies, is revived with an experimental serum of his creation and becomes his girlfriend. Yeeep...
* ''[[Kiss×Sis|kiss×sis]]'', an over the top harem series that pushed the limit on how much fanservice can you squeeze in a regular shonen magazine. How much, you ask? There is so much fanservice and pandering to the fetishes (including [[Toilet Humour]] played for sexiness) that the premise, about [[Brother-Sister Incest|two girls who lust over their]] [[Not Blood Siblings|stepbrother]] and do anything on their power to attract his attention, is probably the ''least'' alienating part.
* ''[[A Bride's Story]]'' (by [[Kaoru Mori]], the creator of ''[[Victorian Romance Emma]]'') is a seinen manga full of [[Scenery Porn]], following the lives of nomadic tribes of Middle Asia in the late XIX century. The main plot of the initial story arc, however, revolves around the [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]] between a 20-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy, which is treated [[Values Dissonance|with historical accuracy]].
* ''[[Dragon Pink]]'' is the poster girl of the problems inherent of [[Porn with Plot]]. People looking for something to fap to have the intricate fantasy world plot interfering; people who get caught with the story and the world building is jarred by the abundant scenes of hardcore sex. It says something when, despite the protests of its author that he wants to finish the story someday, the manga has been in hiatus since '''1994'''.
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