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INTEREST: 20-Year-Old Cosplayer Announces Marriage to 51-Year-Old Oh My Goddess! Author Kousuke Fuji

I'm getting a little disturbed at all the people suspecting her as a gold digger who don't also point out that he (should be) much more mature than her...Double standards, much? They could have equally bad intentions towards taking advantage of one another! (Him as an older man taking emotional advantage of a woman barely out of her teens, she as a younger woman taking financial advantage of a man nearing retirement age...)
Or maybe, just maybe, their really in love! Who knows but them?

*Sigh*, yeah. But my point is that an older man marrying a younger woman is generally standard worldwide. It gets the most attention when the man is rich and famous and the age gap is greater than average, but who blinks an eye when we hear about yet another male celebrity marrying a woman much younger than himself? But when Demi Moore married Ashton Kutcher (16 year age gap), that was news! (And hey, they managed to stay married for 8 years! That's like two decades in "Hollywood Relationship Time," right? )
Here's an interesting wiki about age gaps in heterosexual relationships: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships

I looked him up. Let's see: he's 22, he's a talented voice actor, and they might have actually met because he plays one of her manga characters in Rinne. They'd be a perfect couple!

I thought this way illegal in Japan. The age of consent is in the 20's right?

Lee syaoran wrote:

I thought this way illegal in Japan. The age of consent is in the 20's right?

The Japanese Penal Code sets a minimal age of consent of 13.[44] However, the Children Welfare Act chapter 34 forbids any act of "fornication" (淫行) with children (here defined as anyone under 18 years of age)[45] with prefectures and districts specifying further details in (largely similar) "obscenity ordinances" (淫行条例) like adding exemptions for sex in the context of a sincere romantic relationship (typically determined by parental approval).[46]

The age of marriage is 16 for girls and 18 for boys, with parental consent, or 20 otherwise.

however he better not put in too many hours at work, else his young bride gets bored and frustrated.

Hmm... yet they don't have the sexual crimes the rest of the world has. The parents having the legal final say is probably why. The citizens are probably more upstanding than the rest of the world.

Hmm... yet they don't have the sexual crimes the rest of the world has.

To be fair, Japan is getting more and more notorious for not having ENOUGH sex going on in the country. They have a declining population (despite also having one of the longest average lifespans) and numerous stories of people forgoing both marriage and even sex.