lolicon; attraction to young girls; person with such attraction
Abbreviation of ロリータコンプレックス. Can refer to the attraction itself or a man with that attraction. Often used critically, but occasionally self-referentially within certain subcultures.
See also: ロリータコンプレックス
彼はロリコンだと言われている。
He is said to be a lolicon.
ロリコン趣味の漫画が問題になった。
Manga with lolicon themes became an issue.
appeal of cute young female characters; childlike aesthetic in fiction
Used in otaku fiction subculture to describe a character type or aesthetic emphasizing cuteness and childlike innocence, not necessarily sexual. Often applied to characters in anime, manga, and games.
このアニメのヒロインはロリコンキャラとして人気がある。
The heroine of this anime is popular as a lolicon-type character.
ロリコン refers to an attraction to young girls, while ショタコン is the parallel term for an attraction to young boys.
ロリータ refers to the young girl herself, while ロリコン refers to a person's psychological attraction to such girls, not the girl.
ロリータ refers to the fashion style or a doll-like young girl, while ロリコン (short for 'Lolita complex') refers to an attraction to young girls and carries a very different, often negative connotation.
Abbreviation of ロリータコンプレックス (Lolita complex), from English 'Lolita' (after Nabokov's novel) and 'complex'. Entered Japanese in the 1970s–80s.