Sekai Saikyou no Kishi wa, Kanarazu Shinu Heroine wo Sukuu Tame Isekai Demo Saikyou no Kishi to Naru ~Ryoutei ni Hana wo, Ryoute ni Ken wo~ - Ch. 1

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Do Japan not have child protection laws? How can they just leave someone underage in an apartment and no one seems to care? I know it is what the author wants to set up the story but it bothers me
 
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Do Japan not have child protection laws? How can they just leave someone underage in an apartment and no one seems to care? I know it is what the author wants to set up the story but it bothers me
As I understand it (so take everything that follows with a huge grain of salt), Japan is extremely hands-off when it comes to family matters that don't directly affect the public; you know all those manga and anime where a side character is getting abused or is being forced to marry or something, the protagonist tries to help, and then gets shut down by being told it's a "family matter" and, thus, none of their concern?

Same thing. Japan (and most Asian countries) is big on familial piety, so if it's another family's affairs, it's considered to be nobody's business but their own. It's why things like hikikomori even exist... Well, that and it's "shameful", so any issues like that (and every other mental health issue) just doesn't get talked about.

This isn't universal, obviously, and manga tends to exaggerate most things with a real life basis, but a general rule of thumb is that "if it's a family matter, everybody should just mind their own business" applies unless explicitly stated otherwise.
 
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Do Japan not have child protection laws? How can they just leave someone underage in an apartment and no one seems to care? I know it is what the author wants to set up the story but it bothers me
This article from 2011 by a president of the Tokyo High Court (so presumably a judge or something) suggests that this is not legal, since Japanese parents have a legal responsibility to care for their children until they've reached the age of majority.

Now, things that aren't legal can of course nonetheless happen in both stories and real life. But in that case a story does need to mention the legal context and why it failed here. Like the typical "all teachers turned a blind eye to <school problem like bullying>, so I was on my own".
 
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The base premise really does require you to invoke that PS1 era early internet everyone was just theorizing on how to save Aerith days huh?
Because nowadays, let's be honest, someone would've datamined the game and already determined all the options and speedrunners would've found how to just glitch the fight and bypass everything to get to the end credit with arbitrary code input or something.
 
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A very solid chapter 1 with its 50 pages. Nothing too special, but that doesn't mean it's not bad since it is just the first chapter after all so being solid is already a good start
 
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Do Japan not have child protection laws? How can they just leave someone underage in an apartment and no one seems to care? I know it is what the author wants to set up the story but it bothers me
This article from 2011 by a president of the Tokyo High Court (so presumably a judge or something) suggests that this is not legal, since Japanese parents have a legal responsibility to care for their children until they've reached the age of majority.

Now, things that aren't legal can of course nonetheless happen in both stories and real life. But in that case a story does need to mention the legal context and why it failed here. Like the typical "all teachers turned a blind eye to <school problem like bullying>, so I was on my own".
Well, the clause of "Japanese parents have a legal responsibility to care for their children until they've reached the age of majority" does have loop-holes.
Like the parents stating that they are providing the child with financial support, along with a residence and paying for his education.
Him living separately from them is just being treated as him studying in a Boarding School, aka., the parent (who has custody) workplace is far away from the school of the child, so they allow him to live alone for better commuting reason. This isn't really uncommon either and can be seen as a valid reason especially for a teenager (since while they are considered as minor, they are also treated as half-adult).
And emotional support isn't usually given importance in Asian society for kids or teenager, especially a boy/man (that's something exclusive for girls/women).
 

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