@ Purplelibraryguy it's the truth though, people in western cultures hate this sort of thing - hence the banning of content, restriction and undue hatred of what they deem lolicon, Chris Hansen and FBI knocking at your door, etc.
Here in Asia, you could say it's more lenient. Mentor-student relationships, May-December love stories, even an earlier age of consent. So we can freely read and enjoy manga like this, ask any Japanese and they'll likely go 'meh'. while a westerner would be uncomfortable or creeped out by the ending.
(Of course, the bad side comes with it - like child labor & exploitation, and foreigner pedophiles flocking our streets)