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Being a member of Animesuki for 15 years, I have seen its community dwindle and dwindle as years went by. It was once the prime forum to discuss anything related to Japanese animation, manga, Japanese culture, video games, other entertainment, and sometimes news and politics. However, the behavior from its main moderator (and now administrator as well) has been nothing short of despicable. A number of times, I have been handed bans for so-called "baiting" or "flaming" when all we did was expressing my opinion on something that I did not agree with. Now he perma-banned an account from a relative of mine on the basis of "duplicating an account during a ban" without adding further proof of the accusation. To that moderator, voicing discontent in an adult discussion is not allowed and is passible of more infraction points. Very disappointing for a 37-year-old if you ask me.

All I can say is that this behavior is not new, one of Animesuki's former members posted this blog a few years ago:

https://animehistory.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/the-day-animesuki-decided-oppressing-a-voice-was-more-important-than-accomodating-all-viewpoints/

At the expense of leaving behind a number of classy members, I told the moderator all that had to be said to mean that I quit. However, it's really sad when one thinks that a forum, which was once full of passionate people, is going to the dogs because of one person at the top being such a d!ck. In my 15 years over Animesuki, other mods were more polite and more lenient through editing posts and sending private messages instead of dishing infraction points without further explanation. With relentlessflame though, nothing can reason him.

I hope you will add him on your hall of shame now: relentlessflame of forums.animesuki.com

Being a member of Animesuki for 15 years, I have seen its community dwindle and dwindle as years went by. It was once the prime forum to discuss anything related to Japanese animation, manga, Japanese culture, video games, other entertainment, and sometimes news and politics. However, the behavior from its main moderator (and now administrator as well) has been nothing short of despicable. A number of times, I have been handed bans for so-called "baiting" or "flaming" when all we did was expressing my opinion on something that I did not agree with. Now he perma-banned an account from a relative of mine on the basis of "duplicating an account during a ban" without adding further proof of the accusation. To that moderator, voicing discontent in an adult discussion is not allowed and is passible of more infraction points. Very disappointing for a 37-year-old if you ask me. All I can say is that this behavior is not new, one of Animesuki's former members posted this blog a few years ago: https://animehistory.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/the-day-animesuki-decided-oppressing-a-voice-was-more-important-than-accomodating-all-viewpoints/ At the expense of leaving behind a number of classy members, I told the moderator all that had to be said to mean that I quit. However, it's really sad when one thinks that a forum, which was once full of passionate people, is going to the dogs because of one person at the top being such a d!ck. In my 15 years over Animesuki, other mods were more polite and more lenient through editing posts and sending private messages instead of dishing infraction points without further explanation. With relentlessflame though, nothing can reason him. I hope you will add him on your hall of shame now: **relentlessflame** of forums.animesuki.com

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[–] • 1 pt 5y (edited 5y)

Just one question: Did you advocate for something around let's say... "Age of consent"? Did you try to normalize pedophilia, in a nutshell? Because if you did... I can see why one would at some point start firing at you with "20mm" every fucking time you're trying, again...

[–] • 1 pt 5y

I don't know what that means, but we don't go into pedophilia or any other deviant stuff at all among anime fans on respected forums or communities.

[–] • 1 pt 5y

I see. Thanks for explaining.

But for which disagreement does he banish users?

[–] • 1 pt 5y

Sometimes we have heated arguments over how an anime series is going, preferrences for works from one studio over the other, or even about current events. That mod is really thin-skinned and wants things his way while refusing to see any viewpoint. Putting himself in another’s shoes to the very end is non-existent despite preaching otherwise. In those debates, there is no malice towards anybody at all. The blog post link that I put in my OP explains it all in very good detail about relentlessflame.

[–] • 0 pt 5y (edited 5y)

What do you "don't know what that means"?

You're telling me you never heard about made in abyss?

I never heard about it until like 20 mins ago, but it's pretty clear to me that's a big hit in the manga/anime world, and it's also quite weird, as in nude kids having sex and tantacle shit https://www.allkpop.com/forum/threads/18-im-really-shocked-by-the-acceptance-of-pedo-baiting-in-anime-comunnity.335041/

https://madeinabyss.fandom.com/wiki/Made_in_Abyss_(Anime)

>Made in Abyss has been met with critical acclaim and widely considered to be one of the best anime shows of 2017.

So you never heard about it? And you had no idea whatsoever that such genre was a thing in the japanese manga/anime world?

[–] • 0 pt 5y

You're telling me you never heard about made in abyss?

I haven't, though I don't claim to know much about anime. However, I would also take that report with a grain of salt:

Many stories lacks of good female representation

I also notice the lack of ethnic representation (and a borderline racist depiction of Black people and some mangas)

There are other issues I can use to expand this essay, like how competitive is japanese society

Looks like a SJW complaining about the usual. The anime is sold on Amazon in all formats with literally hundreds of positive reviews and the wikipedia page doesn't mention anything about controvercial content. Though it is mentioned that it's actually a horror anime, which kind of reminds me of Oliver Twist, which for some reason was mandatory reading when I was a kid.

[–] • 0 pt 5y

Dude, we are not going there if that is what you're asking.

[–] • 1 pt 5y

Good question.
Thanks for asking.

[–] • 0 pt 5y

Thank you for posting!

I will look into it.

[–] • 0 pt 5y

He will be added to the listin a moment, with a short description of his misconduct.

If you would like to change the description, please let me know.

[–] • 0 pt 5y

@KiraYamatoFanHe is now on the list.

If you would like to change the description in the Misconduct column, please let me know.

Thanks for reporting! If there are any further incidences, let us know too.