@Aldo2 i'm not a pedophile, i like cartoon anime girls that come in all shapes and sizes and i'm pretty comfortable in saying that. i don't know what is so hard to understand, if people like project onto that or something. i like the erotic side of it but i also really, really enjoy the actual art itself too. i love seeing the different way artists draw things and their own unique styles. i like their original characters which can have really cool and otherworldly designs. whether or not antis or pedos say i'm a pedo doesn't change what i think about myself so i don't really care about trying to appeal to one or the other. i'm just doing me and that's how it's been pretty much my whole life, always on the outskirts.
maybe we'll find out more information about the guy in the coming months and actually determine whether or not he had legitimate CP or not because that is what it seems like to me. i don't think most AI videos at this point in time are good enough to be considered realistic so i honestly doubt that was the case. both the article and the official police statement only make mention of AI when it comes to the search of his house.
i have unfortunately seen realistic AI on pixiv. and yeah a lot of people using filters on CP and stuff too. it was in a large enough amount that i stopped using it. idk what the state of it is now.