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Can anyone explain the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid reference? I just don't get it even though I've seen S1.
Shotacon's a porn genre; that's why he's called that in the show (the 'u' in his name is silent in both sub and dub). The author of this work has others that play this a bit straighter but it's worth noting the relationships his characters have are generally constructive, not destructive.
The interesting part of it is that the most difficult parts/negotiations of the typical male and female relationship dynamic are standing on their head or taken for granted. The thing about the casual awkward sex-type button-pushing is that normally the man is supposed to offer something to the woman and in return she'll show him her tits, but in this case, the man can't offer anything except best effort and the woman is trying to stuff her tits in his face before he's proven himself; the inverse of how a typical relationship is supposed to function.
The other thing about Shouta is that he's, well, innocent. He approaches [what is basically God] like a child would (Kobayashi does this too, but in a slightly different way)- hence the nervousness to accept the gifts offered him (and the apprehension about accepting them publicly; he does share a bed with her, after all, and they do have a kid in the spinoff), but it's worth noting he does accept them (considering that he does care for Lucoa and doesn't want her to go away, and is worried about doing that by accident).
It is noteworthy that in Christianity, this is repeatedly stated to be the way God works; so just extend that principle out to everything rather than just the sexual angle and... there you have it.
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It's just the guy's name being shouta is a reference to the porn genre. That's the meta-joke behind all the gags with his big-titty dragon familiar, whatshername.
Used to be a pretty common name, possibly less so now. Like calling your daughter Dolores.
That only applies if your family name is 'Haze'; 'Lolita' actually used to be a common-ish name back in the 1930s, like 'Adolf' was.
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