>>49865057Both words are synonymous with pedophile. A simple Google search of either word in Japanese will confirm this.
>It's obviously used mainly to describe a complex towards that type of character, not actual pedophiliaNo, that's just western ironic weeb mumbo jumbo. It is absolutely used to describe pedophilia/hebephilia in Japan. 2D loli and 3D loli (real little girls) are often posted together on Japanese imageboards. It's usually westerners who are obsessed with making a strict distinction between pedophilia and lolicon. Japs don't care.
Pic related is how Japanese lolicons usually react when you call them pedophiles.