Random tldr story time.
When I was 10 - 13 I used to fuck around with a boy down the road around the same age as me. Sometimes my brother a couple of years older was involved, and some other friends of his. But going back to the neighbour, god he had this incredible pubescent scent that gave me a smell fetish for the rest of my life.
I’m not really into shota, it’s very very occasional and specific in storyline, character and art. I just have a different appreciation for the story or implication of developing romance while exploring sex during that specific phase of life. I actually got to experience it many, many times.
I do think that the hysteria around pubescent ages between 13 and 17 is fucking stupid. As in the hysteria is a bigger issue than the actual thing that happens - where young boys are convinced it’s terrible even though all sex is just the fucking same. Like let me tell you if a 20 year old guy shoved his dick in my face when I was young I would have sucked it without persuasion, it would have been absolutely mutual.
Anyways so long as you ain’t going full pedophile with the shotas as in toddlers, preschoolers and new entrance etc I don’t care. But if you cross that line you’re 100% a pedophile in denial.