For those who enjoy uncensored content, the proliferation of FC2 uncensored sellers is fantastic. With the decline of uncensored video studios and the decline of censored studios due to censorship or a lack of originality, these sellers, by using amateur self-shot videos, have quickly established themselves. Looking at various online forums, there are increasingly more articles discussing FC2 uncensored sellers and actresses, showing a growing trend of replacing the censored industry.
So, yesterday, a comment said: "Now I only watch uncensored videos from FC2 sellers. The release of those videos has no impact on the top actresses; only the uncensored video studios are hurt..."
Is that true?
That's actually true. Uncensored adult video (AV) producers were indeed severely impacted by FC2 sellers. Because they previously relied heavily on talent agencies for their "fresh" actresses, the Japanese government's crackdown and subsequent blacklisting of uncensored AV producers left them without their main source of supply, leading to a chronic shortage of actresses. In contrast, FC2 sellers, who relied on actresses from the sex industry for their own films, were much more flexible. In just a few years, one company continuously developed new sources of supply, targeting everything from sex workers to retired AV actresses, and even promising newcomers to the AV industry. The other company could only use used actresses, labeling them as "debuts" to mislead consumers. Compared to the other, the gradual marginalization of uncensored AV producers was simply a matter of course…
But as the saying goes, stimulation breeds progress. At least during this year's Golden Week holiday, uncensored AV producers delivered impressive results. Let's hope they've found a way to catch fresh "fresh" actresses. As for the censored industry, are top actresses completely unaffected?
The answer is, yes, the top actresses weren't significantly affected by the FC2 uncensored sellers—Ayaka Kawakita still sold incredibly well, and Shoko Takahashi's (Seiko Takahashi) retirement film predictably topped the monthly sales charts. But what about the other actresses? That's not necessarily true:
How so? For those who spend money on legitimate content, whether it's censored or uncensored, or works from FC2 sellers, the amount they spend on content is fixed each month; nobody spends money recklessly. That's when you realize that the emergence of FC2 uncensored sellers not only affects uncensored film companies but also squeezes out amateur productions in the censored industry. Even though some actresses wear masks or are less skilled than those in the censored industry, the word "uncensored" still draws money to FC2 sellers' works…
So why is it so difficult for amateur actresses to survive these days? It's because many fans' budgets are going to FC2 uncensored sellers. This not only makes exclusive actresses increasingly stronger on the sales charts but also shrinks the survival space for amateur actresses; a few poorly selling works can lead to elimination. Why did the censored industry recently hire Mia Nanazawa to promote so-called "appropriate" AV, turning the uncensored industry into a summer job trap? Besides political correctness and the fact that uncensored videos are illegal, the most important reason is that these sellers have threatened their very survival. The past situation where the censored and uncensored communities were essentially one and the same, with everyone getting what they wanted, has been broken. Now it's a matter of life or death. No wonder the censored community, while promoting the illegality of uncensored works, is also happy to see the Japanese police enforce the law, ideally arresting all those uncensored sellers.
However, if they arrest their own people, that's a different story altogether.
