> If the show hadn't been written by a lolicon author, it would be less associated with lolicon? Who'da thunk?
> It wouldn't be the same show, either, so that's not much of a point.
That's not what I suggested by my question of the author's gender, but regardless, it remains that a show like Mashimaro is about as loli-specific as a show like Kamichu! Which is to say, that there are some kawaii, moe, perhaps loli-friendly aesthetic devices in an otherwise mundane and slice-of-life comedy fundamentally based in other ideas than those of loli pornography.
That's not to say that loli-fetishists wouldn't or shouldn't be drawn to the show, but that the show itself is not loli-specific; it has a more universal appeal, and I think Japanese audiences recognize that.