Sasayama Ittousai, a planner, director and story writer at Lilith, has divulged that Taimanin Asagi was rejected from Steam for possessing characters that look underage, a common occurrence on the thought policing platform, even for some games that had legal characters.

Speaking through Lilith’s official Twitter account, Sasayama clarified that Taimanin Asagi 1 was banished from Steam for its young-looking characters:

“Thank you for all your comments. Steam’s review process of Taimanin Asagi 1 unfortunately turned out to be no good, I learned that Steam’s review process is very strict when it comes to visuals that might be underage. I believe I will put this experience to good use for my new work.”

Sasayama also assured fans that he will continue to draw as he pleases and thanks them for informing him of Steam’s dictatorial control over what consumers are allowed to buy on their platform:

“Thank you for the comments regarding the situation on Steam and America. As a general rule, please be assured that I will draw erotica as I want to present it. Please understand that regulations for expressions suspected to be underage grow stricter with every passing year in Japan. The information provided by foreign users will be extremely helpful.”

Some users suggested that Sasayama should try to find alternative platforms to sell the translated title, demonstrating the eroge’s worldwide renown and the West’s desire to play the game in English.