What's the appeal? I don't get it guys

If you have a problem with that then go back to your containment board.
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Nigga is you crazy?

She was shit-tier when she was younger and has only gotten worse with age

where was this?

Okay, Bizarro Superman.

*sorry, though you were replying to me for some reason

I was a retard today.

In all seriousness, though, when did people who browse imageboards start giving a shit about pedophiles?
Where did all of these evangelizing moralfags show up from?

The books are basically your generic late 1800s-early 1900s coming of age/school story with a little bit of magic thrown in to explain how it can all go on in the current day.

The setting is an inconsistent mixture of nostalgia for an idealised era nobody reading the books ever experienced and standard fantasy clichés/mythology but it comes together to work for whatever reason.

And another point on why adults like it:

Most people didn't really have the 'perfect' school experience seen in media (Harry, by and large, does get it). Getting to live it through escapism is always popular. You can see the same thing with any film, tv series or anime set in schools or at a school age.

Nostalgia is a powerful force.

Normalfags/reddit. Neo-Holla Forums is largely made up of new arrivals too. There's a reason they are very touchy about accusations along those lines.