I’m not actually asking those questions to know the answer

No shit

it’s just to see you running around in circles trying to avoid the obvious conclusion

The conclusion is pretty clear. Pedophiles are likely drawn to loli. Looking at loli doesn't necessarily mean you're a pedophile. Either way we should stop policing people's fantasies and getting outraged at cartoons

It doesn’t suddenly stop mattering when it’s drawn.

What? Are you kidding? It absolutely stops mattering when it's drawn, the same way murder stops mattering when it's drawn, or in games, or in movies.

meant to look like animals

If you think most loli anime shit look like actual kids, that says more about you than anyone else. Unless we're talking about photo-realistic shit, anime characters don't resemble humans any more than any other fantasy shit. Is anyone who was into Kes (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kes) a pedophile? She was only 4. Is anyone that dates https://wikibiography.in/shauna-rae-wiki-bio/ a pedo automatically because she looks like a kid? Sure, I'll bet pedophiles flock all over her because of that, but is there no way someone could be attracted to her despite her looks? Or just not care? Or is it only pedophiles. That's my point, and I don't care that you don't give a shit and just want to label everyone a pedophile because it makes you feel good or whatever reasons you have to be so invested with how and why people look at drawings