[Nothing to do with me but...] yaoi manga and "kids".
My darling was surfing a video site I told him about and sent me the link to this video.
It's about "yaoi gay porn" manga available in big bookshop to any "kid"... but look carefully at the manga... he picked up *the* manga NOT produced in Japan but actually published by americans (artists all around the world but NOT Japan, I think) XDDD Someone ought to go and post a comment to him!
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v568452K6ytGZsQ?searchId=5510319073190706154&rank=10
Anyway, beyond that detail, I'm glad here in France, publishers are careful with a plastic package and warning sticker (though some shops sell them without all that), or putting them high on the shelves. Of course, that might well be because manga in general have a reputation for having objectionable contents (that was especially accurate back in the first years of manga french editions), so *special* contents like yaoi are especially taken care of (or not sold at all, like in the bookshop near my home!).
However, I think this particular carelessness about yaoi by the book sellers is calling for flames. IMHO, it's not even about being open-minded, it's about yaoi not being G-rated as a genre...
It's about "yaoi gay porn" manga available in big bookshop to any "kid"... but look carefully at the manga... he picked up *the* manga NOT produced in Japan but actually published by americans (artists all around the world but NOT Japan, I think) XDDD Someone ought to go and post a comment to him!
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v568452K6ytGZsQ?searchId=5510319073190706154&rank=10
Anyway, beyond that detail, I'm glad here in France, publishers are careful with a plastic package and warning sticker (though some shops sell them without all that), or putting them high on the shelves. Of course, that might well be because manga in general have a reputation for having objectionable contents (that was especially accurate back in the first years of manga french editions), so *special* contents like yaoi are especially taken care of (or not sold at all, like in the bookshop near my home!).
However, I think this particular carelessness about yaoi by the book sellers is calling for flames. IMHO, it's not even about being open-minded, it's about yaoi not being G-rated as a genre...