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[rukawagf]

THEY ARE BANNING BL AND ECCHI MANGA (That's not 18+) - such as shonen jump and shoujo manga. (basically NO MORE FANSERVICE) - also they kinda suggest BL might be banned in general. (Oh sure. hentai is okay but not yaoi stuff...) -- also it seems to be TOKYO only? (super confused

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[zidane]

FFFFFFFFFFFFUCK I'LL NEVER KNOW HOW BERSERK ENDS

[rukawagf]

Berserk is already 18+

SO THAT IS SAFE AT LEAST (coz if Berserk gets cancelled, i don't have anything to look forward to in manga world SOB)

[vartan]

Soooo uhm. I haven't read HxH in about 4 years. Did it actually get blatant Ecchi or BL content? I mean there was always the whole borderline bromance thing going on between Kurapika/Leorio and Gon/Killua, but it was still just typical shonen stuff.

Now I'm curious.

[rukawagf]

well err it's borderline

like the joker guy ( i forgot the name) gets a hard-on looking at Gon.

if To Love-Ru is gonna get cancelled, it means ZERO fanservice policy o.o;;;;

[vartan]

ahhhhh hisoka, yeeeeah he was a pervy creepo even when I read it.

[rukawagf]

.... it might be a good idea rofl... i'm hoping that law gets appealed or something ugh...

you really would think Japan is the last country to step backwards in that direction >.>;

yeah man... this kinda news, we ALL kinda need to know what's going on D:

[splash]

"If it's interesting we'll publish it"
That's totalllly bakuman >w< ~~~
This is crazy stuff XD;;; Oh Japan. Will be interesting to see what dorama they'll put upon themselves with this, I just hope people don't get hurt >_>

[rukawagf]

YES IT'S REAL LIFE BAKUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it really is kinda crazy. hard to keep up with everything going on right now

[bobthetrout]

Shueisha is pissed and has enough money and influence on the economy in the Tokyo area that I wouldn't be surprised if this gets overturned somehow. Seriously the problem here is not "must protect the children!" but they are actively going to destroy significant parts of their economy if they leave this in place. Akiba will be a ghost town and publishers will move to Osaka taking jobs with them.

[rukawagf]

by the way, Osaka just passed the Anti-Shota law. =.=;;;

But not anti-loli =.=;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(im going whut, WHY?! Why are the fujoshi getting hit harder?!!! D: )

[bobthetrout]

Because gay is bad :D

Basically the problem with the laws is the scope. They're very specific to anime/manga and generally stricter than general obscenity laws. It may be a good idea to regulate some aspects of the industry, but these type of laws historically don't work.

[rukawagf]

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=197318

a friend said it actually passed or something (not just discussing) i guess i'll have to wait until i get the direct thing.