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Explain this to me...

This is a Teen (+13) book, it's also on page 96-97. Can someone explain why they show a nipple in a teen book, yet they edit nipples out of some +16 manga? It's this kinda junk that makes me mad

It doesn't bother me at all. Why don't more companies keep their manga original like that? I couldn't be more against editing, I kinda would like to get the original (non-edited) for the $10 I pay for my manga. The rating also doesn't matter too much, since Dark Horse refuses to put a rating on their manga....

Admittedly I find it disturbing that manga is edited (even if the only titles I buy that have been effected are Claymore, D.Gray-man, and Fullmetal Alchemist) and released with no alternatives while anime doesn't have much of an issue there.

It doesn't bother me at all. Why don't more companies keep their manga original like that? I couldn't be more against editing, I kinda would like to get the original (non-edited) for the $10 I pay for my manga. The rating also doesn't matter too much, since Dark Horse refuses to put a rating on their manga....

Well, ikky pretty much nailed it down. It's a different publisher, and since there is no apparent agreed rating system, so it is up to whoever is putting it out. Tokyopop seems to be extremely loose with what they put out in terms of content while Viz seems to put a safeguard around their manga that is rated 13+ and 16+ unless it is either an old classic from their earlier days (Battle Angel Alita, Neon Genesis Evangelion, etc.) or else it is on their Editor's Choice/Signature line(s).

Admittedly I find it disturbing that manga is edited (even if the only titles I buy that have been effected are Claymore, D.Gray-man, and Fullmetal Alchemist) and released with no alternatives while anime doesn't have much of an issue there.

HellKorn wrote:

Well, ikky pretty much nailed it down. It's a different publisher, and since there is no apparent agreed rating system, so it is up to whoever is putting it out. Tokyopop seems to be extremely loose with what they put out in terms of content while Viz seems to put a safeguard around their manga that is rated 13+ and 16+ unless it is either an old classic from their earlier days (Battle Angel Alita, Neon Genesis Evangelion, etc.) or else it is on their Editor's Choice/Signature line(s). Admittedly I find it disturbing that manga is edited (even if the only titles I buy that have been effected are Claymore, D.Gray-man, and Fullmetal Alchemist) and released with no alternatives while anime doesn't have much of an issue there.

i'd havta agree wiht you there, about the editing and publishers' personal idea of what's suitable for younger and older teenagers. it is a shame that, in mangas' case, you can't get an "uncut" version as with animes, but then if you look at it a different way, there isn't that much that's cut out or changed where mangas are concerned, as opposed to how much animes are. (admittedly i haven't read Claymore, or enough of D.Gray-man to have any idea what's been changed, nor have i really looked into how frequently these edits occur in manga in general). i dunno. that's just my view on it, i guess.

but then if you look at it a different way, there isn't that much that's cut out or changed where mangas are concerned, as opposed to how much animes are.

(admittedly i haven't read Claymore, or enough of D.Gray-man to have any idea what's been changed, nor have i really looked into how frequently these edits occur in manga in general).

I don't read Claymore, but I think they added a diaper to a little girl at one point as well. I recall hearing something like that.