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NEWS: Manga That Was Cancelled Due to Tokyo Ordinance Is Posted Online

Or maybe Hayao Miyazaki should draw and write some over-the-top sexually explicit manga of his own, now that he's done making movies. I can't help but imagine the shake-up that would occur when people found out that one of their own national treasures made something that was banned by their own government.

Aiko is a schoolgirl that all her friends are menstruating and not her. She goes home to her her room and reads up on menstruation and punches herself in the uterus in frustration.
This seems to "awaken" Ma-chan, her anthropomorphic vagina, who begins coughing up blood. Ma-chan introduces herself and says that she's been with her ever since birth and from now on she's going to assist in her journey into adulthood.
The next day at school Aiko tells her friend that she's now one of the gang.

Except that it would do little because the publishers didn't create the law, and most publishers didn't want it in the first place. I am sure there was plenty of backroom begging going on long before this which was all for naught.

hmm I don't know for sure, but I'm not sure Hayao Miyazaki is as against this as you'd think. Some of his comments would suggest he's not too found of this aspect of the industry.

Bear in mind that this cancellation had nothing to do with enforcement of a law.

The editorial departments at Coamix and Takuma Shoten canceled publication in light of potential trouble. However, there is no definitive suggestion that the manga would've been blacklisted by law.

As the article states, "Imouto Paradise 2" was the first title to be formally restricted by the government; any previous cancellations would've been pre-emptive moves on the part of publishers, who (rightly or wrongly) feared a negative assessment. In short, they didn't want to risk money on titles that might not be allowed in stores.

With that picture of a girl that looks under 13, if it's a series with varying amounts of fanservice, I actually do adhere to t the regulation of such series (I didn't say ban) to an extent.

Anyways, people need to remember that the bill targets subject matter first and foremost, hence the judgement via "disruptive of social order", as well as citing specific topics. Of course the problem that you can't decide that for everyone. It's total bulshit. A manga challenging Japan's drinking age laws would be a prime target for example.

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The problem mighjt be with the girl physically abusing herself so that she can be one of the gang.
That is not something that I would want to encourage.