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[NEWS] Florida School District Bans "Sasaki and Miyano" Manga for 'Inappropriate' Content, Reading Direction (www.animenewsnetwork.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by wjs018@ani.social to c/manga@ani.social

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This occurred in Brevard, FL. The complaint was lodged by a member of the community. From the article:

A person in the district challenged the book's inclusion in the schools' libraries on the grounds that "sexual orientation should not be encouraged, suggested, or implanted" in the youth.

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The complaint also included concerns children would be "exposed to age-inappropriate, obscene, explicit content" and that there was "no value in making homosexual books available at school." The book is rated for T for Teens.

The most insane part of this to me is that the chair of the school board also took aim at the right to left reading direction of the series (you know, like every other manga in existence) as well as it including a romantic relationship (like the vast majority of fiction):

Board Chair Megan Wright objected to the book's content due to its focus on a romantic relationship, as well as the Japanese reading format of reading the book from right-to-left.

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[–] jim@programming.dev 18 points 2 weeks ago

The complainant suggested other manga to replace the series such as Chainsaw Man, To Your Eternity, and The Seven Deadly Sins among others.

lol

[–] Thade780@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

children would be "exposed to age-inappropriate, obscene, explicit content"

Such as police car chases where people crash and die, or get pumped full with lead when shot by the police hundreds of times because they don't have any training whatsoever?

Noooo, let's go against something completely innocent such as two girls (or two boys, for what it matters) loving each other.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Floridian here.

We're not okay.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

I hope you get better soon.

[–] YourPrivatHater@ani.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Gladly they can buy weapons to protect themselves from evil text!

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right-wing weeaboos will continue their "then they came for the ..." grind up until Project 2025 will suddenly claim all anime is porn thus needs to be banned nationally, which will be also sold as "now our American animators can fill the void and make more things.

If the Russian isekai ban or the PROTECT Act wasn't a wake up call for them, I do't think they will ever wake up. Maybe by that time, they will reach the "geek culture is bad" part of the alt-right pipeline.

[–] Thade780@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Russian isekai ban

What, seriously? Do you have a source I can read this idiocy at?

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a bit older news, but they did have all sorts of made up excuses, all while they're having their own brand of "isekai".

[–] Thade780@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you.

This made me laugh:

The Russian court decided that the isekai (meaning "otherworld") titles "promote reincarnation beliefs" and show that "after death, there can be a more full and interesting life, free from control of one's parents."

[–] Weebdeluxe@ani.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

I can't wait for this book banning trend to hit harder here in Europe /s