Comments on: Where Japan draws the line http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Giselle http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-1520988 Fri, 09 May 2008 22:09:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-1520988 um...it's not racist! it's not like we hate all japanese people! but this stuff is disgusting and i hate japan for it... um…it’s not racist! it’s not like we hate all japanese people! but this stuff is disgusting and i hate japan for it…

]]> by: Joel Bryan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-276441 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:52:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-276441 Need I recite my mantra... people who make asinine comments like "Japan is scary" are probably ignorant at best and racist at worst. Need I recite my mantra… people who make asinine comments like “Japan is scary” are probably ignorant at best and racist at worst.

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-269821 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:01:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-269821 Need I recite my mantra....Japan is scary. Need I recite my mantra….Japan is scary.

]]> by: Nenena http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-269009 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:53:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-269009 Oh yeah, and that's not even touching the lolicon side of the issue. Which, to be honest, I'd rather not touch, not even with a ten-foot pole. Oh yeah, and that’s not even touching the lolicon side of the issue. Which, to be honest, I’d rather not touch, not even with a ten-foot pole.

]]> by: Nenena http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-269007 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:50:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/07/19/where-japan-draws-the-line/#comment-269007 I learned about the ComiPress article from here, and I hopped over there to confirm that the two worst example scans (the "how to blowjob" and the girl at the beauty parlor) are Fakity McFake Fakes. The other explicit images come almost exclusively from a single shoujo magazine, <i>Shoujo Comic</i>, which for the past several years has earned a (well-deserved) reputation for smutty stories, pushing the boundaries of taste, and losing female readership. <i>Shoujo Comic</i> sucks. I think that there's problematic content in a lot of shoujo magazines, but <i>Shoujo Comic</i> is just in a class all its own. I'm surprised at the ire directed at <i>Ciao</i>, <i>Nakayoshi</i>, and <i>Friend</i> though! I buy those magazines every month, and have for years! The raciest thing I can ever remember from a <i>Nakayoshi</i> series is a scene in which a teen girl is getting dressed after having obviously slept with her boyfriend. Oh horrors! They didn't even show any sex act more explicit than a passionate (and very sparkly flowery romantic) kiss. I wish that people (meaning the Japanese authorities involved, not the bloggers covering this) would draw more of a distinction between the explicit smut in <i>Shoujo Comic</i>, and the harmless romantic fantasies in most other shoujo magazines. I learned about the ComiPress article from here, and I hopped over there to confirm that the two worst example scans (the “how to blowjob” and the girl at the beauty parlor) are Fakity McFake Fakes. The other explicit images come almost exclusively from a single shoujo magazine, Shoujo Comic, which for the past several years has earned a (well-deserved) reputation for smutty stories, pushing the boundaries of taste, and losing female readership.

Shoujo Comic sucks. I think that there’s problematic content in a lot of shoujo magazines, but Shoujo Comic is just in a class all its own. I’m surprised at the ire directed at Ciao, Nakayoshi, and Friend though! I buy those magazines every month, and have for years! The raciest thing I can ever remember from a Nakayoshi series is a scene in which a teen girl is getting dressed after having obviously slept with her boyfriend. Oh horrors! They didn’t even show any sex act more explicit than a passionate (and very sparkly flowery romantic) kiss. I wish that people (meaning the Japanese authorities involved, not the bloggers covering this) would draw more of a distinction between the explicit smut in Shoujo Comic, and the harmless romantic fantasies in most other shoujo magazines.

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