Re:What taking my daughter to a comic book store taught me
by xienze on Friday January 16, 2015 @07:35AM
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> All sexual material sold legally in Japan is censored by law.
So there's a little black bar where the tentacle is penetrating the woman?
Re:What taking my daughter to a comic book store taught me
by mangahonthrowwy on Friday January 16, 2015 @07:45AM
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I'm not versed enough in the law to answer the spirit of that question, but the law has chilling effects greater than the letter of it. Adult material is kept in a separate section, usually with the books sealed in opaque packaging, and 7-eleven in Japan has removed it's adult section entirely.
Many people in this thread are talking about how 'the market should adapt' or 'the market doesn't need to adapt', but I think a more interesting corraly is that 'the market' is the primary force acting on the culture of this niche. Japan is lucky to have a diverse comic market, but I think there's an interesting case to be made for non-market forces to encourage a broader set of creativity in the comic world, if not for the young girls at the very least countering the incessant duldrum I find myself stepped in as a consumer.