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First a loli ban and now this? It seems the city of Osaka, Japan are looking to regulate yaoi and women’s manga (a.k.a. josei) for their explicit content.

Yaoi, as most of us know, involves boys’ love, usually depicting graphic scenes that can some times be classified as porn. The Osaka Prefectural Government stated that they are considering regulating josei magazines and yaoi material. Why are they doing this? They want to try to clean up the image of anime and want it to be a globally approved and successful.

However, I think this a bad idea. There are just too many yaoi fangirls out there who would go berserk if yaoi was regulated (we would have another world war in our hands). I don’t read yaoi but I personally have nothing against it. Rather than trying to regulate it, I think the Japanese government should think of stricter ways to sell the material (i.e. have only 18+ people with identification buy the stuff or have seperate stores that sell yaoi exclusively that requires an id to get in). Also, anime has become mainstream in one way or another in a lot of countries all over the world. You see comics (RE:Play, Incarnate), cartoons (Teen Titans, Avatar) and artwork with a lot of manga/anime influences these days. I would consider that a type of global success.

What I’m trying to say is that this regulation shizzle with hurt rather than help the anime/manga industry. They should just leave it as it is. Or else, all Hell will break loose.

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lol I understand them restricting it but I think what you suggested is fair enough. ^^
I adore Yaoi. (Bite me. xD). I don’t know how I’ll go trough if I’m forbidden to read it. smile)


No way! Just put an age restriction! Hahaha! I don’t read any yaoi manga but I do read Super Junior fan fictions which are considered...YAOI! *evil laughs*


i also agree with the age restriction.


NO WAY!!!!!!!!!! I love yaoi!!! >_>”
Age restriction is better!!
*One more yaoi fangirl here*


*is one of those yaoi fangirls* age restriction is much much better


i dont read yaoi. but i suppose it shouldnt be banned for the yaoi-readers sake. Hm.


AnabelStars - 04/07/10 9:10 pm

I agree for the age restriction instead of banning

Thank you for agreeing with us. raspberry


harmonixia - 04/06/10 8:23 pm

I don’t read yaoi either, but I have a feeling that if they banned it or regulated it or whatever, they’d have a lot more crimes on their hands. xDD

i dont read it either but i can already tell this is gonna be bad


I agree for the age restriction instead of banning


^ That’s usually the case for anything.


I am a fan of yaoi. But I filter/censor it myself because some of it is absolutely ridiculous and some of it is absolutely wonderful. smile


We will just have to wait and see the final results.


The government is looking for global success? This regulation stuff will probably hinder that. There are many fan bases for Yaoi all around the world. If they don’t get what they want in their manga, I could definitely see them putting on a netizen retaliation.

TucTo - 04/06/10 8:29 pm

I think a ban on yaoi would really be a violation of free expression. I mean, not only fan girls but gay people read that stuff, too. If there can be explicit stories about heterosexual love then why not homosexual?

Well, it’s not like they’re banning only homosexual manga. They got the Josei manga too, which I read sometimes (they’re not all explicit).


In addition to the free speech issues, the Osaka government is being selectively moral...in a very misogynistic manner.

I have never heard of yaoi before this article but it looks like the audience is girls/women.  Is the Osaka government seeking to ban all sexually explicit manga...of course not, just those for girls.  The men can read all the manga they want depicting graphic sex, rape, molestation, violence toward women, etc. but we certainly don’t want the women/girls to do what the men do.


I agree with the age restriction...it’s just that I don’t think it’ll help thaaat much, which is why they might resort to banning?

I don’t agree with banning though >.<


I think they just need to put age restrictment onto it...banning is kind of a little over?


Truthfully I think if they put the restrictions on it then they wouldn’t have to ban it cause I mean why does someone else have to decide what you can and can not read if your mature enough to read it.


I’m not a fan of yaoi, but my best friend is and she would be pissed. I do think they should make some of them 18+ though.


It’s still considerable rather than actually banning it.


Age requirement is ideal, but again, I’m pretty sure people that really want to read can just get people to buy for them or something.


I agree with Lillian, on the age limit for this type of material. Banning is unnecessary because there are fans for Yaoi and Josei. I’m not one of them, but I’m sure there’s plenty of fans.

Maybe they’ll think this through a little more thoroughly.


^ Yeah, that too. I think the world just needs to stop picking on a group of people all the time…
I mean there was women, blacks, immigrants, and now homosexuals >__>


I think a ban on yaoi would really be a violation of free expression. I mean, not only fan girls but gay people read that stuff, too. If there can be explicit stories about heterosexual love then why not homosexual?


I don’t read yaoi either, but I have a feeling that if they banned it or regulated it or whatever, they’d have a lot more crimes on their hands. xDD



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