The country banned child abuse images, but the same restrictions don’t apply to pornographic manga and anime depicting children.

Make no mistake—Sugiyama is no fan of the comics. He said he did not watch them, but would defend what he called the rights of those who did. He went so far as to compare people who like such manga with suppressed minority groups such as LGBTQ people in Japan, and blamed the “rise of feminism” in the country for the growing pressure to ban the content.

  • Fdos [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, it's a kind of noodles. It's also the name for a disgrace ritual because of the obvious parallel. Can't believe people are defending the misogynist hate rituals of pre-WW2 Japan, but here it is.