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So, they're censoring anything with blood or nudity? Just for fun, let's look at the most popular manga on One Manga: http://www.onemanga.com/directory/top/ ht

So, they're censoring anything with blood or nudity? Just for fun, let's look at the most popular manga on One Manga: http://www.onemanga.com/directory/top/ http://www.onemanga.com/directory/top/ 1-4: Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fairy Tail. These all have blood and violence. They generally don't have much sexual content, though there is occasional mild fanservice. 5. Hajime no Ippo. It's about boxing. There will be blood. And broken bones, and so on. 6. Full Metal Alchemist. Pretty gosh-darn violent. Dark, too. 7. History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi. Guess what: it's another fighting manga! Less bloody than you might expect, actually, and I'm pretty sure they keep the sexual content down to PG-13 levels. This one would probably get through! Way to go, Apple! Skipping #8, because I've never heard of it... 9. Hunter X Hunter. Quickly flipping through it at random turned up a page in chapter 28 where a murderous nightmare clown is carrying a severed head. Pretty tame sexually, though. 10. No Bra. There is no way in hell this would pass any censor, anywhere, ever. Moving on, 11. Mahou Sensei Negima. Oh dear lord, no. It's not just the violence, although it has violence aplenty. It has pretty vast amounts of sexual content, most of it involving characters who are, at most, 15 years old. (Fun fact: has a freakishly long TV Tropes page.) This kind of strict policy doesn't just block a lot of manga; it blocks almost all of the most popular manga. It's madness, and the policy's only redeeming virtue is that it probably won't be applied consistently, so they might let some stuff through that they would have blocked if they'd been more thorough.

tptacek 16y ago
I'm going to burn some karma for saying this, but is it the policy that's mad here, or is it manga? You can't get through the top 10 grossing R-rated movies without finding at least two (Up In The Air, Crazy Heart) that would make it past this standard.
- sketerpot 16y ago
  Part of it is that the manga which achieves the most popularity tends to be shounen fighting stuff. I mean, look at the top four: Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and Fairy Tail. They all use much the same formula, but with the details changed. (Naruto has ninjas, One Piece has pirates, Bleach has something else, and Fairy Tail has mages.) It gets tiresome after a while, but that kind of thing tops the charts, consistently. Meanwhile you have absolutely beautiful manga like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (which is made from liquid happiness) that don't even get licensed for official English translation.
lidmith 16y ago
Ugh. I really enjoyed the happy feel of Love Hina, by Ken Akamatsu (and also the music in the anime), so I bought a bunch of Negima (same author). I read through a few, and realized the sexual content was growing more explicit, while the girls seemed to be growing younger. I was like, what the hell? The worst is, I bought them on amazon, so even if I burn them, it's recorded that I bought them. Aside from the sexual weirdness of the comic, it's really just not too interesting. I think there are too many characters, and way too much focus on magic. Love Hina was nice because it could focus on a few characters, and the fantasy bits were much less prevalent.

tptacek 16y ago

I'm going to burn some karma for saying this, but is it the policy that's mad here, or is it manga? You can't get through the top 10 grossing R-rated movies without finding at least two (Up In The Air, Crazy Heart) that would make it past this standard.

sketerpot 16y ago
Part of it is that the manga which achieves the most popularity tends to be shounen fighting stuff. I mean, look at the top four: Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and Fairy Tail. They all use much the same formula, but with the details changed. (Naruto has ninjas, One Piece has pirates, Bleach has something else, and Fairy Tail has mages.) It gets tiresome after a while, but that kind of thing tops the charts, consistently. Meanwhile you have absolutely beautiful manga like Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (which is made from liquid happiness) that don't even get licensed for official English translation.

lidmith 16y ago

Ugh. I really enjoyed the happy feel of Love Hina, by Ken Akamatsu (and also the music in the anime), so I bought a bunch of Negima (same author). I read through a few, and realized the sexual content was growing more explicit, while the girls seemed to be growing younger. I was like, what the hell? The worst is, I bought them on amazon, so even if I burn them, it's recorded that I bought them. Aside from the sexual weirdness of the comic, it's really just not too interesting. I think there are too many characters, and way too much focus on magic. Love Hina was nice because it could focus on a few characters, and the fantasy bits were much less prevalent.