Sakai City libraries have reversed their decision to restrict lending of “Boys Love” titles to minors, made following complaints that the huge collection the library had amassed harmed children and “sexually harassed” library users, apparently folding to pressure over censorship concerns and even opting to allow lending of all BL books to minors…
Starting in July, the 7 city libraries began receiving complaints that the massive collection of some 5,500 BL books (many with amorous homoerotic depictions of the male characters on their front covers) were overly risqué and harmful to children.
In response, the libraries switched to a “non-self serve system” in which librarians fetch the books for borrowers (not unheard of for Japanese libraries) and restricted lending of BL novels to those over the age of 18.
However, a citizen’s group complained that “Excluding or disposing of a particular style of book is not becoming of a library. There was political pressure too.” In response to pressure from such complaints, the library once again changed its policy in November, putting BL back on a self serve lending policy and now allowing the lending of BL books to minors under 18.
Some citizens view the quick flip-flop in official policy suspiciously: “Are they really changing their policy based on what people tell them so quickly?”
Sakai city officials hold the position: “We originally made a wrong, hasty decision.”
To see more of what interests young Japanese girls (like Kagamin) so, see our previous post on Ero-Shoujo Manga.
Via Itai News.
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Think of the children! ...masturbating.
In all seriousness, this is a good thing. It should be up to the parents to monitor what their children check out.
The parents are wise not to get involved in this. My parents basically gave me the run of the library as a child and teenager, allowing me to get books from the 'adult' section regularly.
When an overly moral librarian was upset with this, I told her "Look, my parents know what I am checking out, they know what I am reading, BACK OFF unless you want me AND my parents to make a formal complaint!"
She backed off, because my parents, unknown to me, were standing nearby and giving the overly 'moral' biddy the evil eye!
as proven many times through out the ages...once you have a child you become stupid :P
in general, it is. censorship is always bad. though in this case, i'm not sure if allowing every 5-year-old girl become a fujoshi is such a good idea.
the library should at least take care the 18+ manga section is clearly marked as such, so parents will know what their brats are reading...
wait a second... why does a public library carry bl manga!?!
But would a five-year-old even be interested? And if so, would the book turn him or her into a BL-liking person, or would you have to have a BL-propensity in order to enjoy it? I've seen Shounen Ai manga (of the moderate variety, I suspect) in stores here (Germany) and they didn't do anything for me.
It's because only a toxic brain otaku girl would be interested in BL.
Mainly mentioned are BL novels, not manga, but the novels do typically have several illustrations spread throughout the book, including the cover.
Undoubtedly, there are some BL manga also at the libraries though.
Do you smell that? It's the vaginal juices of a thousand lolis, all shlicking.
what does it smell like and how do you know? O_O
smells like heaven
Your disgusting.
lol conservatives
The more you want to ban it, the more they want it
Is it wrong to think that someone else might be in bed with Kagami, in that huge mound behind her, and that the book isn't the only reason she's blushing?
Kagami and I share similar BL anthology tastes XD
so if we start donating pornography to public libraries they'll have to make it available?
That would be awesome.
This could turn into an all out war. Anyone watch oshokan Sensō (Library Wars)?
what a pain in the asses for those BL lovers...
but i think there'll be no sensou for BL books...maybe...
who knows... maybe there'll be a "fujoshi-gundai"...
someone needs to sneak in naughty books back again.
FUCKING FUJOSHI!
yuck
... deculture!!!