Tentacular assault oppai manga To Love-Ru looks to be posing a problem to puritanical foreign markets, as its much vaunted ecchiness results in the Hong Kong edition being relegated to 18+ ero-manga status, and the Singapore version sold as the censored serialised version used as a mere preview in Japan.
The attractive black obi version is the Hong Kong version, and the other the Singapore version, both presented in Chinese.
The Singapore version can’t be bothered to include the inner cover picture.
Below, the all important contents; simply put, the Hong Kong version is the one with the nipples, identical to the Japanese edition.
In Hong Kong it looks as if they opted to make this a full 18+ ero-manga, hence the nipple preservation.
Of course, in Japan it is published alongside the likes of Naruto and marketed to children as a healthy tentacle raep starter ero-manga along the same lines as shota raep anime Kanokon.
Perhaps inevitable given the illiberal nature of the two countries concerned, but still disheartening for international fans (or at least Chinese speakers).
Interesting to see how the localisation of other versions goes, but I dare say this is a foregone conclusion…
Via Jabro.
Wait until u see thai’s release
I hope this comes out with every thing in Australia!
According to Australian law, its classified under Child Pornography….and yes, I am going to court for possession of child pornography for having doujins. O.o….
The law states that if it looks and depicts any material of a child doing anything suggestive will allow the book thrown at you. And yes, that means 99% of everything media that comes out of Japan is illegal or filtered by Madman and funanimation…..
There is a new commandment that should be added to the 10 commandments: Love thy MicroSD card.
Why must i be born in Singapore…
So the manga shipped in Singapore looks like the anime shipped in Japan then?
There goes the good stuffs..