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FireChick
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:47 am
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Jeez, that's terrible. I loved reading Kikuchi's manga My Father's An Alcoholic, so it sucks that she's not even allowed to publish this. I would have loved to read it. But seriously, Shueisha really shouldn't have needed to bow down to Happy Science just because the latter was butthurt. How dare someone make a manga about how bad cults actually are! The nerve! (sarcasm)
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L'Imperatore
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:56 am
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If this manga ticks off HS of all things, could "religion" here be referring to New Religious Movement/NRM instead of more mainstream ones?
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xxmsxx
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:58 am
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FireChick wrote: | But seriously, Shueisha really shouldn't have needed to bow down to Happy Science just because the latter was butthurt. |
The series was not bringing enough money for Shueisha to fight for it.
I was quite looking forward to reading this.
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cchigu
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:59 am
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Stupid move by Sueisha, if people get offended when there is no intentional offending, they deserve to get offended.
Cancel culture, culture appropriation, yadda yadda. All bullshit.
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ATastySub
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 10:49 am
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cchigu wrote: | Stupid move by Sueisha, if people get offended when there is no intentional offending, they deserve to get offended.
Cancel culture, culture appropriation, yadda yadda. All bullshit. |
This was a right wing religious organization/cult pressuring a company to censor a critic. Please deal with the reality of the situation instead of fantasizing that this is about whatever boogeymen live in your head.
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Sariachan
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 11:41 am
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I'm sorry to say this, but this is a spineless decision by Shueisha.
("Spiritual vaccines"?! )
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gpanthony
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:25 pm
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This is very disappointing to hear, as a religious person I was interested in reading these accounts. This project could have provided a lot of insight for both the religious and non-religious and how to over come differences in perspective, so this is unfortunate. Of course the greatest concern is the frightening amount of censorship on display.
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Changeman
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:26 pm
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We had what happened with Look Back last year and now this. Pathetic!
Kodasha >>>>>>> Shueisha.
If they are not careful, they will never publish anything with real cultural value again.
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Hoppy800
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:34 pm
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ATastySub wrote: |
cchigu wrote: | Stupid move by Sueisha, if people get offended when there is no intentional offending, they deserve to get offended.
Cancel culture, culture appropriation, yadda yadda. All bullshit. |
This was a right wing religious organization/cult pressuring a company to censor a critic. Please deal with the reality of the situation instead of fantasizing that this is about whatever boogeymen live in your head. |
More like a cult comparable to Scientology with ties with parties further right of the LDP establishment (you know like the failed parties supported by Shintaro Ishihara).
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AJ (LordNikon)
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:25 pm
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I think this goes show how much power and influence Happy Science has. Call it NRM or a cult, fact remains, HS has this level of power and influence, it is growing, and no interest to contain it.
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Blazi
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:29 pm
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ATastySub wrote: |
cchigu wrote: | Stupid move by Sueisha, if people get offended when there is no intentional offending, they deserve to get offended.
Cancel culture, culture appropriation, yadda yadda. All bullshit. |
This was a right wing religious organization/cult pressuring a company to censor a critic. Please deal with the reality of the situation instead of fantasizing that this is about whatever boogeymen live in your head. |
You mfs will call anything you don't like "right-wing". Get a clue, this is a cult comparing to Scientology, it doesn't take a side whatsoever.
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Dark.exe
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:34 pm
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Pathetic.
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Hoppy800
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:58 pm
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AJ (LordNikon) wrote: | I think this goes show how much power and influence Happy Science has. Call it NRM or a cult, fact remains, HS has this level of power and influence, it is growing, and no interest to contain it. |
You'd think after the Sarin attacks that cults would be getting a crackdown or more regulation at the least in the financials decades ago.
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tomdean
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:17 pm
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Blazi wrote: |
ATastySub wrote: |
cchigu wrote: | Stupid move by Sueisha, if people get offended when there is no intentional offending, they deserve to get offended.
Cancel culture, culture appropriation, yadda yadda. All bullshit. |
This was a right wing religious organization/cult pressuring a company to censor a critic. Please deal with the reality of the situation instead of fantasizing that this is about whatever boogeymen live in your head. |
You mfs will call anything you don't like "right-wing". Get a clue, this is a cult comparing to Scientology, it doesn't take a side whatsoever. |
Apparently not only someone is in denial, but also didn't read:
"The group has also repeated common Japanese right-wing rhetoric,"
If it quacks like a duck....
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Blazi
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:47 pm
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tomdean wrote: | Apparently not only someone is in denial, but also didn't read:
"The group has also repeated common Japanese right-wing rhetoric,"
If it quacks like a duck.... |
So apparently if you have a few ideals it summarizes the whole cult entirely?
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