Forum - View topicNEWS: Assassination Classroom Manga Banned in South Carolina School District
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James02
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Understandable, but no one should complain about it. It's just a cartoon.
In general (not strictly this), it is kinda annoying though that adults who don't follow anime continue to want to ban them for violence just because they think it creates violent acts of kids. |
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ktarf
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This is obviously idiotic on many levels, but the worst part is that anyone who's actually read even a fraction of the manga knows that it contains nothing but genuinely positive, educative and useful messages specifically aimed at school students (its target as a shounen manga).
Korosensei is an inspiration and a model for all of us, to keep him from teaching is simply barbaric. |
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Ashen Phoenix
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I try to wrap my head around these bans but every time they just scream "pearl-clutching" and "bigotry" in one form or another. I really can't see how Assassination Classroom would genuinely contribute to a student wanting to harm a teacher or another student. The teacher in question is depicted as a canary-yellow octopus alien from space who, by the end, has taught the children self-worth and love for pursuing their dreams and passions.
If you want to object to the mere inclusion of firearms, knives, and/or slightly sexual content--fine. The manga is meant for teenagers; somehow I don't think they'll be traumatized. The objection to Sasaki & Miyano, on the other hand, is just straight-up homophobia and ignorance (but I doubt anyone was fooled into thinking otherwise). I was introduced to the anime, and after a 12-episode season, the most sexually explicit thing the main characters did was share a kiss and hold hands. I personally enjoy the series because of how carefully and thoughtfully it treats adolescents and the change from a platonic to a romantic relationship that two people can have. Then again, the article even highlights how the parents are rallying against even acknowledging that anything other than heterosexuality exists. Last edited by Ashen Phoenix on Sat Nov 16, 2024 8:41 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kougeru
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Nothing about this is "understandable" unless you only read the title of the manga. Even looking at the cover art should be enough to have had this situation laughed away - he's an ALIEN FROM SPACE. We're not allowed to have fiction about assassinating aliens from space now? Mind-boggling. Meanwhile Oklahoma is forcing Bibles into public schools - a book which has FAR worse content. This country is going backwards so much and will continue to for the foreseeable future. Unironically because over half the adults in the country are functionally illiterate ( reading is below sixth-grade level).
If these people are so concerned about showing content like guns in school.... well, maybe they should pass better laws to protect school children from the real guns that somehow keep ending up in our schools and hurting our children. Of course the reality is they don't care about kids - they just care about controlling our kids. |
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MyMasterMatthew
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I don't doubt that homophonia is the leading reason for banning Sasaki & Miyano, but I'm pretty sure the manga has some sexual moments. I don't remember if it's explicit, but I'm guessing not (it's been a while since I read it). Of course, I'd be shocked if the people calling for the book bans actually read the books they're campaigning against, so they probably didn't know this. |
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AniMangaNime
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Every time someone reduces Assassination Classroom from genuinely a nuanced story with nothing but positive messages to students trying to kill their teacher, an angel loses its wings, a piece of rock falls down from Highest of Heaven to the Deepest of Hell.
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Takkun4343
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Uhhhhhh... Koro-sensei isn't an alien. Sure, he may look like one, but he isn't, they say as much in the first episode of the show. |
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Bertram
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Is it really that hard to understand? They don't want to have to deal with kids fantasizing or larping about killing their classmates or teachers given the problems with bullying, suicides, and school shootings. I remember that being a problem back when I was in school in the 2000s when everyone was making their own Death Note and writing kids and teachers names down in them. Apparently even series like Death Note is still popular in 2024 for kids to still be doing that and keep it banned in some school. |
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turnsie
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It's right in the article that the reason why it was banned is because it depicts homosexuality. Anything else in the series that could be called into question for any reason is just a sidenote.
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