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INTEREST: Kaiji Creator Draws Anti-Drug Abuse Manga for Government




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KabaKabaFruit



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:16 am Reply with quote
Zawa Zawa... Shocked
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doomydoomdoom



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:24 am Reply with quote
I don't trust drugs at all, not even pot (I've met people who have been on it, including family, so trust me...wasn't impressed by what pot did to them), which has become the "cool" and "OK" drug (well, not that it never was, before...), so I have no issue with Japan's un-progressive stance on the matter compared to America's (or even more, heh, Europe's).

Then again, I'm not opposed to marijuana for terminally ill patients, because...well, they're terminally ill, what the Hell do they have to lose?
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TrailOfDead



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:36 am Reply with quote
i want a translation of this so i can see how it compares with our domestic anti-drug propaganda.

it seems pretty brazen of that dude to just straight up open a weed shop on the high street though.

heh... high street.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:11 am Reply with quote
TrailOfDead wrote:
i want a translation of this so i can see how it compares with our domestic anti-drug propaganda.

it seems pretty brazen of that dude to just straight up open a weed shop on the high street though.

heh... high street.

The last panel has the saying "Russian Roulette" written in katakana.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:13 am Reply with quote
Obligatory.

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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:14 am Reply with quote
When I saw the first page of this government propaganda, I then thought to myself "The ending of this manga is either going to be hilarious, or ****ing hilarious."

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configspace



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:12 pm Reply with quote
Maybe they should worry about the herb called tobacco first.

But what I'd like to see is some mangaka actually be daring and take a contrarian approach, like an anti-WOD manga, or a real look at drugs, as opposed to just government propaganda (or go further and break the taboo of showing teens drinking, which is legal in many other countries)
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ZODDGUTS



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:01 pm Reply with quote
Marijuana addiction? That's cute of Japan.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:36 pm Reply with quote
The brand name on the ficticous herbs is "ICE".
Isn't that another name for crystal meth?
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