BL books in Japanese public library causes disagreements

Hmmm.. I vaguely recall reading about a story that might be the same, or similar to the one I am going to mention about.

……a question to the Sakai City website in July demanding to know why there were so many “Boy’s Love” manga in the libraries. Such titles have loyal followings of female readers but the questioner maintained that the content was often obscene and unsuitable for public institutions……

To read the entire post, can refer to here. I also found initial mention of the post here via Japanator.

Now this is an issue of censorship, to which I am actually a little miffed about. As a person less than two months shy away from an MLS, and an actually supporter of this type of book. I would say that it falls to the responsibilities of the parents or the library to label the books accordingly, as to what material is suitable for people to read. I was quite surprised at the conservative attitude that was mentioned, because this was a Japanese library, and my assumption is that Japan has a much more sexual freedom than the United States has. That leads me to understand that countries can be quite similar, and that I should be a more broader thinker. Still it is a goal of mine to go to Japan..so there… (whacks)..

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