This decision was made on the grounds that the manga depicts inappropriate relationships even though it does not violate state law.
Megan Wright, chair of the brevard public school board, said she would not support and vote for the manga to remain in the brevard district library because she felt the manga did not focus on anything other than inappropriate relationships. She also questioned why the manga was read from the back.
"This book is… it focuses on nothing other than a relationship that’s inappropriate. You start the book, you read it backward… I mean literally, when you start reading a book, which we’ve been teaching our kids since day one, you start from the beginning and you read from left to right. Bottom to top. Not that book, you don’t. So it’s just, to me, I’m going “This is not the highest and best book that we can offer our kids and this is Volume 1 so I’m not sure where this goes because the entire book is focused on a romantic relationship. So I’m like, if this is Volume 1, where does the next one go? So that’s why I won’t be supporting the committee’s recommendation of keeping it. Just letting you know."
Councillor Kayte Campbell, who voted against the repeal, has tried to explain why the manga is read from the back and why it is not against the law there. "I.. since we’re discussing, I’m not going to defend this book because I didn’t like it. I thought it was kinda stupid. I don’t think there’s a problem with it being backwards because it’s Japanese and it was [translated], you took the Japanese book and inserted English text. But I can agree with the recommendation of the Committee because it doesn’t violate the Statute and I was looking for it but it didn’t.“
Kayte Campbell as District 5 representative, and Jennifer Jenkins as District 3 representative, voted to keep the book, while Megan Wright, Gene Trent, and Matt Susin voted to repeal it.
Jennifer Jenkins commented "I am not comfortable removing a book because we don’t understand why it is being read in an opposite direction,"
"Sasaki to Miyano" is manga by Shou Harusono. "It all started like a typical old-school boys’ love plotline-bad-boy senior meets adorably awkward underclassman, one of them falls in love, and so on and so forth. But although Miyano is a self-proclaimed boys’ love expert, he hasn’t quite realized…he’s in one himself. Which means it’s up to Sasaki to make sure their story has a happily ever after…!" (Source : Yen Press)
Although the Book Review Committee has recommended that the manga remain in the library because there is no violation of the law, the manga will remain banned in the brevard district library. What do you think?
Watch the full discussion : https://youtu.be/-GgfaAtb93M
Source : animehunch, animecorner
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