 Shueisha has announced that mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki (born Nobuhiko Nishiwaki) is charged for violating the Child Prostitution and Pornography Law and is currently sending the papers pertaining to the case to the Public Prosecutors Office. The previously announced Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Hokkaido-hen will enter a hiatus as a result. The violation hurts the publisher badly and the mangaka, admitting the charge of having multiple DVDs of displaying nudes of early teens, deeply regrets it. Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Hokkaido-hen is a new series of Rurouni Kenshin that also received anime adaptations throughout the '90s. The new series has began its serialization in Jump SQ magazine with Kaoru Kurosaki this September. Source: Jiji.com, Yahoo! Japan News via Otakomu |
NaruleachNov 27, 2017 7:49 PM
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| "Suspect?" I thought he straight-up admitted to liking 12-14-ish year old girls when the police raided his office and found CP DVDs in there. Or at least that's what I got from the ANN article earlier Anyway I'm not a Rurouni Kenshin fan but of course developments like this are never fun to see |
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| Child prostituion and porno? That's seriously bad |
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| I like how this news decides to focus on the manga going on hiatus rather than the fact that the mangaka just got caught with child pornography. Good priorities there lmao |
| So its real child right? I thought it was something like Anime "Lolicon/Shotacon" Porn lol. oh well |
| good job there choosing less impactful title lmao |
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| Good thing I never got into Rurouni Kenshin, I'd probably feel like shit now if I did. I wonder if this'll start a similar chain reaction of allegations like in Hollywood, and more mangakas and other industry workers get busted after Watsuki? |
| sigh i havent even started much on the show yet and then this news came, couldnt it just be some random hentai author doing the crime ?! |
| Sonic X is basically an isekai |
| Surprised it's not cancelled outright to be honest. You'd think they want to be as far away from the guy as possible right now but maybe I'm going by western standards with that thought. He's admitted to the charges as well, not like it's an allegation such as those going around in Hollywood. On his crime though (since it hasn't been as detailed here as elsewhere) it is disgusting, manga / drawings of fictional young girls / boys is one thing you could debate but this? Nope, he should take the full force of the law and be punished for it. Just because something may have been legal at one point does not mean it is now. At least he has no excuses for it. Will it stop me from reading his works at some point? No, Rurouni Kenshin looks fab and I do have the live action trilogy somewhere in my house. I can still enjoy one of Rolf Harris' animal shows he used to do, I could still listen to a Michael Jackson song and enjoy it and this is no different. I think you can separate the artist from the person absolutely unless there is a link between the crime and their works being influenced or affected by it which does not seem to be the case here. |
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HaXXspetten said: "Suspect?" I thought he straight-up admitted to liking 12-14-ish year old girls when the police raided his office and found CP DVDs in there. Or at least that's what I got from the ANN article earlier Anyway I'm not a Rurouni Kenshin fan but of course developments like this are never fun to see That is, the author of Kenshin is pedophile? |
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| Oh Japan and its dark secrets, the author should have kept his fetish by just fapping to those doujinshi... honestly where the fuck did he get those DvD |
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| Wait what...? And just when I really love the new series too... This is far too awful for my heart T^T |
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Wasshio said: I guess you can say that since he admitted it in one of the confession (which was the detail that I personally believe it wasn't needed much, he could have just said "I like girls / or whatever in the low age as mine" or something like that, not specifics. Oh, I do not even know what to say. Now I'm not a special fan of the series, but in my childhood it was one of the most popular anime in Russia. If I'm not mistaken, in localization it was called Samurai X. youseiki said: Oh Japan and its dark secrets, the author should have kept his fetish by just fapping to those doujinshi... honestly where the fuck did he get those DvD Judging by the fact that lolicon vn like Shoujo Ramune quite legally receive hentai OVA, in Japan it is not so difficult. |
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RobertBobert said: Judging by the fact that lolicon vn like Shoujo Ramune quite legally receive hentai OVA, in Japan it is not so difficult. I'm talking about real underage girls performing pornography, and the only source I know is the Dark Web, but DVD and CD with real girls is definitely connected to black market in japan... now I think that's what the police wants to know. |
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Wasshio said: There's also the fact when he got them because remember, this type of stuff were legal until 2014 where they started to enforce this law afterwards. As far as I'm getting at. Oh, I'm new to this Japanese Law letting underage pornography market before 2014... are you fucking kidding me??? They have a law of permitting child pornography can be sold openly? |
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youseiki said: RobertBobert said: Judging by the fact that lolicon vn like Shoujo Ramune quite legally receive hentai OVA, in Japan it is not so difficult. I'm talking about real underage girls performing pornography, and the only source I know is the Dark Web, but DVD and CD with real girls is definitely connected to black market in japan... now I think that's what the police wants to know. Oh, you're talking about a real CP? Well, I think he had some connections, since he was a rich man with a lot of experience in publishing. |
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RobertBobert said: Oh, you're talking about a real CP? Well, I think he had some connections, since he was a rich man with a lot of experience in publishing. Yep, and I think those girls are Chinese, since they have a lot of kidnappings there, especially Japan Black Market has established itself throughout South East Asia and East Asia. Japan Kidnapping rate is low as 2 chances in 1000000 people. |
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youseiki said: Wasshio said: There's also the fact when he got them because remember, this type of stuff were legal until 2014 where they started to enforce this law afterwards. As far as I'm getting at. Oh, I'm new to this Japanese Law letting underage pornography market before 2014... are you fucking kidding me??? They have a law of permitting child pornography can be sold openly? No that is not correct. Production of child porn and distribution has been illegal for a while. They made possession illegal as well recently. |
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scruffykiwi said: No that is not correct. Production of child porn and distribution has been illegal for a while. They made possession illegal as well recently. Oh OK, nice law they got there |
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| As disgusted and ashamed as I am of Nobuhiro Watsuki [repulsed and so sad, I've always said that he was one of my favorites. now... not at all. never again], but I won't be throwing out my kenshin media, or deleting my kenshin fanfiction. [something that a LOT of people seem to be doing on tumblr. I had to unfollow like five people. it made me too sad and frustrated to see them talk about throwing all of it out.] Unless he comes right out and says that he's been a pedo for his entire life and that he was really thinking of a lot of underaged girls when he was drawing RK [doubt it], I see no reason to tarnish the series or throw it away. |
Ericonator said: By definition, everything is retro since by the time you realize something has happened it's already in the past.  |
AngelicTotoro said: As disgusted and ashamed as I am of Nobuhiro Watsuki [repulsed and so sad, I've always said that he was one of my favorites. now... not at all. never again], but I won't be throwing out my kenshin media, or deleting my kenshin fanfiction. [something that a LOT of people seem to be doing on tumblr. I had to unfollow like five people. it made me too sad and frustrated to see them talk about throwing all of it out.] Unless he comes right out and says that he's been a pedo for his entire life and that he was really thinking of a lot of underaged girls when he was drawing RK [doubt it], I see no reason to tarnish the series or throw it away. No matter what he did, acting like people are not allowed to enjoy a work of art because the writer is a bad person is very stupid. |
illivinni said: How can a teen be younger than 13? 13 is the first teenage year :/Considering Japan's age of consent... does that mean the teens are younger than 13? Nooo my childhood got ruined T______T |
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youseiki said: RobertBobert said: Oh, you're talking about a real CP? Well, I think he had some connections, since he was a rich man with a lot of experience in publishing. Yep, and I think those girls are Chinese, since they have a lot of kidnappings there, especially Japan Black Market has established itself throughout South East Asia and East Asia. Japan Kidnapping rate is low as 2 chances in 1000000 people. In any case, he is unlikely to get rid easily, especially given his fame. |
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Well the Live Action Movie solidified his reputation and contribution to society. |
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illivinni said: HaXXspetten said: How can a teen be younger than 13? 13 is the first teenage year :/ Japan's age of consent is 13 iirc Not really. Basically, 13 is the minimum but almost, if not all, of the Japanese prefectures set the age at 18 |
| Next up is Made in Abyss' creator, who doesn't even hide his tastes with the content he draws/writes. |
| Heh? WTF? Just when I just saw Samurai X with a dub of my language. (literally a few minutes ago) I thought it can't get worse, now it's really got worst for real! Well, I don't really care, I never watched/read an entire single episode/chapter anyway. |
| Haters always gonna hate. |
| FREE MY BOY NOBUHIRO!!!! FREE THIS MANGA!!! |
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youseiki said: RobertBobert said: Oh, you're talking about a real CP? Well, I think he had some connections, since he was a rich man with a lot of experience in publishing. Yep, and I think those girls are Chinese, since they have a lot of kidnappings there, especially Japan Black Market has established itself throughout South East Asia and East Asia. Japan Kidnapping rate is low as 2 chances in 1000000 people. Good God, I thought this was happening only in movies and yaoi manga. What the hell is wrong with the world? What is this, 18th century? |
Doriana_1986 said: youseiki said: Yep, and I think those girls are Chinese, since they have a lot of kidnappings there, especially Japan Black Market has established itself throughout South East Asia and East Asia. Japan Kidnapping rate is low as 2 chances in 1000000 people. Good God, I thought this was happening only in movies and yaoi manga. What the hell is wrong with the world? What is this, 18th century? This happens even in the countries of the first world, not to mention the poor countries where you and your boyfriend can be executed only because you decided to marry without the permission of your parents, or to "get married" when you were 9-old, that "not to waste time". |
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Doriana_1986 said: youseiki said: Yep, and I think those girls are Chinese, since they have a lot of kidnappings there, especially Japan Black Market has established itself throughout South East Asia and East Asia. Japan Kidnapping rate is low as 2 chances in 1000000 people. Good God, I thought this was happening only in movies and yaoi manga. What the hell is wrong with the world? What is this, 18th century? OH girl, you're so pure and I like it. But this is reality, Chinese Prostitution is well established, babies and young girls are being kidnapped, it was so apparent that it was just natural for people in China like it's just a daily occurrence, same for India which more horrifying since they are more chaotic than China, both countries have bigger population. Now including Philippines and Thailand which is known for cheap prostitution and these leads to girls being kidnapped, scammed and being used to black market. These detestable scheme was so apparent that it's not questionable if they were the source of child pornography. There are more slaves in this era than before. If no one buys these pornography, then the business will fall, at least in Japan only. Though I doubt that it will happen considering that Japan itself has the biggest porn industry in asia with their disturbing hentai materials, excluding the prostitution of Japanese High Schools which they do by their own choice with different circumstance. |
youseikiNov 21, 2017 10:47 AM
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| 2016: Everyone you love is dead. 2017: Everyone you love is a pedophile. |
vini64 said: Next up is Made in Abyss' creator, who doesn't even hide his tastes with the content he draws/writes. Nah, there's a pretty big difference between anime characters and real people. |
| Awful, the agency selling the dvds needs to be held accountable not him. It's not like he went online and looked for it, it was readily available in normal store. F hokkaido manga :'( |
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| YO HOLY SHIT!! HE GONNA BE DEAD |
| Good luck getting out of this mess, lol. Still planning on reading Kenshin by this year. ichii_1 said: I kinda agree on this. That being said, the possession of child pornography is illegal, so the mangaka can't come out of this situation without any charges.Awful, the agency selling the dvds needs to be held accountable not him. It's not like he went online and looked for it, it was readily available in normal store. F hokkaido manga :'( |
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| This was not what I expected when I opened this tab. Just a mess and hard for people who looked up to him. |
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vini64 said: Next up is Made in Abyss' creator, who doesn't even hide his tastes with the content he draws/writes. Annnnnd of course the insecure cunt comes along trying to sling shit in the usual off topic fashion. |
 I don't watch as much anime as before... |
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