Anime News

Manga Find Spurs Library Privacy Concerns
Date: 1/10/2007
A new article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press mentions mother Hillary Swanson was cleaning her 14-year-old son's room when she found several Manga comic books from a series called "DearS." Though Manga is a popular comic book genre, the subject matter is often aimed at young adults. In "DearS," the provocative drawings of women and sexual innuendos in the text worried her, Swanson said, and she wanted to find out if her son had checked them out himself. She called the St. Paul Public Libraries Bookmobile, where she figured her son had found the books, and was told she couldn't get that information. "They were saying they needed to protect people's privacy," Swanson said. "But it's my job to protect my son."
Source: Anime News Service