p.s. sorry, i hope i put this thread in the right place.
why is manga rated?
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why is manga rated?
well, i was just wondering that. i mean, when you read normal books all the time they have the same amount of stuff in that manga has. is it 'cause manga has pictures?
p.s. sorry, i hope i put this thread in the right place.
p.s. sorry, i hope i put this thread in the right place.
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sunet - Posts: 318
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Yeah, your thread's in the right place.
Why's manga rated. Hmmm. Good question. I've never really thought of it, but here's what come to me first off:
Well, when people see manga, they think "oh, cartoons. Kid stuff. Might as well pick one of those up for little Joey while I'm here. Hmm. . .[insert name of fanservicey manga], that looks good." I think the ratings are there to help the ignorant to realize that just because they're illustrated doesn't mean they're for kids. Furthermore, I wouldn't be opposed to all books having ratings. I can't count the times I've been reading innocently through a book and been totally caught off guard by some thing sexual.
Why's manga rated. Hmmm. Good question. I've never really thought of it, but here's what come to me first off:
Well, when people see manga, they think "oh, cartoons. Kid stuff. Might as well pick one of those up for little Joey while I'm here. Hmm. . .[insert name of fanservicey manga], that looks good." I think the ratings are there to help the ignorant to realize that just because they're illustrated doesn't mean they're for kids. Furthermore, I wouldn't be opposed to all books having ratings. I can't count the times I've been reading innocently through a book and been totally caught off guard by some thing sexual.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Mangafanatic - Posts: 4918
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yeah, that thing about being caught off guard is soooo true.Well, Mangas didn't always have ratings back in the day when it was more expensive and less quantiful. But now that it's grown alot more and the manga flow over here is increasing greatly, of course they'd have to rate things. Most people think that just because it's animated or if it looks cartoony, that it's gonna be for kids (Our stupid standards over here...). I mean, it's not like you'd want to have a caring mom accidentally pick up Akira just because "Billy" likes anime and she's heard that Akira was good anime. You see? Ratings are nessicary for non Otakus...
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Ichigo_89 - Posts: 1365
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Ahem. Ratings aren't just for non Otakus. Ratings help me a lot. I don't want to read one rated Mature or anything! I only like to read the Teen rated stuff. If I don't know much about a manga, I would want to know if it's rated too high for me. I bet ratings wouldn't matter to people who will read anything, but I like to be warned, thank you very much.
I think they are rated because there can be nudity and far too graphic pictures. Most books don't have pictures like that. It's just the way TV shows are rated for the same reason.
I think they are rated because there can be nudity and far too graphic pictures. Most books don't have pictures like that. It's just the way TV shows are rated for the same reason.
It is the infirmity of little minds to be dazzled with everything that sparkles.
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Lunis - Posts: 718
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I would more or less agree: it seems that all the graphic art mediums have ratings, and others do not. Movies, television, video games and the like are all graphic in nature... and hence have ratings. Books and literary magazines do not.
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Mangafanatic wrote:Furthermore, I wouldn't be opposed to all books having ratings. I can't count the times I've been reading innocently through a book and been totally caught off guard by some thing sexual.
I agree totally! I mean, I know at the library and many bookstores, they separate regular books into sections like Children's, Young Adult's (or Teen's), and just regular Fiction and all, but I would like to be warned! I mean, one can read the short synopsis on the book cover, and on some novels one can tell just from that if it's worth reading or not, but not on a lot! I guess people think that only visual and audio meduims need to be rated, that we won't be affected by just reading stuff (WRONG!!). Anywho, that's my rant for today!
Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.
-from T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Life is very long
Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
For Thine is the Kingdom
For Thine is
Life is
For Thine is the
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.
-from T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
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thalia - Posts: 109
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Especially considering the sexual crud authors feel obliged to put in any novel that's intended for an audience older than middle school. BLEH X 2.
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.
But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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