I don't know what's funnier, the fact that its Assassination Classroom that's being referenced, or the fact that its a Floridian school that is receiving the complaints...
@@fro5ty208 These censorious crybullies are so dumb. They literally just judge an entire book based on the title and retroactively come up with reasons why it should be banned. Same reason why Gender Queer is their No 1 target.
"While the characters are fictional, the setting is realistic" What are you gonna tell me next? That Harry Potter is realistic because it's set in a School? That MHA is realistic because it takes place in School? That Percy Jackson is realistic because it's set in New York, Los Angeles and other places in the USA?
Bro of course! And that's why Isekais are extra realistic, because a person dies in japan due to a traffic accident, which happens a lot in real life! Think before saying dumb things with a sarcastic tone.
Funny, Harry Potter was banned in some schools because it "promoted witchcraft". Or at least the usual crowd tried to ban it. EDIT: MHA *obviously* promotes vigilanstism! jk
Hey Joey! I'm a librarian born and raised in Florida. Thanks for covering this. Although we'd like to think Assassination Classroom won't get pulled from more shelves, FL culture-wars legislature has gotten so ridiculous they'd die on this hill if given the choice. I got out of Florida a couple years ago but it's sad to see how low that state has fallen in terms of censorship
Florida is not the problem. Censorship isn't happening unless you want to talk about how some books are being rewritten because some progressives don't like certain sections or the plethora of books banned by left win groups including Mark Twain and Dr. Seuss. These books actually have an educational value unlike the books they are removing from schools today.
Good thing you got out. Used to live in florida as a kid when the state used to be somewhat decent. Its a hell hole now. My sister was born there even she wont ever go back.
Ikr? It wasn’t like this when I went to school there. We had access to so much, but I didn’t read anything with my brain turned off, because I was taught how to decide for myself what I could handle in books. (Also you librarians were my favorite ppl and still are so ty for what you do).
As a teacher, I really love Assasination Classroom. I love that Koro-Sensei never gave up on these students even though society did just because they were not getting good grades. In a way, it's similar to Gokusen. Both of these teaches not just students but teachers and adults alike that they shouldn't give up on someone just because they are different, they should try to find a middle ground. Koro-Sensei is such a good teacher. He even got mad at them when they actually did something wrong like putting their classmates in danger, etc. He even teaches them life lessons and help them find themselves.
The funny thing is I think that's a great idea both ways as it would allow people to more fully understand the content and, if it is banned, why that should be in place
@@Slendysis I said it before; their reason is shit but assassin classroom isn't as innocent as some people make it out to be. I think most people forgot about this but a certain mom (Hiromi Shiota) did some questionable things during the manga/anime (verbal abused her son, forced him to cross-dress because she wanted a daughter, etc...). That and the age limit of this (take it with a grain of salt) is 14 - 17 years old. I think the overall ban in all schools is stupid. But I definitely can see it being banned for elementary school (not every book should be in every school library..... for instance: berserk). If they said it that way, I can see the parent's pov. As for the other levels, maybe middle school but def not high school. Also, this ban isn't that big of a deal of itself. Like, the internet still exists and there is still a public library. So, I think people are overreaching. Making it to be a much bigger problem then it is. Also, I remember back during when I was school, there was no manga or comics in my school libraries to begin with. The fact that there are and they are getting banned (therefore people are becoming aware of it) is really weird to me.
Assassination Classroom made me care more about learning, education, and appreciate good teachers, more than the American school system ever did. I was the edgiest I ever was in my life in American public school and Assassination Classroom completely mellowed me out.
Funny that I loved this anime/manga a lot due to the life lessons and such that it brought and even being of the reasons I wanted to become a teacher only for it to get attacked for well stupid reasons. Parents these days are so dumb it is insulting even to the point where they probably did not even look past the cover and looked at the teacher and prob said it was close enough to a real person.
My younger brother told me that the American education system is basically designed so that the masses are taught to be sheep that follow in line. American schools are just prisons but with extra steps.
as a Japanese i have to say that there is a place and time for everything and even for a manga fan myself i cant help but feel that schools in America is out of track when manga is available in libraries of a learning institution. there is a time and place for everything and school is not meant for that. if you have to rely on manga for positive social qualities then social decay must be a rampant problem in your society.
Well if past trends of books getting put on ban lists holds, Assassination classroom volumes and box sets are about to see a spike in sales. Also of all the manga to get banned, wild it’s the series centered around a teacher helping students seen as rejects embrace their strengths and appreciate their individual talents in order to surpass expectations
As someone who's been living in Florida, I'm not at all surprised. The politics in state is a clownshow in itself and then a school trying to ban...Assassination classroom out of all things? Bruh moment.
First time seeing news like this Joey? Where I live in the states, a lady was blaming Death Note for supposably pushing Satanism and it was on the local news. It was cringe.
There’s been a disturbing trend in some US schools targeting comics. I remember last year a Tennessee school district tried to ban MAUS by Art Spiegelman for ridiculous reasons like language and some non-pornographic nudity. Or a group of parents in Missouri which tried to have Blankets by Craig Thompson and Fun Home by Alison Bechdel banned from a public library. It’s said it’s because of nudity, but it’s comes off because it’s an objection to the depiction of a person’s disillusionment with fundamental Christianity in the former and a woman dealing with her duysfunctional family while also growing up as a lesbian in the latter. Yeah, needless to say US comics aren’t even safe from the concerned parents brigade.
This trend is not just limited to comics. There are so many book bans being considered right now. It's crazy. Just last night I saw a story where someone was trying to ban In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. There was an animation made of this children's book I played for my son. Now suddenly it's pornographic. There is a concerted effort to ban anything about black history or just the ugly parts of America history by saying they are indoctrinatibg our kids with Critical Race Theory. They want to ban anything LGBTQ+ by saying it's grooming or sexualizing children. It's all about control.
My school bought copies of maus for us to read, the teacher made it into a lesson about how most states are dumb to ban books for teaching authentic history (Ohio school btw, in the city, so not bad)
Florida is... a special place... where reality is whatever the loudest person says it is... and everyone agrees because their brains are humidity cooked on top of all the meth and/or coke damage.
That's why people need to view the content rather than just assuming by reading the synopsis. Like they say "Don't judge a book by its cover", it's probably the most fitting proverb describing this situation. Honestly sad.
These people aren’t even reading a synopsis, they’re just looking at the title and see guns and thinking somehow that will encourage potential shooters and not the complete lack of mental health care and overabundance of guns.
@@gateauxq4604 they think the manga was the reason for school shooting and violence but not the actual guns that the children taken along with them at school 💀
These “parents rights” activists never care about rights, just about gaining control for themselves. I’m glad more people are seeing just how ridiculous they are, but the fact that they exist and are getting away with enacting policies like these is scary.
From my understanding it's a astroturfing group with "parents" who conveniently don't seem have children currently going to public school. It's been reported that these astroturf groups in some cases put parents that don't live in Florida to go before these boards of education to wail that thier 1st ammendment rights were violated because children that are thier own may read books that talk about how unjust the world is. All you need to know about citizens defending freedom is that they want to defund the PBS of federal funding because they are too "woke" and liberal.
This is why I cannot trust anyone that have attended a riot/activist gatherings. Clearly they do not care about the thing they champion and are just looking a way to ruin someone's day.
Thank you for doing this video, Joey. I've been wanting to do something similar myself but I don't have any credentials at all. So I'm grateful that someone with your influence is bringing attention to it despite not being American. This is happening in New York and a few other states as well over the same series. What a way to showcase their ignorance of the source material (as you said) Edit: Finished the video. Didn't know about Staten Island. The New York school I was referencing was somewhere hours away. That's so unfortunate, lmao. I really hope Gen X rises to the occasion and attends some school board meetings in protest. Rise up, young weebs!
@@onepunchmanabat4107 les be real. if someone cant distinguish between their fanatasies & reality, the media available is irrelevant. unhinged is unhinged & at that point what u need isn't media control it's a mental health intervention. god forbid our leaders actually spend their time & efforts making mental health services more accessible or anything actually useful.
@@SHADOMEGA7569 when I was at high school watching anime was like a social death. I was "in the closet" as anime fan until I finished school. Then somehow it was accepted as "cool" years later.
Thank you for talking about the message of the manga. That class the alien is teaching is the worst class of the entire school. It has an entire system that incentivizes the "best" students to bully that class into submission. It is literally an anti-bullying story. Showing that everyone has the potential to be great. It has nothing to do with your status or what others think of you. It comes to how much you value and respect yourself. The story of the manga is literally a story to give support for the students most likely to be on depression during school. The irony is impressive.
Man this makes me want to rewatch Assassination Classroom, such a good series, also speaking of controlling parents remind me of Nagisa's psycho mother just like these Floridian Mothers lol
assassination classroom literally changed my life and helped me out during a massive depressive phase. i learned a lot of valuable life lessons from it as a kid and it had a big impact on me. makes me so sad to see such a fun manga like that getting banned. if any of the parents or the teachers read it for more than 2 minutes they would probably realise that it's harmless :(
this is the thing people never talk about (I mean, we, anime/manga lovers do, but others don't) anime and manga can help people through depressive states. can prevent you from doing bad things. I not once heard stories, both from friends' friends and other random people, (heck, even I have personal a story or two, related to this) that they went home from a school, from people, who harrassed them, and they just watched anime nonstop, and it was the thing, which literally helped them overcome through their dark times. not a damned teacher, who often does nothing, to protect the bullied children.
Based on video title alone I guessed this was going to be about Florida and BINGO! "America does X for stupid reasons" is basically an evergreen statement as it is. But Floriduh takes it to a whole other level that no state (not even Mississippi or Texas) can hope to touch.
A few years ago, the RAE (Real Academia Española de la Lengua, Royal Spanish Academy of Language, the maximum organism in charge of deciding what words are correct and not in Spanish) actually incorporated the word "manga" into the language as something like "Japanese pornographic comic". You can imagine the fury coming from not just fans but anyone of Spanish citizenship living in Japan and the Japanese authorities. They were forced to change the definition, OF COURSE, because the first one was churned out by some idiot who didn't know the world they lived in.
@@IR-Fan Yeah it's like when guys complain about Only fans girls on Instagram and Tik Tok and at the same time always watch and click on those videos so the algorithm promotes them even more lmao.
Florida parent must've didn't read this manga properly. The story is soo wholesome. The point of the story isn't even about killing Sensei, it's all about setting Koro Sensei as a target of inspiration to improve themselves to become a better student. If they can't comprehend this Work as a good material, that mean they itself didn't learn anything from their past mistake.
i couldnt agree more, my parents didnt let me play shooter games for a long time and it went so far that i wasnt allowed to play need for speed when i got my driver license, like cmon i can seperate fiction and reality, my parents watch crime and murder tv shows but im not allowed to watch some animes and read some mangas?
Lol. This reminds me of that news video where a mother was upset that her daughter's middle school had Ms. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid in the school library.
The things that bothers me is with cases like this, they claim it's the reason for violence is US schools. When killers write manifestos and leave traces of their plans behind, there's never any mention of anime, manga, video games, or television anywhere. And guess why
With the laws states are enforcing, they might take them down. I have already seen so many librarians say they have had to take out many books that are banned. Some teachers have also had to send in a list of the books from their classroom’s library for review 🙃
I remember when Philippines banned the title card just for the censorship board to please themselves. Not the parents, teachers, and guardians. This is like Death Note all over again.
My GF, who is Filipina, actually told me she was scared to watch death note because it features devils and the Philippines is heavily catholic. I thought it was funny but she was totally serious about it.
It reminds me of Mama Doctor Jones, I believe it was Florida too, the schoolbord wanted to ban her RUclips videos from class (think it was for sex Ed). They said that she's giving the wrong information and corrupting the students to go out and have sex. 😅 She has a video about it. It's pretty funny, and they probably never watched any videos. 😅
as a filipino american from california, this is truly an "only in florida" moment lol edit: this was hysterical. also, the abbreviation for assassination class room is called a*s class, thanks to someone from team 4 star.
as a mexican american from california, indeed this is an "only in florida" moment. but also its crazy that manga was even available at a library to begin with, i dont think either my middle school or high school carried manga, like ever.
I remember specifically in secondary school, I remember our homeroom teacher was pushing us to record(list) the books, magazine or any reading material of sort(aside from adverts or pamphlets) in our NILAM book(a library thing). They said even mangas count, so I listed like almost EVERY volumes of Doraemon manga innit
here in Brazil there was a whole rumour about a shit ton of school massacres going to happen in the 4/20, nothing actually happened, and my school was actually super chill and just did the best to calm us down and all. But i remember i bought a volume of this manga before the rumour started but it only arrived like a week ago. My mom heard about the whole thing and was scared as hell when she saw that i bought this manga lmao. She thought it would fr tell us how to kill people and school violence. But she did read it all before me and said i could read it and actually giggled a bit with some stuff. Fun.
Bro ngl they should ban all classical books like Edgar Allan Poe and the like if they're getting rid of Assassination Classroom, he alone is absolutely nutty. Not to even mention Spirit Bear as well, they had homie smashing heads into the sidewalk and my school made us read and do an assignment on it. 💀💀💀💀💀
That's crazy. I liked your point. I feel like that school is trying to discriminate Japanese culture. It's so unfair that the Japanese art medium or perhaps the ones we like better are getting banned.
It's crazy that, in my school assassination classroom is also a complete no-go. Even though we literally have the entirety of berserk in the same section
well... it's the Name that triggered helicopter Parents since BESERK well they see some guy with a sword and are not interested but ASSASINATION plus CLASSROOM
Amazing video Joey of parents in USA trying to banned a popular manga from a school library without looking up what’s the anime/manga about in the place,it’s ridiculous 😅too. Fantastic job
That 'realistic setting' comment reminds me of a comment I read somewhere that for anybody in Japan (or anywhere else in the world really), the idea of gun-toting kids trying to kill their teacher would be downright ridiculous and then there's America lol
When a street slasher tabbed and killed random people in Akihabara in 2008, the media reported that that guy was an otaku, full of anime videos and manga in his room. And this has caused a huge negative image on anime fans and otaku culture. There are absolutely nothing to do with anime or manga and those incidents. This is ridiculous.
This has only made the manga and anime. I didn't even knew about it's existence until this all went down and now I'm watching Assassination Classroom, and I'm from India, not even American.
I think it was in Texas, they introduced a law where parents could put forward books for review due to violent or sexual content (cause they also seem to be jumping on the book burning/anti LGBTQ bandwagon) and 3 parents from one district actually put forward The Bible, because of the depictions about it. Haven't heard the outcome yet, but those who implemented the law aren't happy about it cause it wasn't what they were intending
I think the most messed up part about this Florida and Wisconsin. They don’t really think about it. They just go after it. But you can still find a copy of goodnight Pun pun in many libraries and that one’s way more concerning for a kid to reed in their worst mental state time
When a fictional story for teens is considered to be too violent, but then they sell all kinds of guns to 18 year olds (and in some states even younger).🤡
I am also from Florida and I am just…. Not even surprised anymore. This is bringing me back to being a kid and my mom saw me watching anime for the first time- which was Inuyasha and she didn’t want me to watch anymore because of the “violence” the show had. It was kill the demon of the week and she saw that ONE bit. I had to watch Inuyasha in secret because I’m like???? There are way more violent things on tv… but yeah “ Inuyasha is going to corrupt my brain”
Agreed Assasination classroom is an incredible wholesome series, about misfit students learning who they are through this strange and amazing teacher. Ironically to the annoying parents, One of the biggest themes in Assasination classroom is that violence is not always the answer. In fact no violence is just better. Love the series and the characters, read the manga go watch the anime its a good ride.
To start with ya like of all things Assassination classroom is like the least problematic manga for this they probably read the title and did not like the idea. Heck my high school had parasite. I find it funny they parents will hate on these books for whatever there reasons are but things like Lord of the flies is a mandatory read in high-school and that book literally talks about the animalistic nature of humans
7:36 the thing I wish you woulda mentioned about this panel is the context for this panel was the kids acted in a way that would harm Nagisa and it was a threat to not fucking hurt your classmates.
Thank you for your video. Yeah, it's insane to think that with 'the internet' being what it is, parents are going after books... and I think that the label of 'anime' or 'manga' causes a detachment in thinking of these things as what they really are - books. Groups have been trying to ban books in schools for decades (centuries?), because nothing is more dangerous in society than words and drawings on paper. Ideas and creativity. BAN IT! Go back on the internet if you want something wholesome to do... and use the computer so I can pretend you're studying, and I'm a good parent.
What I don’t get is why parents aren’t okay with manga that have “violence” and “sexually explicit content” but there fine with schools teaching there kids about slavery, war and many other more dark and violent history stories
@@poggershoggersdoggers what isn't stated is that this ban applies to every level of school. From elementary to high school. I think their approach is dumb but I generally or you could argue that assassin classroom isn't for elementary schoolers (one reason: Hiromi Shiota). It is prob ok for middle schoolers but def for high schoolers. That being said, some manga should never be allowed in high schools as well. Ie: berserk. Def not below age 16.
well i dont mind them teaching history, cuz atleast those kids know how bad it was and history wont repeat itself. but one of the main problem is simply how legal guns are in america
I'm pretty sure if the Bible were to be drawn into a comic/manga, its graphics to describe all kinds of punishments would be more horrifying than any panels in Assassination Classroom.
Considering the fact that the show is the one show I watch when I need motivation to study or attend school…. This is definitely a “wtf”. That manga + show are perfect for classrooms wtf.
Thank you! I work for a library system in Minnesota in the U.S. It's frightening what is happening in this country censorship challenges are at an all-time high and it is not just manga/anime it is non-fiction books on history, and classic literature. Then we have parents and politicians who are bullying kids for being themselves by policing dress codes, what gender students want to identify as, refusing to teach anything but abstinence only. Meanwhile, gun violence is at an all-time high and we have the NRA refusing to give up the second amendment even though guns are the number one killer of children in the U.S. This is why people need to study history because if you don't you are doomed to repeat it. The same problems keep happening over and over again.
two different things not related at all. Take away the guns you get law abiding citizens with what? fisty cuffs to defend themsleves with a possible intruder with weapons? possibly even stolen or black market guns.
I honestly don’t care if they ban Assassination Classroom from Florida. I watched it already it, liked it’s premise and the end game. If they have a problem with AssClass, then let them read Wolf Guy.
This reminds me of when I was in school. I was the person everyone went to with manga concerns, and I was even approached by the school librarian, because she needed to read a manga due to a class she was taking. I gave her a few options, none of which were too extreme, but she legit turned to me and asked "Are any of these not weird?!" It's like people don't want to understand. They just want to control.
there's one more thing they forgor about: when you forbid anything for kids (literally anything) - they will do it with extra dedication. Your ban is like an advertisement that would hang over school entrance, with 6 feet tall letters, in Comic Sans, in red color😅
Yet, my elementary school pushed to have more books on things useful to people later in life. Of course that was 2001-2005, but we legit had a "How to make bombs and explosives book" that, when pointed out, was seen as informational, right after 9-11. Crazy on the double standards of people, but this video will get me to finally watch/read assassination classroom because I always saw it, but never knew what it was about. Thanks for the videos as always Joey and can't wait for more informational/news related videos such as this
Bro I discovered manga because of Ass Class through my library and I loved it so much, It taught me so many lessons that I still hold dear today, but of course people are gonna take it out of context. Folks really need to chill.
As a Floridan, even I can tell you this is dumb. And when I went to school, we didn't have manga in our school libraries nor did a very few select teachers like that some of us brought manga and anime. It was super weird. They got more lax when I got to high school but middle school, yeah they were very very restrictive with any of us bringing this stuff to school. Hell all you have to do is take out your CD walkman to rearrange your backpack and it's not on, the teacher confiscates it and holds it hostage for a whole ass year. When I say that manga was more interesting and engaging to read in middle and high school for me compared to the crap that was in the actual library, it kept me from being bored. And yes, I said CD walkman. I am that old. lmao.
Twilight, Divergent, Harry Potter, Eragon, etc all have dark, murderous and/or sexual undertones in them at one point or another. Are we just going to ban all of them too?
Actually, this reminds me more of the comic book controversy back in the 50s. A man named Frederick Wertham published a book called “Seduction of the Innocent”, claiming comic books were contributing to the delinquency and sexual perversion of minors. You should google this for more details, but it just goes to show that attacks on popular media outlets have been going on for a very long time.
And practically invincible anyway. They were given an almost literally impossible task. They may as well have been told to assassinate Superman for all the difference that would make.
idk if you ask me, they've got a worse book in all those libraries, way more violent and sexually explicit... the bible. they should take a look at that one first
I live in Florida, and I don’t understand these book bans. Most children have access to much worse content on the internet for free. Sure,maybe a third grader shouldn’t be reading Lolita, but shielding them from all dark subject matter as they grow up will do nothing but hurt them. In my area,there was a push to get the Diary of Ann Frank from schools because it “glorified ww2.” It was insane how people genuinely thought that.
“Blame the kid, not the manga” I agree lol. There are more intense mangas in Japan but almost no school shooting out there. てかフロリダの学校、図書室にマンガあるのいいなぁ。平成生まれだけど小中高図書室にマンガなかったよ。
Wow I can't believe Florida Karen squad is trying to ban a manga series that's definitely not online. That's s lie. I can DEFINITELY see a Florida Karen squad doing this
I don't know what's funnier, the fact that its Assassination Classroom that's being referenced, or the fact that its a Floridian school that is receiving the complaints...
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Assassination Classroom: Open Carry Boogaloo
Yeah cause my school in Florida, has berserk volumes.
It is a highschool though
If youve seen their new death penalty decisions and detainment of non-binary and trans children then it should be no surprise
@@fro5ty208 These censorious crybullies are so dumb. They literally just judge an entire book based on the title and retroactively come up with reasons why it should be banned. Same reason why Gender Queer is their No 1 target.
"While the characters are fictional, the setting is realistic"
What are you gonna tell me next?
That Harry Potter is realistic because it's set in a School?
That MHA is realistic because it takes place in School?
That Percy Jackson is realistic because it's set in New York, Los Angeles and other places in the USA?
Have my like XD
Bro of course! And that's why Isekais are extra realistic, because a person dies in japan due to a traffic accident, which happens a lot in real life! Think before saying dumb things with a sarcastic tone.
Funny, Harry Potter was banned in some schools because it "promoted witchcraft". Or at least the usual crowd tried to ban it.
EDIT: MHA *obviously* promotes vigilanstism! jk
attack on titan is real since it takes place in a city
EXACTLY ITS THE SAME LOGIC
Hey Joey! I'm a librarian born and raised in Florida. Thanks for covering this. Although we'd like to think Assassination Classroom won't get pulled from more shelves, FL culture-wars legislature has gotten so ridiculous they'd die on this hill if given the choice. I got out of Florida a couple years ago but it's sad to see how low that state has fallen in terms of censorship
Sorry to hear of your unfortunate circumstances. Being born in Florida is something I wouldn't wish on anybody.
Florida is not the problem. Censorship isn't happening unless you want to talk about how some books are being rewritten because some progressives don't like certain sections or the plethora of books banned by left win groups including Mark Twain and Dr. Seuss. These books actually have an educational value unlike the books they are removing from schools today.
Good thing you got out. Used to live in florida as a kid when the state used to be somewhat decent. Its a hell hole now. My sister was born there even she wont ever go back.
Ikr? It wasn’t like this when I went to school there. We had access to so much, but I didn’t read anything with my brain turned off, because I was taught how to decide for myself what I could handle in books. (Also you librarians were my favorite ppl and still are so ty for what you do).
Everything is a culture war. If one side says they love puppies, the other will start making a whole campaign against puppies.
As a teacher, I really love Assasination Classroom. I love that Koro-Sensei never gave up on these students even though society did just because they were not getting good grades. In a way, it's similar to Gokusen. Both of these teaches not just students but teachers and adults alike that they shouldn't give up on someone just because they are different, they should try to find a middle ground. Koro-Sensei is such a good teacher. He even got mad at them when they actually did something wrong like putting their classmates in danger, etc. He even teaches them life lessons and help them find themselves.
That's good and compared to these people doing the bans you're either more smarter than them or you have more sense than they do.
I really feel like parents should have to include a book report before they can go after them. Would save taxpayers a lot of money and time
Bold of you to assume these people can read.
The funny thing is I think that's a great idea both ways as it would allow people to more fully understand the content and, if it is banned, why that should be in place
@@Slendysis I feel like banning it would only just make people curious as to why and just read it. Since its so accessible through online lol.
@@EnhancedTrashBin Of course, but there's a difference between students reading something online on there own and a school offering it
@@Slendysis I said it before; their reason is shit but assassin classroom isn't as innocent as some people make it out to be. I think most people forgot about this but a certain mom (Hiromi Shiota) did some questionable things during the manga/anime (verbal abused her son, forced him to cross-dress because she wanted a daughter, etc...). That and the age limit of this (take it with a grain of salt) is 14 - 17 years old. I think the overall ban in all schools is stupid. But I definitely can see it being banned for elementary school (not every book should be in every school library..... for instance: berserk). If they said it that way, I can see the parent's pov. As for the other levels, maybe middle school but def not high school. Also, this ban isn't that big of a deal of itself. Like, the internet still exists and there is still a public library. So, I think people are overreaching. Making it to be a much bigger problem then it is. Also, I remember back during when I was school, there was no manga or comics in my school libraries to begin with. The fact that there are and they are getting banned (therefore people are becoming aware of it) is really weird to me.
Assassination Classroom made me care more about learning, education, and appreciate good teachers, more than the American school system ever did. I was the edgiest I ever was in my life in American public school and Assassination Classroom completely mellowed me out.
Good! Please support your local schools and help end this violence that makes us teachers fear going into work on the daily.
Funny that I loved this anime/manga a lot due to the life lessons and such that it brought and even being of the reasons I wanted to become a teacher only for it to get attacked for well stupid reasons. Parents these days are so dumb it is insulting even to the point where they probably did not even look past the cover and looked at the teacher and prob said it was close enough to a real person.
FOR Fucking REAL
My younger brother told me that the American education system is basically designed so that the masses are taught to be sheep that follow in line. American schools are just prisons but with extra steps.
as a Japanese i have to say that there is a place and time for everything and even for a manga fan myself i cant help but feel that schools in America is out of track when manga is available in libraries of a learning institution.
there is a time and place for everything and school is not meant for that. if you have to rely on manga for positive social qualities then social decay must be a rampant problem in your society.
Well if past trends of books getting put on ban lists holds, Assassination classroom volumes and box sets are about to see a spike in sales. Also of all the manga to get banned, wild it’s the series centered around a teacher helping students seen as rejects embrace their strengths and appreciate their individual talents in order to surpass expectations
I wanted to read it before but now I really want to. Thanks for saying that. It inspires me as a teacher myself.
Good old Streisand effect
As someone who's been living in Florida, I'm not at all surprised. The politics in state is a clownshow in itself and then a school trying to ban...Assassination classroom out of all things? Bruh moment.
First time seeing news like this Joey? Where I live in the states, a lady was blaming Death Note for supposably pushing Satanism and it was on the local news. It was cringe.
.... pls tell me that this happend YEARS ago O_o
@@darkdawn9926 dafuq
I like how Joey was like how stuff he's seem makes this look like a Dr Zeus book... they've been banning those also (or trying to)
There’s been a disturbing trend in some US schools targeting comics. I remember last year a Tennessee school district tried to ban MAUS by Art Spiegelman for ridiculous reasons like language and some non-pornographic nudity. Or a group of parents in Missouri which tried to have Blankets by Craig Thompson and Fun Home by Alison Bechdel banned from a public library. It’s said it’s because of nudity, but it’s comes off because it’s an objection to the depiction of a person’s disillusionment with fundamental Christianity in the former and a woman dealing with her duysfunctional family while also growing up as a lesbian in the latter. Yeah, needless to say US comics aren’t even safe from the concerned parents brigade.
and some school banned a kids book about two gay penguins from NY Zoo because... GAY AGENDA xD
This trend is not just limited to comics. There are so many book bans being considered right now. It's crazy. Just last night I saw a story where someone was trying to ban In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. There was an animation made of this children's book I played for my son. Now suddenly it's pornographic. There is a concerted effort to ban anything about black history or just the ugly parts of America history by saying they are indoctrinatibg our kids with Critical Race Theory. They want to ban anything LGBTQ+ by saying it's grooming or sexualizing children. It's all about control.
My school bought copies of maus for us to read, the teacher made it into a lesson about how most states are dumb to ban books for teaching authentic history (Ohio school btw, in the city, so not bad)
@@Zanji1234Reasonable. Blame the ones including homosexual books in libraries that kids are reading.
@@HentsSauce it's a story ... about PENGUINS. HOW should make you reading about PENGUINS you gay?
Joey: "...Because everybody in Florida recognizes how dumb of an argument that is."
Me, a lifelong Floridian: "How do we tell him, boys?"
Idk. It is tough. I used to be a Floridian so I feel this
Florida is... a special place... where reality is whatever the loudest person says it is... and everyone agrees because their brains are humidity cooked on top of all the meth and/or coke damage.
@@Jyiber And a strange weirdo priest asking folks "Do you believe in gravity?"
As someone who lives in Florida, I’m surrounded by boomers who do not understand manga.
As a non-Floridian American, I laughed at Joey's naieveness with that comment. 😢
These parents thinking all the school teachers are indestructable, have tentacles and can move at mach 20
That's why people need to view the content rather than just assuming by reading the synopsis. Like they say "Don't judge a book by its cover", it's probably the most fitting proverb describing this situation. Honestly sad.
These people aren’t even reading a synopsis, they’re just looking at the title and see guns and thinking somehow that will encourage potential shooters and not the complete lack of mental health care and overabundance of guns.
@@gateauxq4604 they think the manga was the reason for school shooting and violence but not the actual guns that the children taken along with them at school 💀
These “parents rights” activists never care about rights, just about gaining control for themselves. I’m glad more people are seeing just how ridiculous they are, but the fact that they exist and are getting away with enacting policies like these is scary.
From my understanding it's a astroturfing group with "parents" who conveniently don't seem have children currently going to public school. It's been reported that these astroturf groups in some cases put parents that don't live in Florida to go before these boards of education to wail that thier 1st ammendment rights were violated because children that are thier own may read books that talk about how unjust the world is. All you need to know about citizens defending freedom is that they want to defund the PBS of federal funding because they are too "woke" and liberal.
This is why I cannot trust anyone that have attended a riot/activist gatherings. Clearly they do not care about the thing they champion and are just looking a way to ruin someone's day.
Thank you for doing this video, Joey. I've been wanting to do something similar myself but I don't have any credentials at all. So I'm grateful that someone with your influence is bringing attention to it despite not being American. This is happening in New York and a few other states as well over the same series. What a way to showcase their ignorance of the source material (as you said)
Edit: Finished the video. Didn't know about Staten Island. The New York school I was referencing was somewhere hours away. That's so unfortunate, lmao. I really hope Gen X rises to the occasion and attends some school board meetings in protest. Rise up, young weebs!
this is not happening in New york fuck are you talking about it happen in Florida.
New York? I thought the banning happened in Florida…
@@SolCresta3405 It's being done in districts in other states as well, not just Florida 👍
@@SutekkaGhost I see…
Yes, let’s blame manga and other media for society’s problems. Well, that is a lot easier than actually addressing the root problems.
We would be very depressed if all manga and anime are banned. Some people do not know how to distinguish between reality and fictional entertainment.
@@onepunchmanabat4107 les be real. if someone cant distinguish between their fanatasies & reality, the media available is irrelevant. unhinged is unhinged & at that point what u need isn't media control it's a mental health intervention. god forbid our leaders actually spend their time & efforts making mental health services more accessible or anything actually useful.
my words exactly
Once they banned everything but the root cause I bet they would create something out of nothing to ban just to not address the root cause.
They already are trying to address the root problems though. By banning LGBT stuff for example.
I had the assassination classroom books at my school and it was one of the most popular manga series in the library
Almost turned this into an “encouraging school shooters joke” but it always feels too soon these days.
How come your teachers are still alive then 😆
When schools nowadays have manga in their library to begin with. Yeah, that didn't happen during my age.
Ikr, thats actually sick
Man my school days if the average student saw any form of anime their thought is instantly "you're looking at porn!?!?"
@@SHADOMEGA7569 when I was at high school watching anime was like a social death. I was "in the closet" as anime fan until I finished school. Then somehow it was accepted as "cool" years later.
Thinking about how Shakespeare's works are read in English class, violent stories sexual stories, and even suicide.
Thank you for talking about the message of the manga. That class the alien is teaching is the worst class of the entire school. It has an entire system that incentivizes the "best" students to bully that class into submission. It is literally an anti-bullying story. Showing that everyone has the potential to be great. It has nothing to do with your status or what others think of you. It comes to how much you value and respect yourself.
The story of the manga is literally a story to give support for the students most likely to be on depression during school. The irony is impressive.
The worst thing is that it is safer to be in a classroom with an octopus as a teacher who they have to kill than in a school of the US
omg hhhhhhhhhhh
Oh yeah especially now.
Oh no
@@Kostte-zp6he You're right on that and these people behind the bans really are out of their minds and can't think of a realistic solution either.
Man this makes me want to rewatch Assassination Classroom, such a good series, also speaking of controlling parents remind me of Nagisa's psycho mother just like these Floridian Mothers lol
assassination classroom literally changed my life and helped me out during a massive depressive phase. i learned a lot of valuable life lessons from it as a kid and it had a big impact on me. makes me so sad to see such a fun manga like that getting banned. if any of the parents or the teachers read it for more than 2 minutes they would probably realise that it's harmless :(
this is the thing people never talk about (I mean, we, anime/manga lovers do, but others don't)
anime and manga can help people through depressive states. can prevent you from doing bad things. I not once heard stories, both from friends' friends and other random people, (heck, even I have personal a story or two, related to this) that they went home from a school, from people, who harrassed them, and they just watched anime nonstop, and it was the thing, which literally helped them overcome through their dark times. not a damned teacher, who often does nothing, to protect the bullied children.
Me too!!
Based on video title alone I guessed this was going to be about Florida and BINGO!
"America does X for stupid reasons" is basically an evergreen statement as it is. But Floriduh takes it to a whole other level that no state (not even Mississippi or Texas) can hope to touch.
I hate my state Florida sucks I want to move..
A few years ago, the RAE (Real Academia Española de la Lengua, Royal Spanish Academy of Language, the maximum organism in charge of deciding what words are correct and not in Spanish) actually incorporated the word "manga" into the language as something like "Japanese pornographic comic". You can imagine the fury coming from not just fans but anyone of Spanish citizenship living in Japan and the Japanese authorities. They were forced to change the definition, OF COURSE, because the first one was churned out by some idiot who didn't know the world they lived in.
They changed it, now it just says japanese comic
Curious as to what were the RAE thinking when adding the word "pornographic". Do they just read and handpicked one manga with lots of sexualization?
@@IR-Fan Yeah it's like when guys complain about Only fans girls on Instagram and Tik Tok and at the same time always watch and click on those videos so the algorithm promotes them even more lmao.
Florida parent must've didn't read this manga properly. The story is soo wholesome. The point of the story isn't even about killing Sensei, it's all about setting Koro Sensei as a target of inspiration to improve themselves to become a better student. If they can't comprehend this Work as a good material, that mean they itself didn't learn anything from their past mistake.
Bruh how they literally wanna blame the problem on everything but the actual cause
i couldnt agree more, my parents didnt let me play shooter games for a long time and it went so far that i wasnt allowed to play need for speed when i got my driver license, like cmon i can seperate fiction and reality, my parents watch crime and murder tv shows but im not allowed to watch some animes and read some mangas?
Some people are just not good parents or good at parenting.
Once you said "FLORIDA" I already had context. That state is in a war with itself.
Lol. This reminds me of that news video where a mother was upset that her daughter's middle school had Ms. Kobayashi's Dragon Maid in the school library.
*Parents of america after banning a comic book
"We have done it. We have solved school shooting"
but is really guns fault though?
**3 weeks later**
The things that bothers me is with cases like this, they claim it's the reason for violence is US schools. When killers write manifestos and leave traces of their plans behind, there's never any mention of anime, manga, video games, or television anywhere. And guess why
I guess these parents need watch Great Teacher Onizuka anime
I didn’t even know most school libraries had manga in America. I do live in Oklahoma, and in my school I never found any manga once so ever.
Dude, they have manga at a school library!? I wish mine had that :(
With the laws states are enforcing, they might take them down. I have already seen so many librarians say they have had to take out many books that are banned. Some teachers have also had to send in a list of the books from their classroom’s library for review 🙃
I remember when Philippines banned the title card just for the censorship board to please themselves. Not the parents, teachers, and guardians. This is like Death Note all over again.
What was it exactly? How come I didn't know about this.
@@Kuroji07 PH change the title to Invisible Teacher. It was lame.
My GF, who is Filipina, actually told me she was scared to watch death note because it features devils and the Philippines is heavily catholic. I thought it was funny but she was totally serious about it.
Lmao diba tas pag mimilitary training tayo which is equally violent
It reminds me of Mama Doctor Jones, I believe it was Florida too, the schoolbord wanted to ban her RUclips videos from class (think it was for sex Ed). They said that she's giving the wrong information and corrupting the students to go out and have sex. 😅 She has a video about it. It's pretty funny, and they probably never watched any videos. 😅
as a filipino american from california, this is truly an "only in florida" moment lol
edit: this was hysterical. also, the abbreviation for assassination class room is called a*s class, thanks to someone from team 4 star.
Ass class 😭😭😭
As a European (German)
this is an only in America moment for me xd
"Ass class".... Damn I fell called out😂, I also call it ass class for shortform
We’re the same :D
Filipino-Americans apparently from California 🤝🤝
as a mexican american from california, indeed this is an "only in florida" moment. but also its crazy that manga was even available at a library to begin with, i dont think either my middle school or high school carried manga, like ever.
I remember specifically in secondary school, I remember our homeroom teacher was pushing us to record(list) the books, magazine or any reading material of sort(aside from adverts or pamphlets) in our NILAM book(a library thing). They said even mangas count, so I listed like almost EVERY volumes of Doraemon manga innit
Someone is trying to start a political bid. That’s how this happens.
here in Brazil there was a whole rumour about a shit ton of school massacres going to happen in the 4/20, nothing actually happened, and my school was actually super chill and just did the best to calm us down and all. But i remember i bought a volume of this manga before the rumour started but it only arrived like a week ago. My mom heard about the whole thing and was scared as hell when she saw that i bought this manga lmao. She thought it would fr tell us how to kill people and school violence. But she did read it all before me and said i could read it and actually giggled a bit with some stuff. Fun.
Bro ngl they should ban all classical books like Edgar Allan Poe and the like if they're getting rid of Assassination Classroom, he alone is absolutely nutty. Not to even mention Spirit Bear as well, they had homie smashing heads into the sidewalk and my school made us read and do an assignment on it. 💀💀💀💀💀
That's crazy. I liked your point. I feel like that school is trying to discriminate Japanese culture. It's so unfair that the Japanese art medium or perhaps the ones we like better are getting banned.
@@onepunchmanabat4107 Yeah, the double-standard is very strange. Its clearly xenophobia disguised as concern for kids' well-being.
I used to read O-Parts Hunter in High School in '08 and I was banned from reading it because they claimed it was "satanic"
It's crazy that, in my school assassination classroom is also a complete no-go. Even though we literally have the entirety of berserk in the same section
well... it's the Name that triggered helicopter Parents since BESERK well they see some guy with a sword and are not interested but ASSASINATION plus CLASSROOM
Now. That is fucked up. Wtf.
LOL
The irony is whack
Berserk is a seinen series it's attended for young adults and it's shows very explicit content like r*pe
Amazing video Joey of parents in USA trying to banned a popular manga from a school library without looking up what’s the anime/manga about in the place,it’s ridiculous 😅too. Fantastic job
That 'realistic setting' comment reminds me of a comment I read somewhere that for anybody in Japan (or anywhere else in the world really), the idea of gun-toting kids trying to kill their teacher would be downright ridiculous and then there's America lol
As a Floridian myself, this is just plain embarrassing. 😮💨
When a street slasher tabbed and killed random people in Akihabara in 2008, the media reported that that guy was an otaku, full of anime videos and manga in his room. And this has caused a huge negative image on anime fans and otaku culture.
There are absolutely nothing to do with anime or manga and those incidents. This is ridiculous.
This has only made the manga and anime. I didn't even knew about it's existence until this all went down and now I'm watching Assassination Classroom, and I'm from India, not even American.
I think it was in Texas, they introduced a law where parents could put forward books for review due to violent or sexual content (cause they also seem to be jumping on the book burning/anti LGBTQ bandwagon) and 3 parents from one district actually put forward The Bible, because of the depictions about it. Haven't heard the outcome yet, but those who implemented the law aren't happy about it cause it wasn't what they were intending
they are trying to ban a bunch of books over here from schools and it is always stupid
getting really sick of this crap happening all the time
I think the most messed up part about this Florida and Wisconsin. They don’t really think about it. They just go after it. But you can still find a copy of goodnight Pun pun in many libraries and that one’s way more concerning for a kid to reed in their worst mental state time
When a fictional story for teens is considered to be too violent, but then they sell all kinds of guns to 18 year olds (and in some states even younger).🤡
18 year old? Didn't you hear the granddaughter of South Dakota own a assault riffle at age 2?
@@irtwiaos “assault Rifle” is a term used for infantry units in an Army. Not generic rifles. That term is misused like crazy
you are an adult at 18 years. so, your argument is nonsense.
I am literally studying in a catholic school whose library allows Spy x Family manga.
This issue is just insane.
I am also from Florida and I am just…. Not even surprised anymore.
This is bringing me back to being a kid and my mom saw me watching anime for the first time- which was Inuyasha and she didn’t want me to watch anymore because of the “violence” the show had. It was kill the demon of the week and she saw that ONE bit. I had to watch Inuyasha in secret because I’m like???? There are way more violent things on tv… but yeah “ Inuyasha is going to corrupt my brain”
From the amount of memes about Florida people doing stupid things, i'm not surprised either.
I don't remember how long ago this was, but an American school tried to ban manga before and it was Death Note. Probably because of the same reason.
After watching the anime this manga should be in school because the Sensei is actually one of the best teachers in manga/anime.
Agreed Assasination classroom is an incredible wholesome series, about misfit students learning who they are through this strange and amazing teacher. Ironically to the annoying parents, One of the biggest themes in Assasination classroom is that violence is not always the answer. In fact no violence is just better. Love the series and the characters, read the manga go watch the anime its a good ride.
To start with ya like of all things Assassination classroom is like the least problematic manga for this they probably read the title and did not like the idea. Heck my high school had parasite. I find it funny they parents will hate on these books for whatever there reasons are but things like Lord of the flies is a mandatory read in high-school and that book literally talks about the animalistic nature of humans
So, they're complaining about kids getting books from the library? They're complaining that their kids are reading? FFS.
7:36 the thing I wish you woulda mentioned about this panel is the context for this panel was the kids acted in a way that would harm Nagisa and it was a threat to not fucking hurt your classmates.
Schools after seeing Assassination Classroom: HERESEY
Why did I read this as Hershey? HAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Thank you for your video. Yeah, it's insane to think that with 'the internet' being what it is, parents are going after books... and I think that the label of 'anime' or 'manga' causes a detachment in thinking of these things as what they really are - books. Groups have been trying to ban books in schools for decades (centuries?), because nothing is more dangerous in society than words and drawings on paper. Ideas and creativity. BAN IT! Go back on the internet if you want something wholesome to do... and use the computer so I can pretend you're studying, and I'm a good parent.
What I don’t get is why parents aren’t okay with manga that have “violence” and “sexually explicit content” but there fine with schools teaching there kids about slavery, war and many other more dark and violent history stories
Fr let them learn that sht when they're in highschool or smth. Let the kids eat dirt, play and do kid things.
These same people aren't find with those things, either. Or, at least, they aren't fine with actual history being taught.
@@poggershoggersdoggers what isn't stated is that this ban applies to every level of school. From elementary to high school. I think their approach is dumb but I generally or you could argue that assassin classroom isn't for elementary schoolers (one reason: Hiromi Shiota). It is prob ok for middle schoolers but def for high schoolers. That being said, some manga should never be allowed in high schools as well. Ie: berserk. Def not below age 16.
And allowing ppl to shoot up the place
well i dont mind them teaching history, cuz atleast those kids know how bad it was and history wont repeat itself. but one of the main problem is simply how legal guns are in america
Been in one that tried that to the point they wanted to take our books that we own away from us. They got some nasty calls from parents.
Parents be dumb sometimes
Florida has banned the Heartstopper books which is also ridiculous, there is nothing inappropriate about them either.
I'm pretty sure if the Bible were to be drawn into a comic/manga, its graphics to describe all kinds of punishments would be more horrifying than any panels in Assassination Classroom.
Hello, Floridan born and raised here 👋🏻
Florida is broken, so many things have made me lose hope here
Considering the fact that the show is the one show I watch when I need motivation to study or attend school…. This is definitely a “wtf”. That manga + show are perfect for classrooms wtf.
Thank you! I work for a library system in Minnesota in the U.S. It's frightening what is happening in this country censorship challenges are at an all-time high and it is not just manga/anime it is non-fiction books on history, and classic literature. Then we have parents and politicians who are bullying kids for being themselves by policing dress codes, what gender students want to identify as, refusing to teach anything but abstinence only. Meanwhile, gun violence is at an all-time high and we have the NRA refusing to give up the second amendment even though guns are the number one killer of children in the U.S.
This is why people need to study history because if you don't you are doomed to repeat it. The same problems keep happening over and over again.
two different things not related at all. Take away the guns you get law abiding citizens with what? fisty cuffs to defend themsleves with a possible intruder with weapons? possibly even stolen or black market guns.
I honestly don’t care if they ban Assassination Classroom from Florida. I watched it already it, liked it’s premise and the end game. If they have a problem with AssClass, then let them read Wolf Guy.
This reminds me of when I was in school. I was the person everyone went to with manga concerns, and I was even approached by the school librarian, because she needed to read a manga due to a class she was taking. I gave her a few options, none of which were too extreme, but she legit turned to me and asked "Are any of these not weird?!" It's like people don't want to understand. They just want to control.
there's one more thing they forgor about: when you forbid anything for kids (literally anything) - they will do it with extra dedication. Your ban is like an advertisement that would hang over school entrance, with 6 feet tall letters, in Comic Sans, in red color😅
I remember when they did for American comics growing up. glad my parents weren't that stern when it came to comics or literature
Yet, my elementary school pushed to have more books on things useful to people later in life. Of course that was 2001-2005, but we legit had a "How to make bombs and explosives book" that, when pointed out, was seen as informational, right after 9-11. Crazy on the double standards of people, but this video will get me to finally watch/read assassination classroom because I always saw it, but never knew what it was about. Thanks for the videos as always Joey and can't wait for more informational/news related videos such as this
Bro I discovered manga because of Ass Class through my library and I loved it so much, It taught me so many lessons that I still hold dear today, but of course people are gonna take it out of context. Folks really need to chill.
I'm more surprised by the fact that there is Assassination Classroom in a school library in Florida tbh
they prob should start with guns
As a Floridan, even I can tell you this is dumb. And when I went to school, we didn't have manga in our school libraries nor did a very few select teachers like that some of us brought manga and anime. It was super weird. They got more lax when I got to high school but middle school, yeah they were very very restrictive with any of us bringing this stuff to school. Hell all you have to do is take out your CD walkman to rearrange your backpack and it's not on, the teacher confiscates it and holds it hostage for a whole ass year. When I say that manga was more interesting and engaging to read in middle and high school for me compared to the crap that was in the actual library, it kept me from being bored. And yes, I said CD walkman. I am that old. lmao.
Twilight, Divergent, Harry Potter, Eragon, etc all have dark, murderous and/or sexual undertones in them at one point or another. Are we just going to ban all of them too?
All of these books were banned In schools at one point.
in my school at least
Actually, this reminds me more of the comic book controversy back in the 50s. A man named Frederick Wertham published a book called “Seduction of the Innocent”, claiming comic books were contributing to the delinquency and sexual perversion of minors. You should google this for more details, but it just goes to show that attacks on popular media outlets have been going on for a very long time.
You can tell the people haven't read it cause you can obviously tell the teacher they are trying to assassinate is a God damn alien
And practically invincible anyway. They were given an almost literally impossible task. They may as well have been told to assassinate Superman for all the difference that would make.
With nerf gear at that
Nice explosions in the sky vinyl! They are one of my all time favs
idk if you ask me, they've got a worse book in all those libraries, way more violent and sexually explicit... the bible. they should take a look at that one first
Just goes to show that people don't read books and cherrypick based on bias.
YP WTF THIS IS MY COUNTY I AM CLOSE TO THAT SCHOOL BRO PLS DONT HAPPEN TO ME.
this shit actually made me watch assassination classroom and it was so hecking good XD. one of the best anime i ever watched
"Let's not solve the main problem, instead put the blame on something else because why not"
When will this shit end ?
Wait till they learn best boy wears a dress.
Im more surprised that theres manga in school libraries??? In my school in Malaysia, theres never a single manga in sight
I live in Florida, and I don’t understand these book bans. Most children have access to much worse content on the internet for free. Sure,maybe a third grader shouldn’t be reading Lolita, but shielding them from all dark subject matter as they grow up will do nothing but hurt them. In my area,there was a push to get the Diary of Ann Frank from schools because it “glorified ww2.” It was insane how people genuinely thought that.
tried to do in Indiana too growing up
bad parenting is leading to children having access to terrible thing in the internet.
I think some Florida schools ended up banning it. Also some schools in Wisconsin and North Carolina
“Blame the kid, not the manga” I agree lol.
There are more intense mangas in Japan but almost no school shooting out there. てかフロリダの学校、図書室にマンガあるのいいなぁ。平成生まれだけど小中高図書室にマンガなかったよ。
they sure hate people enjoying stuff.
Wow I can't believe Florida Karen squad is trying to ban a manga series that's definitely not online.
That's s lie. I can DEFINITELY see a Florida Karen squad doing this
Florida Karen squad is an accurate description of not only Floridian parents but their government as well
These Karen squads are in every state, attending school board meetings and trying to ban all kind of books. It sucks.
Pov: you see this news and somehow you want o rewatch and reread assassination classroom.
I swear we really are regressing as a society on a lot of these issues.
As the propellerheads once sang: “feels like a little bit of history repeating”
We’re doomed. I’m without hope.