Apparently when you’re searching for Dragon Balls, letting it all hang out can get you into trouble.
Delmarva Now has posted a story about a library in Salisbury which seems to have had a problem with Dragon Ball, Vol. 1, after a fourth grader recently checked the book out of a school library. They passed out photocopies of the T+-rated book, with scenes apparently depicting:
In one, the protagonist, a young boy, pats the covered crotch area of a sleeping teenage girl before removing her panties. The same boy later appears naked in the bathtub and is naked when he performs flying jump kicks.
In another scene, a Peeping Tom watches a naked teenage girl as she takes a shower. Furthermore, the novel shows a teenage girl flashing a bearded man; and another man asking a girl about her bra size.
School Superintendent John Frederickson said that his initial reaction is to “say it’s coming off the shelves as soon as I can get a phone call back to the office.” Could this revive the manga-fueled debate surrounding Christopher Handley? What do you think?
October 8th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
As soon as I read the headline I knew what this was about. Even teachers recognize the discrepancy between what kids joke about on the playground and what they’re allowed to read. Still, I would have thought the T+ rating would’ve raised a red flag before the book was even ordered. Sometimes things slip through.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Library shelves T+ book. Library allows 10-year-old to check it out. Library gets in trouble.
Not sure who’s surprised here.
Sadly, librarians should know by now that any visual material included in a school library needs to be all-ages-safe. That’s the American Way. If it says it’s for teens, forget it. Think Sunday Newspaper Comics safe. That’s the only way to be sure you won’t get in trouble. Safer than a G rating.
October 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am
My first thought: Bulma’s panties. Or lack thereof.
October 9th, 2009 at 9:15 am
These kids should be reading wholesome American comics, like DC’s pornographically violent rape comics!
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