its incredible how different the West is to Japan
the lack of judeo-christian moral nannyism hardly means a dangerous society but a peaceful one
just look at all the accusations on X and calling Japan weird and worse
the lack of judeo-christian moral nannyism hardly means a dangerous society but a peaceful one
just look at all the accusations on X and calling Japan weird and worse
They are absolutely more relaxed with the type and amount of content getting published, and have been for a very long time. The likes of Miguel Angel Martin in Japan would be considered average, whereas in the west they shock the mainstream.
The anglosphere is still somewhat conditioned by the idea that comics are for kids; at the other end of the spectrum, the francosphere expects every comic to be an auteur-level masterpiece. East-Asians just see it as a product to sell: as long as they are correctly labelled, so that strong material ks not missold to kids, everything is fine.