CATDOLL: "Dangerous City" became popular because it satirized Japan's purification animation for hosting the Olympics

Readers who have watched "Library Wars" certainly don't want to live in the world where everything is strictly censored, right? However, as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics approaches, Japanese anime fans are increasingly feeling that they are living under censorship, and the manga "Harmful City" that cuts into the Olympics from this perspective has become a hit. Will the war to defend book freedom really take place in Tokyo?

The source of the disease of "harmful cities" is not only viruses, but also incomplete books!

The name "Dangerous City" was also a response to Japan's classification of adult magazines as "harmful books"

In 2013, after Tokyo successfully won the right to host the 2020 Olympics, the censorship of the Japanese animation industry immediately increased, including mosaics or seaweed thickening several times in doujinshi and comics, and even the " Unsound Books Ordinance " bill! The male protagonist who appeared in "Dangerous City" is a cartoonist who faces such strict censorship...

The story begins with a conversation between the protagonist and the editor

The protagonist of the manga, Hibino Mikio, begins a new series on the theme of viral infection. Unfortunately, the plot contains many scenes of serious illness and corpses, so the editor is very worried...

The editor suggests covering the eyes with extra-thick seaweed. Will readers accept this?

The reason why the editors are so scared is that many books have been rated as unhealthy books and must be recycled and destroyed, so that the result of "purifying Tokyo" can be achieved before the Olympics!

Once it is deemed unhealthy by "experts", there will be no chance of recovery!

Although the description of purification in the play is based on the actual policy, it is of course exaggerated for the sake of the plot's appeal! For example, the censorship power of the "experts" in the play is not limited to books, even the peeing children in the park are considered unhealthy and destroyed!

Censorship has expanded to every corner of life, constantly triggering protests...

So, while the protagonist is fighting for his comics and defending his creative freedom, 2020 is getting closer... The author Tetsuya Tsutsui uses this special narrative method to protest against the Japanese government's obstruction of creative freedom. It not only attracted attention to creative censorship in Japan and abroad, but also made the discussion of "Dangerous City", which is currently serialized to the 7th episode, continue to rise!

What should have been a happy Olympics turned into a "horrible purification"?

Although everyone wants to let the world see the excellent side of their country, is it a good thing to let some "experts" determine what is an unhealthy custom and restrict creative freedom? I hope Japan will not really go down this path... Currently, the entire "Dangerous City" is publicly serialized on the Internet. Maybe after reading it, you will also want to stand up and defend creative freedom?