He Communist Party of Japan has supposedly created a “secret” form to spread among its members in order to inform about young adult manga to the United Nations Organization. One user reported finding the form as a QR code in the Shimbun Akahata, the daily newspaper of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP). The form asks questions such as whether convenience stores sell adult magazines, and among these it mentions seinen demographic manga magazines for young adult men, such as Young Animal (where “Berserk” is published).
The form included the following introduction:
- «A previous three-day survey (517 stores) conducted in late December showed that adult magazines in convenience stores, which were assumed to have been eliminated through our campaign and surveys, are back in many places. This time we will conduct a nationwide survey. We will investigate whether adult magazines that treat women as sexual objects are being placed in convenience stores, which are used by everyone regardless of their gender or age, and take the results to the convenience store’s head office to make a request. The results will be included in a report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)».
This attempt to vilify adult anime and manga appears to partially contradict the party’s statements in 2021, where the Japanese Communist Party affirmed its supposed commitment to “free expression” but expressed reservations about how women are portrayed in works. creative. In attempting to provoke the United Nations to comment on Japan’s free speech policy, it evokes VICE’s attack on Japanese media that equated fanservice in manga and anime with child abuse.
After Japanese social media users discovered the JCP’s “secret” survey, some pointed out the irony of a historically repressed political party wanting to use its authority to restrict free speech. And of course, there was no shortage of comments:
- «Well, as many have predicted, the suppression of the expression will easily surpass the limits of “erotic magazines” and expand their reach. It is extremely ironic that the person carrying out this “secret report” is a descendant of a political party that was once persecuted by powerful institutions before and during the war.».
- «In the past, authorities often mocked and imprisoned groups arbitrarily determined to be anti-government, including the Communist Party. The fact that the Communist Party does not even try to hide that it will report the matter to the United Nations (using it as a reason for regulation) seems that the cause and effect run too deep. Well, for starters, this kind of “oppression” is a promise of communism.».
- «Western Christian conservatives would like it, as they consider the manga degenerate enough to side with the communists, which makes me dislike both and especially dislike the communists.».
- «The Japanese Communist Party embarrasses itself all the time with tricks like this: they are more or less a meme party that hasn’t been relevant since the 70s».
- «The last thing I heard is that the Japanese Communist Party is seen as a joke in Japan, I don’t think most people take it seriously, especially in this case».
- «So how does this increase his popularity among the Japanese voting population?».
- «They sure love ruining everything for a party made up of artists and poets».
- «Communism and censorship always go hand in hand».
- «Somehow I feel like tens of thousands of people on this app have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that globalist organizations and communist parties are in bed together».
- «Suddenly I remember Disco Elysium».
- «The last time a league of nations tried to tell Japan what to do, it didn’t go very well.».
- «American Communists Are Doing Pretty Much The Same Thing Right Now In Video Games».
- «Because? So the operational officers have a list to help them survive among their own slave children? Maybe something small to play out with his unwilling captives?».
Fountain: Togetter
