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Originally Posted by Reticent
A group of 37 members of local assemblies protested to the publisher earlier this month, arguing that the Rape of Nanjing had never taken place and that the depiction of the scene in the comic distorted history.
The publisher plans to change or delete some parts of the comic when it publishes the series in book form, the spokesman said, without elaborating.
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Has anyone seen the actual comic?
Scary, to be censored (withdrawn) seemingly for depicting something the way it really was, at least that's what the article makes it sound like. The goofballs who believe what they are taught in japanese history class... like the thing about the germans bombing pearl harbor to draw japan (unwilling) into the war.
As for protecting one's image, it's more seen as protecting the 'honor of one's ancestors', but who could live a lie for that, it's just plain goofy.
And with the internet making it wasy to interact w/ people outside your own country, they're probably starting to wake up to the real truth, how do you think the author of the manga got the real history in the first place (again if the article is correct -- someone take a look at the actual manga itself).