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Old 2012-11-30, 10:10   Link #34
Gohan78
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Originally Posted by creb View Post
I thought they made it pretty clear that art doesn't really exist anymore, via exposition from the prisoner they visited, so it's not surprising at all. Which, combined with this arc, was probably a rather unsubtle commentary on the controlled society we're being shown in this anime.
It's not so much that all art has been banned, otherwise there wouldn't be an art class in that school (and we've seen Masaoka painting in a previous episode). I think that art is subjected to strong censorship and all pieces that are deemed dangerous for the psychological health of the public are banned.
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