Tags:battle club, hissy fit, library, manga, tokyopop
Oh noes!!! A father is shocked, shocked, that his son checked out dirty manga from the library (the titles aren’t mentioned, but from the picture of the book’s rear cover I can deduce it was Battle Club).
Seriously dude, your son is 12. Of course he wants to read porn. And sometimes you just can’t do anything about it. Probably the librarian just scanned the back when he checked it out and didn’t look at the cover, probably the kid hid it in a backpack so his parents wouldn’t see it, etc. etc. Shit like that happens; hell, what 12-year-old boy hasn’t surreptitiously read his dad’s tittie mags? I bet Mr. Rezabek did himself.
I don’t know anything about Battle Club, but maybe there is rape and bondage in it- which I wouldn’t want a kid to get the wrong idea about, but chalk it up to a lesson learned. Talk to him about it. Explain why rape and abuse is wrong (though I’d hope he already knows this). Keep a tighter rein on what he’s checking out for a while.
Or, I don’t know, you could threaten to get a lawyer. Though I don’t know what lawyer would be stupid enough to go up against the 1st Amendment and the library system. >sigh<
So has anyone actually read Battle Club? How bad is it, anyway?
I’m back! Probably no one noticed I was gone (I was busy moving to another city…and next time, I am hiring professional movers, no matter how much it costs!) but I have a slew of reviews to type up and get posted. Until then, you guys will have to be content with this heartwarming story about librarians purchasing manga to attract young readers!
