Shogakukan Manga Editor Implicated in Potential Cover-Up of Author’s Sexual Abuse of Minor

There has been a case in which a manga editorial department continued to publish and tolerate the work of a creator who had committed sexual crimes against minors over a period of six years. In response, manga artists have begun issuing statements of protest and withdrawing their own works.

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