Misshitsu

Misshitsu

The cover of the controversial manga.
蜜室
Manga
Written by Yūji Suwa (Beauty Hair)
Published by Shōbunkan
Published April 2002

Misshitsu (蜜室, Honey Room) is an explicit hentai manga by Yūji Suwa (諏訪優二) under the pen name of Beauty Hair (ビューティ・ヘア). It was published in Japan in April 2002 (in 20,000 copies across 1,900 retailers) by the Shobunkan publishing group.

Controversy

A major obscenity trial in the Tokyo District Court was held, the first such trial for more than 20 years. The results of the trial was the conviction of artist Yūji Suwa in January 2004 (on the charges of violating article 175 of the "National Penal Code", the Penal Code of Japan, which forbids creating and distributing "indecent" materials). Suwa was fined, and to avoid a jail sentence, pleaded guilty. More materially, all adult manga by Suwa was removed from the marketplace. The publisher Monotori Kishi was also convicted, but his one year in jail was suspended by the judge.

The case was appealed to the High Court on arguments that the manga was not as indecent and explicit as much material on the Internet, and that article 175 violated the Japanese Constitution's protection of freedom of expression. The High Court upheld the ruling, and tripled the fine on Suwa to 1.5 million yen from the original 500,000 yen.

After the conviction, a number of bookstores and chains removed their adults-only section; their motivation has been attributed to the outcome, in a "chilling effect".[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.paulgravett.com/articles/article/manga

References


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