A while back, there was a news article in Orange County Florida about a parents discovering "adult-themed" manga their daughter checked out. The manga was called "Peach Girl" and it had material about drugging and raping girls. Here is the original article for you all to read. If that link doesn't work anymore, here is the original article reprinted here:

Adult-Themed Comics At Library Shock Parents

Parents of a girl in Orange County, Fla., were shocked to discover that a comic book featuring adult-themed topics, like swinging and drugged and raped girls, was checked out by the 11-year-old at a library, according to a Local 6 News report. The controversial Japanese comic book is part of a series that can be found in the young adult collection at the Orange County Library's Southeast Branch.

Local 6 News reported that the comic titled "Peach Girl" is about a young girl drugged by her friends and then set up to be raped. As I was going through it, I said, 'Oh my God, do parents know what their kids are reading?'" mother Raynelle White said. One of the comics found by Problem Solver Nancy Alvarez featured parents who swap spouses. "That's swinging and this is a girl no older than my daughter," parent Travis White said.

"Sex, drugs and violence are the themes in this series published by TokyoPop," Alvarez said. White believes no one looked past the cover of the comic and it is time that things changed at the library. "I don't want to see it; I don't want her seeing it," Travis White said. "The whole time, I'm like, 'I can't believe we're seeing these things.'"

A spokeswoman for Orange County Libraries would not speak on camera but admitted there is not a screening process in place for books bound for the children's or young adult sections, Alvarez said. The same comics are also available at the main branch in downtown Orlando. A spokeswoman said it would be impossible to review all of the books the library receives at its locations. However, if it receives complaints, it will do its own review. Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

Awesome, so I went out looking for that volume and it turns out my library had it, LOL. Here is part of what I found (the rest is in the database):

 

 

 

     

In other news, my photobucket account registered over 108,000 direct links to my scans. Okay, it hasn't been 30 days yet but lets say it was. That means there is an average of 3,600 clicks per day, 150 per hour, and 5 clicks every two minutes.