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Death Note news from China.

by Jason

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Cover of the popular manga Death Note.

A popular student game is to write parents’ and teachers’ names on the notebooks that imitate “Death Note,”…

Apparently Death Note is pretty popular in China. A little too popular according to a news report in Daily Yomiuri Online. The Chinese government is confiscating the “harmful” manga as well as other Japanese and American horror stories.

One bit in particular caught my eye.

A popular student game is to write parents’ and teachers’ names on the notebooks that imitate “Death Note,” and educators consider this a problem.

Now that’s pretty creepy.

If I were a teacher and heard about this manga, and then saw my name in a notebook, I’d be kinda freaked by it. I don’t blame the teachers for thinking of it as a problem. If it’s causing a disturbance in classes, or distracting the students, then it is a problem for the schools.

Sounds like horror stories are what’s popular right now. If that gets nipped in the bud, it’ll be something else.

I am curious what other horror stories are getting the same treatment.

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Posted in Anime, Manga, News on June 6th, 2007

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5 Responses to “Death Note news from China.”

  1. Kelley Says:
    June 6th, 2007 at 12:54 pm

    That is somewhat disturbing. It isn’t exactly original for kids to make lists of people they don’t like, but it’s scary to think that it might become socially acceptable to them.

  2. 2xKnight Says:
    June 7th, 2007 at 11:28 am

    Yeah, it’s just kids imitating something cool.

    I don’t think it’s a big deal, it’s just creepy. If the kid has problems and is likely to snap there will be other indications of it.

    I just hope this isn’t blown out of proportion the way a lot of stuff in video games has been.

  3. rechelle Says:
    June 29th, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    i’ve read the synopsis of death note at wikipedia, and i think its really cool..well it may not be recommended for kids but for mature teens it’s pretty interesting. i have a friend who got really hooked by Death Note. i still have to go find a dvd copy to watch it myself. i love the mystery and challenge it presents.

  4. 2xKnight Says:
    July 6th, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    I believe the anime is coming out in North America in November ‘07. I’m not 100% sure though.

    I read the first one. It’s well done. I’ll probably be picking up the others.

  5. Anime Fans Online » Blog Archive » Hell Girl Anime Review Says:
    October 9th, 2007 at 12:00 am

    [...] if Death Note is the only horror anime some of them have seen. I do agree that, even with all the trouble it’s caused, we have Death Note’s popularity to thank for the new wave of horror anime. If Hell Girl is [...]

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