Seijuro went out into the school corridor. He stretched his neck and slung his bag over his shoulder. Classes were over, and the captain of the school basketball team was heading to club activities with measured steps. In the corridor, he noticed Aya Watanabe; the girl transferred only this year from a weaker school and at first lagged far behind in her studies, but in the last exams she beat Akasha, who is among the best students. Of course, a young representative of the noble Seijuro family must become the best in everything in order to be worthy of his surname...

The after-school manga club at Magnolia Middle School in Delaware was a popular club bringing in 20 to 80 students who would read manga, talk about it, and check out anime. In order to get in the club, kids had to have written parental permission. However, the principal then banned all teen-rated manga from the school, and since the club was reading teen-rated manga, the club was forced to close. Jennifer Antonik, a mom with two kids in the club, got a note from the club teacher one day sadly announcing, “Administration has decided that any manga or content (anime that I show during the club) that is over an ‘E’ or ‘Y’ rating cannot be in my room or shown/provided to students...