Reporting from NHK, A case was registered on a 30-year-old women living in Kagawa Prefecture. She was referred to the prosecutor’s office on suspicion of defamation for posting slanderous comments on social media about the author of the popular manga “Ousama Ranking” (English Name: Ranking Of Kings) two years ago.
It is suspected that the slanderous comment made on X (Formerly Twitter) damaged the reputation of the original author of this series, Sosuke Toka.
According to the authorities, Last Year this 30-Year-Old Woman posted a slanderous comment on the mangaka: “Why do I feel uncomfortable after reading it? It’s because the author is a pedophile and a right-wing netizen.“
Ultimately, during the time of questioning, she admitted to the charges and stated, “I thought the content was imitating another manga I like, so I tried to vent my anger at the author.“
In April 2023, Author Toka, residing in Chiba Prefecture, sought legal advice after a defamatory post about him went viral, leading to a police investigation. Bookmark our website for more updates!
About Ranking Of Kings
Ranking Of Kings (Japanese Name: Ousama Ranking) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sosuke Toka. He left his corporate office worker job on the age of 41 and started devoting himself in the world of manga. This manga was serialized online in May 2017 on Echoes’ user-submitted website “Manga Hack”. This manga has a total of 18 volumes which is collected by Enterbrain.
This manga also received an Anime Adaptation by “Wit Studio” which was released on October 2021. This anime also received a Spin-off Series, “Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage“. This anime is also getting a movie.
The series is published in English digitally by BookLive on by BookWalker and it describes its plot as:
“Prince Bojji is the eldest son of a king. But while both his parents are giants, he himself is a pipsqueak too feeble to so much as swing a dagger. To make matters worse, the whole kingdom gossips that the deaf, non-speaking Bojji is unfit to inherit the throne. The prince’s days seem empty. But when a chance meeting unites Bojji with Kage, a new friend who truly understands him, his life begins to shine.
The first collected volume, packed with all-new material!“
Source: NHK
