Reporting from WMBF News, The popular Japanese manga “Assassination Classroom” (Japanese Name: Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) is under review by Horry County Schools in South Carolina. One parent complained that this manga should not be available in Horry County Schools’ Libraries as this manga contains Violence inside the classrooms, Guns, and other factors including the attempt to kill teachers.
A parent named Jennifer Hannigan said that her daughter is in ninth grade at Socastee High School and she recently checked out a book from the school’s library, called “Assassination Classroom”. This manga series is a science-fiction comedy in which students try to kill a teacher who has supernatural powers.
This premise of this manga shocked Hannigan and she said, “Even if I didn’t have children, I would not want a child to read this book. I mean there’s girls in lingerie hopping on top of men in the book.“
Hannigan also claimed that this book has also contained panels where pictures of violence, Guns, and other content are made which are inappropriate for the students, especially of her daughter’s age.
She also said, “In the book, they’ll have several chapters that are telling you…a killing is in the title, of some nature, There’s also several pages where there’s handguns, rifles, knives, and potions, and it talks about killing in the pages.“
After this complaint, one thing was confirmed that This manga is temporarily removed from the Horry County Schools and this whole series is being reviewed. The reviewing process will take 30 Days according to WMBF News.
Hannigan also said that this book is very mature for the audience within the school libraries. She questioned too that how this book even got into her daughter’s school in the first place. She said, “It’s just the whole thing, They’re talking about the operative on how they’re going to kill this teacher, and different ways to kill the teacher.“
Horry Country Schools stated that because of the ongoing review process, they cannot comment on this matter until the decision is made. Until then, Hannigan is also advising other parents to check with students and make sure what they are reading at school with their values.
In the end, she said, “We allow our children into an adult world too soon, We’re giving them too much adult material than their brains can handle, and I think that’s a problem.“
Source: WMBF News
