Honestly, I kinda see something kinda similar happening in real life. Of course, instead of Ellen getting fired, it's gonna be New Horizon getting thrown out of most of the classrooms in Japan because of how much this has probably ruined its reputation.
Honestly, I kinda see something kinda similar happening in real life. Of course, instead of Ellen getting fired, it's gonna be New Horizon getting thrown out of most of the classrooms in Japan because of how much this has probably ruined its reputation.
I dunno how things are with this stuff in Japan, but if it's anything like I think it is, and most people are just like the ones I was around for the month I was in Japan, I'd hardly think this would affect them that much at all. Japan seems to be pretty chill about this stuff; the first sign I saw walking out of Sapporo Station was a sign that literally just said "porn." I feel like this shouldn't garner that much negative attention over there. But I could be wrong.
Seems right for the heart-breaking, especially if you consider something like this has probably happened several times in real life.
AntagonistChan said:
Honestly, I kinda see something kinda similar happening in real life. Of course, instead of Ellen getting fired, it's gonna be New Horizon getting thrown out of most of the classrooms in Japan because of how much this has probably ruined its reputation.
The very epitome of "This is why we can't have nice things"
I find it a bit overblown of proportion. If we check 「エレン・ベーカー」 at pixiv for example, only 88 from 650 artworks have the R-18 tag. That's only 13.5% of her total artwork labeled for adults only.
Pixiv is actually encouraging people not to tag New Horizon on the work that are above R-18, but I suspect this is not enough to block the bursting flow of fan art. I would like to see how actual students react to this.
It's gonna be New Horizon getting thrown out of most of the classrooms in Japan because of how much this has probably ruined its reputation.
Given the cost of the text books (1,000 for the student edition, per year; 23,000 for the teachers edition, and 25,000 for the flashcards, again per year), they're not going anywhere.
Pixiv is actually encouraging people not to tag New Horizon on the work that are above R-18, but I suspect this is not enough to block the bursting flow of fan art. I would like to see how actual students react to this.
And people are still spreading them like wildfire over there and here.
After seeing the image, it's just downright depressing.
I dunno how things are with this stuff in Japan, but if it's anything like I think it is, and most people are just like the ones I was around for the month I was in Japan, I'd hardly think this would affect them that much at all. Japan seems to be pretty chill about this stuff; the first sign I saw walking out of Sapporo Station was a sign that literally just said "porn." I feel like this shouldn't garner that much negative attention over there. But I could be wrong.
You must have walked out the North-East Exit...That sign's been next to the Sunkus for about a decade now.
Think of it the other way round. Folks in Japan would probably be curious about what's this big fuss about yet another 2D blonde and work themselves into tackling a book that they usually probably won't give a damn about =3
The problem is this is REAL. The entire textbook series will get banned and any future for the authors and artist will be forever ruined.
Japan is all about appearance. Reputation is everything. If an "erotic" association comes to mind in a textbook it is all but done for and all those associated with the project go down with it.
By making erotic fan art of Baker Sensei people are actually hurting the very future of the character and artist they supposedly like. At this rate it will get banned.
This is career ending stuff. It's very serious. Not to mention it will deprive actual students of a good textbook and the gods know Japan needs better textbooks.
This is career ending stuff. It's very serious. Not to mention it will deprive actual students of a good textbook and the gods know Japan needs better textbooks.
Still using them over here, no problems; it's pretty much completely blown over. It's also not that super-awesome a textbook. There was such a tiny chance that they'd recall them anyway - the only thing they'd really do would be to cycle it out for a new one at the end of the school year.
Also, once you get part the first part of the first year's textbook, there's really not that much of Baker-sensei in there, it's mostly the kids - what with that being more relatable to intermediate students.
The ero part really didn't go that far into the public infosphere; let alone the various Boards of Education, let alone the Monbukagakusho.
