From personal experience, I've learned that one can never be too careful when it comes to Comics. In particular the Japanese cartoons, those can be rather deceiving. The rating are not what we Americans would ordinarily be expecting.
It is typical for there to be rather buxom women in even the most 'innocent' of volumes. One should always double check before allowing their child to just jump right on in. Take Sailor Moon, it is appropriate for a child to read in the earlier volumes but by the final one, there is the insinuation that Serena and Darien slept together.
Some can say that insinuations aren't that horrible, but that is how younger kids become immune to it or even curious. I was reading rated OT manga (comics) when I was a freshman, unknowingly there was bare breasted women in one series. There was nothing sexual about it, the woman in specific was a goddess and so from an artistic point of view that is appreciated or even understandable.
Issue is, that the OT rated manga is with the K rated ones. What is to stop a 12 -year-old boy from grabbing an Older Teen issue, and his parents obliviously checking it out for him. I think that one should simply be more attentive when it comes to the Japanese Comics. I'm not saying don't let them read it, god forbid, no. Just be a little more careful with what they're allowed to read. The last thing a parent needs is their little boy reading comics with half-nude women.
What exactly is the rating system for Manga?
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