Artist and author Nomio Gyuunyuu (author of Joshi Shougakusei Hajime Mashita P!) Commented on Twitter about the recent difficulties of publishing manga on “lolis” currently. It should be noted that "loli" is the short form of "Lolita Complex" and in Japan this subgenre refers to works that include pre-adolescent girls in everyday situations or even in sexualized forms.
Gyuunyuu's tweet translates: "It may be rules, but when I was having a few drinks with Uran a few days ago, we started talking about how a manga about lolis can no longer be published in any" magazine ". After all, no matter how well it sells, they will never adapt it to anime, and if it is not adapted, then publishers will see no case in continuing to sell it. Going further, it might even become impossible to publish something of the sub-genre loli. This subgenre is losing its market mainly in the west, and the industry in Japan is naturally beginning to adopt the ideologies of those places. So this may already be given up. "規制っていうか、前に雨蘭先生と呑んだ時に「ロリはもう一般誌じゃ無理だねー。だって売れてもアニメには絶対ならないし、アニメにならないなら出版社も連載したくないし、今後はできないかもね」って話をしてて、海外にシェアを奪われ日本の業界も自然とそれに習って、もう囲い込みは済んでる感じ— 牛乳のみお (@gyuunyuu_sub) July 14, 2020
Gyuunyuu also commented on the recent cases in which the Amazon sales platform has removed numerous light novels in the United States from its catalog. In this regard he commented: "Four years ago, my work" Joshi Shougakusei Hajime Mashita P! " it was removed from Amazon in Japan, and could no longer be published in any manga app. I believe that these types of cases will continue to increase on that platform, regardless of the country, since they are imposing their own ideology of what they consider correct. "私は4年前に「女子小学生はじめましたP!」を削除されて、マンガアプリにも一切載せてもらえなかったけど、国じゃなくてプラットフォーマーの主観で規制されるのこれからどんどん増えてくると思う https://t.co/Kdt2AaiOos— 牛乳のみお (@gyuunyuu_sub) July 14, 2020
Gyuunyuu is currently posting the Joshi Shougakusei Hajime Mashita manga on the Nico Nico website. Editorial Hakusensha published an edited version of this manga in Young Animal magazine between 2014 and 2019, under the title Joshi Shougakusei Hajime Mashita P !. The manga tells the story of a 30-year-old virgin man who suddenly becomes a primary school student girl.
Source: Nomio Gyūnyū's Twitter account via Otakomu
