Please Tell Me! Galko-chan Manga Resumes After Creator’s Arrest – News
© Kenya Suzuki, Kadokawa
Kadokawa‘s ComicWalker service announced that it is resuming the serialization of Kenya Suzuki‘s Please Tell Me! Galko-chan (Oshiete! Galko-chan) manga on Web Comic Apanda on Wednesday following Suzuki’s arrest in December 2021.
ComicWalker suspended the serialization of the manga and its associated pages in December 2021 following “multiple news reports about creator Kenya Suzuki.”
The Aichi Prefectural Police arrested the then-40-year-old manga creator on the same day on suspicion of possessing child pornography imported from Germany in violation of Japan’s Customs Act. Kyodo reported that the resident of Funabashi City, Chiba allegedly had six photo collections that he received by international mail on two separate occasions in September and October 2020.
According to the authorities, Suzuki stated upon his arrest that he “desperately wanted to acquire nude photos of foreign children that cannot be acquired in Japan.” The report added that police have confiscated 46 books and publications allegedly containing child pornography from Suzuki’s residence.
Manga creator Battan reported on Twitter that month that Suzuki was reported missing for a week to police, but Battan later posted an update where they revealed that Suzuki had been located.
Suzuki launched the Please Tell Me! Galko-chan manga on Kadokawa‘s ComicWalker digital manga service in June 2014, but published it on Twitter before that. The manga’s fifth compiled book volume shipped in Japan in July 2018. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in North America. ANN had previously contacted Seven Seas regarding Suzuki’s arrest in 2021.
The manga inspired a television anime that premiered in January 2015. Crunchyroll streamed the anime.
Source: ComicWalker via Yaraon!
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