First things first: Yes, this is a sensitive subject. No, I'm not running cover for the pedo that used to run rampant here. I am honestly seeking answers.

I asked about this a long time ago, and if I recall, what really happened was that mangaka Nobuhiro Watsuki had his house raided, where they found lots of porn DVDs--one of which had an underage girl on it...who, so I'm told, was maybe two months under Japan's age of consent.

Which means either she lied about her age to do it (not unheard of), or was forced into it. It's not like she was eight years old.

He had a ton of porn, but that one disc ruined everything.

Now, obviously that's really bad. But I need further context about the case and if he deserved to be condemned. No, don't show me the disc contents, good lord.

I know that he got basically a slap on the wrist from the Japanese courts and was allowed to return to work. But since it's the 30th anniversary, a lot of other manga artists are paying tribute to the series today, including Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of Hunter X Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho, despite his debilitating health problems.

But not everyone agreed to do it. Hirohiko Araki, creator of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, made a really lazy tribute that was basically just lineart of Kenshin's head with the hair colored. One of the few that outright refused to participate was Tite Kubo, creator of Bleach.

And if it's true that this was a mild case, and we condemn him for it...then I hope we also condemn anyone who has a complete collection of every game released for the original Xbox, because a game called The Guy Game had a girl who lied about her age to be in it, then flashed the camera, meaning that game is, by the letter of the law, legally considered to be child porn.