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	In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref> This appears unsuccessful, after the only protestor claimed to have been forcefully removed by security.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMI1WreMWOI Twitter Cop gets thrown out of Japan Expo after harassing Mangaka], Hero Hei. Youtube, 2023.</ref>		In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref> This appears unsuccessful, after the only protestor claimed to have been forcefully removed by security.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMI1WreMWOI Twitter Cop gets thrown out of Japan Expo after harassing Mangaka], Hero Hei. Youtube, 2023.</ref>

	Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [[wikipedia:List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell\|Evangeline A.K. McDowell]].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in ~~the~~ ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.		Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character [[wikipedia:List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell\|Evangeline A.K. McDowell]].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

	As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.		As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.

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	In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>		In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>

	In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref>		In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref> This appears unsuccessful, after the only protestor claimed to have been forcefully removed by security.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMI1WreMWOI Twitter Cop gets thrown out of Japan Expo after harassing Mangaka], Hero Hei. Youtube, 2023.</ref>

	Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [[wikipedia:List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell\|Evangeline A.K. McDowell]].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.		Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [[wikipedia:List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell\|Evangeline A.K. McDowell]].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

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	'''[[wikipedia:Ken Akamatsu\|Ken Akamatsu]]''' (born July 5, 1968) is a multiple award-winning Japanese manga artist and politician who has served since 2022 as a member of the House of Councillors. He made his professional manga debut in 1993, and is best known as the author of ''Love Hina'' (1998–2001) and ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' (2003–2012), both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; a sequel to ''Negima!'', ''UQ Holder!'', was serialized from 2013 to 2022.		[[File:Ken Akamatsu.jpg\|thumb\|Akamatsu, with art from his major stories around him]]'''[[wikipedia:Ken Akamatsu\|Ken Akamatsu]]''' (born July 5, 1968) is a multiple award-winning Japanese manga artist and politician who has served since 2022 as a member of the House of Councillors. He made his professional manga debut in 1993, and is best known as the author of ''Love Hina'' (1998–2001) and ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' (2003–2012), both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; a sequel to ''Negima!'', ''UQ Holder!'', was serialized from 2013 to 2022.

	Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.		Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.

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	'''[~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu~~ Ken Akamatsu]''' (born July 5, 1968) is a multiple award-winning Japanese manga artist and politician who has served since 2022 as a member of the House of Councillors. He made his professional manga debut in 1993, and is best known as the author of ''Love Hina'' (1998–2001) and ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' (2003–2012), both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; a sequel to ''Negima!'', ''UQ Holder!'', was serialized from 2013 to 2022.		'''[[wikipedia:Ken Akamatsu\|Ken Akamatsu]]''' (born July 5, 1968) is a multiple award-winning Japanese manga artist and politician who has served since 2022 as a member of the House of Councillors. He made his professional manga debut in 1993, and is best known as the author of ''Love Hina'' (1998–2001) and ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' (2003–2012), both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; a sequel to ''Negima!'', ''UQ Holder!'', was serialized from 2013 to 2022.

	Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.		Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.
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	In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref>		In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref>

	Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [~~https~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.		Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [[wikipedia:List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell\|Evangeline A.K. McDowell]].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

	As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.		As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.

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	Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom,<ref>[https://gamerant.com/manga-anime-censorship-controversy-akamatsu-yamada/ Politician's Propaganda Manga Sparks Controversy Over Censorship]. ''Gamerant'' (2022).</ref> responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,		Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom,<ref>[https://gamerant.com/manga-anime-censorship-controversy-akamatsu-yamada/ Politician's Propaganda Manga Sparks Controversy Over Censorship]. ''Gamerant'' (2022).</ref> responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,
			<blockquote>
	"We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence".<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>		''We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence''<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>
			</blockquote>
	In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>		In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>

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	==Relevance to loli/shota debates==		==Relevance to loli/shota debates==

	Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom, responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,		Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom,<ref>[https://gamerant.com/manga-anime-censorship-controversy-akamatsu-yamada/ Politician's Propaganda Manga Sparks Controversy Over Censorship]. ''Gamerant'' (2022).</ref> responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,

	"We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence".<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>		"We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence".<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>

	In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>		In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>

			In July 2023, French, self-identified left-wing [[Feminism\|feminists]] tried to cancel Akamatsu. They disseminated incendiary leaflets about him, pressuring the organizers of Japan Expo to cancel his attendance at a scheduled event.<ref>https://rundownbulletin.com/world-news/176825.html</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp0I2NA9B8 Feminists Slander Legendary Manga Artist With Racist Fliers], Rev Says Desu. Youtube, 2023. ([https://archive.org/details/youtube-Jsp0I2NA9B8 Archive link]).</ref>

	Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.		Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

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	Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.		Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.

			==Relevance to loli/shota debates==

	Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom, responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,		Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom, responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,
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	In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>		In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>

	Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, ~~psuedo-~~parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.		Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

	As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.		As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.

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	"We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence".<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>		"We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence".<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>

	In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref></ref>		In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref>Mateo, Alex (December 16, 2021). "[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-16/love-hina-creator-ken-akamatsu-aims-to-run-for-japan-legislature-next-summer/.180676 Love Hina Creator Ken Akamatsu Aims to Run for Japan's Legislature Next Summer]". ''Anime News Network''.</ref>

	Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, psuedo-parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.		Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, psuedo-parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

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'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Akamatsu Ken Akamatsu]''' (born July 5, 1968) is a multiple award-winning Japanese manga artist and politician who has served since 2022 as a member of the House of Councillors. He made his professional manga debut in 1993, and is best known as the author of ''Love Hina'' (1998–2001) and ''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'' (2003–2012), both serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; a sequel to ''Negima!'', ''UQ Holder!'', was serialized from 2013 to 2022.

Akamatsu has been a managing director of the Japan Cartoonists Association since 2018, and is a vocal advocate for protecting freedom of expression in manga and anime from expansions in censorship and copyright law. In the 2022 Japanese House of Councillors election, he won a seat as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party in the national proportional representation block on a free expression platform, becoming the first manga creator in the National Diet. He is a key contemporary figure in debates around lolicon (loli)/shotacon (shota) and whether fictional works depicting minors or arguably "child-like" characters, should be treated as [[child pornography]] and/or criminalized as a form of harmless/victimless crime.

Akamatsu was a personal friend to the deceased manga artist [[Kentaro Miura]], who also defended artistic freedom and loli/shota. Participating in debates about artistic freedom, responding to one controversy, Akamatsu wrote on April 16, 2022,

"We creators cannot write or draw anything if there is a risk that the people who read it will reenact what happens in the story or creation. In reality, I have never heard of manga encouraging war or encouraging murder. Why is this irrational regulation so highly touted when it comes to manga depicting high school girls? I would like to see you provide rational reasons and scientific evidence".<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2022-04-20/controversial-tawawa-on-monday-manga-ad-sparks-conversation-on-censorship/.184831</ref>

In 2010, Akamatsu launched a beta test of J-Comi (now Manga Library Z), a free manga download site for out-of-print titles. Manga publishers Kodansha and Shueisha began collaborating with the site after the test, and the site formally launched in 2011. The site gained notoriety later that year when it posted Seiji Matsuyama's ''Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei'' [ja] ("My Wife Is an Elementary Student") manga, which Tokyo Vice Governor Naoki Inose had cited as an example of a work that should be restricted for physical sale under Tokyo's recently revised Healthy Development of Youths Ordinance.<ref></ref>

Akamatsu's most popular manga feature young characters and intergenerational and / or implicitly intergenerational relationships. ''Negima!'', for example, features the 10-year-old magician protagonist Negi Springfield, who is tasked with being a teacher of a Japanese middle school class of 31 girls at the fictional Mahora Academy. Apart from various love and affectionate teacher-student relationships, through the act of a kiss, Negi eventually forms magical bonds (pacts) with the female students in his class to unlock their magical potential / powers. Both ''Negima!'' and its sequel ''UQ Holder!'' have as a key character, a 600+ year-old vampire character, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Negima!_Magister_Negi_Magi_characters#Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Evangeline A.K. McDowell].<ref>[https://negima.fandom.com/wiki/Evangeline_A.K._McDowell Fandon wiki character profile]</ref> In ''Negima!'', she switches between a child and adult body-type through magic, and falls in love with Negi after having previously loved his father, Nagi. And, in the ''UQ Holder!'', she finds herself in a complex, psuedo-parental, love and proto-sexual (limited to a kiss) relationship with the series' protagonist, 14-year-old Tōta Konoe.

As of 2022, Akamatsu's manga have a cumulative circulation of over 50 million worldwide.

==References==

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