If there’s one thing I like about Malaysia is its affinity to troll. Local anime fans might remember an uproar years ago about how this tabloid paper had likened anime to hentai, which, needless to say, raged the community to no end. Of course much like everything else here, it was eventually swept under the carpet and soon forgotten. Because you can’t keep a good troll at bay, here’s yet another facepalm inducing otaku article from CanDo Land.
TL Note’s: Gay comics gaining reception.
Since the entire article is in Malay, I’ll just translate gists of it for non Malaysian readers:
Serbuan itu dibuat ekoran pendedahan Kosmo! kelmarin dan hasilnya mereka berjaya merampas sebanyak 50 buah komik gay pelba- gai tajuk dengan isi kandungan menjurus kepada keruntuhan moral di kalangan generasi muda.
The raid was conducted following a revelation by Kosmo! which saw authorities seizing as many as 50 gay comics of various titles that will lead to the corrosion of morale among youths.
“Dengan itu, bahan bacaan tersebut dirampas dan akan dihantar ke Bahagian Penerbitan untuk kajian selanjutnya di mana penentuan sama ada bahan tersebut sesuai untuk pembacaan umum atau sebalik- nya,” katanya ketika dihubungi semalam.
“With that, the aforementioned materials were confiscated and sent to the Publishing Department for further analysis to determine whether they are suited for general consumption or otherwise,” he said, when contacted yesterday.
Malah, komik-komik tersebut ternyata mendapat sambutan daripada generasi muda yang gemar membaca komik tersebut.
As a matter of fact, these comics are clearly well received among the younger generation who read them.
Tambah Faizal, bahan bacaan ini tidak sepatutnya dijual di premis berkenaan atau di mana sahaja kerana ia boleh mempengaruhi golongan muda dalam aktiviti yang tidak bermoral.
Faizal added that these reading materials should not be sold at these premises or anywhere else as it will coax youngsters into engaging in immoral activities.
Gay comics eh? Putting aside the fact they’re unable to discern between shounen ai and hardcore yaoi, the authorities have not been doing a very good job at it(surprise, surprise!) as I’m still able to find them at bookstores like Borders and Kinokuniya. Trust me, if they’re what Kosmo! claims them to be, I would have been all over it. Still, as guardians of society’s well being, the Home Affairs ministry raided those outlets anyway. Thought Toshokan Sensou’s plot was farfetched? It’s already happening here! Where am I are the fujoshis going to buy BL manga now? 
PS Stop! Master is one of the hottest yaoi doujins I’ve read as its artstyle made it look like a normal, straight H doujin. Do try it out if you ever get the chance. 
And in case you’re wondering, OP image is a parody of this gay video:
Mika on 
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 am
…. and what’s with the complimentary pics? o.O
Well, they fail. Hard.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:31 am
Well, guess I’m glad I don’t live in Malaysia… I need my dirty, dirty yaoi, after all.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 3:34 am
shin… i am afraid to ask why you have so many BL images…
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July 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 am
Wouldn’t having their gay comics taken away corrode their morale more?
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July 22nd, 2008 at 4:27 am
They’re taking away the yaoi!?
thats just wrong 
)
(I for one appreciate the large number of BL images
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:35 am
Oh good grief, it’s mot like there are legions of boys reading these, we all know who the target demographic is anyway…
In any case it seems that the author is a closet member of Ai Ai Alto-hime.. poor misguided fool
Still that Kannazuki vid made me wash away the yaoi thanks comrade.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 am
But who will think of the yuri??? someone save the yuri!!!
…and how do we know they arent just seizing those so they dont have to pay for them? how do we know they are being destroyed?… something is fishy here…
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
Call me when they’ll do it to yuri…I’ll get my torch ready…
Thought I don’t see that happening here in the U.S…>_>
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 am
Eventually, it’ll all come back to that rock’n'roll….
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July 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 am
INI SEMUA KERJA ORANG GILA PUNYA LA.
TL: It’s all the work of insane people.
Seriously though it’s just like i have been preaching incessantly about, people just don’t think Toshokan Sensou’s scenario is possible, well here’s the proof.
Thankfully there is still yaoi manga in Kinokuniya and to a certain extent yuri as well.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
That my friend is why we have the internet
By the way where can I get that manga you showed? Is it an original story?
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July 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
This is why the fujoshis can’t have nice things.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 am
Well eventually we will all have to move on and pick up a new hobby like playing the recorder. And I noticed that the comments now include an indication of countries!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Shin, stop watching Boku no Pico so many times, geez… no wonder you like little boys and stuff…
Cannot unsee Alto and his brother…
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Shin, please stop revealing to us who you really are.
Actually, nope, keep up the good work!
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July 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Okay, now I know what to crap about my country to these bunch of Japanese schoolkids I’m supposed to educate in the summer.
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Good job!
There’s just too many Yaoi comic over there.
Now if they just sell less Yaoi and more Yuri, I’ll be a very happy Republican. I want some Yuri comic now!:grin:
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 pm
SHIN YOU GODAI! DONT SPOIL OUR YURI GODDESS!!!!
AHH MY CHIKANE AND HIMEKOOOOOO T________T
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Nnnnnnnnnnoooooooo~! They can’t take away my Yaoi and BL comics~!!!! T___________T
Btw, where do you dl Stop! Master? I wanna read it… >.<
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:36 pm
I love both yaoi and yuri
and I read them for entertainment purposes so IMO, banning them (or yaoi in this case) is unfair…
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July 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
BLASPHEMY. BLASPHEMY I SAY!!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YAOI. TELL THESE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT JAPAN! TELL THEM!!!
*intends to raid Kinokuniya tomorrow morning during the Japanese school excursion*
I DEMAND A REBELLION.
CODE GAYASS: FANPEOPLE OF THE YAOI REVOLOUTION
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
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Call me when they’ll do it to yuri…I’ll get my torch ready…
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Don’t jinx us man…
“What if tomorrow, the raid might happen?”(cookies for those who can guess this line) 
(/me shudders in tought) Anyway, I kinda agree with kanzeon, just banning one side is unfair.
When they mess with one of us, they mess with the rest!!!
(/me with fellow fanboys and fangirls rebels!!!)
Nice pic by the way… (points to OP pic)
Had a sworn, I’ve saw it somewhere before.(watches YouTube link)
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:44 pm
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Yuri’s good too, I really enjoy it… But no comment on banning yaoi since I’m from the Philippines. BUT, it’s kinda sad that they’re taking away the enjoyment of some female otakus, if they do that with yuri in our country, I’ll go ballistic! Oh, wait, they don’t care about it here.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
though i am not big fan towards either shounen-ai or yaoi, but i do feel sad due to the restricted choice.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm
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July 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Ah, Malaysian government. One would think they have a tonne of other more pressing things to think about than cracking down on komik gay -_-
The pinky manga cover up there is for a YAOI doujin? O_O I know too little about yaoi.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Kosmo is trash, everyone knows that. It’s a tabloid. BL manga have been around for yonks, all over the big bookstore chains. Anyway real fujoshi will get their fix from Comiket etc.
That said, any BL manga you would recommend me? I feel like a sudden change of what I normally read. *ahem*
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I have always hated the Malaysian government. They think that good things are bad and bad things are good.
And now they are attacking the otaku population.
Damn them..
They are too stupid to realize that they are stupid…
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July 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Setsukyie says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I have always hated the Malaysian government. They think that good things are bad and bad things are good.
And now they are attacking the otaku population.
Damn them..
They are too stupid to realize that they are stupid…
Ahh, the rage, and it also made you too stupid to realise that you are one. Honestly, why the hatred against the government, even when they have basically just doing their jobs. I mean, the law did say homosexual literatures are banned. And this includes BL mangos also, wether you like it (Oh I sure you love it) or not. (lol, now I sound like a government ppl). Honestly, the Partai Rakyat (lead by none other than the BL lover Anuwar) member PAS would blow this issue more than the government would do. You are just biased, when every other government in SE asia would do the same thing. Look kid, life is not just living life wanting cheap stuff and hating the government. Wake up and smell the roses. You just sit there typing away on your PC while ordinary folks around the world are feeling the pinch. Get out. Get a job. Make yourself useful like Lim Kit Siang or something. At least he blog with a purpose.
Honestly I wonder why stupid ppl like this still exist
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July 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
@CZero
This is not an excuse to post yaoi.
@A Day Without Me
Can I order some through you?
@biankita
Let’s see. We have a parody to my favorite yuri anime of all time, my favorite H yaoi doujin, Kyon x Itsuki which I’ve had for a while and Macross F! I wouldn’t call that a lot.
@IKnight
We’re self contradicting hypocrites.
@Caraniel
Oh ho, I have more where that came from. Maybe some other time.
@Crusader
Aye, friend. I thought I’d include at least something for the non yaoi lovers.
@EvilDevil
Knowing our administration, I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept it for themselves.
@53RG10
It’ll be only a matter of time.
@Caitlin
Malaysia, Truly Asia.
@Setsuna
Kinokuniya will be our last line of defense!
@Draconifers, miss hermes, Jason
Stop! Master was among the first yaoi doujins I’ve read. Sadly, I no longer have it now and have no idea where to obtain it anymore.
@C.I
This is why we can’t have nice things. Period.
@Sojourner
And they wonder why we don’t read enough! They’ve taken all the good material away! Glad you like that feature. Makes it easier to stalk, I feel.
@EX-Keine
How did you know?
@issa-sa
The path to fujoshi-ism can never start too early. Kudos to you.
@Anime Loving Republican
@Aiko
But they’re a fine example of a gay couple.
@kanzeon
That’s just the way it works here and the rage has seeped in so deeply I no longer feel it anymore.
@Kaito
Funny enough, we had this Look East(Japan) policy ages ago but I guess this country no longer adheres to it.
@keito
Kannaduki no Miko has the best yuri couping ever.
@izumi
I’d like to know where you got them.
@Rakuen
We’re always wasting efforts on the least important things.
@gaiden
Being so costly doesn’t help either
@Faye
I’m definitely not a master in this field, since I usually opt for the trap doujins as opposed to the standard yaoi ones. My policy is if it looks like a girl, then it might as well be one.
I guess you could try lurking at the yaoi boards in 4chan to see what the fans there recommend, since they’re not always talking about hardcore yaoi.
@Setsukyie
Same old, same old.
@Gendou Linkari
I guess the issue here is why now? And having browsed through them myself, I can honestly say it isn’t as obscene as it’s being portrayed, so chances of readers turning into raging homosexuals are next to nile, and feel that Setsukyie’s sentiments are directed more to the fact the authorities are focusing their energy at trivial matters when there are more important issues to take care of. Either way, I don’t really want to delve into local politics so let’s leave it at that.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 pm
It’s funny how they targeted yaoi yet there’s no mention of yuri anywhere. Proof that yaoi is evil and corrupts the youth. Yuri will save us!
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July 23rd, 2008 at 3:22 am
Indeed my good fellow, Yuri to the rescue!
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:40 am
Malaysians otaku should join up together and then we can go protest infront of the Kosmo office.
Make sure everyone dont forget to wear their masks. XD
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 am
I just wish the Can Do land gov ppl all drop dead ….. jama nandayo !
mask ? Guy faulk mask ok ?
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 am
@shin: It’s our mentality really. But honestly, if it was not the Kosmo writer that protested, it would have been somebody else. You must remember that we are made of a multiracial society, and some are not comfortable with it. Like I said, no matter who is at the helm of the government, BN or PR, this would still be banned.
Honestly the KDN didn’t care much about it in the first place (as the mangos have to go through them anyways before being sold here), but as ppl (read: the article writer) complained, they just go and take it back.
While I also find the action a bit excessive, they are just doing their jobs.
And I find it amusing that many of the people here complained when they either
Never bought the BL mango themselves
Downloaded them for free on the internet (which makes you legally more wrong than the writer)
You must remember, not everything from Japan is for everyone here. Heck, I sometimes find many of the AniOta/MangaOta fetishes there disgusting and wrong (like loli-fetishes and CP). Learn that the world is shared. It’s never about you
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July 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 am
[…] know what happened. Thank god for the power of the internut. One thing that caught my eye was the Kosmo article on BL mangos that was reported by Shin. It was not about the mango itself, but the overrated reactions to it. I […]
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:00 am
The same tabloid that reported anime as hentai last year, i am not surprised.
Tabloids will and always be tabloids. I won’t even call them a newspaper.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 am
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July 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Don’t worry Shin-sama, Kinokuniya and the more famous bookstores still have those BL manga. All hope is not lost yet! On 2nd thought, the internet might just be enough.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I think all of that stuff would be illegal here in Canada already… any depictions of minors having sex is illegal and considered child porn…
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July 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
stupid!!! stupid!!! stupid!!!
whose are the stupid? u all that read those stupid, immoral, wrong materials….
no need to speak more…
U PPL ARE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
@Yamcha, Anime Loving Republican
Plenty of homophobes here.
@karecat
It’ll never work.
@K1
What wishful thinking…
@Aoshi
I can never keep a straight face when reading the articles again.
@Hynavian
Exactly, I don’t understand why people are raging over this either.
@Epi
They’re too busy doing this to pass any anti-loli porn laws.
@Homophobe
Why so serious?
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I never keep a straight face reading Malay-language newspapers.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:18 am
And i wonder if this report will be on chinese-language newspaper.
Oh yeah,malaysia is pretty much muslim-ism,so it is pretty normal for they to do that.
That why we need the internet
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July 24th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
[…] whimsical actions, even more so for crude soldaten like myself. Besides just watching Shin’s “so sorry for the BL here have some yuri vid” made me want to take a short trip to see an old friend to play some Wii and borrow some anime. I […]
July 24th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
@Epi: Thanks to the First Amendment (specifically, the idea of free expression), Americans can have as much loli porn as they want, as long as it’s not real. (In other words: it can be drawn, computer-generated, or what-have-you.)
Note: The above was decided in court, so it’s now part of the interpretation of US law.
July 27th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Shin, I just want to thank you for the first great pic. That’s all. I think I should add it to my Suzumiya Haruhi post.
Government, politics, Kosmo, legal/illegal… not my stuff. Otaku stuff, YES!
July 27th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I KNOW!!! I went to Borders before the raid happened and I’d planned to buy Junjou’s fifth volume.
*as a refined fujoshi*
I AM ANGRY!!!!
Seriously, bodoh. I can’t take it anymore. *sniffs* At least, neko-tales still import some yaoi(s) from overseas and we can buy it from them. I have their link somewhere in my blog links.
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July 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
[…] during the weekends is considered pR0n by some of our well-informed journalists (and oh yeah, where yaoi is ‘banned‘) for the entire hour. But having to think of an ‘activity’ […]
July 29th, 2008 at 6:39 am
@Cat Megex
I am just glad to get my daily fix of yuri…
July 31st, 2008 at 1:19 pm
@Czero: what are you talking about? those pics are hilarious. I’m pretty sure you would not mind a raging yuri post full of suggestive pictures, don’t see any reason to think yaoi pics should fail here.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
ALL YAOI OTAKU’S GATHER AROUND TO REBEL AGAINST THE UNFAIRNESS OF YAOI MANGA !!!
i just got back from Kinokuniya… and they put the yaoi manga inside the boxes !!
i ask them to retrieve Junjo vol. 6 for me… thank god they still have one..
and i kinda make a commotion there for banning them…
BLOODY HELL !!!
when i asked… they said…
“tapi dik, nie komik gay ?” i said.. ’so what ??!!! there are many things the government can ban !”
hate them!!!!!!