I've never read or watched much of Dragon Ball, except on a trip to Japan, where I found out at my host family's house that some guy named "Goku" had died again. "Again?! How could a guy die twice?!" I thought. And that was that.

It seems that some parents in Wicomico County, Maryland (hurrr, sounds like "Nico Nico") seemed to be thinking quite different things when a 9-year old 4th-grader at the Pittsville Public School Library borrowed a copy of Dragon Ball vol. 1. The enraged parents complained to the school council, citing that "In cartoon format, it depicts nudity, sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo between adults and children."

The Wicomico schools superintendent stated that "it's coming off the shelves as soon as [he] can get a phone call back to the office." He did, however note that graphic novels are paret of the accepted media for purchase via the school system's budget because of their capacity to attract children who often aren't interested in reading traditional forms of media. A committee will determine the manga's fate later.

Hm. If they do decide to divert manga-buying resources over to purchasing other light-but-entertaining traditional media, I hope they pick up the upcoming Spice and Wolf adaptation with its saucy cover. Hey, it helps kids to learn about medieval business practices!