Perverted dojiinshi fan wins legal struggle with customs officials, asserts that loli comics “cause no damage whatsoever to any real people.”
Swiss otaku
Swiss otaku who threatened to leave homeland over confiscated manga is reunited with his comics
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Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2018 - Tweet
Swiss otaku says he’s moving to Japan after customs officials confiscate his 66-pound manga haul
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Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2018
Laments the officer handling his case has “no tolerance whatsoever” for hentai and loli dojinshi.
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