{"id":66835,"date":"2026-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=66835"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:30:36","slug":"former-weekly-shonen-jump-manga-artist-says-editors-insisted-on-erotic-content-as-a-precondition-to-publishing-superhero-series-with-a-female-protagonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/former-weekly-shonen-jump-manga-artist-says-editors-insisted-on-erotic-content-as-a-precondition-to-publishing-superhero-series-with-a-female-protagonist\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Weekly Shonen Jump manga artist\u00a0says\u00a0editors\u00a0insisted on erotic content as a\u00a0precondition to\u00a0publishing\u00a0superhero series with a female protagonist\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese manga artist Ken Ogino, known for illustrating\u00a0The\u00a0Ossan\u00a0Newbie Adventurer manga\u00a0adaptation, recently shed light on the behind-the-scenes of one of\u00a0his\u00a0previous\u00a0works,\u00a0<strong>Lady Justice<\/strong>.\u00a0Published in\u00a0Shueisha\u2019s\u00a0Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2015, the series was cut short\u00a0the same year, ending\u00a0only sixteen chapters into the story.\u00a0On his personal X account,\u00a0Ogino addressed\u00a0a viral\u00a0post that attributed the\u00a0manga\u2019s\u00a0cancelation to \u201cthe author only focusing on erotic content,\u201d\u00a0revealing that he\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0have as much creative liberty as people may think.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lady Justice is a comedic superhero manga featuring high school girl Kenzaki Ameri, who&nbsp;uses&nbsp;her super-human strength&nbsp;to fight criminals&nbsp;and gangsters&nbsp;under the&nbsp;hero&nbsp;name&nbsp;Iustitia.&nbsp;While Ameri is&nbsp;practically invincible,&nbsp;the clothes she wears&nbsp;are&nbsp;not, and&nbsp;a recurring topic&nbsp;in the story is the&nbsp;heroine\u2019s&nbsp;embarrassment over her costume getting torn in battle and exposing her body, which makes&nbsp;it&nbsp;a pretty fanservice-heavy&nbsp;read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, an X user analyzing the series\u2019 untimely cancellation&nbsp;commented, \u201cI feel like the author approached this with nothing but a passionate desire to draw something erotic, only to be met with failure. 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