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* '''Played For Drama''': In the original version Alice's parents were showing ToughLove with Alice's drug issues, in the censored version they are ControlFreak AbusiveParents.

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%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

** ''The Adventures Of Alice-chan'' doesn't move to another country.

* '''Averted''': No censorship is attempted and the translation company is upfront.

* '''Subverted''': When it comes to the US, the translation company seems that they'll heavily censor it, but they don't.

** The changes are reduced down to only [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar risqué implications]].

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** The editing is not only done like the above, but also doesn't bother to change things to match the context. This makes Alice-chan's RunningGag of eating too much candy with sugar rush consequences seem [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything disturbingly similar]] to a drug addiction, and Kenji's implied relationship with Satou turns {{Squick}}-inducing when the censored version makes them [[FlirtyStepsiblings step-brothers]].

** The editing is not only done like the above, but also doesn't bother to change things to match the context. This makes Alice-chan's RunningGag of eating too much candy with sugar rush consequences seem [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything disturbingly similar]] to a drug addiction, and Kenji's implied relationship with Satou turns {{Squick}}-inducing when the censored version makes them [[IncestIsRelative step-brothers]].

* '''Parodied''': The censorship [[StylisticSuck entirely intentionaly]] creates [[SoBadItsGood a number of humorous inconsistencies]] which causes the translated manga to gain [[BileFascination a fanbase]] that wouldn't have otherwise existed.

* '''Deconstructed''': ???
* '''Reconstructed''': ???

** ''The Adventures Of Alice-chan'' is a popular manga with very young children in Japan. When it comes to the US, the company translating it adds things like drinking, sex, and drugs to try to play to an older audience.

* '''Parodied''':
** Revealing outfits are censored by use of magical censorship animals which bounce around ridiculously. The HollywoodHomely character doesn't get one because she's got nothing to reveal. (Happens in the "voluntarily censored" version of ''Anime/GunXSword''.)
** See the first Reconstructed, except it is [[StylisticSuck entirely intentional]].

* '''Averted''':
** No censorship is attempted and the translation company is upfront.
** They just change the target audience.
** They keep everything in, and it's a surprise it still got a "For Kids" rating.

* '''Deconstructed''': The censorship doesn't sit well with either audience. The ''intended'' audience finds it too childish, and the ''original'' audience finds the censorship pointless. As a result, they voice their displeasure in their buying options.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The censorship creates [[SoBadItsGood a number of humorous inconsistencies]] which causes the translated manga to gain [[BileFascination a fanbase]] that wouldn't have otherwise existed.
** The censors try to be careful, and not reduce the quality of the show.
** The show acquires a younger audience, that would be turned off by all the drugs and sex.

** There a an alternate version of the show for younger audiences, but the uncut version is available to.

* '''Invoked''': A similar manga is summarily cancelled due to the influence of the MoralGuardians. So...

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

** Revealing outfits are censored by use of magical censorship animals which bounce around ridiculously. The HollywoodHomely character doesn't get one because she's got nothing to reveal. (Happens in the "voluntarily censored" version of ''GunXSword''.)

** [[ValuesDissonance The tastes of Japanese people and American people are different.]]
** The company wants to market the manga to a younger age range.
** A lot of the stuff in the manga wouldn't appeal to a very large spectrum of people.

** Even objects that imply violence, sexuality, and other unsavory facts of life are edited (read: say goodbye to kitchen knives, hammers, shirtless men, handcuffs when not used by police officers, etc)

** Even kitchen knives and hammers are edited out.

** The changes are reduced down to only [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implications]].
** Very minor changes are made such as a beer ad in the background becomes a soda ad.

'''Basic Trope''': A work, when translated, is more heavily edited for the new audience.
* '''Straight''': ''The Adventures Of Alice-chan'' is a popular manga in Japan. When it comes to the US, the company translating it removes a lot of the more questionable material such as sex, cursing, drinking, and violence.

** See the first Reconstructed, but entirely intentional
* '''Deconstructed''': The censorship doesn't sit well with either audience. The ''intended'' audience finds it too childish, and the ''original'' audience finds the censorship pointless. As a result, they voice their displeasure in their buying options.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The censorship creates [[SoBadItsGood a number of humorous inconsistencies]] which causes the translated manga to gain [[BileFascination a fanbase]] that wouldn't have otherwise existed.
** The censors try to be careful, and not reduce the quality of the show.
** The show acquires a younger audience, that would be turned off by all the drugs and sex.

* '''Averted''': No censorship is attempted and the translation company is upfront.

* '''Enforced''': "[[MoralGuardians You're]] telling me I have to follow these rules? Well, I guess you print the checks..."
* '''Lampshaded''': "Well, we've had to make a few changes to this popular manga..."
* '''Invoked''': A similar manga is summarily canceled due to the influence of the MoralGuardians. So...

* '''Discussed''': "Alice-Chan, this is an intervention. Your need to collect innocuous bags of flour is not only bizarre but also out of control."
* '''Conversed''': "You really need to read the scanlation of Alice-Chan. The official release completely sidestepped her cocaine addiction."
* '''Played for Drama''' is impossible.

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* '''Downplayed''': The changes are reduced down to only [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implications]].

* '''Exaggerated''': {{Macekre}}

* '''Justified''': [[ValuesDissonance The tastes of Japanese people and American people are different.]]

* '''Inverted''': ''The Adventures Of Alice-chan'' is a popular manga with very young children in Japan. When it comes to the US, the company translating it adds things like drinking, sex, and drugs to try to play to an older audience.

* '''Parodied''': Revealing outfits are censored by use of magical censorship animals which bounce around ridiculously. The HollywoodHomely character doesn't get one because she's got nothing to reveal. (Happens in the "voluntarily censored" version of ''GunXSword''.)

* '''Reconstructed''': The censorship creates [[SoBadItsGood a number of humorous inconsistencies]] which causes the translated manga to gain [[BileFascination a fanbase]] that wouldn't have otherwise existed.

* '''Straight''': ''The Adventures Of Alice-chan'' is a popular manga in Japan. When it comes to the US, the company translating it removes a lot of the more questionable material such as sex, cursing, and drinking.

** The editing is not only done like the above, but also doesn't bother to change things to match the context. This makes Alice-chan's RunningGag of eating too much candy with sugar rush consequences seem [[FridgeHorror disturbingly similar]] to a drug addiction, and Kenji's implied relationship with Satou turns {{Squick}}-inducing when the censored version makes them [[IncestIsRelative step-brothers]].

* '''Enforced''': "You're telling me I have to follow these rules? Well, I guess you print the checks..."

* '''Conversed''': "You really need to read the scanslation of Alice-Chan. The official release completely sidestepped her cocaine addiction."

* '''Parodied''': Revealing outfits are censored by use of magical censorship animals which bounce around ridiculously. The HollywoodHomely character doesn't get one because she's got nothing to reveal. (Happens in the "voluntarily censored" version of ''GunXSword'')

* '''Invoked''': A similar manga is summarily cancelled due to the influence of the MoralGuardians. So...

Back to {{Bowdlerise}}. (Actually, can we not use "back"? It's a euphemism for...you know. How about "Return to Bowdlerise?")