Horry County Schools, the school district serving Horry County, South Carolina, has temporarily removed copies of Yūsei Matsui’s Assassination Classroom manga from its school libraries, after the mother of a ninth grader at Socastee High School complained to the district regarding the manga’s content.
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Horry County Schools is currently reviewing the whole manga series, which may take up to 30 days, during which the manga will remain unavailable in school libraries.
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Gifford Middle School in eastern Florida removed the Assassination Classroom manga from its library in March 2023 after receiving complaints from groups.
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According to the Associated Press, Tennessee, Idaho, and South Carolina have similar laws and regulations that allow books to be banned in school libraries statewide.