Some schools in Florida and Wisconsin are banning a Japanese sci-fi comic book over concerns that it promotes violence against teachers.

The manga, called "Assassination Classroom," features a large tentacled monster that destroys the moon and threatens to destroy Earth. The monster starts working as a homeroom teacher in a junior high school, where it tells its class that it will give them the opportunity to kill it before it destroys the planet.

The comic was first released in Japan in 2012. It was also turned into television series in 2013 and a live-action film in 2015.

Gifford Middle School in Gifford, Florida was the first to remove the book from its library in March. It removed three volumes, according to Anime News Network. In Wisconsin, the Elmbrook School District also removed the book from its digital library system, the outlet reported.

Moms for Liberty — a conservative group that pushes for the removal of books from classrooms that they deem inappropriate and which has campaigned to get members elected to local school boards — fought for the comic book's removal from Gifford Middle School.

The group also successfully advocated for the removal of a version of Anne Frank's diary that it deemed "sexually explicit" from a high school in Vero Beach, Florida on April 5.

Jennifer Pippin, chair of the Indian River County chapter of Moms for Liberty, said that the group considered the book inappropriate because it features pictures of kids with guns inside a classroom, noting a recent spate of school shootings in the United States.

"We don't want students to think it's OK to kill their teachers," Pippin told USA Today.

The Elmbrook School District in Wisconsin also removed the book from its digital library after parents complained that it was violent and sexual, Fox News reported.

The Elmbrook School District and School District of Indian River County did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Sunday.

The Elmbrook School District told Fox News in a statement that it decided to remove the series from its library after "applying our current book acquisition guidelines."

If you’ve ever wondered what is the reason behind all of the school shootings happening all across school grounds in the U.S., it appears that Wisconsin and Florida might just have the answer to all of these inquisitive questions. Surprisingly enough, it all lies in the Assassination Classroom manga.

According to the Gifford Middle School in eastern Florida, as well as Elmbrook School District in southeastern Wisconsin, the octopus-like teacher from Assassination Classroom is the main culprit for all the violent actions taking place on school grounds. Because, of course, it can’t possibly be lenient gun laws’ fault. In a short span of time, the last two months were marked by both schools having taken matters into their own hands by removing the fictional manga by Yusei Matsui from their library, as reported by AnimeNewsNetwork.

Unlike what the school boards might be thinking, Assassination Classroom is hardly a story that incites gun violence within the classroom. In reality, the story pursues the life of a few “misfits” tasked with assassinating their homeroom teacher after Earth is left in jeopardy because of their powerful tentacled “Koro-sensei.” Upon destroying 70% of the moon, the creature offers mankind a chance to avert the same fate for their beloved Earth, leaving them with the task of assassinating him. Not only does this alleged assassination prove to be downright impossible, but it also doesn’t help that he is the best teacher these kids have ever had.

Despite being a more than-tame-story, neither school boards nor parents seem to be able to agree regarding the manga’s alleged role in school shootings. Gifford Middle School recently removed three books from the series from its library, while Elmbrook School District in southeastern Wisconsin removed five books from their e-library just last month after a parent raised concerns that the district might be promoting gun violence. According to some board members and parents, the books were not appropriate given the recent events propelled by the recent school shootings.

“We should all be able to agree that violence toward teachers and explicit sexual content is not something that schools should be glorifying or promoting, especially on taxpayer dollars.”

While it is, undeniably, a story with school elements — as most Shounen manga are — the story could hardly inspire anyone to provoke violent acts upon their aliens — that is, teachers. It is also hardly the reason for the increase in gun violence, but it will not be the first or last time anyone will blame fictional media for violence enabled by their own governmental laws.

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Yusei Matsui's sci-fi comedy manga, Assassination Classroom, is now banned from schools in Florida and Wisconsin.

As reported by Anime News Network, Gifford Middle School in Florida removed three volumes from its library back in March. Southeastern Wisconsin's Elmbrook School District also removed the series from its electronic library. In both states, the bans took place after concerned parents and advocacy groups accused the manga of promoting violent acts against teachers.

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Schools' Objections to Assassination Classroom

These bans appear to be motivated, in part, by concerns about rising instances of school shootings. The volumes of Assassination Classroom that Gifford Middle School removed from its library each featured images of students wielding guns. Jennifer Pippin, chair of the Indian River County chapter of Moms for Liberty, deemed the books inappropriate, stating, "We don't want students to think it's OK to kill their teachers." They cited the recent history of school shootings in the U.S. as another related factor. A Florida-based organization, called Citizens Defending Freedom, also announced that it would take action against the manga for both its explicit sexual content and its alleged promotion of gun violence against teachers.

Wisconsin took action against the series for similar reasons. Elmbrook School District removed five volumes from its electronic library after a parent complained that the manga was blatantly promoting gun violence. Another parent also raised concerns about violence and the sexualization of minors in the series. North Carolina's Pender Country is also contesting the manga's presence in its libraries, due to fears that it actually instructs students on how to kill their teachers.

Additionally, Yusei Matsui's manga is being cited as evidence of the need for further action in school libraries. Virginia Delegate, Tim Anderson mentioned Assassination Classroom while arguing in favor of House Bill 1379, which would require all school principals to keep track of works containing sexually explicit content and make that information available to parents. In his statement, Anderson denounced the fact that the manga is still available in some school libraries. The aforementioned bill passed the House of Delegates back in February.

First published in July 2012, Assassination Classroom revolves around a group of students that must figure out a way to take down their school teacher, who is actually an ultra-powerful octopus-like creature that has pledged to destroy Earth in one year. Since the creature is impervious to all military weaponry, it is up to the students of Kunugigaoka Middle School to devise a plan to destroy it and save the world. Studio Lerche later adapted the manga into an anime series, which premiered in January 2015.

MADISON, Wis. – It was a tale of the good and the bad on Friday night for the fourth-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team.

The good was that Wisconsin set the NCAA regular-season attendance record as a sold-out crowd of 16,833 filled the Kohl Center.

The bad was that the Badgers (5-2) fell to No. 16 Florida in five sets, 21-25, 18-25, 28-26, 25-13, 13-15.

UW started out slow, losing the first two sets and trailing by as many as six points (19-13) in the third set. But behind the block of , Wisconsin rallied to tie the score at 22. The Badgers served for set point at 24-22 but Florida (7-2) rallied to know the set at 24. The Gators served for match point at 26-25 but UW scored three straight, including a service ace by , that sent the match to four sets.

The Badgers dominated the fourth set and led 8-5 in the decisive fifth set before Florida got its second wind. The Gators went on a 4-0 run to lead 9-8. Wisconsin tied the score at 10 and against at 11 but errors cost UW in the period as Florida scored four of the last six points. Wisconsin had six hitting errors and two service errors in the final stanza.

It was defense that ruled the night as Wisconsin out-blocked the Gators, 20-16, including 10 stops from Crawford. added eight blocks while (7) and (6) also had strong nights at the net.

Both teams hit .115 but Florida finished with seven more kills (57-50) while also outscoring the Badgers 5-3 from the service line. Hart and were the only UW to players to put away double-figure kills, tallying 10 apiece.

The Gators also edged Wisconsin in digs, 56-52, as recorded a team-high 12 digs.

Head Coach Kelly Sheffield "What a special environment this was. It is a night (that) some point down the road, this will be a night our players will never forget. I think the moment was a little bit probably big for most of us starting out and we were on the mat a few times. But we kind of stayed in there and gave ourselves a chance and really started to play some good volleyball there."

Julia Orzo? "Especially when you're losing by a few points, it's frequent to feel the nervousness in the gym and playing here in the Kohl Center, you couldn't feel it at any point. Fans were staying with us all the time supporting us and people did an incredible job showing up."

Danielle Hart "The Field House regulars taught the rest really quickly about our traditions over at the Field House and it was really cool to see those transfer over into the Kohl Center. Just the energy was absolutely awesome and everyone was on their feet and loud and really got into the game and it was really cool to feel that."

The Badgers return to the UW Field House to play Rhode Island on Sunday at 1 p.m. The match can be heard on WIBA 1310AM and streamed on BIG Ten+.