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There have been too many instances on this site where I started reading BL work and suddenly came across things like child rape, child abuse, child prostitution, child sex trafficking etc. Some even have explicit child rape scenes. Most of the time there are no Trigger Warnings and comes as a total surprise in an unpleasant disgusting way. I saw very few cases where the chapter would have trigger warnings at the start, but even this is a rare case. Some of these are so small and do not attract enough attention when compared to the huge red warnings page stating not to reupload or some other stuff before it.
Shouldn't these kinds of things be mentioned on the summary or prologue and at the start of the chapter. So that people can make informed decisions? And this should be done even if it's implied or a backstory. People do get physically ill due to triggers.
Sadly, with the current state of BL I go into reading one expecting there to be some kind of rape for adults. But children are not at an age where they should be exposed to some elements (even thought sadly some are exposed). So this should have a much strict regulation.
So,
1. do authors put Trigger Warning on a book when they publish it?
2. If not why?
3. If yes, why are these not present on mangago?
4. I feel it would be better to have a separate section here to explicitly mention these warnings. and uploaders should fill this information when creating a new manga page and may be put a warning page before the first chapter.
Also it would be highly appreciated if people (who know there are problematic plot points and no trigger warnings) can put a Trigger warning in the comments or topics section.
Note: I read somewhere that an author did not put trigger warnings for child related abuse because it would ruin the surprise. I am not sure how credible this is, but if it is true... that is some disgusting thought process and stupidity of the highest level.