 , the manga that would become the primary subject of the obscenity indictments, originally appeared in the August 2001 edition of Shōbunkan's monthly magazine "Himedorobō", which had a circulation of approximately 45,000.It later reappeared in "Misshitsu", which sold 20,544 copies, and finally the August 2002 anthology "Himedorobō Best Collection", which sold approximately 15,000 copies.In August 2002, a father in Tokyo's 17th district found a copy of "Himedorobō Best Collection" in his teenage son's room.