Which Manga Chapters Show A Protagonist Spanked By A Parent?

While some fans list out their preferred instances of family-spanking by chapter number, most rely on their crowdsourced memory to recall the instances where families engage in the act. For the most part, these scenes appear early on in a series, often within an introductory chapter to a series or within individual gag-chapters where the main character acted up prior to their disciplining by a parent. Many humorous manga, such as ‘Crayon Shin-chan’, will have such instances repeatedly occur within the first couple of chapters of each strip. Alternatively, in more serious works of manga that are primarily comprised of serialized,InstanceId slice-of-life storytelling, such instances may reveal information about a family’s fractured dynamic as well as the culture in which they were reared.

I make note of such scenes in a little personal note file of mine, and then cross-check on the community forums for said chapters. For those interested in finding such scenes, I recommend skimming through the chapter summaries and the relevant comment threads on the respective forums – nearly every memorable scene gets mentioned in one of those two locations. On a personal note, such scenes are oddly poignant or hilariously outlandish, depending on the context, and thus remain with me for a long while because they are so very human.

Helping to find scenes in which minors are physically punished by parents and/or other adults in a sexualized manner is outside of my scope of help as such scenes request the listing of scenes which are extremely disturbing, illegal, and otherwise not suitable for discussion in a general setting. Helping to find other scenes in which minors are physically punished by parents and/or other adults in non-sexualized manner would depend on the context of said scenes.

However, there are plenty of manga that have scenes of parental discipline, family conflict, abuse etc. as part of a larger story, often of a very mature nature, however they are generally okay to read, especially if you look up content warnings first. Titles like ‘Oyasumi Punpun’ and ‘A Silent Voice’ (‘Koe no Katachi’) are examples of childhood trauma affecting young people and their families in negative ways. Something to note, however, are the heavy trigger warnings for these titles. For milder examples of scolding/parental figures etc. in slice-of-life scenes, there are titles like ‘Kakushigoto’ and ‘Usagi Drop’ where the kids get scolding or guidance from the parent(s).

That would be a good place to start a study of this topic - use sites like MyAnimeList and MangaUpdates and sort results by genre using tags like "family drama", "parental abuse" and "domestic issues". Check the content warnings on the resulting pages and corresponding forum threads. That way you can be properly warned for any scenes that might be disturbing and the threads on the scenes usually are quite responsible and don't sensationalize things. I keep a file of titles and the type of family content in them so that I can advise my friends of any potentially disturbing scenes before we read something together. That way we can all decide if it's something we'd like to read without the surprise of something dreadful that really upsets us.

I’m a little older now, reading through more family-oriented comics and I’ve noticed that there are a lot of instances of parents smacking children to discipline them in these types of comics. Some of the most popular (non-sexual) examples of this are found in the gag-a-day and long-running family-based comics. The clearest example of this is in the early chapters and strips of ‘Crayon Shin-chan’. Another example of this type of comic is the classic newspaper comic ‘Sazae-san’.

I generally avoid noting chapter numbers because one never knows in advance how a given scene will be used. Will it be used to illustrate a point in a commentary on family in comics, or will it be used as a humorous anecdote? The impact of the scene depends on the author’s tone. If a scene is meant to be humorous then I laugh along with it. If a scene is meant to be serious then it can be quite moving.