Talk about a stupid law. You have to have a license to defend yourself when your life is at stake? That whole country should burn and/or be decimated by a bunch of the animals they want to protect. The world needs more smug elves and less idiots.
Remember kiddies, the answer to racism and systemic corruption is to keep your head down and deal with it, maybe give them a gift to smooth things along.
This manga is very good at showing systems that work, but suck. I love it! Bureaucracy is extremely inefficient, does not work for certain cases, does not address systemic corruption and racism, but it is fun to explore in a fictional setting