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Sigh. Just... sigh.
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No, Aya, that's not the way you react to a death threat.
YOU SIC THE FUCKING POLICE ON THEM.
Because honestly, this is out of line. And these retarded fanbois needs to learn to sit down on the carpet and shut the fuck up.
Death threats are so far out of line it deserves legal response.
"No, the Singularity will not happen. Computation is hard." -Happy Ent
To be fair to us, most of the douchebaggery seems to be coming from fans of Aya Hirano the idol singer, rather than her anime fandom.
But still, pretty screwed up.
"keionbu ni yokusou, nyan?"
Otaku (and I mean the really hardcore ones) are fucked up.
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@Arilou: And that is why I wish Japanese were less polite.
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Taller than Zim
Once you start moving into death-threats you've kind of moved beyond the scope of polite behavour and into "I'm fetching my axe." territory.
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Oh My
God this was a good laugh.
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She was never gonna be saving herself for you, deluded fanboys.
"keionbu ni yokusou, nyan?"
Yes, because I ship Aya Hirano/Tomokazu Sugita, which happens to satisfy her age requirements.
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o hai
lol japanese politeness
This kind of stuff tends to happen alot within the otaku population in Japan, though. Although its not like Americans have never done the same thing for likely the same reasons (usually something like not having her as a girlfriend and therefore wanting to kill her if she ever has a boyfriend other than himself)
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
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Stalking is a very serious issue that is often under-reported and often goes un-addressed until it's too late even here in the US. It's not a surprise to me that there would be people of this same kind of dangerous mindset would be present in Japan as well. caveat
If anything, I hope this gives the issue more publicity, and I do hope the people responsible are punished for it.
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o hai
I find it annoying how its much easier for me to get arrested for punching a stalker who sexually harasses me in the face than the stalker himself for sexual harassment. In the USA.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Oh My
I for one am not surprised by this. This sort of crazy shit has happened before. Why be surprised by it? God is it funny though...
If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
I've heard about fan(boys? I'm going to presume) doing stuff like this (wasn't there a big uproar about K-On because two girls apparently had boyfriends?), but I have to be honest. American Fan Dumb is dumbbbbbb, but I've never heard of any Western fans being this hilariously terrifying. Is this the mindset of real Otaku? Creepy. No wonder "Otaku" is sort of a not-to-be-used-term.
edited 6th Aug '10 9:49:32 AM by Latia
o hai
Yes, people in Japan think of these kinds of people when they think otaku.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
^^ Most otaku are not like that, and since this is from Sankaku, there is an over 9000% chance that this is exaggerated in some way.
Still, creepy otaku are creepy, though this is hardly the first time something like this has happened.
But, that ^ that is true.
edited 6th Aug '10 9:54:40 AM by DYRE
o hai
Please tell me your definition of otaku.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Otaku (おたく / オタク?) (oh-tah-kooh) is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, or video games.That one.
Most people who fall under that definition are not creepy stalkers.
Oh, and also since it's Sankaku, they're almost certainly talking about the sort of people on 2ch, which is basically the equivalent of saying that every nerd in America is a stereotypical /b/tard.
edited 6th Aug '10 9:59:42 AM by DYRE
@Latia: There are some cases that are crazy in the US. One guy tried to kill our president inorder to impress an actress.
o hai
Define 'obsessive'.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
Interested in a particular thing to a much greater extent than normal, probably such that it makes up a large part of their life. Or something like that. Regardless, while it certainly allows for a person who would threaten to kill their favorite seiyuu for admitting to having a sexuality, it doesn't inherently require someone to be at that level of, well, craziness. I'd still call someone an otaku if they just chose to collect, say, every anime DVD that Aya Hirano was a seiyuu in, but did not threaten to kill her recently.
o hai
Sounds more like a generic nerd.
If people learned from their mistakes, there wouldn't be this thing called bad habits.
It does. Which is more or less how I've always used the term, though I recognize it has a much harsher connotation in Japan than "nerd" does in English-speaking countries. Which means I suppose we just have a different understanding of the concept. I guess.
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