History Main / TheChikan

** Subverted, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJXqtmPGRj8 Azami falsely accuses Hiiragi of molesting her]] while commuting inside a train to get settlement money from him. This causes Tokusa, Yuri and Akane to debunk her accusation as they saw him holding his smartphone in one hand the strap in the other. After Azami leaves the train, Hiiragi also tells Tokusa that he would never touch a woman's butt because [[spoiler: he is gay]].

* ''Film/KinjiteForbiddenSubjects'': Two Japanese businessmen discuss the subject after one of them witnesses a woman being groped on the subway who does not loudly protest, both regarding it as a form of sexual fetishism. Later one of them drunkenly attempts the same thing on a business trip in the United States, [[ValuesDissonance resulting in immediate retaliation]].

Due to differing social values, this trope is relatively-unknown in North America, Europe, and Australia, where a woman in this position is ''much'' more likely to scream bloody murder and possibly take a swing at the creep.

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* ''Website/TheOnion'' once ran an opinion piece in which a frotteur complained, [[{{Squick}} in great detail]], about how difficult this was becoming.
* Not just TruthInTelevision in Japan - the [[UsefulNotes/TheT MBTA]] (Boston public transit) police have actually issued a warning about this problem, as has the New York City Transit Authority.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car Women-only passenger cars]] have also been put into place in several other countries.
* One recent counter-development is invisible ink stamps that women can use to mark unwelcome gropers, that the authorities can then identify by scanning people's hands with a light the ink is visible under. The first batch of stamps sold out almost immediately.
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As of 2006, the Japanese subways have addressed this problem by establishing women-only cars on every train. These are reportedly ''quite'' popular[[note]]But it also created a bit of a backlash, as women who did not use (or missed) the women-only cars were assumed [[ArentYouGoingToRavishMe to be asking for it]].[[/note]]. However, their failure to completely solve the problem resulted in the introduction of routine undercover police patrols of subways in 2009, coupled with new awareness campaigns to encourage reporting and prosecution of offenders.

** [[{{Bifauxnen}} Masumi Sera]] was believed to a chikan who molested Sonoko during her introduction, so Ran attacked her. Fortunately, Sera could defend herself. Conan pointed out that Sera grabbed the hand of the actual chikan and Sonoko mistook the wrong one for the culprit. Of course, they didn't know that [[GenderReveal Sera was a girl]] when they first met her.

** Erika runs into one and handles it [[http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/125 in her usual manner]]

Japanese public transit is ''very'' crowded -- in fact, the operating companies hire employees to help pack trains as full as possible at the height of rush hour (often struggling young or retired sumo wrestlers who need extra cash). Japanese society has very strict sexual mores, as well. A significant social problem is that of creepy strangers on public transit (or in parks) anonymously fondling women in the midst of the crowd and confusion, or otherwise molesting them. These men are known by some anime fans as ''chikan'' (''chikan'' is actually the '''act''' of sexual assault by groping, not the perpetrator), and signs are prominently posted in parks and on transit warning women about them. The females who engage in this behavior are called ''chijo''.

* In ''Manga/OtomeNoTeikoku'', Ayano encounters one on the train ride to school, and unlike most things in the manga that deal with sex, this is ''not'' played for titillation. While we don't see the attack, we do see the usually cool Ayano hesitant to leave school and when [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship her best friend, Miyoshi]] demands to know what’s wrong, Ayano breaks down crying saying how scared she was.

* In an early chapter of ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity'' Negishi is falsely accused of subway groping. It later also turns out that the temporary absence from the music scene of Gaylord ([[spoiler:the first Lord Krauser]]) was because he was jailed for sexual assault after groping women on trains.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'':
** [[{{Bifauxnen}} Masumi Sera]] was believed to a chikan who molested Sonoko during her introduction, so Ran attacked her. Fortunately, Sera could defend herself. Conan pointed out that Sera grabbed the hand of the actual chikan and Sonoko mistook the wrong one for the culprit. Of course, they didn't know that [[GenderReveal Sera was a girl]] when they first met her.
** A character called Etsutoshi Oba crossed his arms in the train, so nobody would mistake him as a chikan. [[spoiler:It turns out that he crossed his arms to hide the knife which he used to kill the hooligan who killed his twin brother.]]

* In ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'', the {{transgender}} woman Aoi Futaba is actually part of the Anti-Chikan unit. She began dressing as a woman specifically to catch these type of people.

** In the Christmas Special, Motoko is groped by one on a subway; her response, being Motoko, is violence. But unlike the vast majority of violence she was able to inflict in ''Love Hina'' to that point, this time, [[RealityEnsues her beating the man almost gets her arrested.]]

* This is the main premise of the {{Hentai}} visual novel ''Saishū Chikan Densha''. The protagonist is a man who molests some girls in the train.

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* This is the main premise of the {{Hentai}} visual novel ''Saishū Chikan Densha''. The protagonist is a man who molests some girls in the train.
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* ''Manga/{{Boku To Boku}}'' starts when a [[{{bifauxnen}} tomboyish]] girl points out a chikan on the train who is touching a middle school girl. The two talk later and she quickly [[UnsettlingGenderReveal learns]] that the "girl" is a WholesomeCrossdresser.
* In ''Manga/{{Change 123}}'' Motoko is molested by a chikan on the way to meet Kosukegawa. She is so flustered that her SplitPersonality [[BloodKnight Hibiki]] takes control and reaches down to meet the pervert's fingers. At first he believes she is getting into it, but needless to say this was not the case.

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* Hilariously done when [[JerkJock Agon]] and [[MagnificentBastard Hiruma]] save a girl from one of these in ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}''. After being sent a live video feed of said girl being harassed by a chikan, Agon immediately leaves where he is, goes to the subway, and ''rips the man from the train while it's moving.'' Agon then gets to work on getting under the girl's skirt while Hiruma goes on to blackmail the chikan.

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* ''Kanojo Ni Naritai'' starts with the protagonist getting felt up by a man while riding to school and is too nervous to do anything. Luckily a girl — his crush, surprisingly — rescues him.

* In ''Anime/MawaruPenguindrum'', Ringo's friend Yukina mistakes Shouma for one. Meanwhile, #1 is prone to squeeze into skirts and has mastered the Floor-Level Mirror Technique.

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* Kasumi is a victim of one in the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' fic ''FanFic/KunoichisLikeUs''. She promptly [[MuggingTheMonster lays him out flat]], to the crowd's acclaim.

* They try to set up a sting for this on ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'', but since the "bait" is Dep. Weigel no one tries it.

* Reporter Sue Turton had her butt pinched while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3f6WMSXQNg doing a live report]].
* Reporter Alex Bozarjian got her butt slapped while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWESDbYDqsE doing a live report]].

* Inverted in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' in the first chapter when Negi is riding to the school. Little boys are QUITE popular with high school age girls. And that sequence was ''significantly'' less perverted in the original than it was in the Del Rey version...
* An episode of ''Manga/MaicchinguMachikoSensei'' feauture a man harrass the young female student on a bus. Initially the DirtyKid Kenta is mistaken for the culprit, but Machiko and Kenta set a trap for catching the real culprit.

Japanese public transit is ''very'' crowded -- in fact, the operating companies hire employees to help pack trains as full as possible at the height of rush hour (often struggling young or retired sumo wrestlers who need extra cash). Japanese society has very strict sexual mores, as well. A significant social problem is that of creepy strangers on public transit (or in parks) anonymously fondling women in the midst of the crowd and confusion, or otherwise molesting them. These men are known by some anime fans as ''chikan'' (''chikan'' is actually the '''act''' of sexual assault by groping, not the perpetrator), and signs are prominently posted in parks and on transit warning women about them. The females who engage in this behaviour are called ''chijo''.

* ''Manga/{{Boku To Boku}}'' starts when a [[{{bifauxnen}} tomboyish]] girl points out a chikan on the train who is touching a middle school girl. The two talk later and she quickly [[UnsettlingGenderReveal learn]] that the "girl" is a WholesomeCrossdresser.

* ''Kanojo Ni Naritai'' starts with the protagonist getting felt up by a man while riding to school and is too nervous to do anything. Luckily a girl - his crush surprisingly - rescues him.

* ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'': In a manga episode, [[TheHero Kyosuke]] is distressed because [[LoveInterest Madoka]] is mad with him, and his cousin Kazuya advices him acting pervert towards Madoka to get her to forgive him. [[IdiotHero Too dumb to acknowledge an obvious plot to get back on him]], Kyosuke falls for it and he decides fondling Madoka in the subway... but before he makes the attempt, another woman gets fondled near from them and angrily confronts her harasser. Madoka states how much she detests that kind of men, and Kyosuke wisely loses his nerve and realizes apologizing Madoka is the right action to earn her forgiveness.

* In ''Manga/OtomeNoTeikoku'', Ayano encounters one on the train ride to school, and unlike most things in the manga that deal with sex, this is ''not'' played for titillation. While we don't see the attack, we do see the usually cool Ayano hesitant to leave school and when [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship her best friend, Miyoshi]] demands to know whats wrong, Ayano breaks down crying saying how scared she was.

* Parodied in an episode and chapter of ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''. Nozomu is shown handcuffing himself to the train railing to prevent accusations of this, but when Nami screams out for an unrelated reason, he gets arrested anyway. When Nami explains he wasn't molesting her, the police are happy to let him go, but Nozomu wants to plead guilty--his logic is to the effect that being punished means he can move on afterward, but if he denies it, people will think he's scum.

Many anime and manga series have at least one episode where a female character encounters a ''chikan'' who must be confronted or evaded. The Chikan will tend to be a one-shot character serving a similar role to the MonsterOfTheWeek. It's rare for a series to have a recurring ''chikan'', although quite a few series have perverted characters, [[ValesDissonance many of whom are even portrayed sympathetically. Chikan can also be considered a specific genre of pornography, particularly in Japan where the plot of doujins, hentai, films, etc. can be centered around the issue.]]

Many anime and manga series have at least one episode where a female character encounters a ''chikan'' who must be confronted or evaded. The Chikan will tend to be a one-shot character serving a similar role to the MonsterOfTheWeek. It's rare for a series to have a recurring ''chikan'', although quite a few series have perverted characters, many of whom are even portrayed sympathetically. Chikan can also be considered a specific genre of pornography, particularly in Japan where the plot of doujins, hentai, films, etc. can be centered around the issue.

* One of the Charlie girl in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAb5d7kp_8s this]] Charlie perfume commercial is a chijo.

This problem, incidentally, is also common in other crowded countries with traditionally very patriarchal cultures: India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Egypt, Brazil, and Mexico have, inspired by Japan, all started designating certain passenger cars in their public transport networks (subways, commuter railways, and even bus lines) as women-only for basically the same reason.

Many anime and manga series have at least one episode where a female character encounters a ''chikan'' who must be confronted or evaded. The Chikan will tend to be a one-shot character serving a similar role to the MonsterOfTheWeek. It's rare for a series to have a recurring ''chikan'', although quite a few series have perverted characters, many of whom are even portrayed sympathetically.

Chikan can also be considered a specific genre of pornography, particularly in Japan where the plot of doujins, hentai, films, etc. can be centered around the issue.