Sep 28 2006
Better start carrying those bats guys…
Don’t worry my honey, I’ll protect you!
I normally don’t do these types of posts but I found this to be incredibly intriguing!
Eight youths who engaged in what they called “otaku hunting” — mugging geeks on the streets of Tokyo’s Akihabara district — have been arrested in three separate cases, police said Thursday. The teens all targeted junior high school students they referred to as “Akiba-kei,” or geeks who like the otaku culture found widely in retail outlets throughout Akihabara. “Otaku are weak and they’ve got money, so we went after them,” one of the arrested youths told the police. Police said one of the cases involved three boys waylaying a 14-year-old boy who was headed to Akihabara to buy an anime doll and demanding he pay them money or he would be bashed. The boy handed over 3,000 yen, the police said.
Man! Talk about going so low you have to attack a poor defenseless otaku! You know what this means guys…CARRY A BAT!
Source: Mainichi Daily News ･ 日本語バージョン
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All for about what, $25USD. Jeez. ‘Carry a bat’, heh, wasn’t that Teddy Roosevelt used to say?
Or another option is to start studying martial arts like so many anime characters…
Yea thats t he sad part is..they attack for such little money which is what makes it so low ^^;
LOL YEA but theyre too busy like watchi anime to learn martial arts so a bat is the next best thing
LMAO oh dear that’s so sad & funny & just wtf.
You know, a pocket knife might be a more portable means of self-protection for someone walking around than a bat. Anything like a bat or defense techniques that can provide socially weak people (like otaku) with more confidence and empowerment is a good thing.
Yea but a knife can get all messy and bloody and yuck, but a bat can get the guy down for you to get enough time to run off!!
1) TASER
2) CLEAVER
3) SATOSHI’S BAT
4) HANDGUN
5) RITUALISTIC DISEMBOWELER
6) VOLCANIC ERUPTION
7) RESET.
roflmao nice one
I don’t know what it is but a “RESET” sounds really dangerous.
> 3) SATOSHI’s BAT
Precisely. Call it cosplay.
lol.. sadly i look like a serial killer that just assesinated someone (yes sadly i have a (ALWAYS) serious face in real life XD)
I’m very impressed that the arrested guys talked lol, mostly people who get arrested never say anything o.o, oh well, i feel sorry for the otakus getting attacked, get them packed with pepper spray >:D
It’s illegal to carry weapons. And otakus’ do not need them, they can defend themselves withs guts and effort and burning!
This is no surprise, as in the beating. In Japan there are tonnes of such “XXX-gari” isnt it. We have Homeless-gari, middleagesalaryman-gari and others. Homeless are for fun, middleage for fun and money while otakus… they jealous of their figurines.
Maria??? This that you? I stumbled on this site googling if a school rumble season 3 existed
Funny something like this happens in Japan. Always thought things like this only happens in America. Lol.
thank god i’m big and bullky and fat … maybe tat might deter them abit .. =P
whhops, my email address was wrong
Gah…just order the doll and ask the salesman to deliver it to ur house.
The ultimate self-defence move: not going outside to get into any trouble.
But otherwise, I would prefer a taser to a bat since it’s very much portable and less cumbersome. The attackers wouldn’t know what hit them.
>>theyre too busy like watchi anime to learn martial
Ahhh… you see I learn my martial arts from anime. So far, I’ve learnt rasengan, acquired sharingan and Komugi tan’s moe moe medical shower.
I’m afraid I’d kill someone with it someday. XD
Carrying arms in a 1 vs. 3 match might not be a good idea either. Resistance might land otaku in hospital or worse. Life comes first, unless you just happen to have a long sharp cleaver. Best choice.
Actually, they should turn the Book of Five Rings into a manga/anime series.
No one would ever attack an otaku ever again after it’s print run/airing.
BTW, the Book of Five Rings says many things, but this is repeated: Forget about caring about other things. When you are fighting, your aim is to kill the other guy. And that is the only thing you need to worry about. Other than not getting yourself killed, that is. If you are attacked, assume you are going to die, and try your best to delay the inevitable.
Or you could disguise the fact you are otaku.
Also, why bother with a bat when there is a handy rock nearby? Or a brick? Or a trash can lid.
Or your anime merch. Use whatever is in your environment to kill the other guy. Your life is more important than anything else.
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i think a lot of the jr high otakus get attacked cause theyre just little in general and I guess theyre so “unsocial” that they just get scared and give up the money instead of fighting back (like don’t hurt me here take my money!!)
I doubt otakus would use their figures to attack, theyd rather give up their wallet than give up a figure I think :lol;
Tasers aren’t really that effective; you have to hold it on the person for quite a while to knock them out, and you can only use it on one person at a time.
The ultimate pussy weapon is pepper spray. Just spray the shit and run. It’s hardly even confrontational.
>When you are fighting, your aim is to kill the other guy.
I doubt otakus even consider it a fight to begin with. It takes two to fight; otakus only see a threat.
Moot point I guess, since The Book of Five Rings would help with that, too.
haha I totally have pepper spray on me
had to carry it to college cause I went to school in Camden NJ *_*