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NEWS: 4 Middle Schoolers Arrested for Threatening Akihabara Otaku for Money

I think by the time you are 14 or 15, you should be able to defend yourself. And conversely, a beating would provide just accountability.

It's too bad that they couldn't provide that justice themselves.

I think by the time you are 14 or 15, you should be able to defend yourself. And conversely, a beating would provide just accountability.

It's too bad that they couldn't provide that justice themselves.

It's too bad that they couldn't provide that justice themselves.

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I think by the time you are 14 or 15, you should be able to defend yourself. And conversely, a beating would provide just accountability. It's too bad that they couldn't provide that justice themselves.

I can't believe you just said that. These people are victims who were targeted, and absolutely didn't deserve this. I really hope you are being sarcastic.

These people are going to probably be scarred for life because of this. Just because they are guys doesn't mean they are equipped to not be MUGGED on the street, something that happens to lots of people, man or woman.

Yes because two wrongs make a right...

Of course they didn't deserve it. However, using the word MUGGED gives the wrong impression. It's more accurate to say that they were BULLIED into giving their money away by the other teens. The perps didn't have any weapons (but if they did, so too should everyone be armed)

What I'm saying is that had the victims actually tried to defend themselves, they would've likely been in trouble too, and that is the part I am lamenting, with the unfortunate trend in encouraging this attitude.

I was once pickpocketed while at an outdoor flea market in Akihabara back in 2011. I didn't even feel it. Whoever did that must've been a ninja. Thankfully, it was just a small ziplock bag with coins less than 1,000 yen (around $10). The rest of my large currency was in a specially made fanny pack located beneath my underwear.

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What I'm saying is that had the victims actually tried to defend themselves, they would've likely been in trouble too, and that is the part I am lamenting, with the unfortunate trend in encouraging this attitude.

You're assuming the victims were even able to do so - even had the situation been one-on-one, there's zero reason to believe this was a fight any of the victims could win(I would imagine few otaku have any martial arts training).

Ya'll are making this difficult. They target otakus in Akihabara because they have money and probably because they wouldn't defend themselves. Don't forget, they are Otaku. I mean, would you target someone who clearly carries a gun? go up to them as say "Give me your money"...NOPE.

I was once pickpocketed while at an outdoor flea market in Akihabara back in 2011. I didn't even feel it. Whoever did that must've been a ninja. Thankfully, it was just a small ziplock bag with coins less than 1,000 yen (around $10). The rest of my large currency was in a specially made fanny pack located beneath my underwear.

no balls, no balls.

one day i was walking to a freinds house, i was with my two freinds and these three other kids stand infront of us, the one in the middle pulled a gun on me and pressed it against my neck, except when he gave it a squeeze i realized it was a plastic gun, he gripped it hard and told me to give him my money, i actually had 80 bucks on me coincidentally enough that was the first year I went to the anime expo, I was not going to give him shit, so i step forward and without a word my freinds follow, the kids infront just let us through, they said some shit afterwards but we kept walking.....