Forum - View topicNEWS: Co-Workers: Suspect Ichihashi Likes Ayu, Bleach, One Piece
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v1cious
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wonderful way they're framing this. 
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Sorraffy
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I guess the Craigstlist killer read manga too |
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Wyvern
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Considering how many millions of Japanese read Bleach and One Piece, that's like saying an American criminal enjoyed football and The Office. They're really common things to enjoy and not really worth reporting on. But it is the London tabloid press, so all journalistic standards are out the window...
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Josh7289
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British journalism is shit. |
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darcerin
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I like Bleach, and I'm a sorta-sometimes-gotta-to-be-in-the-mood fan for Ayu, so does that make me a serial killer too? Maybe a *cereal* killer...I have had a taste for it lately...
And I have to ask, what manga shows you how to murder people?! I mean, Death Note comes to mind, but even that's a stretch... |
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Yorozuya
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The London paper :/ Like anyone even reads that thing.
Sorry but most of the people in Britain who I know, didn't even know manga existed until I told them about it. I doubt anyone who reads that paper even knows what they're talking about. |
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Joe Mello
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It frames him as a social deviant, since it's implied he like Japanese things and not Western things. Your mileage may vary, though |
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Senna
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Ditto on that. Even with the supposed "hentai manga" angle -- wow, a young Japanese man who reads hentai? That's almost as shocking as an American man who reads Playboy! /sarcasm Obviously this guy was screwed up, but Bleach, One Piece, and Ayumi Hamasaki have nothing to do with it. |
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zanarkand princess
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As much as I would like for something to knock Ayu, her chipmunk voice and their fans off of their high horses this isn't it. This is just stupid.
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Tempest
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That's a pretty long stretch, being a social deviant for liking your native culture over imported culture.
Would be more like pointing out that he likes TV shows aimed at teenagers but frequently watched by adults (ex: Heroes). Even within Japan, being an adult and enjoying shonen manga would be considered somewhat "odd" by other Japanese adults that aren't fans of the medium(probably not something you'd mention on a dating site, unless you were looking for a girl who also like shonen manga). In my opinion, normally, the fact that a suspect liked fairly common manga wouldn't be nearly odd (or "deviant") enough actually be noteworthy. That said, if the police specifically stated that they are "probing the possibility that comic book fan Ichihashi had played out a sick fantasy from one of the stories in Hentai Manga," then it's perfectly reasonable for journalists to bring it up. -t |
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vashthekaizoku
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As it is in the States, Freedom of the Press also includes freedom from accuracy...they're tabloid media, bound to report "the news," just as our tabloids are bound to report every bout of intestinal gas out of Jon and Kate, or whoever the trend newsmaker of the week is...I took a Journalism survey course in college, and all that matters is what catches the eye and sells papers, truth be damned...
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GATSU
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So can manga be blamed for the Falkland War?
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egoist
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Are you a journalist to be saying that? Normally I'd just ignore stupid comments like these but... |
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siradix
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Manga and Anime are the reason for all murders, the news told me so.
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mdo7
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I wonder how long Fox News pick this up and say manga and anime are evil like video game? After that, I wonder how long till anime haters say they will forgive Fox News for bashing video game including the recent Modern Warfare 2 fiasco FOX did yesterday?
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