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INTEREST: Voice Actress Aya Hirano Claims She Still Receives Death Threats From Fans


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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:07 pm Reply with quote
Wait Wait Wait, are you telling me she gets death threats for having a relationship and sharing her preferences in men?
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:14 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
Wait Wait Wait, are you telling me she gets death threats for having a relationship and sharing her preferences in men?

That's been the unfortunate reality in the idol scene, and for entertainment people in Japan in general, for decades...
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:17 pm Reply with quote
You'd think antis would've moved on to the next new talent by now, Hirano isn't even relevant these days nor an idol anymore ffs. Come on folks, get a hobby, let it go, and move on.
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merr



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 1:21 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
Wait Wait Wait, are you telling me she gets death threats for having a relationship and sharing her preferences in men?

She was “caught” sleeping with members of her band, and the otaku disowned her for having a sex life. It was (and still is) deeply messed up.
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FireballDragon



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:01 pm Reply with quote
Poor woman... Idols are people too.
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flamemasterelan



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:18 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
Wait Wait Wait, are you telling me she gets death threats for having a relationship and sharing her preferences in men?

Is it really that surprising? Japan is pretty damn conservative (even moreso than the US right now), and almost every piece of fiction pushes their purity culture nonsense. There's a reason people joke about how lewd anime girls are when they touch another person's hands. This is just the logical end result.
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MarshalBanana



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:57 pm Reply with quote
flamemasterelan wrote:
MarshalBanana wrote:
Wait Wait Wait, are you telling me she gets death threats for having a relationship and sharing her preferences in men?

Is it really that surprising? Japan is pretty damn conservative (even moreso than the US right now),
I don't get how having relationships is considered Liberal, even in a very conservative country.
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Jacut



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 2:57 pm Reply with quote
flamemasterelan wrote:
MarshalBanana wrote:
Wait Wait Wait, are you telling me she gets death threats for having a relationship and sharing her preferences in men?

Is it really that surprising? Japan is pretty damn conservative (even moreso than the US right now), and almost every piece of fiction pushes their purity culture nonsense. There's a reason people joke about how lewd anime girls are when they touch another person's hands. This is just the logical end result.


Exactly. Idols are born of this obsession and thrive in it, like Hirano did (although their producers/managers are the ones benefiting from it obviously), until something bad happens. Must admit I myself glanced at a 12-15 years old open air junior idols concert once while strolling Nagoya central park, wondering what kind of people could watch this, and judging by the looks of spectators, most of them where 40+ men, so you know...
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mrsatan



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 3:20 pm Reply with quote
The whole industry is rotten. It deliberately creates an illusion of intimacy, like those contemptible hand-shaking events.
But I want to remind people that the boyband idols also suffer abuse and threats. It's rotten all around.
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Ming Yi



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 3:25 pm Reply with quote
mrsatan wrote:

But I want to remind people that the boyband idols also suffer abuse and threats. It's rotten all around.


Male idols do get threats, but there is a lot of documentation that suggests female idols are far more scrutinized disproportionately in comparison.
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Thespacemaster



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 3:46 pm Reply with quote
You have to be a real low life loser to threaten someone cause they have a relationship with someone not them, like that was much a given. It is utter pathetic that after all this time she still gets these threats.

Just move on, you pathetic low lifes and actually come out your mother's basement for real.

Sheesh.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:11 pm Reply with quote
Idol culture needs to die in a fire. Completely ****ed up from top to bottom.
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flamemasterelan



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:26 pm Reply with quote
MarshalBanana wrote:
I don't get how having relationships is considered Liberal, even in a very conservative country.

Because sexual liberation and Women's Rights have always been left-wing causes, while conservatism protects traditional patriarchal norms and promotes things like abstinence-only sex education, purity culture, etc.
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Nate148



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:41 pm Reply with quote
so, ignoring the troll above yea its depressing that folks can't move on from there hate.
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Punch Drunk Marc



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:57 pm Reply with quote
Such Maidenless Behavior
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