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mdo7
Joined: 23 May 2007
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Location: Katy, Texas, USA
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 Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:57 pm
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That's messed up, I hope these guys will be in jail and I hope they learn their lesson for threatening and attempted extortion.
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deaththekid666
Joined: 02 Oct 2013
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 11:06 pm
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Guess it sucks to be an Otaku...but hey the pricks are behind bars so thats one less worry right?
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Toester_Strudel
Joined: 17 Oct 2012
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 12:17 am
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Wow, wouldn't have expected something like that to happen in Japan. Hopefully there won't be any more (or as many) threatened victims.
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GTO Neko
Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 12:36 am
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| Toester_Strudel wrote: | | Wow, wouldn't have expected something like that to happen in Japan. Hopefully there won't be any more (or as many) threatened victims. |
It's just as common as it is here in the US. It's just that unlike here, in Japan, news like this doesn't always get "notoriety" since it's well known and could involve gangs (i.e. Yakuza to a certain extent) or just regular street punks with nothing better to do.
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configspace
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 12:48 am
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On the one hand an otaku is left defenseless again a gang of thugs and need to rely on police to catch them after the fact, sometimes failing.
On the other, if an otaku tries to exercise his right of self-defense like Yoshitomo Imura recently did, he's arrested instead.
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Agent355
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Posts: 5113
Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready...
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 1:16 am
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| Quote: | | Tanaka reportedly said under
deposition, "I did it because
there aren't strong people who
are likely to fight well in an
area where otaku seem to
gather." |
This made me laugh out loud. What a stereotypical assumption! It's almost too bad that nobody kicked his butt and proved him wrong.
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enurtsol
Joined: 01 May 2007
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:00 am
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Lots of saved-up money, still predominantly paper money, and herbivore males aren't a bad mix for target.
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Michael Nathanael T.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 4:09 am
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It will be fun if all of those evil guys threatened a master hand-to-hand combatant otaku.
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revolutionotaku
Joined: 19 May 2011
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:40 am
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I was once pick-pocketed in Akihabara back in 2011.
Luckily, all of my large bills were inside a fanny pack stuffed in my underwear.
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electricpatriot
Joined: 21 Jan 2014
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:22 am
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This is just deplorable! Did they seriously think this would make them seem cool? They're just bullies who don't have the courage to pick on someone their own size! I bet they kick puppies, too!
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Admiral Pizzaman
Joined: 08 Apr 2014
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:20 am
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Really? Are you that idiot thinking you can pick fight someone just because you deemed them "weak"?! I hope you learn your lesson,lowly punk. Kudos to justice.
| revolutionotaku wrote: | | I was once pick-pocketed in Akihabara back in 2011.
Luckily, all of my large bills were inside a fanny pack stuffed in my underwear. |
Maybe I should try to wear it too shall I ever visit Akihabara someday.
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Agent355
Joined: 12 Dec 2008
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:58 am
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| revolutionotaku wrote: | | I was once pick-pocketed in Akihabara back in 2011.
Luckily, all of my large bills were inside a fanny pack stuffed in my underwear. |
That...could not have been comfortable.
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Michael Nathanael T.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 10:02 am
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| Admiral Pizzaman wrote: | Really? Are you that idiot thinking you can pick fight someone just because you deemed them "weak"?! I hope you learn your lesson,lowly punk. Kudos to justice.
| revolutionotaku wrote: | | I was once pick-pocketed in Akihabara back in 2011.
Luckily, all of my large bills were inside a fanny pack stuffed in my underwear. |
Maybe I should try to wear it too shall I ever visit Akihabara someday. |
You should be a master hand-to-hand combatant
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Admiral Pizzaman
Joined: 08 Apr 2014
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 10:43 am
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| Michael Nathanael T. wrote: |
| Admiral Pizzaman wrote: | Really? Are you that idiot thinking you can pick fight someone just because you deemed them "weak"?! I hope you learn your lesson,lowly punk. Kudos to justice.
| revolutionotaku wrote: | | I was once pick-pocketed in Akihabara back in 2011.
Luckily, all of my large bills were inside a fanny pack stuffed in my underwear. |
Maybe I should try to wear it too shall I ever visit Akihabara someday. |
You should be a master hand-to-hand combatant |
Unfortunately, I'm not.
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Michael Nathanael T.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:33 am
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| Admiral Pizzaman wrote: |
| Michael Nathanael T. wrote: |
| Admiral Pizzaman wrote: | Really? Are you that idiot thinking you can pick fight someone just because you deemed them "weak"?! I hope you learn your lesson,lowly punk. Kudos to justice.
| revolutionotaku wrote: | | I was once pick-pocketed in Akihabara back in 2011.
Luckily, all of my large bills were inside a fanny pack stuffed in my underwear. |
Maybe I should try to wear it too shall I ever visit Akihabara someday. |
You should be a master hand-to-hand combatant |
Unfortunately, I'm not. |
If I'm going somewhere (usually alone), I always bring a stun gun (it's cheap here ¥7000) and also a slicing knife uses by professional chefs to slice fish. I loved slicing knife for fish because it is wonderful and the best knife in the sharpness level. I've been bringing that two extremely useful items in my bag since I'm still in middle school. You should bring them too!! 
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