

Japan’s undeserved reputation for being a nation where anything and everything can bought from its omnipresent vending machines might be slightly less undeserved than previously thought if 2ch’s collection of vending machine aberrations is anything to go by:
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It seems some K-ON! otaku are irredeemably gripped by Tsumugi-mania – here one can be seen compulsively buying Mugi Takuan, with at least 100 packets visible and two boxes at the top of the frame.
And yet this is but the latest in a long line of such afflictions…
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The Liberal Democratic Party, Japan’s former rulers, have confirmed the candidacy of Miyako Aso, a former idol and actress noted for appearing completely nude in a variety of sex scenes and gravure publications.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Feb 7, 2010 06:47 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Christianity, Crime, Islam, Maids, Murder, Pakistan, Politics, Raep

Pakistani lawyers have banded together to prevent the prosecution of one of their number accused of raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl, a Christian, going so far as to issue death threats to anyone participating in the case, and physically preventing access to the court.
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Japan’s Minister of Internal Affairs has announced that the government finds there to be a total of 3,600,000 hikikomori in the country, and stressed the need to tackle the supposed problem.
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The father and grandfather of a 16-year-old girl face murder charges for burying the girl alive, as they objected to her associating with boys and decided to slay her in a so-called “honour killing.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Figures, Galleries, H
- Date: Feb 5, 2010 07:24 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Bizarre, Bukkake, Exhibitionism, Fetish, Guro, Image Gallery, Onanism

2ch’s more disturbing denizens have been sharing the results of their efforts at figure and anime goods appreciation – this apparently involves onanistic exertions at the expense of the unfortunate product in question.
Those who wish to avoid seeing the splatter and instead just marvel aghast at the tasteless depravity of these otaku can skip straight to the comments.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2010 02:10 JST
- Tags: Akihabara, Bizarre, Cosplay, Fetish, Kigurumi, Maid Café, Maids, Marketing, Moe

The newest front in Akiba café proprietors’ war on the sensibilities of otaku and the general public is a kigurumi themed maid café, with patrons being once again served by 10 anime masked maids of indeterminate gender.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Feb 1, 2010 20:05 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Canada, Crime, Guro, Incest, Murder, Necrophilia, Old People, Raep

A boy who slew his elderly grandmother and raped her corpse in a sordid act of incestuous necrophilia has had his application for clemency rejected.
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One otaku’s love for mahou shoujo seems to resulted in some rather unconventional body art.
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Once again Google’s search results deliver industry leading quality, with an image search for “Canadian landmark” yielding several variations of this spectacular image of the CN Tower in Toronto.
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China’s unique grasp of intellectual property arises once again with “Goojje.”
Doubtless any resemblances to Google are coincidental or the result of foreign copycats stealing Chinese ideas.
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