

An otaku musician famous on NicoNico Douga has been arrested for having sex with an underage fan who approached him at Comiket.
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The organisers of Comiket have promised preferential treatment for terrorism victimised Kuroko’s Basketball circles at C84 – although they have yet to explain what is to prevent another round of threats persuading them to ban those same circles a second time.
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Police have forced a Touhou event to cancel after threats were mailed to its venue, mirroring what happened with Kuroko and confirming the worst fears of doujin fans that a wave of unchallenged event cancellations may be imminent.
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Even more of the cosplay gracing Comiket 83′s final day has surfaced, and impressive indeed it is – and obviously rather chilly in the case of the more revealing examples, of which there are surprisingly many.
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Comiket 83 has proven the biggest winter Comiket ever, having seen 550,000 people in attendance – up 30,000 on the previous year – and of course this has ensured all manner of cosplay of the highest possible quality was on display.
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Day 2 of Comiket 83 saw otaku and cosplayers alike having to put up with some inclement weather (though the event’s actual purpose of distributing massive quantities of doujinshi was entirely unhindered), though neither the cold nor the wet could not prevent some spectacularly revealing cosplay from occurring…
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- Author: Leon
- Categories: Anime, Galleries
- Date: Dec 30, 2012 10:44 JST
- Tags: Comiket, Cosplay, Enako, Events, Image Gallery, Lenfried, Oppai, Otaku, Winter

Comiket 83 has seen scores of the nation’s best cosplayers descend upon Tokyo Big Sight yet again – having narrowly escaped the forecast rain which instead chose day 2 to make its appearance, though not the low temperatures.
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The manners of Comiket 83 attendees have been coming under fire after photographs of their “vast piles” of garbage were circulated online, with many seemingly keen to blame it on the barbarous habits of foreigners – although non-Japanese could be forgiven for complaining about a certain amount of overreaction as well…
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The sight of creepy otaku holding hands with cute little girls around Comiket and Akiba has been causing a stir online – not least because they have now worked out how to get away with it every time.
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The Comiket organisers have announced their response to terrorist threats against the event is to ban all works featuring the subject of the threat – Kuroko’s Basketball – and hold Comiket 83 as normal, if absent the hundreds of circles comprised of Kuroko fans, a decision they blame on the police and venue.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 26, 2012 21:58 JST
- Tags: Bullying, Comiket, DS, Events, Love Plus, Marriage, Otaku, Relationships, Twitter


An otaku wedding where the bride arranged for the surprise destruction of her new husband’s (ex) virtual girlfriend Nene by ceremonially smashing the memory card with a mallet has prompted a wave of disgusted criticism online, with even non-Love Plus fans decrying it as “bullying” and “tasteless.”
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As if enough doubts had not already been raised in response to the profusion of moe mascots for Windows 8, now Microsoft is attending Comiket 83, begging attendees to drop by their booth with the enticing prospect of “being able to photograph a beautiful cosplayer,” along with the rather less enticing prospect of being able to paw a Windows 8 touch PC loaded with a moe theme.
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