
Otaku quizzed on what it is they find irritating about other otaku supply a helpful ranking of some of the best ways in which otaku can annoy one another.
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America’s more unhinged fundamentalist Christians have apparently been rejoicing at the lord’s decision to answer their prayers for the destruction of vile heathens and atheists by wracking the infidel land of Japan with a mighty palpitation of the earth.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 12, 2011 09:36 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Bizarre, Idol, Internet, Mental Illness, Otaku, Seiyuu, Stalkers, Twitter

Aya Hirano is complaining that what remains of her legion of creepy stalkers is harassing her on Twitter, by distributing a supposed collection of her more problematic statements.
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Famed Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s hatred of technology has lately taken on a distinctly survivalist tone – now he is fulminating about how modern technology is robbing the poor children of such crucial life skills such as fire-making and flint-knapping.
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UK courts have banned a 41-year-old man from having sex as he is not deemed intelligent enough, with the judge claiming “it in his best interests” and local authorities ordered to actively prevent him from pursuing any further sexual relationships.
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Murder charges against a woman who stabbed an old lady to death for no reason have been dropped and the woman released, despite accusations that the murder was premeditated.
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A 12-year-old boy diagnosed with “gender identity disorder” is to become Japan’s youngest ever recipient of hormonal gender therapy.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jan 11, 2011 20:34 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Aya Hirano, Bizarre, Crime, Idol, Mental Illness, Otaku, Seiyuu, Twitter


Aya Hirano’s latest episode is even stranger than the last, with the troubled idol vowing to quit Twitter over accusations of tax evasion and familial harassment, only to return to it as soon as her attention span lapsed.
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Aya Hirano has angrily told her fans to stop calling themselves “lifeliners,” inciting the usual storm of opprobrium.
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A Japanese economist suggests Japan should abolish its military as “history will remember us as a kind-hearted people even if the Chinese invade.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jan 1, 2011 19:43 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Bizarre, Cars, Crime, Idol, Internet, Mental Illness, Police, Seiyuu, Twitter


An source familiar with taxis is suggesting Aya Hirano’s recent taxi abduction episode must be a fabrictaion, as Japanese taxi doors simply do not function in the way she describes.
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TV talent and former seiyuu Aya Hirano explains that she doesn’t care that everyone hates her, as it has always been thus.
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