A pair of men have been arrested for mugging 50 people, all described as “looking like otaku”, stealing and extorting some ¥3,000,000 in total from them as they walked the streets of Osaka’s answer to Akihabara, Nipponbashi.
It appears they were targeted based on the (correct in this case) perception that otaku are weak and will bend to any threat.
The modus operandi of the unemployed young men, both 22, was to find youths who “looked like otaku” and then scare them into handing over their cash: “We thought we’d scare ’em into coughing up, so we only went for otaku. From October last year we must’ve done it about 50 times, netting us about ¥3,000,000.”
They have been charged with blackmail after a case where they deliberately bumped into a 24-year-old man on the streets of Nipponbashi, and then dropped a broken mobile phone and claimed he had broken it. They demanded compensation, and it turned out he had just taken out a loan and so was carrying ¥400,000 in cash, which they took.
It seems it took one more such theft for them to be actually arrested though, months after the previous crime. Police are investigating their other apparent crimes.
Osaka is derisively known as the roughest and most uncouth part of Japan, though compared to many nations it is still an enviably safe place.
Via ZakZak.
We have to wonder at just what police (and possibly victims, if they failed to report these muggings) were doing whilst the pair ran a miniature crime spree in one of Osaka’s major shopping districts…
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r u guis listening? this is otaku taking back the streets of the geek district. we should be applauding their gangsta steelo.
Only idiots and thugs take the back street. The best way to defend oneself is to avoid dangerous situations to begin with!
It's normally not my style to jump on topics that already have tons of comments, because I hate beating a dead horse, but this one gets under my skin every time...
But I'm not sure what bothers me more. That these weaklings have to hunt down people with no ability to defend themselves, or that my comrades in 2D are so weak that they are such targets.
American otaku would probably fare better in a mugging, but not by much. Most American otaku aren't necessarily well-built (or at least, I'm not), but we at least have the "Generation Me" reflex to stand up for ourselves (and our swag).
This just reminds me to have some kind of weapon - and maybe some steel-toed boots - when I eventually get a good stock of money and visit Akihabara.
lol I went like 50 times to dendentown last year and no one tried to mug me
One otaku may be weak and a easy picking, but if you get 3 otakus........you'll probably get 3 times more money.
*clap clap* Bravo, Anon. That comment was so epic, yet so comment.
(That's not sarcasm. That's like one of the best responses ever.)
/facepalm And that was so fail...
I mean to write "That comment was so epic, yet so original." ... I shouldn't be browsing past three in the morning. I get dyslexic.
all mah fails r belong to mah lo bludd shuger.
The Itou Noiji pic looks so awesomely adorable that i'm not going to say anything about it being not related to this topic..
You pussies. And what an ingenious, briliant plan for the muggers.
Out of the 40 or so people that mention how they will beat the shit out of the muggers, only 2 probably would. Talking big on the internet doesn't make you big...
Agreed, but genetics do.
Wow thats Gangsta!
I'd shoot these guys on the spot no questions asked.
Reminds me of all the anime otakus I used to pwn.. Oh wait, I still do. >:D
I'd kick their asses, otaku-style.
MIKURU BEAM!
HAHAH! WEAK!
Meh, nothing new, nothing special. Oyaji hunting must be slim pickings these days.
I'll wish to see em try such things here in Russia...
I'm 1.70, average build, with glasse, do i look like a weak otaku?
If they try, i forgot to mention to them that i look 10 years younger that i look and i can easily send them flying...
Body physiques is no substitute to will to inflict harm, comrade. Let's see if you will not hesitate to lash out when you are mugged.
Just start to bullying too when they starts and everything will be ok
Hehe, like I would be scared of skinny fuck looking chinks trying to mug me for money.
Hahaha, are you retarded? Chinks are for Chinese people dumbass. Nips are for Japanese.
i thought nips were for nipples
nipple in japanese is chikubi
if you say your gonna fight back, in the end your just gonna pussy out. when your in that situation you'll just freeze up and hesitate.
You just lack fighting spirit. When people threaten you, kill them. That's the only way.
Most of the time, I hesitate because of the legality of it. However, if I can plead 'self-defense', I usually just strangle/bite/kick/headbutt my way to victory. Aim for the balls!
Well, otakus gotta learn to scream like a loli then.
Discrimination? So what now, you rob someone and say he's an otaku cuz he couldn't fight back?
lol :D
I've heard people in Japan carry cash as often as they can as opposed to a card (credit, debit or otherwise), why is that?
I guess it's time for otaku to start training in self-defense.
Why carry so much if you aren't going to use it for that matter. $600 average per person, and even if you subtract the guy with his $4000 loan that's still $530 per person.
The sole reason I only ever have $20 buck in the wallet and the rest is paid with EPTPOS or card.
hahaha japaneses is bunch of fucking pussy.
Although I hate what these guys did to our comrades. They are also at fault for being weak...
You gotta think realistically; even if we are physically fit, there are two of them so if we engage into fighting them, you could end up being attack from behind while we are fighting one of them- we ain't Jacky Chan or Jet Li who can fight 1 vs 10 at ease like in their movies. Secondly there's the uncertainty of whether they have weapons on them or not like some have already mentioned.
Don't forget Hairy Chuck Norris and Little Dragon Bruce Lee.
Aren't Jacky Chan and Jet Li Chinese?
Well instead of fighting both of them beat the living daylights out of one of them.
That's assuming that you can.
I think your right but still it pisses me off hat people would go after otaku because they think we're all weak.
its a general perception just like the one that says all black people are good at basketball. that is clearly false by my own experience but...shit those niggers can really play ball
Remember that there is an option to running away! Drop some heavy trash to block their path along the way.
easy way to make cash, i will try when i go to japan
Osaka is full of weird, mutant people...
Mutants now? I'd heard they were supposed to be space aliens...
Aliens with tentacle limbs?
really wish those guys could try that shit on me. I bet they would be suprised when I tried to kick their faces in.
"tried to kick their faces in."
do or do not, there is no try.
-Yoda
"His Ass,I Will Kick"
-Anon Yoda-
his ass, kick, i will
Yeah me too... seem like they got lucky and found people who don't know how to fight or simply don't have the guts to face them. Hey bounce, you and me should walk down those streets and wait for them.
Let's kick some ass!
it didnt mention whether or not the two guys were using weapons or not. anyone including otaku, would give in rather than get stabbed, or bashed with a bat. even without the threat of weapons though, some of these 'otaku' may have been older men who simply dont think they can take on two 22 year olds. this could of happened anywhere in the world.
Japan, weapons?
uncensored genitalia
Boxcutters? Harsh language?