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The current boom for “konkatsu” – structured matchmaking events for men and women unable to find mates any other way – has given rise to an otaku-friendly version: the organisers of “Ota-konkatsu” promise lonely otaku the chance to meet a real life female on a tour of Washinomiya Shrine, famed as a holy ground to Lucky Star fans – for a substantial fee of course.

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The event’s itinerary includes a tour of the shrine, a meal and “confession time.”

Male participants must be 18-40, and “something of an otaku.” Participation costs ¥8,000.

Women must be 18-35, and either otaku themselves or “with an understanding for or not objecting to otaku.” Women are promised a free souvenir as well as free participation.

40 people are sought for the event, depending on circumstances, with the event to be cancelled if participants are fewer than 20 in number.

The event itself is being run by the local Washimiya chamber of commerce (which could perhaps be more accurately described as the Lucky Star chamber of commerce).

2ch is less than impressed:

“Harsh!”

“The Washinomiya chamber of commerce should apologise to all men!”

“Women are free (2D only)”

“Chamber: ‘Pay up creepy otaku!'”

“Now you guys can be exploited even by 3D girls…”

“For 8,000 you could buy two Pokémon and still visit a maid cafe three times!”

“Weren’t we the worst in male-female equality amongst developed countries? I can see why.”

“With men having to pay and women getting in free, the only women they’ll get are gold-diggers.”

“Women get in free, again? Please give it a break, especially because you’ll get women coming just to take a look at the creepy otaku.”

“The women’ll just come up for the free meal and souvenir and then go home…”

“No matter how badly otaku squander their money, this is not happening.”

“If there was limited edition Nendoroid Puchi or something I think most otaku would actually go…”

“More misandry… at least make the women pay something.”

“I’m looking forward to seeing how many they net.”

“Read carefully! Nowhere do they specify the sex ratio. They could hold it with 20 guys and no girls, or you could end up in an event with 39 guys and 1 girl!”


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    Avatar of dante0397
    Comment by dante0397
    19:18 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    so they pay women to date you, shouldn't be easier to just go to Proxi Street, oh wait, it's free.

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    Comment by Coolham23
    19:24 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Well at least this one makes sure the women don't mind otaku / is an otaku themself... Still though with how much real women are asking for, you can go the 2D route with all the DVDs and extras included and she won't say no.

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    Comment by Darkrockslizer
    19:31 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They'd get more participants if women were PAID to come. Tickets to the shrine cost something, too...

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    Comment by dante0397
    19:38 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    well they get a souvenir, but considering the images of japanese otakus on sankaku, I would still recomend them the street, right in front of a quoin

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:12 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    There are negative aspects in having an otaku girlfriend, like whenever she looks at you in a lewd way, you can be sure that she imagines you being in bed and making out with... say, Sasuke, or some other male emo manga/anime character.

    Still beats having a non-otaku as girlfriend though, but you better earn enough to be able to fund the hobby of both of you.

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    Comment by Neonie
    21:53 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Putting the entrance fee aside, isn't this a bit dangerous just based on the fact you won't know the quality or interest of the women or the men and the more you think about it, the more problems with this scenario seem to arise.

    Being a shut in and otaku my self, I don't think these cynical views are limited to just my self, but probably of the Japanese otaku as well.

    Not to mention, once you become satisfied with 2D, it doesn't make sense to put in the extra effort to go out of your way to do this kind of thing, you would have to be floating between being an otaku and a person who's social, and if more of those people existed they wouldn't need events like these in the first place would they?

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    Comment by Vlesh
    22:32 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Good ponits, I honestly can only see this event, if it happens, being one huge drawn out awkward silence...

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:44 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Neonie, firstly, not all otaku girls are fujoshi, but secondly, most otaku girls (myself included) I know draw the line at imagining their boyfriends in yaoi situations. I mean, if I like you, why would I want you to be having sex with men and not me? That's just stupid. If I wanted you to be gay, I wouldn't be dating you.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    22:58 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I doubt it will be otaku girls who go there - and I doubt the women will be checked at all.
    This is a scam. You pay and get to look at some greedy bitches, probably from afar.

    For ¥8000 you can get a whole bunch of japanese schoolgirls - with guaranteed sex.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    22:59 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I doubt it will be otaku girls who go there - and I doubt the women will be checked at all.
    This is a scam. You pay and get to look at some greedy bitches, probably from afar.

    For ¥8000 you can get a whole bunch of japanese schoolgirls - with guaranteed sex.

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    Comment by Crim
    23:36 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Women have been getting free drinks since forever, this is no different

    shut up and pay the cover charge

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:08 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    have to agree with crim. it's not about forcing guys to pay, it's about giving the girls a free pass to entice them into attending. do these guys ever want to touch a real vagina or are they just gonna resign themselves to slamming the ham for the rest of their lives?

    and not all female otaku are interested in yaoi. if i'm looking at my boyfriend in a pervy way it's because i'm thinking of ME sexing him up, not some other dude. i'd love to get into a relationship with a fellow otaku because we'd have common interests and understand each other. that 2channers have the nerve to complain about women shunning them for various reasons while simultaneously shunning the only women who would have them is really sad and pathetic.

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    Comment by Esplin227
    01:46 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Agreed! Its a general lack of critical thinking that allows for that type of hypocrisy.

    Comment by Secret
    02:27 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    What happen if many women came then it's a harem

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:27 06/11/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    hey guys why do u think all otaku girls likes yaoi?... gosh that's why u are single! you think all otaku girls are yaoi fans, all women only want money, all women are lazy...
    at least try to search for one that it isn't like that first instead of just sitting and complain.

    About this, well... i think it's free for women cuz... well its evident! they wouldn't go otherwise OTL considering it's difficult not to find a creepy guy there and otaku girls are less

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:12 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    OTAKU FAIL.

    Comment by Anonymous
    22:40 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Reason fail.

    Otaku are not responsible for the ridiculous things that are marketed at them. That is, unless they pay up.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:39 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Supply and demand... there's actually justification for all the crazy things marketed to them.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:36 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Innovative and bold business > supply and demand

    The justifications are either "they buy these things" OR "they MIGHT buy these things". The latter is the justification for this event, and thus, the laws of supply and demand cannot explain this event.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    22:44 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    99% of the women go there for the free meal and present. I give it an error margin of 1%.

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    23:54 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If Tanaka Rie is coming, I'm so fucking in.

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    Comment by brningpyre
    03:18 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    What Yoshii-kun said.

    But really, with how "marriage parties" have been going lately in Japan (too many women, no men), you'd think they'd be flipping it around, and having women pay instead.

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    Comment by Esplin227
    01:44 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ok I'm confused. So many people keep saying 2D is better but how is that physically possible? I'm not dissing I'm a noob and I need someone to tell me what the hell everyone is talking about. The last time I checked you can't have sex with a cartoon. (though if I could have my own Chii Believe me I would be on board!)Also a cartoon can't really respond to anything you say. Am I way off base or are people talking about something completely different?

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:45 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    no, you've hit the nail on the head. the people saying "2D is better" are just the most pathetic otaku who lack even basic human interaction skills, and so can't make a real relationship work so they stick with something that makes no demands of them, that they can project all their fetishes onto while they masturbate with ona-holes and dakimakura. they lock themselves up in a world of fantasy rather than have to deal with other human beings and their flaws.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:33 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    > The last time I checked you can't have sex with a cartoon. (though if I could have my own Chii Believe me I would be on board!)Also a cartoon can't really respond to anything you say.

    That is easy. Though it seems physiologically possible, can you actually have more sex with a person than with a cartoon? Without risking arrest and crushing some human's soul?
    What do you have to put up with to obtain that? Is it really that much gratifying sexually? Is it all that hard to obtain the same with proper autostimulation?
    What is the point of having someone reply to you if all they say is to give you shit?

    You estimate that yes, you can very much gain more from real people considering all these questions and similar? Good for you, I can't. Oh, and if you haven't proven it yet, you might very well be wrong.

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    Comment by yuriphoria
    04:42 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Never mind him, I <3 Fujoshi.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:38 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    >That is easy. Though it seems physiologically possible, can you actually have more sex with a person than with a cartoon? Without risking arrest and crushing some human's soul?

    Yes you can.

    >What do you have to put up with to obtain that?

    Understanding and communication. Just like, you know, what the rest of humanity is doing.

    >Is it really that much gratifying sexually?

    Yes it is.

    >Is it all that hard to obtain the same with proper autostimulation?

    Autostimulation doesn't even compare.

    >What is the point of having someone reply to you if all they say is to give you shit?

    You're with the mindset that it's negative. EVERYTHING can have the potential to be bad. It's all in how to handle the situation.

    >You estimate that yes, you can very much gain more from real people considering all these questions and similar? Good for you, I can't.

    And this is why you and all other shut-ins are pathetic. You can, if you really want to. But you're so weak-willed, you hide behind your shield of "I can't." It's people like you who doesn't deserve to live. You do not contribute anything to humanity.

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:41 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    > Yes you can.

    I can indeed. Not that easy, though.

    > Understanding and communication. Just like, you know, what the rest of humanity is doing.

    No. I am a very understanding person, and though I suck with protocol communications and dont enjoy meaningful communication with random persons, I am able to and will communicate very openly with a loved one. It doesn't matter at all.
    "Everyone" simply do not have very relevant defects that I have.

    BTW, that's my personal case, but I expect a lot of person here to just suck at understanding or communication. What's the point of telling them 'stop sucking at it!' ?

    > Yes it is.

    Properly done, indeed. Not that easy to have it properly done though.

    > Autostimulation doesn't even compare.

    Just because you are unable of something does not mean we all are. Besides, possibilities probably depend on mere tastes and fantasies.
    I admit, the best I ever knew was not autostimulation. The same way traveling a World round trip is better than having a walk. You get few opportunities to travel the World.

    > You're with the mindset that it's negative. EVERYTHING can have the potential to be bad. It's all in how to handle the situation.

    Stop thinking you can out-abstract me. Few can.
    I have no such mindset. Relationships with me have more than mere potential to turn bad. They'd require either my defects to heal or to become somehow harmless. I have tried enough to know there's no known way to achieve that.

    > And this is why you and all other shut-ins are pathetic. You can, if you really want to. But you're so weak-willed, you hide behind your shield of "I can't." It's people like you who doesn't deserve to live. You do not contribute anything to humanity.

    I am hardly weak-minded and when I say that I cannot, I cannot. I never hide from anything meaningful.
    As for being pathetic and not deserving to live, I tend to agree with you.
    It is however interesting you make mating (or making children maybe?) a sine-qua-non condition to contribute to humanity. Especially since most prolific maters are usually quite a waste of their constituents aside from the happiness they offer themselves.
    I am quite confident with my contributions, gank you very much, Mr. 'Those-who-don't-do-as-I'd-do-must-die'.

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    Comment by AWare
    05:01 20/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Very well said @previous Anonymous.

    > "Understanding and communication. Just like, you know, what the rest of humanity is doing."

    This is complete rubbish. Society is based on limits and demands. Of course you can understand people, and others can understand you. Once you do that you simply realize that most people are completely empty or worthless as romantic partners. Not everyone communicates in the same way, nor does understanding lead to a good relationship.

    >"And this is why you and all other shut-ins are pathetic. You can, if you really want to. But you're so weak-willed, you hide behind your shield of "I can't." It's people like you who doesn't deserve to live. You do not contribute anything to humanity."

    This is really comic. Some things don't happen as you want to: life isn't that simple. As a person that has worked very hard to little by little climb the social ladder I can say that will power is not the determining factor. I can easily say that my master's degree will come easier than trying to satisfy the needs (interpersonal, economic, romantic, etc) of a woman to get her to like me. Physical attraction is not a problem; some of us have personalities that are too incompatible with relationships.

    Oh, and last time I looked it was some of us who made the latest generation photonics research viable, so refrain from such childish remarks such as saying that we don't deserve to live. Some of us actually take relationships seriously. It's time we stopped getting laughed at for not succeeding.

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    Comment by Dvv
    19:19 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    “Women are free (2D only)”

    Enjoy your life alone~

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:07 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Thanks, doing my best.

    Well, the Universe granted me awesome friends so I don't really feel 'alone', but I know what you meant.

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    Comment by Palmtop Tsundere
    19:19 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    “For 8,000 you could buy two Pokémon and still visit a maid cafe three times!”

    YOU CAN BUY POKÉMON NOW?! I'll take Cyndaquil and Starly. Then I can take them to a maid café.

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    Comment by Mizushima 水島
    19:22 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    i just want haunter

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    Comment by Duran
    21:10 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    So where could I get a Pokemon?

    I want to get Alakazam and then visit maid cafes...

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:59 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hypnotism is indeed practical... for certain purposes.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    22:44 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Can I go to the maid cafe and buy two maids?

    Comment by Anonymous

    "You could buy two Pokémon"

    Ahahaha, so sad and pathetic these otakus are.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:16 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Heh, speak for yourself, loser.

    Comment by Anonymous

    Seeing as how I'm not a sad and pathetic otaku, I can't speak for your kind.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:22 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    He said speak for YOURSELF, not for the mighty ones.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:40 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    >He said speak for YOURSELF, not for the mighty ones.

    Learn to read next time.

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    Comment by Megidola
    00:08 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They look so cute when they're small, but then they start evolving and cost too much to feed and house.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:19 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's why you stick with the non-evolving ones...I seem to remember a fuurin pockemon that was psychic...

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    Comment by Usagi-sempai
    13:25 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I didn't even have to pay in the first place, but I'd shell out every dollar I had for a Swablu and a Dratini~ X3

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    Comment by Coolham23
    19:19 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They should give all the otaku that join this thing a free anime Blu-Ray of their choice... They paid an entrance fee of more than 8,000 Yen so why not. Maybe then will this be practical in price.

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    Comment by Mizushima 水島
    19:21 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    how get out and go some places. beside there's cheaper ways to meet ppl.

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    Comment by Yoshii-kun
    22:44 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    “Women are free (2D only)”

    Man speaks the truth.

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    Comment by Schrobby
    23:01 14/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    2D > 3D, proven once again.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:07 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Based on what, otaku's claims? Lol, that's a hoot.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:35 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    only a pirate would say 2D is free.

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:13 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    00:35

    Have you visited Sankaku? A dumb question, of course you have. Have you seen pictures of 2D-girls here? Another dumb question... unless you're blind. So... by your logic you're a pirate, whether you've actually pirated anything or not.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:23 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    sound's like 00:35 is butthurt

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:03 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    0:35 here, I'm not butthurt. Looking at a picture of a 2D girl is not exactly owning her. To truely accept her as your waifu you have to buy the anime/manga/figurines, or in the case of LovePlus, the game. That would only be free for a pirate, and that's what i meant.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:07 15/10/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    But even for pirates, downloading figurines is a bit...






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