K-ON! Girls Robbed of Instruments in Otaku Mega-Heist
- Categories: News
- Date: Nov 18, 2010 11:35 JST
- Tags: Anime Goods, Bizarre, Crime, Guitars, K-ON!, Otaku, Shiga, Theft, Video Gallery
Thieves have robbed Azunyan and company of their very instruments, to say nothing of thousands of dollars in cash and goods, striking the school otaku have chosen to venerate for being the spiritual home of K-ON!
Shiga prefecture’s Toyosato elementary school is of course the school which served as the model for the highschool attended by the girls of K-ON! and subsequently attracted many otaku tourists after being identified.
Its gradual conversion into a K-ON! shrine by otaku proved its undoing however, as thieves evidently deemed its collection of valuables a prime target.
Items stolen included a safe with ¥290,000 in proceeds from the sale of goods, various guitars (pictured prior to their theft) and 22 figures, along with various other goods, all of which were left at the school as offerings by K-ON! devotees.
Thieves seem not to have made off with Ritsu’s drum kit for some unfathomable reason…
The school has seen an estimated 40,000 K-ON! fans make the pilgrimage to the site, although this attention has at times been a mixed blessing, with reports of suspicious persons and vandalism accompanying the arrival of the horde of K-ON! obsessed maniacs.
The reaction amongst otaku appears to be one of profound sadness. Desperate otaku themselves seem unlikely suspects given the thieves evidently knew the location of the safe, possibly suggesting an inside job, not an unlikely possibility given the rather notorious criminality of Japan’s teaching profession.
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People like these give us good Otaku a bad name....>_>
Agreed. This is humilating, even among innocent Otaku.
I seriously hope they get the fags who did this and return the instruments. Very unlikely though....>_>
@ShiraYuki619 they should pray that they don't get caught by the raging otakus.
they will get caught...sooner or later
This is terrible! I can't believe someone would do something like this. The news just seems to be getting more and more horrendous each day. I'm outraged! >.<
Yes. I too thought this was a disgusting thing to see happen. I mean, Otaku had given something away to an RL school that resembled their beloved K-ON school, and then this...
Beyond redemption - definitely needs retribution!
Swift catch and slow, painful death I hope....
I raged hard at this yesterday.. Such a shame really that some of the items stolen were donated by fans.
I wouldn't be any less surprised if they will become more strict with visitors now. Which would really suck since I wanted to visit the place if ever I get to Japan.
The building itself is pretty neat which does give itself an antique feeling.
Now what the hell will the culprit do with the stolen stuff... Selling it may get his ass busted.
Otaku thrift store clerk: You were the evil fag who stole those precious instruments?!!
C'mon Lt. Caine, do your Yeaaaahhhhhhh magic.
Horatio. 2 guitar replicas, 1 bass guitar replica, 22 collectible figurines, and a safe with an estimated amount of $3500 were stolen from the Light Music Clubroom.
"Then our suspects right now..."
*puts shades*
"are travelling heavy.."
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Detective Mugi is on the case!
thanks douche bags,
nobody gets to enjoy the goodness now..
WHAT!? WHO DARES STEAL THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE MIGHT KEIONBU GIRLS!?
But I realize she may need Milky Holmes for assistance.
Now makes me wonder what Toy's suitable for her..
For those (especially you dirty minded pervs)who don't get the reference, Toy is a magic/psychic abilities the people in Milky Holmes possessed.
Sex Toys, they have enough of those. Bondage, gags and buttplugs for the thieves and on the wooden horses with them where they are going to receive their punishment. >3
Man, that is retarded. I've been there before and those guitars aren't even the real deal, they were cheaper guitars made up to look like the ones in the anime. But stealing the safe too? Makes me ashamed to be in the same country as such low lifes.
They should make a special episode of the girls crying over their stolen instruments.
Might be material for an OVA?
@Anon 12:30 - I wanna see Ritsu's reaction over her drums not being stolen XD
U&I ver.2
Instead of a song meant for Ui who was sick in that episode where Yui wrote her first lyric, it's about their instruments getting stolen.
If they did that, it would be like they rewarded for stealing. It would be a bad exemple for all Otakus outthere.
Detective Mugi!
I'll take Mugi Holmes over Milky Holmes any day. <.<
All thieves of anime (not those in anime) must perish!!! OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!! Where's my saw!!!!
poor moe never saw it coming
I knew evil was bad, but come on this is just wrong.
How dare someone steal from the shrine of Mio and Azu-nyan D:< hopefully they get hunted down and caught by otaku, that would be interesting...
I can only imagine the counter assault by the otaku community to hunt them down, with whatever means necessary.
Counter Strike Otaku Edition...
Otaku Vs Evil Otaku
It will get really ugly. Heheheh.
wish i could lead the hunt lmao
Already on it >:3 *hax into all security cams*
WHAT? No love for Ristu?
This is awful.
Desecrating one of the most important shrines to otaku like that...
I hope the damn bastards who did this get their life ruined by 2ch forever.
one has to question why security wasn't increased when this became a tourist hotspot featuring valuable items and cash
not very realistic since hiring security is costly for a school simply to protect 3500$ and donated musical equipment
How dare they!? You might as well be robbing a church. Those hooligans.
That's...rather sad to be honest. I'm very sad that it happened, because of my love for both the series as the guitars and other instruments in general. But equating this to robbing a church is a little much in my opinion.
Also, I'm not surprised that someone would do this. In fact, I'm more surprised that it took this long =/
I expect gods punishment.
I spot a Mio dakimakura on the background, no wonder the guy in pic 5 looks happy..
jesus, some people are just shameless, aren't they?
i mean, i hate k on as much as any other type moon fag, but god damn thats low
This is so wrong... how dare they?
They can't be fans. You don't steal something you like.
K-ON! New series, now...
... acapella.
Call the Milky Holmes girls to solve this case.
Doubt that, the Milky Holmes gang probably will end up spending their time in Mugi's tea party.
Agree ^_^
Damn bastards... those who did this are not otaku !!!
My pretty Azu-nya T.T
This what happens when you let men watch K-ON!
When they try to sell it, 2ch will track them down...
Don't mess with the 2ch Police Department..