China’s economy may have finally surpassed that of Japan, but Japan is clearly fighting back and showing that it too can still make things which explode unexpectedly, as in the case of this otaku room.
The room in question is a Kyoto area one-room apartment, with the explosion occurring as the occupant slept with his gas heater engaged. The occupant, a 35-year-old man, escaped with light burns.
Investigators suspect the 5 gas cylinders fuelling his stove and heater sprung a leak and then ignited. There is no word on where the gas cylinders in question were manufactured.
The impressive level of destruction and rather neat hole is probably a result of the extremely poor standards of construction used in cheaper Japanese housing – thin, prefabricated concrete walls are de rigeur, and the room’s furnishings and lack of fixed gas line certainly suggest low quality housing of a level almost fit to compete with that of China.
However, his choice of budget accommodation may have worked in his favour – better the huge blast blow the wall off the apartment than be concentrated on the sleeping occupant.
Closer inspection reveals the occupant to have been the proud owner of a limited edition Love Hina box set:
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doesn't it seem weird to anyone the hole in the wall is perfectly cut? Maybe someone was after his collection of anime and when this guy refused to hand them over, the other guys was
"IF I CAN'T HAS THEM, NOBODEE WILL!!!!"
then he rigged the guy's room....
...just saying...
Passion clouds one's judgment at times.
Guess I am the only one that is happy that no one was hurt.
No no... We're all happy no one was hurt.
If you look at the rubble on the ground there seems to be nothing hurt there, and those in the room don't seem burned either.
If you took out the "exploding" part, it looks like shabby work on the wall construction and it fell off onto the streets when he punched the wall or something similar.
I iz just happy the wall didn't land on anyone below.
Like "
ImagineWall Breaker!"But it's kinda like watching a motocross event: whenever the rider unexpectedly leaves the bike for whatever reason, there's always a handful of people in the audience yelling, "Is the bike ok?!"
Same deal here with his anime and manga collection. Not to mention any and all expensive figurines. One of those can be quite expensive >.<
Not only you.
its all thanks to the shabby construction no one was hurt.
if this was built "better" the blast would have been more contained, and would have increased the room pressure. causing at the very least internal injuries, and at worst death of the occupant.
when i build a home for myself, im going to make sure that i have a windowless room, and explosives (mild) but enough to tear down a wall for where i sleep.
I think so, yeah.
Otaku don't get out much so I doubt his neighbors had any inclination to care about his physical well being.
Not to mention that the firemen and the medics and whatnot were just doing their jobs so they might not count ether.
Arte mentions flimsy construction.... Well it wasn't so flimsy that the whole bulding didn't come crashing down all together.
You are confusing otaku and hikikomori. Two different things all together.
Screw the apartment. As long as his anime and mangas are safe he's good.
Damn straight!
LOL! :D
someone wanted his love hina. assassination attempt~!
Fucking right, AND I did recognized it that from small image! Oh fuck, Otaku me too?
This.
Thank God nothing happened to that limited edition whatever-it-was.
Fap overdrive.
Voice acting by Narushi Ikeda.
Soundtack by Nakagawa Shouko.
Exploding Gas canisters by China
I think Shuuichi Ikeda would do a better job. Who would anime fans in their thirties listen to more than Char Aznable himself?
The man could make me buy horse shit if he wanted to... =P
They should distribute those heaters all over the country with the slogan: "stop being hikkikomori! destroy the wall between you and the world!"
Otaku learnt a new skill- Demolition Fap
Here's what happens when you try a No-Fap Month and you can't stand it...
He synchronized his ejaculation with the explosion, what a pro.
i didn't even notice the China part...it's no fun anymore :'(
forget about him and the apartment, is the animu and mango safe? >:l
Send in the rescue squad we got one "limited edition Love Hina box set" that needs saving.
MORNING RESCUE~~~~!!!!!
@Laughing Kyubee Maybe he didn't have enough room where he keep his other anime goods.
All of the other objects sacrificed themselves so their owner could survive in a selfless act of heroism.
It seems more likely he saved all his precious but forgot the "Love Hina" box, since I don't see anything else ota-related but that.
Nice to know I'm not alone with similar priorities.
"forget about him and the apartment, is the animu and mango safe? >:l"
Seconded...They are more of value~
-Azure Xuchilbara
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Why he is rated down?
i agree whit this guy
He probably asked the same question lol
love hina is awesome! this guy has taste.
Love Hina made me an Otaku, so yeah.. too bad, i don't have that box set.. i envy that man, not the explosion though.
Box set? Nice. But Love Hina?
Yes, I am more interested in his taste rather than his heater blowing up.
I think the real question here is, DID HIS COLLECTION SURVIVE!?!
The stereotypical otaku has terrible taste in anime.
-3-
Perhaps his collection is larger. We never know. But for an explosion that blew out the wall, I'm wondering how the box is left unsinged.
Obviously the wall was just knocked down by some 'norris-esque'/pent up otaku rage fapping technique.. i suspect the only 'explosion' was from his pants.
I think you are grossly overestimating the quality of this wall.
Because layers of junk protected it.
I must agree. I enjoyed that manga very much and own every issue....but that anime was unbearable.
At least now he has enough space to use a Kinect.
He only lost his wall, his place is still cramped.
He can always push everything out the hole.
...And now he(the Otaku living in that building) can live in an old Inn filled with Girls including a girl of his Dream... A Harem Fantasy!