A maniacal AKB48 fan’s purchase of some $30,000 worth of CDs so he can cast 1770 votes for his favourite idol has inspired the usual speculation as to what drives creepy otaku to such extremes, and why they seem to be appearing in increasing numbers and with increasing budgets.
For those not familiar with AKB’s marketing model, fans have to buy multiple CDs to get tickets which allow them to attend handshaking events or cast votes in popularity polls so as to project their favourites to the top.
This has been honed to such a fine level of perfection that some creepy otaku have been conditioned to buy thousands of the discs, much to the general incomprehension even of less creepy otaku:
“I love Sasshi too much! I put in like 1770 votes for her. Well done everybody!”
“Talk about the influence of money on elections…”
“Is this some form of mass suggestion in action?”
“This is a sickness.”
“He spent ¥2,000,000 on this. What an imbecile.”
“Is that how much he spent?”
“More like ¥2,500,000, at about ¥1600 a disc.”
“That many won’t even fix the outcome. You need to put in at least 5,000.”
“I bet this is faked by the organisers to make fans think they need to buy more.”
“Too moronic. There are limits even to what you can reasonably do with your own money.”
“1700! Most normal people only vote 100 times or so!”
“I still want to know what happens to all the CDs!”
“These guys are idiots. Think how many JKs you could buy for that.”
“How many trips to a brothel does this buy you?”
“They could at least give them a hand for that much!”
“I guess there must be others around who are even worse than these guys.”
“Spending may be good for the economy, but you have to consider where the money is actually ending up…”
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The debt.....dear god, the debt...
“1700! Most normal people only vote 100 times or so!” - normal indeed.
normal don't even listen to this shit
"normal don't even listen to this shit"
Amen for that.
1 600 000 sales = 500 000 listened (or less)
You think this is about music?
How does music relate to AKB48?
I wonder if the dead vote in these elections?
You obviously fail to see that this isn't about the music.
And after the "vote ticket fever":
https://twitter.com/narita8888/status/207046163269029888/photo/1
http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2133826050573002201
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Etn3H5gIw
it's not that shit ;)
That was shit.
That awkward and regretful moment when you realized that the idol doesn't give a damn about him and his effort...
I'd rather spend the money on the girl i meet in real life. may be go on a date, sexy time, married, family...
wait, i forgot otakus don't get a chance to meet girl in real life! xD
I listened to 3 songs... its shit. Generic idol shit, but with 12 or 16 mostly cute girls, used to hide how crappy they are. To hide lack-of-talent, you raise the number of singers. That is why there are boy bands with 3-5 guys singing.
Idols = Same shit, different year.
There are GOOD Japanese bands / musicians out there.
Quite a few similar articles lately, much speculation in each case, but nobody really bothers to ask the buyers their reasons while assuming it's for personal use. Just as well he could be working as a purchase specialist or be involved in a contract-padding scheme. In which case he'd really have bought them.
Where do these creepy otaku even get their money?
They save a lot in soap, haircuts, clothes and beers in the pub with friends.
ahem, they save in having no irl friends so beers in pubs is definitely out :P
Even so I wonder. I mean, it saves them money to use just that once, right? What happens with the next monthly vote?
They're working adults on the surface and only supporting themselves, shouldn't be too difficult to save.
Since Japanese women are supposedly only interested in money, they could have invested in hiring a wife and creating their own little loli or shota.
Instead they buy.... a handshake. One that's likely been previously soiled by semen stained hands.
C'est la vie. :D
C'est la pyramid scheme.
And most hands are much, much dirtier these days.
That's S/mileage, not AKB. :P
they have staffs that personally guard the girl and check the fans before they even go near to see if there's anything suspicious. They used handsanitizers before too.
Seems legit
All those votes are still nowhere near catching up to Mayuyu, Yuko and Yuki
Think of all the $20 schoolgirl BJs this guy missed out on!
This guy should be ashamed of himself!
With all that money spent, he could have PAID for some girls and no longer be a virgin. $150 = no longer virgin.
“These guys are idiots. Think how many JKs you could buy for that.”
you could buy a bunch of JKs and top it off with a whole cart of nice electronics
I wonder how old this guy is.
Congrats. The vote is meaningless. Not that the promoters mind, I'm sure.
The promoters are laughing somewhere in a swimming pool filled with money.
I'm pretty sure the votes do not actually affect the win/loss of any particular star. I'm sure it's all decided by the bosses so they can get people to spend more money in attempts to change the next event.
Carefully crafted carrots-on-a-stick.
I can understand obsession to a certain degree- most of us have fallen for a person of the opposite sex at least once in our lives, but this?
The force is so strong in this one, he's easily comparable to serial murderers.
All this fanatism is purely sexual in nature. Those guys wanna fuck the shit out of those bitches. Those guys want to stick their fat, greasy cocks into those tiny tight assholes. Those guys want to lick their sweaty armpits, and i'm sure this lot would gladly have their face peed all over by one of akb48 girls.
Oh do tell me i'm wrong, and a fat greasy men buying hundreds of CDs to vote 1770 times to feel closer to those girls and possibly score a chance to meet them live is purely because of love for their "music" and entirely platonic.
Your 1st paragraph is really disgusting spite being true lol
I want to preserve them with the other girls who are pretty and make music with the noises they make. I keep them close, like water and food because I want to see them and glance over and experience them again over and over again until I am done.
right. i know given the chance you'd stick your face downtown with them
Your brain is wrong. Get a refund.
Don't underestimate human brain
>I bet this is faked
Oh god just hire a hooker it's cheaper
Well, this guy probably runs brothels, so...
Most foolish use of money I've seen outside of the government.
"In Nibbler's voice from Futurama"
Yes this man is very sick very sick indeed.
“I bet this is faked by the organisers to make fans think they need to buy more.”
I'm going with this theory.
at least some of these bizarre cases are surely faked to create hype but of course some are also real sadly..
“How many trips to a brothel does this buy you?”
I'd bet that he could buy himself a small brothel for that kind of money.
Maybe he already did. The stuff rich people can do...
if he took a debt for this then he is freaking dumb
These pictures are fake.
Only stupid person who spend a lot of money for this stupid thing.
Only stupid person
Depending on who you ask, nearly everyone can qualify as stupid.
Ehy exactly does he take a picture of the tickets worth about 30 000$ next to a less than 1000$ guitar?
Where the hell is the Oricon? They didnt going to regulate this???
Oh... maybe they are too busy counting the profits.