The first AKB48 performance since two of their girls were maimed in a saw attack has finished, but with steel fences between them and the girls, body searches, metal detectors, police guards and physical contact banned there have been complaints AKB48 otaku are now paying for the equivalent of a prison visit – perhaps appropriately enough, as soon after an AKB fan was arrested for a series of arson attacks in the middle of Akihabara.
AKB48’s first event since their sawing took place in their Akihabara stronghold, and incorporated some of the basic security measures police demanded.
The event – which finished without incident – saw fans groped and screened with metal detectors in full TSA style, a metal fence erected between them and the stage to keep them where they belong, and extra guards and six police officers to keep an eye on them, with post-event “high-touching” banned for good measure.
They were unfortunately not able to stop AKB otaku causing trouble outside the venue, as a 26-year-old man was arrested on 4 counts of arson after he started setting fire to garbage bags near Akihabara station, saying he “came to Akihabara as an AKB48 fan” and “watch the police and firefighers rush about made me feel better.”
A 25-year-old woman in attendance witnessed the new measures:
“It was a magnificent performance, some fans were moved to tears. Security was tight and I was subjected to a full body check and a metal detector screening, but I hope the members don’t give in to this incident and keep performing!”
A 46-year-old man who traveled in from the wilds of Ibaraki prefecture, perhaps closer to their core constituency, was somewhat less enthused:
“The first row of seats is now walled off from the girls by a metal fence, there is no high-touching, so there is now a very regrettable distance between us and them, but we should make their safety the number one priority.”
Online the reaction is even less diplomatic:
“What is this, a zoo?”
“Like a prison now isn’t it – amazing they still go even so.”
“Police, seriously? What are they wasting our taxes on this for.”
“Using our taxes to police AKB events is crime in itself.”
“Who’d want to go to an AKB event with no opportunity to get close to the girls. That’s the only point in going.”
“This is the beginning of the end for them.”
“Unbelievable that they use taxes to support AKB48’s despicable business model now.”
“What is this, the UFC?”
“May as well go to the zoo to watch the primate exhibits.”
“Can’t be helped given the latent criminality of AKB48 fans. When one of them finally offs a member it would cause the police to lose a lot of face.”
“Well if there is no touching it is not hard to see their business model failing shortly.”
“Amazing the kind of treatment creepy otaku will pay money to endure!”
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As soon as AKB48 lose the crazy fans who will buy 100s if not 1000s of CDs for the vote slips, the group will be finished. Here's hoping the police are successful in dismantling this commercialized idol group.
yes, the bubble has already burst, only a matter of time now.
Man with the saw - modern world sanity saviour.
The man with the saw was an insane monster still in human form, who seriously injured two young women, and now because of the monster, there is a fence between the fans and the performers.
The people who spend so much time and effort, singing, dancing, dressing up just for the fans.. they deserve to be treated like the idols they are.
Just for the money*
The monster now made media and costly investments. As someone interested in business, would I consider AHKB after such scandals?
My investments would certainly go somewhere else very quickly.
"but with steel fences between them and the girls, body searches, metal detectors, police guards and physical contact banned"
Please incorparate this in the upcoming im@s Cinderella Girls anime.
Oh, I got a better idea. A concert...in an actual high security prison.
This sounds like just about any pop concert in the United States.
"What is this, a zoo?"
If it is, it's obviously not a "petting" zoo.
until fans start throwing seaman, then glass panels will be put up, until fans start rubbing their nude bodies on the glass panel, a brick wall with a projector screen will be put up, until fans drill holes in the walls, the girls will be replaced with animatronic arms with pieces of paper with the image of the girls faces, until fans start raping the robots.
It's an asian idol exhibit where you can take a look at mass-produced idols fresh from the factory.
Not any different from western artists that gets their voice mainly adjusted and sells more of their face than the actual song.
I know right? Western "artists" can't perform live and is mostly using lip-syncing on stages, their music not just voices are synthesized to the point that we had no idea how many percent is actually left untouched, but this is show-biz for ya.
In a hindsight, it kinda is still a zoo.
The tickets can be obtained by buying their shitty CDs.
AKB48 is a joke anyway
The zoo and ufc comment is gold!
People used to spit in their hands to seal a deal or an agreement, I am sure that one girl with the hand full of warm man slime got a deal she can't ever forget.
Can't forget? She probably get a lot of other warm manly things. Can't that memorable.
Mhm. Barbeque sauce and chinktoes.
AKB48 Otaku “Now Treated Like Paying Criminals”
What's the diference? LOL
They're now actually being treated properly!
Those facial expressions are likely due to the fact that all the otaku's hands were so very sticky.
The second picture isn't AKB48, it's a different group.
It was a trick, and you fell for it, police will be at your door shortly, please put clothes on and maybe some deodorant before that get there.
OTAKU SPOTTED
and in other news
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27684258
Suppose the US should block off all parks and not allow 12 year old girls near each other or on the internets.
As an aside why does sankaku keep using that smileage picture?
I hate children and I am glad that they're going to be tried as adults. It's about time that the world stops pretending that they are incapable of understanding their crimes.
most of that is probably all lies, for one, 12 year olds never face any years in prison. Second, they're obviously nuts, considering what they had told police, so they probably won't even face juvenile detention time.
I love the AKB48 girls taking all the otaku's money. To them its business as usual.
The girls hardly get any of the money tho, the agency does.
They get enough money to live in comfort, I would imagine a nice Tokyo Apartment(Or house), enough for food, bills, indulge in hobbys, fashion etc.
They wouldn't do it otherwise. Idols live better than an average Japanese salaryman. Don't feel sorry for them.
“May as well go to the zoo to watch the primate exhibits.”
So true, Ueno zoo isn't very far, 10 min. on foot, it's cheaper, you don't need to win a lottery to enter, and full of real young schoolgirls always happy to take pictures with you.
Security is the only thing about AKB48 that's tight.
You forgot their nether regions too ;)
think you missed his point man, but hi-touch anyway
Nah, some people just didn't get the joke. I've noticed the AKB48 defence force has been downvoting a bit haha
Burn
I hope a fan offs one of the girls out of spite lol.
Maybe one of those villainous otaku will use a 3d printed gun!
no matter how you hate them, that's a terrible thing to wish for O_o;
3d PrIntedGun disgusting.
Bah, the fact that a death threat gets upvotex just shows hoe far humanity had vallen.
only a +2, humanity has fallen deeper than that.
The AKB48 group are becoming less and less about "idols you can meet" which made them unique to begin with. The saddest part is you have fans defending them and forgetting their reasons for liking them in the first place.
Soo... does Japan have some sort of a debilitating otaku problem or something?
I have a question? How many of the former AKB members are now MILF's? or are most still childless?
Police protection of this magnitude? If there's any doubt before that the yakuza owns a hefty part of AKB....
When the Japanese males cry that they cannot hand-shake their moe-models is on their own stupidity. Opportunities taken away by moron basement-dwellers in the society. Sucks for the rest of the guys now.
Respect the ladies and this wouldn't happen. Look at them as lust-objects with fly-away deviousness and this is what happened. It's a shame those two idols didn't sue the living daylights out of the perpetrators and AHKB for not taking the measures in the first place to protect the safety of its clients.
none of them obviously have been to america and seen our prison system...
LOL so damn hilarious. Those stupid ass AKB48 fans are now going to be treated like shit for buying into these stupid ass scams of AKB48 bullshit, Making them buy thousands of copies of one fucking CD. Thats what you get for being goddamn greedy. Fuck AKB48 SHIT.
at least they're getting them prepared for the real prison life