
2ch has compiled the results of its massively dubious ranking of the anime maidens “who most look like they are up to some enjo kousai (compensated dating/informal prostitution) on the sly”, yielding some shocking results for Saki fans – amongst others…
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Otaku have demonstrated the furious envy only a beta being cuckolded by a fictional character could muster with the results of this latest ranking, which asks voters to select the anime couples they most wish would break up – some top couples apparently being long overdue a return to the singles market.
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Two idols, the fans they dated and even their parents are all being sued by the group’s management for over 8 million yen in damages for “contract violation” and “betraying their fans,” soon prompting accusations of “slavery” and “human rights violations” against the agency in turn.
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Level 28 idol Shoko-tan has been outed as having a boyfriend after all, having snagged 26-year-old actor and fellow otaku Ryota Ozawa – although the media has wasted no time in digging out the fact that her groom to be has already sired an “illegitimate” child.
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Astoundingly popular desperate romance simulator Love Plus has received news of another soon to be rampant title in the franchise, cleverly named “Love Plus+” and featuring the by now rather well traveled trio of girls who graced the previous titles.
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Figures for the latest generation of Japanese to reach adulthood show them turning more herbivorous than ever, with 55.8% of 20-year-old men now apparently having no romantic experience whatsoever.
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Fully 70% of Japanese young men now report their Christmases will be spent in (for Japan) untraditional celibate loneliness, and women are scarcely any better of with 58% stuck twiddling their mistletoe in abject solitude.
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The director of a Kyoto-based anime company has been arrested for having a schoolgirl engage in lewd and lascivious cosplay so he could sate his photographic urges.
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The latest official statistics to highlight just how lonely the Japanese race has become of late show some 60% of young men apparently have neither girlfriend nor female friends, with women scarcely being any better off…
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A survey revealing 50% of Japanese women quizzed believed that there are interests which disbar even a hot guy from romantic consideration – and that all of the most despised of these relate to anime, managing to displace even the likes of “lolicon,” “prostitution” and “gambling” from the top spots – has been inflaming opinion online as usual.
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The latest egregiously skilful use of makeup to be terrifying Japanese men has been unveiled in a recent mook, and is proving as upsetting as ever to those who would rather wake up next to the same person they bedded.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 25, 2013 10:43 JST
- Tags: AKB48, Dating, Idol, Interviews, Marketing, Mass Media, Music, Otaku, Virginity


AKB48’s notorious sexual predator and top idol Rino Sashihara infuriated AKB48 fans yet again by bluntly expressing her disdain for her critics, saying she couldn’t care less about them as she gets paid all the same.
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