
Revealingly dressed passengers on the Shanghai subway controversially warned to cover up as they were asking for it seem to have responded by dressing all the more provocatively.
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Police are hunting a suspicious man spotted standing at the same platform as a group of schoolgirls.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jan 27, 2012 09:46 JST
- Tags: Chikan, Crime, Idol, Otaku, Seiyuu, Stalkers, Trains, Twitter, Voyeurism

Moeblob seiyuu Ayana Taketatsu (Azunyan) has complained of being “peeped at” and filmed by creepy otaku on the Tokyo subway.
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Japanese TV has been investigating what has been hailed as the (second) creepiest train ever – the “maid train,” offering the complete maid service experience and the overpowering combination of maid fanciers and train spotters all in one carriage.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Dec 24, 2011 10:36 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Crime, Feminism, Internet, Misandry, Pregnancy, Trains, Twitter, Voyeurism

Two Japanese women complaining of a group of men on a train failing to yield their seats to them have ignited a furore online after they denounced all Japanese men as “scum” and proceeded to post photographs of the men online in an effort to shame them.
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There may be something for otaku to look forward to about winter after all – the return of Snow Miku, looking cuter than ever and now with her very own tram.
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China’s high speed rail network is the best in the world, with trains capable of safely driving themselves – or so it is hoped, after one shocked Chinese passenger discovered the driver was asleep at the wheel, whilst the train hurtled through the night at 195kph.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Oct 15, 2011 21:16 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Fujoshi, Otaku, Rankings, Ronery, Seiyuu, Stalkers, Trains, VIP Quality

Perhaps moved by recent events, 2ch has compiled its own chart ranking comparing the relative craziness and propensity for dubious (if not dangerous) behaviour each of the major groups of otaku find themselves predisposed to.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 29, 2011 18:05 JST
- Tags: Chikan, Crime, Fetish, K-ON!, Moe, Otaku, Pantsu, Schoolgirls, Trains

An overexcited K-ON! fan has been caught on camera molesting a girl on the new K-ON! train, escaping arrest only because his victim had the good fortune to be fictional.
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Even queue-loving K-ON! fans are shocked by the level of interest the K-ON! Tea Time Train has generated – the station chosen saw hundreds if not thousands of ardent moeblob fans queuing all night for a limited edition train ticket.
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Demonstrating some of the disturbingly inventive thinking and equally disturbing candid honesty Japan’s sex criminals are known for, one chikan has explained that the reason he was caught with his hand up a girl’s skirt was so “I could save money on brothel expenses.”
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A Sankaku Complex reader back from a recent trip to China happened to have taken his own pictures of the wonderful world of Chinese trains, and is kind enough to share his pictures.
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