Thu 2008/04/03 07:33
Im quite worried about whats happening at Akihabaraof late. Remember Ms Wide Open? Well because of that incident, there are more police patrolling the area meaning that more cosplayers are being sent away as soon as they are spotted. To make things worse, recently some boys dressed up as girls have been firing airguns in the area - shooting pellets at each other. Jabro has more photos of the incident and how one of these gunners tried to hide their airgun under a vending machine when caught by the police. If weired stuff like this continues to happen, the police may decide to ban cosplaying from the area....
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Games addicted
No way, that could be terrible!
(ID #165704) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:36
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
oh no! :( that's awful!!!
(ID #165705) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:37
It these kids started shooting their replica guns here in London. They will be shot DEAD. Zero tolerance.
(ID #165706) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:38
Graphic Designer/Angry drunk
Lol, totally! We have a zero tolerance on realistic toy guns here in the US as well~
(ID #166710) Posted on 2008/04/05 09:36
same here in panama, probably the cops would think those guns are real and shot the morons to dead.
(ID #219795) Posted on 2008/06/23 11:29
Illustrator/designer
Where did all the fun go? As long as they don't bother anyone let them bee, like the cosplayers.
(ID #165709) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:46
Nandeyane~
WHERE IS YOUR BILLHOOK RENA? Ms.Wide Open has been in Akihabara more than once actuly... The police have taken her more than once, but she keeps coming back. Also, what's wrong with cosplaying? As long as it don't turn out to be a strip show/to healthy for your dolphin.
(ID #165710) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:48
CEO MIrai Inc
I see the police stop cosplayers all the time. cosplayers get an excuse if they carry something looking like a weapon as they can say "well shana had a sword!" for example.
(ID #165712) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:53
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
hmmmm wonder if there are any cosplayers that got arrested for wielding a real weapon in the streats ._. but i have to agree that you have to be arrested when firing airguns randomly
(ID #165970) Posted on 2008/04/03 19:48
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
the lack of common sense these people have... should lock them up and throw away the key...
(ID #165980) Posted on 2008/04/03 20:05
Shana is a Flame Haze, so she has a motive. Random cosplayers don't have any in comparison.
(ID #166142) Posted on 2008/04/04 02:57
correction, Shana is a Fulame Heizu say it with me now
(ID #166156) Posted on 2008/04/04 03:18
Pssst, pick on someone else, will you. :P
(ID #166189) Posted on 2008/04/04 04:01
Oh D Blade, I pick on you because I love you, why can't you see that? LOL not that kind of love
(ID #166218) Posted on 2008/04/04 05:53
[J.D.T.] (Registered on 2008/06/25 17:50)
I'm wondering, do the police ever bother you when you doing whatever your doing in Akibahara(shopping,sightseeing, etc?)dressed as a stormtrooper? I'm guessing, that after this incident, they just might.
(ID #224839) Posted on 2008/06/29 06:18
disappointed that none of the kids are holding their guns sideways like a true G would
(ID #165711) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:51
JR. College Student
hahaha
(ID #165790) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:26
Okay, I have no idea how they get away with shooting airsoft guns in public. Around these parts paintball is slightly higher on the popularity scale but I can assure you it's strictly controlled (gear must be secured until you enter an authorized area like an arena or a scenario field). You'd get arrested for assembling your stuff outside any of these places.
(ID #165714) Posted on 2008/04/03 07:57
Struggling Student.
I remember walking down Akiba with Hirito and his cousin back in January this year watching the people cosplaying on the streets. We were watching this girl singing when suddenly someone shouted and everyone who was cosplaying/performing just ran away in all directions. We stood there dumbstruck wondering what happened until we saw a policeman walk down the road a few minutes later. That was really an interesting experience for us.
(ID #165718) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:02
I'd much rather see "of age" nudity in Akiba than <a href="http://en.akibablog.net/archives/2008/03/candy-doll-low-080331.html">this</a>. Seriously, these girls have to be 9 or 10 at most?
(ID #165722) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:07
feh, http://en.akibablog.net/archives/2008/03/candy-doll-low-080331.html there's the link in it's purest form.
(ID #165724) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:08
(((( ；ﾟДﾟ))) It's a Conspiracy!!! Some all-mighty evil organization is trying to close down beloved Akiba, using these kind of indirect methods!!!! 陰謀！陰謀だよ！
(ID #165725) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:10
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
welcome to the nhk.. LOL
(ID #165749) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:48
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
lol, luckily we know about this conspiracy. Now we need to stop this evil organisation.. lol ^^
(ID #165962) Posted on 2008/04/03 19:40
writing mini thesises
this quite troublesome
(ID #165726) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:15
Akihabara should be thankful they these incedents were only a rude girl and some airsoft guns. In the US we see real guns being flashed and sometimes shot on the streets. People here get mugged about once per week in the campus I work on...usually there are guns involved. BTW in the US those kids with Airsoft would have been shot dead too. Cops here don't have a lot of tolerance for that crap. My cousin (a cop) and 4 other cops unloaded on a guy for pointing an Airsoft at them. Killed him on the spot.
(ID #165727) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:15
writing mini thesises
this quite troublesome
(ID #165729) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:16
Yuri eroge artist. Well, sort of.
Especially when guys crossdress as girls. Ew. >.<
(ID #166925) Posted on 2008/04/06 00:11
STUPID F****** WIDE OPEN WHORE PIECE OF MONKEY S**! Damn it! Now I'll never enjoy Akihabara...
(ID #165730) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:16
McMaster Engineering Level I
Give 'em a bit of freedom, they'll do whatever they want. Take it away, and they'll still look for ways to do what they want. You can ban cosplaying from Akhibara, and there's sure to be trouble. Moderation is what's needed, but people usually tend to go for one side of the scale before there's any balancing to be done.
(ID #165737) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:21
Professional Computer Nerd
Doesn't it seem more reasonable to enforce existing laws about not showing your nay-nays in public and and not shooting people? Is it just me?
(ID #165738) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:22
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
I love Akiba and it's happenings, but if things are to go that way, I think it's better for Akiba to go back to being a place with electronics and anime-related shopping only. But I knew things would go down that way since the first post about Ms Wide Open. It's nice that Akiba is becoming a place to be more liberal, and get away from japanese rigid standards... but some people are crossing the line. In places like Harajuku people can be different while still respecting the law and order.. Akiba shouldn't be different. Public spaces are not for people like Ms Wide Open, or airsoft battles. There are more appropriate places for that.
(ID #165740) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:23
Web Design & Development
I really hope they don't ban cosplaying there, because that is one of it's biggest attractions for tourism. That'd be like filling in the Grand Canyon and making a parking lot. :P
(ID #165747) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:43
yeah..itd be really sad to see the cosplaying lose a chunk of their culture, especially @ otaku haven.
(ID #165750) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:49
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
Ms Wide Open should go to Kabukicho, she could earn some money there with her stunt. I don't really approve of the airsoft gun battles either. They may not bother people, but wait until a kid walks into one of there pellets with his eye... Journalists are going to be screaming, and we'd get body searches when you get off Akiba station... And IF they're going to ban cosplay, they should give a license for cosplay, that for example maids can still hand out their flyers, which is their bread to get people to come to their maid cafe. And once you've broken the rules, your license is revoked. But I hope it doesn't come to that, I really hope...
(ID #165753) Posted on 2008/04/03 08:50
At least there aren't any chavs or yobs in hoodies roming the streets. Police wouldn't be able to handle them probably. Walking round like they're the most important thing in the universe, getting drunk and making babies whilst underage and kicking someone to death if they are looked at or ganging around a good person's house. I think the police should be a bit more tolerant towards cosplayers, who only want to express themselves and not cause a fuss.
(ID #165758) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:01
wah they have just gone over the limit! It may cause the JP police to take action on all cosplayer if they dun control themselves! But wander if they would be ppl cosplaying police to capture others?
(ID #165761) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:10
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
I see the four horsemen. anyways, miss wide open should be arrested for indecent exposure. the rest should stay.
(ID #165762) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:17
オタク all day long
Oh no, that sux big time if they ban cosplayer. =(
(ID #165767) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:26
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 太もも Appreciator
What happened to the police that were supposed to check people as they enter Akiba for weapons and such? But now they shouldn't just check people with camouflage or bandanas, but even those with skirts and such... Well safer than sorry, no?
(ID #165770) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:27
Working in a supermarket T0T
I fear this is indeed a very serious case indeed, any police at any place i know(especially here where i live) would rather get some media attention by bashing down the one's without power then the actually dangerous...
(ID #165772) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:31
Software Engineer
I hope a few dickheads don't f*ck it up for everyone.
(ID #165777) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:46
Pokemon master
Why do stupid/irresponsible people ruin nice things? :(
(ID #165778) Posted on 2008/04/03 09:47
Akihabara is a major tourist destination. This could mean a substantial loss of tourism income to the area as well as local interests. This could be bad all the way around.
(ID #165780) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:00
Extremely Poor College Student
they better not ban it before i visit it
(ID #165783) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:13
anime/cosplay events organizer
i don't know whose at fault and that the police force has increased their visibility >.>
(ID #165788) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:24
Policy & Research Officer
Yup now the police decided to send more men down to patrol the area. I'd be bad if in the end they decide to chase all the cosplayer away
(ID #165794) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:31
zoniku (Registered on 2007/11/16 07:56)
Now what's there to do in Akihabara besides the video games, anime, manga, porn, hentai, electronics, figures, toys, & wierd stuff?!? I'm gonna be so bored if I go!
(ID #165797) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:38
Filmmaker
sounds like temporary thing....
(ID #165801) Posted on 2008/04/03 10:50
THAT'S 1 HARUHI I WOULDN'T GET 4 SURE!!!
(ID #165834) Posted on 2008/04/03 12:06
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
oh joy to idiots ruining stuff for the majority
(ID #165840) Posted on 2008/04/03 12:11
if this keeps goin on there wont be cosplaying if the government wants to ban it. hope they wont if they do all of us will make a riot!!!
(ID #165848) Posted on 2008/04/03 12:33
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
That picture and the title gave the first impression of a riot in Akihabara *shrugs* Even in Japan, such mindless insanity, once thought unique only to the rest of the world, exists. They'd best be careful when playing with those pellets; It's gonna hurt real bad if it gets put in the eye; then someone will complain, then the Akihabara police force will deploy a Knightpolice unit(or other law enforcement m3chaz, I'm not fussy regarding that) AND that'd be the true end. Holding guns in Singapore is VERY illegal. With the exception of cheap children toys you find in shops, live ammunition guns, airsoft guns, all are "X" BANNED. If any idiot raises up any of the above banned stuff in an international movement area like the airport, I can give you a 75% guarantee the SWAT patroling the area will hole him with a burst first, especially with an escaped terrorist running round the island nowadays. Forgive me if it's a bit long.
(ID #165853) Posted on 2008/04/03 12:57
Hangmen13 in Sabah, Malaysia, but now studying in KL (still the same country) (Registered on 2007/04/21 22:31)
Aimless Traveler
You can't discharge airsoft projectiles in public unless there's a game going on and the venue is somewhere safe from public. This is really an irresponsible act and it saddens me that it tarnishes Akihabara's reputation.
(ID #165905) Posted on 2008/04/03 15:30
If you ask me...a rather ugly turn of events. Hopefully things will normalizes...the sooner the better.
(ID #165907) Posted on 2008/04/03 15:35
What I think is most likely is a crackdown to stop Ms Wide Open & other such troublemakers and then a slow (unannounced) relaxation so that normal cosplayers would be tolerated. I cant see cosplay being "banned" as it helps to draw so many people. Why else would so many people go there on a Sunday.
(ID #165912) Posted on 2008/04/03 15:52
Ban cosplay from Akiba, it's like taking away the heart from a human being, sad. Though, as long as all shops are there I'm pretty much fine. Figures and games > cosplayers. But, cosplayers are a nice feature to Akiba, it makes the place " breathe " more.
(ID #165927) Posted on 2008/04/03 17:41
Student and full-time otaku
The 'law' is really out to get otaku these days; first 'blame the game', now this. Hope that the banning of cosplayers won't continue and that it wasn't inspired by the acts of Ms Wide; she wasn't cosplaying at all @.@
(ID #165937) Posted on 2008/04/03 18:22
maybe they should built a "cosplay paint ball park" nearby so as to channel those mischievous kids to play those guns there...
(ID #165938) Posted on 2008/04/03 18:23
Hmm, the real fun will be a lot of "Miss Wide Open " firing at each other with airgun all over the place...John Woo's slow motion style ! (and bang! a panty shot !)
(ID #165957) Posted on 2008/04/03 19:12
Online Shop
I hate it when certain individuals will ruin it for everyone else. They have to draw line somewhere and don't go all out like that.
(ID #166018) Posted on 2008/04/03 21:18
Still Student (I Think)
oh my gosh...
(ID #166065) Posted on 2008/04/03 23:44
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Akihabara won't be the same if cosplaying is banned!
(ID #166075) Posted on 2008/04/04 00:30
*Sigh* You know, it's these events that will ruin any good thing..... Seriously, I plan to visit Akiba while I'm in Japan this summer during my overnight flight stopover. hopefully by then Akiba is still the Akiba we know and love.
(ID #166078) Posted on 2008/04/04 00:35
HappyCat in somewhere in Asia near the mountains and a hydroelectric dam (Registered on 2008/04/03 04:20)
freelancer,freeloader,noh drama and enka fanatic
I hope the authorities will just ban these people like Ms.Wide Open(her first name is Asuka,i think)pulling an impractical stunt like that.
(ID #166130) Posted on 2008/04/04 02:30
*Pays more attention to the 2D girl in bra in the poster on the background* Hiro Suzuhir...Dang, can't read the rest of the name. Ummm... Oh, sorry! *Obligatory line then* I'm in despair! Stupid armed crossdressers in Akiba have left me in despair!! *Goes back into looking to the picture*
(ID #166146) Posted on 2008/04/04 03:03
Man...That could lead to some serious incidents from cosplay maniacs *shivers*
(ID #166147) Posted on 2008/04/04 03:04
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
OMG... Higurashi?? Violent actions + Higurashi references are not the best idea's considering the series content.... How stupid are some of these people? Are they trying to ruin it for everyone else?? And can that wide open gal not bugger off somewhere more suitable, like whichever tokyo district is the hooker district... If guys want panty shots look on the freakin' internet!! Theres enough porn on here! I think we prooved that with our "Tenga Giveaway" post comments.
(ID #166159) Posted on 2008/04/04 03:20
Nooo! If this keeps up...i don't want to imagine akiba without the things that make it the akiba we know.
(ID #166224) Posted on 2008/04/04 06:31
They would at least ban airguns instead of cosplay
(ID #168632) Posted on 2008/04/09 20:10
HappyCat in somewhere in Asia near the mountains and a hydroelectric dam (Registered on 2008/04/03 04:20)
freelancer,freeloader,noh drama and enka fanatic
would it be great if they do a Battle Royale cosplay then they start shooting as if nobody cares?
(ID #179922) Posted on 2008/05/03 03:23
that's a stupid crime why airguns? just fire real guns you'll end up in jail anyway1
(ID #243123) Posted on 2008/07/21 02:45
Audio Engineer
Considering real criminals will abuse the fact that people are used to airsoft wielding cosplayers and might carry real guns to rob stores, or use this confusion and rob a store with airsoft. I wouldn't mind cosplay bans in that area and I'd be frankly surprised if they wouldn't if things continue like this. Also, I don't like cosplay much to begin with.
(ID #445507) Posted on 2009/01/13 00:10
teacher-to-be...hahaha
stupid cosplayers who did that...they're the ones who made the authorities act tough
(ID #466970) Posted on 2009/01/29 21:00
Programmer Trainee
Hay, reminds me of Pinoy culture. If there's a rule banning you from something, chances are that it was made because someone is abusing it. I hate it when that happens
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