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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....
Posted on 2008/04/03 06:09
Director/代表取締役
Registered on 2006/12/11 10:54
Games addicted
Registered on 2007/04/16 18:44
No way, that could be terrible!
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Registered on 2007/01/09 14:21
oh no! :( that's awful!!!
Bounty Hunter
Registered on 2007/11/12 06:51
It these kids started shooting their replica guns here in London. They will be shot DEAD. Zero tolerance.
Graphic Designer, Doll Person
Registered on 2007/11/16 08:29
Lol, totally! We have a zero tolerance on realistic toy guns here in the US as well~
Illustrator/designer
Registered on 2008/03/24 04:08
Where did all the fun go? As long as they don't bother anyone let them bee, like the cosplayers.
Nandeyane~
Registered on 2008/01/08 22:16
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.
Director/代表取締役
Registered on 2006/12/11 10:54
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.
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
Registered on 2008/01/02 12:43
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
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
Registered on 2008/02/02 00:14
the lack of common sense these people have...
should lock them up and throw away the key...
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:36
Shana is a Flame Haze, so she has a motive. Random cosplayers don't have any in comparison.
qingy in 25th Macross Frontier Fleet
Valkyrie Pilot
Registered on 2007/10/06 04:57
correction, Shana is a Fulame Heizu
say it with me now
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:36
Pssst, pick on someone else, will you. :P
qingy in 25th Macross Frontier Fleet
Valkyrie Pilot
Registered on 2007/10/06 04:57
Oh D Blade, I pick on you because I love you, why can't you see that?
LOL
not that kind of love
qingy in 25th Macross Frontier Fleet
Valkyrie Pilot
Registered on 2007/10/06 04:57
disappointed that none of the kids are holding their guns sideways like a true G would
Student
Registered on 2007/12/06 15:19
Programmer
Registered on 2007/12/03 11:18
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.
kiwiii in Australia; Malaysia; Singapore.
Struggling Student.
Registered on 2008/02/18 09:03
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.
大学生徒, データ変更師
Registered on 2007/07/27 11:49
大学生徒, データ変更師
Registered on 2007/07/27 11:49
Part-time otaku
Registered on 2007/04/04 14:14
(((( ；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！
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Registered on 2007/01/09 14:21
大学生/University Student
Registered on 2007/12/04 23:04
lol, luckily we know about this conspiracy. Now we need to stop this evil organisation.. lol ^^
Internship student
Registered on 2007/05/12 02:59
Sports guy
Registered on 2008/01/03 08:10
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.
Internship student
Registered on 2007/05/12 02:59
Student
Registered on 2007/10/22 14:37
Especially when guys crossdress as girls. Ew. >.<
Student
Registered on 2007/08/09 05:24
STUPID F****** WIDE OPEN WHORE PIECE OF MONKEY S**!
Damn it! Now I'll never enjoy Akihabara...
McMaster Student Fall 08
Registered on 2007/11/18 11:46
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.
IT Guy
Registered on 2007/08/10 07:11
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?
Hikikomori
Registered on 2007/08/22 05:18
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.
Web Design & Development
Registered on 2007/09/11 09:31
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
Student
Registered on 2008/03/08 16:07
yeah..itd be really sad to see the cosplaying lose a chunk of their culture, especially @ otaku haven.
Hatix in Antwerp, Belgium
IT, Programmer, ...
Registered on 2007/04/25 05:02
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...
Student
Registered on 2007/12/19 16:30
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.
Manufacturing
Registered on 2007/08/22 12:17
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?
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
Registered on 2007/07/06 09:55
I see the four horsemen.
anyways, miss wide open should be arrested for indecent exposure. the rest should stay.
オタク by moonlight, Graphic Designer by daylight
Registered on 2007/11/08 03:25
Oh no, that sux big time if they ban cosplayer. =(
Pseudo-Graphic Designer
Registered on 2007/08/30 18:15
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?
searching for work T-T
Registered on 2007/10/11 21:42
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...
Software Engineer
Registered on 2007/11/06 13:25
I hope a few dickheads don't f*ck it up for everyone.
Student
Registered on 2008/01/06 05:29
Why do stupid/irresponsible people ruin nice things? :(
Limousine Driver
Registered on 2008/04/02 07:39
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.
Poor College Student
Registered on 2008/03/14 08:50
they better not ban it before i visit it
Henry in Makati, Philippines
anime/cosplay events organizer
Registered on 2006/12/25 19:05
i don't know whose at fault and that the police force has increased their visibility >.>
Psychology Maverick
Registered on 2006/12/25 11:22
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
Registered on 2007/11/16 06:32
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!
Filmmaker
Registered on 2008/03/17 15:06
sounds like temporary thing....
student
Registered on 2007/08/16 02:44
THAT'S 1 HARUHI I WOULDN'T GET 4 SURE!!!
NEET (no, student...)
Registered on 2007/08/03 08:24
oh joy to idiots ruining stuff for the majority
student
Registered on 2008/03/24 13:53
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!!!
Polytechnic Student, Freshly Entered.
Registered on 2007/01/25 21:08
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.
Registered on 2007/04/21 21:07
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.
gear
Registered on 2008/02/10 09:33
If you ask me...a rather ugly turn of events. Hopefully things will normalizes...the sooner the better.
IT techie
Registered on 2007/11/11 17:11
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.
NEET
Registered on 2008/02/17 09:16
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.
Evil King in The Netherlands, a mostly cold and windy place...
student and full-time otaku
Registered on 2007/12/19 00:12
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 @.@
dannychoo.com no aidokusha
Registered on 2007/12/25 22:50
maybe they should built a "cosplay paint ball park" nearby so as to channel those mischievous kids to play those guns there...
illustrator
Registered on 2008/03/17 18:29
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 !)
Online Shop
Registered on 2008/01/17 11:23
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.
G-Unit in Malaysia, Asia, Earth
Student
Registered on 2007/12/25 10:57
Human being. Really, I'm not joking!
Registered on 2007/10/22 01:58
Akihabara won't be the same if cosplaying is banned!
Student/Daemonhunter
Registered on 2007/01/22 05:57
*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.
HappyCat in somewhere in Asia near the mountains and a hydroelectric dam
freelancer,freeloader,noh drama and enka fanatic
Registered on 2008/04/03 02:56
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.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Registered on 2006/12/31 22:36
*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*
Perv
Registered on 2007/11/11 03:08
Man...That could lead to some serious incidents from cosplay maniacs *shivers*
Meimi132 in Back end of nowhere, aka Norfolk, England
Student and Mcdonalds Grease monkey.
Registered on 2007/12/04 04:05
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.
student
Registered on 2007/09/02 00:39
Nooo! If this keeps up...i don't want to imagine akiba without the things that make it the akiba we know.
大学生
Registered on 2007/04/12 03:57
They would at least ban airguns instead of cosplay
HappyCat in somewhere in Asia near the mountains and a hydroelectric dam
freelancer,freeloader,noh drama and enka fanatic
Registered on 2008/04/03 02:56
would it be great if they do a Battle Royale cosplay then they start shooting as if nobody cares?
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