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Japanese pop star in critical condition after knife attack by fan
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Evening Musuko
Black Korea
I saw Morning Musume here at a convention in Houston earlier this year although they pretty much had no security for them outside of the convention. Me and my friends would bump into some members from time to time and outside of a manager or two, they were just walking around like normal people. In fact one of the former members came to a fan party and was just hanging around and taking selfies with fans. It was pretty crazy. No way that would fly in Japan.
Partly because you gotta pay top yen for that kind of interaction.
It was merely an example I'm familiar with. There's nothing further to infer.
Valkerionseven
Member
Basically this.
While their whole lives are considered "over" when a "scandal" erupts for a J-idol, I 100% agree that K-idol fans are way more dramatic and vicious. Especially the female fans. What's worse is both sides of the coin equally allow and subtly encourage these things. Heck korean media sites leave comments on for this exact reason knowing damn well 99% of it will be obsessive dribble defending their idol when they fuck up and completely bashing one that they don't like no matter what the story is.
"-insert popular male idol- being pictured giving a gift to a girl in the hospital for charity"
proceeding comments will be "omg who does this whore think she is getting so close to him. Shes not pretty, how can she call herself a woman being filmed with no make up" with a few hundred up votes -eyeroll-
Either way, yes this is more a failing of the police in this case. They had a duty to protect this woman when she reported she had a stalker and take her case seriously. In typical Japanese cop fashion they did nothing until the incident happened and will get off blameless as usual.
But still, that kind of devotion IS borderline crazy or leads into it.
When signing as an idol, they'd better ask for something like "If you're hell bent that I'm going to be 100% popular, you have to protect me from the crazies" in their contracts.
I realize it's not the most pertinent question since we're all ganging up on how terrible idol culture is, but good god 24+ stab wounds? in the neck and chest?
How is she not dead? how? Even if by some miracle she didn't get a lung punctured or worse, there'd be so much blood loss, and she's a tiny women who didn't have a lot to begin with.
I'm glad she's alive, that seems like a nightmare.
How is she not dead? how? Even if by some miracle she didn't get a lung punctured or worse, there'd be so much blood loss, and she's a tiny women who didn't have a lot to begin with.
I'm glad she's alive, that seems like a nightmare.
I like how you are ironically proving his point
SoulUnison
Banned
How do you even get stabbed that many times and live? My god.
I feel like there'd be a part of me that'd be all, "Ok, I don't want to make it. This is a lot of stabs. I'm out."
How do you recover from something like that?
She should transition to a super hard metal act now.
I feel like there'd be a part of me that'd be all, "Ok, I don't want to make it. This is a lot of stabs. I'm out."
How do you recover from something like that?
She should transition to a super hard metal act now.
Honestly, the 'pop star' title is sensationalist and misleading. She was an idol hardly anyone knew. Because all you need is a youtube or instagram account these days.
Minor celebrities can't really have tight security for their events, so I really don't see much of a solution for these things. This guy was outright crazy too.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
She is in stable condition now
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/06/...d-over-20-times-by-fan-regains-consciousness/
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/06/...d-over-20-times-by-fan-regains-consciousness/
Jon Carter
Member
Great to hear. When I saw the bump, I feared it was going to be bad news.
That's good to hear.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah, holy shit. What's the legal system like in Japan? Hopefully this fucker will go away for 25 years for attempted murder and because he's a complete danger to the general public.
He was likely completely delusional, obsessed with her and couldn't deal with the fact that he was nothing special to her at all. If she'd been worried enough about him to already contact the police then I'm not surprised if she didn't want to engage when he accosted her.
Also saw this from the BBC article:
Sounds like Japanese record labels need to start providing their employees with personal security.
Valkerionseven
Member
Have to remember though, Japan has a pretty low level of violent crimes, especially between strangers (which is already low) so most companies do not provide any explicit body guards and what not in Japan for celebrities. When they travel abroad though they usually have them since the fan reaction and what not tends to be a bit different.
The AKB group as mentioned in your link now has cops visually stationed at all their events and shops since then.
Caddyshack
Banned
That's pretty fucked, dude went full Perfect Blue. You see a lot of stories about shit like this where the nutters don't get the chance to seriously hurt anyone but it's worrying that this girl came so close to losing her life.
You are not wrong.
You are not wrong.
Very glad to hear she woke up and is in stable conditions.
Hopefully she has a food recovery from here on out .
I'm sure actual popular idols get their share of security.
Hopefully she has a food recovery from here on out .
As mentioned in this thread, this girl wasn't really an idol, other than the sense of "she's a singer".
I'm sure actual popular idols get their share of security.
Subpar Scrub
Banned
Good to hear she's stabilised, but this event has definitely ruined her life. She likely won't return to her work and will be permanantly disfigured. Simply revolting.
Has the attacker been charged? Probably not, they'd be waiting to see if she pulled through and the extent of her injuries and trauma. Probably also want her statement. I hope he goes to prison for a long time and also gets the mental help he desperately needs.
Has the attacker been charged? Probably not, they'd be waiting to see if she pulled through and the extent of her injuries and trauma. Probably also want her statement. I hope he goes to prison for a long time and also gets the mental help he desperately needs.
John Kowalski
Banned
She pulled through two dozen stab wounds, what a champ. Really glad she's doing better.
From what I've read, idol culture makes it look as if these girls were some kind of unattainable goddesses, so these guys become delusional about them and when they realize they, as fans, are nothing special to these idols, shit like this becomes likely to happen. It's a weird culture in my opinion, but I'm glad to read the girl is in stable condition, I don't know how you make it after being stabbed 20+ times, girl's strong, shame her career is most likely over after this.
Very good to hear. When I saw the bump, my heart stopped for a second.
Laevateinn
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The Japanese legal system is extremely fucked. We'll never see this guy again.
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