Amidst all the hubbub of the recent Akihabara stabbings and its various repercussions, a friend of mine pointed this out to me: today in Japan, an “otaku murderer” was executed.
That murderer was Tsutomu Miyazaki, a man who mutilated and slaughtered four little girls in Tokyo and Saitama in the late 1980s and became known as “the otaku murderer” when his stash of hentai was discovered by the police. This resulted in something we’re becoming familiar with: a panic about those creepy otaku.
Aside from his own self, Miyazaki’s victims were:
- Mari Konno, age 4
- Masami Yoshizawa, age 7
- Erika Nanba, age 4
- Ayako Nomoto, age 4
And, arguably, Miyazaki’s own father, who killed himself after his son’s arrest.
Tags: tragedy
June 16th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
That sure brightened my day.
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June 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
There is all kinds of creepy people. It’s just not limited to otaku. I hope people in Japan don’t go overboard with the happenings lately.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
[sarcasm]
HOORAY FOR THE JAPANESE JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS
They’re the epitome of bureaucracy!
[/sarcasm]
June 16th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Ah, is it really his time to be executed or is this too conveniently timed in the midst of that other otaku murderer event?
June 17th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Wow, it’s a really big coincidence that he finally got executed while all the Akihabara panic is still going on. The last I’d heard there was still no set date for his execution so this really surprised me, especially considering other recent events.
June 17th, 2008 at 3:03 am
I had a feeling he’d be executed…just never knew when. I suppose this makes sense though.