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NEWS: Kuroko's Basketball Threat Leaves Part of Comiket Vacant

This is something that just occurred to me, but how long has it been since the last "threat" was received? Ever since stuff started getting cancelled due to that lunatic I don't recall there being so many threats, if any. Rereading the articles, most of the threats were sent through october and there doesn't seem to be anymore since then so really, what's the deal?

Upping the security and cancelling the Kuroko circles doesn't double the expenses? They could've still let the Kuroko circles participate and use that money for security instead of losing the KnB circles' money and then having to pay even more for extra security. There's absolutely no logic to what they're doing

CrowLia wrote:

This is something that just occurred to me, but how long has it been since the last "threat" was received? Ever since stuff started getting cancelled due to that lunatic I don't recall there being so many threats, if any. Rereading the articles, most of the threats were sent through october and there doesn't seem to be anymore since then so really, what's the deal? Upping the security and cancelling the Kuroko circles doesn't double the expenses? They could've still let the Kuroko circles participate and use that money for security instead of losing the KnB circles' money and then having to pay even more for extra security. There's absolutely no logic to what they're doing

There's something to be said for being as safe as possible. Having the Kuroko circles not participate, and beefing up security both reduces the chances of an attack, and increases the chances of catching them in case they try to attack anyways. Of the options they've got it's not the most popular, or financially cheapest, but it's the safest.

Here are the biggest doujin circles at this Comiket, and the 2nd number shows if its more or less than last Comiket.

2442 (-284) - Touhou
1014 (-112) - Tiger & Bunny
*900 (new) - Kuroko no Basuke [KuroBas got barred from Comiket due to the threat letters]
*744 (+254) - iDOLM@STER
*688 (-160) - Hetalia
*622 (-96) - Sengoku Basara
*514 (+50) - Vocaloid
*426 (-72) - Tennis no Ouji-sama
*424 (+132) - Magi
*414 (+12) - Precure
*400 (+6) - Fate/
*346 (-82) - Uta no Prince-sama
*324 (+66) - Nintama Rantarou
*318 (-106) - Gintama
*272 (-8) - Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
*264 (-20) - Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
*262 (-118) - Ribbon
*250 (-108) - Inazuma Eleven
*232 (-136) - Ao no Exorcist
*230 (-44) - Tales of
*208 (-54) - One Piece

Idolmaster is getting even bigger, with more of a boost than any other franchise. And obviously Kuroko woulda been huge, but yeah.

To be perfectly honest I think it might be better to not speculate things on such cases since speculation by those not involved or who are not professionals can lead to inaccurate facts that get mixed up and somehow get distorted causing even more confusion. At this point who knows how much of the "facts" you read on this are true and how much has been affected by Internet speculation. Haven't other major events been distorted by inaccurate Internet guessing and speculation?

Think about it, how do you even know how true that translation is? How accurate it is? What if something important got lost in translation or doesn't translate as well?

Just putting it out there. I offer my sympathy to those affected, but out of respect I will further refrain from guessing motives and who's really responsible. There just isn't a really good way to know for sure.

truanifan678 wrote:

To be perfectly honest I think it might be better to not speculate things on such cases since speculation by those not involved or who are not professionals can lead to inaccurate facts that get mixed up and somehow get distorted causing even more confusion. At this point who knows how much of the "facts" you read on this are true and how much has been affected by Internet speculation. Haven't other major events been distorted by inaccurate Internet guessing and speculation? Think about it, how do you even know how true that translation is? How accurate it is? What if something important got lost in translation or doesn't translate as well? Just putting it out there. I offer my sympathy to those affected, but out of respect I will further refrain from guessing motives and who's really responsible. There just isn't a really good way to know for sure.

It doesn't change the fact that Fujimaki is not budging. Several weeks ago, Fujimaki said that he will continue writing KnB "No matter what" (Kuroko's Basketball Creator: Will Continue Manga 'No Matter What'). Did it ever cross his mind that another way to deal with the problem was to let the culprit know that he is sorry for whatever that made him hated? Like, he doesn't even have to contact the culprit personally, all he gotta do is just put out some public statement like in twitter or facebook or whatever, that he is sorry. Doing this will at least quell the culprit's anger by a bit, and possibly even make him stop doing crime and turn himself in.

But instead, Fujimaki decided to be a douche and not yield and fuel the culprit's anger even more. In my opinion, this whole situation is pretty childish, both the author and the culprit. If Fujimaki hasn't done what I just mentioned, then he should probably do that sometime soon to at least get a chance to prevent this whole stupid crime. Hundreds of Dojin circles are counting on him.