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NEWS: Twins Sent to Jail for Extorting from Akihabara Otaku


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LydiaDianne



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:58 pm Reply with quote
britannicamoore wrote:
For some reason this reminds me of the most recent episode of Pushing Dasies w/ the twin funeral directors.

Why did the sister get less time if it was her idea?


Perhaps because she wasn't the one actually threatening or getting physcial with the chosen victim.
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ZeroRyoko1974



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:16 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if they saw the first season of When they cry. There was a whole arc based around that idea. Of course the couple in there didn't get jail time, they....
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they got hacked up by Rena and stuffed in a fridge in a junkyard]
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Pake



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:46 pm Reply with quote
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In his final statement before the court, the brother asked the judge to go easy on his sister. The judge denied the request, citing her involvement with coming up with the idea in the first place.

Looks to me like the judge went easier on her anyways. He has to serve 4 extra months than her. That just seems screwed up to me.
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evilnekohilda



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:42 am Reply with quote
Pake wrote:
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In his final statement before the court, the brother asked the judge to go easy on his sister. The judge denied the request, citing her involvement with coming up with the idea in the first place.

Looks to me like the judge went easier on her anyways. He has to serve 4 extra months than her. That just seems screwed up to me.


Like someone earlier said, though - it seems that the sister just came up with the idea. It was the brother that did the actual extorting :/

The whole thing's messed up :P
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:08 am Reply with quote
megumi's guy wrote:
And I only thought this kind of thing only happened in anime. Wink


You took the words right out of my mouth.

Gee. Bad girls are everywhere. Hey how about doing something positive for a change. That bullying stuff is kind of old now. But I guess some things just never change.

Hey you do the crime do the time.
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ZeroRyoko1974



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:12 pm Reply with quote
the sister should have stuck with extorting money from old men on the train Laughing
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LydiaDianne



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:52 pm Reply with quote
ZeroRyoko1974 wrote:
the sister should have stuck with extorting money from old men on the train Laughing


Ha, her usual targets were probably drunk salarymen!
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Mr. sickVisionz



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:41 pm Reply with quote
LOL, can you imagine bumping into someone and paying $1000 as an apology? Thats so much money for something so similar. Was the brother weilding a baseball bat or something?

Only in Japan...
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sanbyaku



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:11 pm Reply with quote
i'm lost for words, i thought the otaku people were similar to the socialy inept 'emos' that mope around london, but not even they would give money away...
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