The little happening at Comic Market 72
The 6.30 Akihabara Liberation Demo that was held on the 30th of June had a attracted a lot of criticism both good and bad. In particular, people were bringing up points on how the demonstration apparently had links to a particular radical left wing group.
The organizers then started discussing within their private mixi community on plans to attack and threaten some of the bloggers that have been criticizing the demonstration, even to the point where one of them suggests to strangle one of the bloggers who was a comiket staff member.
This information had leaked out prior to Comic Market 72 and the staff alerted the police and stepped up security in the premises. On Comiket Day 1, they caught somebody trying to take photos of the space for Shinsei Multi Oukoku, who was one of their targets.
The person taking the photos did not know anything about the plans, but he had revealed that he was asked by two of the 6.30 demonstration organizers to take the photographs. However, they did not bring charges on them, as the person taking the actual photos was underaged and was an unknowing accomplice, and ended it by banning one of the two masterminds from having a circle at Comiket in the future.
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6.30 Akihabara liberation demo organizers’ terrorist act at Comiket
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:31 am
i respect the Akiba Liberation Group’s efforts but this is just a bit extreme…
we know that we can’t escape criticisms and what we could do is just ignore them and continue what we do and love. if we tolerate, it’ll only feed them…like trolls XD
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Actually I promoted Akiba Liberation Group at beginning but I feel it’s basically wrong to use the real politics paradigm for otaku culture. Otaku culture is strong just because there is no right and left in otaku culture, there is just “our culture”… Akiba Liberation Group seems coming from the Akihabara@Deep manga… otaku culture is something different and they are clearly on the wrong path to empower the otaku community…