In the Rose Garden / Anime fans want to kill a voice actress for having a boyfriend

chrisb · Back to Top

Well-known top seiyuu Hirano Aya, known for her roles as Haruhi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Konata in Lucky Star, etc., made an appearance on the Fuji TV program Gout Temps Nouveau where the young idol's love life became a topic of discussion. Speaking of her experiences in past relationships, it was a grave subject for an idol to talk about so openly, and unsurprisingly, fans' reactions weren't positive.

Fans became enraged in front of their TVs and took to 2ch, where they wrote abusive messages towards Hirano and, allegedly, even began planning her death. As Hirano herself had never said in front of her fans that she'd been in a relationship until now, amongst her core zealous fanbase, the majority seemed certain that she'd never had a boyfriend. Therefore, the appearance on this program was the very first time Hirano had ever spoken of any such romance like those she described, and the fans' rage in response to having watched the program was uncontrollable.

Even though it was merely the ordinary girl's talk commonly seen on and expected from Gout Temps Nouveau, Hirano's fans, who had truly believed in her supposed lack of a boyfriend, were full of tearful, anguished comments. Not stopping at just those, however, their outrage spiraled out of control as some users began planning for the assassination of their former idol, one comment reading, "I'm glad I didn't record [the program]; I'm going to kill Hirano Aya." Even on the seiyuu's Wikipedia page, a string of characters reading "die" was written approximately seven thousand times (as of now, the article has been restored to its original form). Meanwhile, in a slightly less extreme reaction, fans in possession of her CDs and posters have been destroying them and uploading pictures of the ruined merchandise to the Internet. This upset towards Hirano seems like it won't die down for a very long while.

http://community.livejournal.com/aramat … #t73043305

So some people actually expect a good looking young actress to not have been in at least one relationship?

How can you fault someone for living a healthy social life? Despite being hardcore otaku they have to know that their favorite voice actresses aren't anime characters. They are real people who seek friendship, love, and have lives outside cartoons.

crystalwren · Back to Top

It's probably in some way related to the people in the Supernatural fandom reading rp fanfiction and being convinced that Jenson Ackles and Jarad Paladecki are shagging each other senseless between takes, and becoming hideously emotional when it's pointed out that these boys are both a: heterosexual and b: married or almost married to wimenz. I think people have a tendency to believe that they own public figures. emot-confused

winksniper · Back to Top

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This is the most retarded thing I've ever heard of.
They want to kill her because she has a boyfriend...

Chrome Homura · Back to Top

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Riri-kins · Back to Top

Are you serious? Why? I mean, are they upset because she's dating a jerk or something? I don't get it.

Razara · Back to Top

I'm not surprised. A manga in Japan was canceled because the lead female character had an ex-boyfriend, so everyone categorized her as a whore and hated her for it. In other words, some otaku are freakin' crazy.

Epee_724 · Back to Top

What the actual fuck?! Ive never watched it, does her not having a boyfriend relate to her character in Haruhi? Im completely perplexed, frickin Otaku.

Agito · Back to Top

That's pretty scary. =\

Razara · Back to Top

I asked Kealdrea about it, and apparently the word elsewhere is that they're mad at her because on a talk show she said that she slept with five older guys at once, and that she wants to quit voice acting to be a regular actress.

Still ridiculous for wanting to kill her for it, of course.

satyreyes · Back to Top

chrisb wrote:
Fans became enraged in front of their TVs and took to 2ch . . .

It's 2ch. 2ch is the Japanese equivalent of 4chan -- in fact, they inspired 4chan. Like 4chan, they'll say anything for attention, and like 4chan, they're taken seriously by the national media during slow news cycles to create controversy. Hirano Aya is in about as much actual danger as the Church of Scientology. [/lowblow]

Now, if we were talking about Misa-Misa, the character, and not Hirano Aya, the person, I would pull the trigger myself!

Epee_724 · Back to Top

satyreyes wrote:
chrisb wrote:
Fans became enraged in front of their TVs and took to 2ch . . .
It's 2ch. 2ch is the Japanese equivalent of 4chan -- in fact, they inspired 4chan. Like 4chan, they'll say anything for attention, and like 4chan, they're taken seriously by the national media during slow news cycles to create controversy. Hirano Aya is in about as much actual danger as the Church of Scientology. [/lowblow]

Now, if we were talking about Misa-Misa, the character, and not Hirano Aya, the person, I would pull the trigger myself!

Geez why didnt I pick up on that? I honestly thought she was in some kinda danger. frakkin idiots

Tamago · Back to Top

It's bullshit like this that gives mainstream Japanese good reason to look down on otaku.

Duelist Megu · Back to Top

I was going to say, this being 2ch, I imagine they'd have to find a way to kill her without leaving their room and facing the outside world.

I wish I had an answer for you guys as to why they think this is rational, but I really don't. The otaku community, especially in Japan, can give religious fundamentalists a run for their money in terms of repressive focus on female chastity.

Trench Kamen · Back to Top

Oh 2ch. You guys are goofy.

CausalityStar · Back to Top

Seriously people need to get a life. What, are they jealous that she's getting some action and they're not because they still live in their mom's basement or something. Things like this are what give fandom are really bad name.

Koshernova · Back to Top

the fans' rage in response to having watched the program was uncontrollable.

This instantly made me think of this:

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