So, the manager of SKE48 (part of the "48" franchisee of Japanese girl bands) has made a public statement that he won't be shagging any of the girls under his care. In fact, if he does, he will commit seppuku.
I guess it's kinda nice that he's taking his responsibility seriously so that the girls can know they are safe when they are dressed up in exotic lingerie peddling underage sex to the Japanese public but isn't it a bit like publicly declaring you aren't going to kill anyone or be cruel to animals? Things you SHOULD do without even thinking about?
Apparently the motivation behind the video is that because he's a good looking guy (not my words), people have been concerned. Shouldn't you be more concerned if he was a creepy old fuck?
It's a weird thing to do but even if inspires just one dick to think 'hey yeah, sexing up underage girls is wrong' then I guess it's a good thing.
Bet he's not going to stop taking his cut of the money from exploiting their pubescent charms and spending it whoring! (And I bet he chooses very young looking women).
ReplyDeleteI don't think we can assume he's spending his whoring money on young girls. Maybe the joke is that he is actually gay and has no interest.
ReplyDeleteAlso promises of seppuku, not nearly as popular as they should be.
So, wait, he's promising to control himself. Isn't that called "being vaguely professional"? How odd. In any other country I would assume it was a prank...
ReplyDeleteAlso, isn't it a big assumption than a memeber of whatever band would be interested? Maybe they hope he will commit seppuku.
ReplyDeleteHey it's Japan, I don't think 'being interested' is actually taken into consideration. Breathing is pretty much taken as consent!
DeleteAnd yeah, anywhere else it'd be a prank. Or you'd think he's doing it to make all the other managers look bad. Like, hey I'M not having sex with these girls - with the unspoken assumption that all the other managers are.
I dunno, this strikes me as a very sensible idea.
ReplyDeleteIn that spirit, I'd like to undertake here, in public, that I shall never mug any old ladies, set up any muli-million pound Ponzi schemes, or spit on any kittens. If I do, I shall ritually disembowel myself in penitince.
Everything else is fair game, of course (and some of those kittens are very annoying. I may eventually feel it's a price worth paying)...
http://www.explosm.net/comics/2278/
Dude, you got the comic from me! 'Academic honesty'!!
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That'll be it. Knew I'd seen it somewhere recently.
DeleteToo appropriate not to share here though, eh?
BURN THE THIEF!!!!!
DeleteBUUUUURN HIM!!!!
**signed concerned anonymous netizen**
p.s.
The vis doesn't work :(
Damn video! Thanks concerned anonymous netizen!
DeleteVid no worky, but it's not needed. You summed it up.
ReplyDeleteJust cause he isn't going to bed any of the young girls he is caring for doesn't mean he won't be doing so with other young or young looking ladies.
And why so many girls?! I think 5 should be the limit for any group... and that's pushing it. I am only saying that cause I was never a boy band fan. But even the girl pop groups here in the states didn't surpass 5, at least not that I can recall.
The whole AKB48 etc thing is quite ingenious from a financial point of view. The groups have three teams and fans get to vote on all manner of things by buying CDs and merchandise. That means rabid fans buy 100s of CDs to get their favourite girl in the spotlight. In a way it's more like say American Idol with the public voting than a group like... umm, the only girl group I can think of is Destiny's Child but you know what I mean.
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