I thought last year's press for Ikkicon was bad....the con didn't even start when this news piece came out....I was planning to make it out there but ended up stuck at work about 350 miles away =(
I live in Palestine, Texas and about a week and a half ago, I saw the report on the news about that girl going from con to con with the older guy, and that she had plans on going to the Ikki-con (sp?) in San Antonio which is south from here. A day or so later, I was at work (I work the night shift at the Wal-Mart Supercenter here), , and around midnight when i was going to break - i walked passed a girl that looked very similar to the runaway girl. I hadnt seen her in the store before, and ive been working there for 5 years - and i pride myself on being able to remember people that have come in there before on a daily basis. I didnt get a good look at her face though, so there isnt much to go on. I was thinking the other day that if she does go to any cons around here, someone will spot her out, unless she is wearing a mask or something. Im sure it is only a matter of time before she is found im sure :)
No. Just...No! My mom's already suspicious of cons and this will NOT improve on that. Geez...Nasty old pervs. I'm not gonna rag on the parents until I get some more info, but didn't strange behavior tip them off? Were the two spending a little too much time together, or were they just too naive to notice or mistrust the guy? Hmmm...The plot thickens. -_-
Thanks to shows such as CSI, NCIS, the Mentalist, and the like (which I do watch on a regular basis ^_^) my first reaction is to think that the two they just mentioned are perverted beyond words.
However, the only things we truly do know about what's going on with them is what was provided in the article and the note you made earlier.
I will say this though: anyone who participates in anime cons or are affiliated with anime in any way (i.e.- everyone in this community) better brace themselves for a wave of ugly coming from those who are too quick to deface anything they don't find any value in. (If this story gets that much publicity anyway. The media IS rather fickle.)
I cant make any kind of real comment or judgement(for lack of better term) on this without hearing more on this. tho this does sound actually rather amusing at first glance
Seems simple to me. Young girl loves amime and wants some guy to pay attention to her. (Don't we all?)
Older guy realises this young girl is feeling desperate and happens to love anime. He promises to take her to cons when htey run away together, she swoons and they run off.
I mean if it were really just a girl with her family friend on a holiday, I mean I can see, that. But anything a fourteen year old leaves home to do without telling her parents makes me suspicious.
What I'm wondering is, when they both get tired off going to cons (that does happen, right?) will he take her back home. I mean, there is only so long that a young teenage girl can keep a middle-aged mans attention!!
Two birds with one stone, they'll get to say what a pervert the guy is, and claim how Cons are nothing more than a perverted, Japanese-loving freak gatherings where little girls walk around in skimpy dresses and fat guys take pictures of them....><
Mistress Fan Fic (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
Family Friend??? If he is such a friend of the families, WHY did he not tell mom or dad about this little trip? Something is rotten in Anime Land if you ask me.
And if mom and dad are too blind to see something going on between the two. They need their heads examined about as much as this 40 year old guy, which is with a 14 year old girl looking for more then a niece relationship with her.
Sinbad of Sindria (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
To me that is really nasty to go with someone 3 times their ages plus a former family friend. You know she is doing something for it which is probably to say the least not good. Man that is a stupid reason to go to cons. Cons are great but not worth running away from home...geez
jacks heartache
Otakuite | Posted 02/11/09 | Reply
I thought last year's press for Ikkicon was bad....the con didn't even start when this news piece came out....I was planning to make it out there but ended up stuck at work about 350 miles away =(
Something bad always seems to happen at this con.
Yamchaa
Otaku Eternal | Posted 02/09/09 | Reply
I live in Palestine, Texas and about a week and a half ago, I saw the report on the news about that girl going from con to con with the older guy, and that she had plans on going to the Ikki-con (sp?) in San Antonio which is south from here. A day or so later, I was at work (I work the night shift at the Wal-Mart Supercenter here), , and around midnight when i was going to break - i walked passed a girl that looked very similar to the runaway girl. I hadnt seen her in the store before, and ive been working there for 5 years - and i pride myself on being able to remember people that have come in there before on a daily basis. I didnt get a good look at her face though, so there isnt much to go on. I was thinking the other day that if she does go to any cons around here, someone will spot her out, unless she is wearing a mask or something. Im sure it is only a matter of time before she is found im sure :)
Schultzie
Getaway Driver (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
One more damn reason for the over-reactive parents and media in this country to villify anime and manga. This isnt going to turn out well.
lazyweird1
Grand Otaku | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
No. Just...No! My mom's already suspicious of cons and this will NOT improve on that. Geez...Nasty old pervs. I'm not gonna rag on the parents until I get some more info, but didn't strange behavior tip them off? Were the two spending a little too much time together, or were they just too naive to notice or mistrust the guy? Hmmm...The plot thickens. -_-
Shadweh
Otaku Eternal | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
Thanks to shows such as CSI, NCIS, the Mentalist, and the like (which I do watch on a regular basis ^_^) my first reaction is to think that the two they just mentioned are perverted beyond words.
However, the only things we truly do know about what's going on with them is what was provided in the article and the note you made earlier.
I will say this though: anyone who participates in anime cons or are affiliated with anime in any way (i.e.- everyone in this community) better brace themselves for a wave of ugly coming from those who are too quick to deface anything they don't find any value in. (If this story gets that much publicity anyway. The media IS rather fickle.)
Ace
Senile Hipster (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
That dude from MSNBC is going to have a heyday.
7thEvaChild
Spectre Knight (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
I cant make any kind of real comment or judgement(for lack of better term) on this without hearing more on this. tho this does sound actually rather amusing at first glance
7thEvaChild
DragonRider11
Otaku Eternal | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
Seems simple to me. Young girl loves amime and wants some guy to pay attention to her. (Don't we all?)
Older guy realises this young girl is feeling desperate and happens to love anime. He promises to take her to cons when htey run away together, she swoons and they run off.
I mean if it were really just a girl with her family friend on a holiday, I mean I can see, that. But anything a fourteen year old leaves home to do without telling her parents makes me suspicious.
What I'm wondering is, when they both get tired off going to cons (that does happen, right?) will he take her back home. I mean, there is only so long that a young teenage girl can keep a middle-aged mans attention!!
Mad Hatter Belia
Grand Otaku | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
hooo boy, Dateline is going to love this.
Two birds with one stone, they'll get to say what a pervert the guy is, and claim how Cons are nothing more than a perverted, Japanese-loving freak gatherings where little girls walk around in skimpy dresses and fat guys take pictures of them....><
I can just see it now....
kitabug69
Mistress Fan Fic (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
Family Friend??? If he is such a friend of the families, WHY did he not tell mom or dad about this little trip? Something is rotten in Anime Land if you ask me.
And if mom and dad are too blind to see something going on between the two. They need their heads examined about as much as this 40 year old guy, which is with a 14 year old girl looking for more then a niece relationship with her.
I swear, what our world is coming to...
Sorry everyone had to rant on this one… heehee.
Later,
Kita
Team Plasma N
Sinbad of Sindria (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
To me that is really nasty to go with someone 3 times their ages plus a former family friend. You know she is doing something for it which is probably to say the least not good. Man that is a stupid reason to go to cons. Cons are great but not worth running away from home...geez
shred
Senior Otaku | Posted 02/06/09 | Reply
I say a young girl met an older man who promised to take her to cons instead of the usual puppies and candy bit