southofreality said...

southofreality at 12:46 PM JST - 20th April

*"Such was the notice on the bathroom door, posted on March 27 by a 27-year-old Kobe man testing a new suicide method he’d found on the Internet. It is horribly simple. You mix bath crystals with toilet cleanser to generate hydrogen sulfide gas, which allegedly does its lethal work quietly…

Posted in Briquettes are out, hydrogen sulfide in as latest suicide method at 12:46 PM JST - 20th April
southofreality at 11:38 PM JST - 13th April

Don't know about dinner, but for desert it would be: Aki Hoshino, Waka Inoue, and Ryoko Yonekura.

Posted in If you could invite any three people in the world to have dinner with you, who would you choose? at 11:38 PM JST - 13th April
southofreality at 11:53 AM JST - 28th March

This incident is less like the Ibaraki stabbings or the Okayama train shoving and more like the family ax-murders in Tokyo late last month, where the son had his hands cut off. All can be said to be mental-health-related issues, but the two Tokyo family murders can also be used…

Posted in 3 killed, 3 injured in family dispute in Tokyo at 11:53 AM JST - 28th March
southofreality at 10:44 PM JST - 27th March

"The reason I wrote “誰でも良かった is looking like the new phrase in 2008” is cos this young lad uttered the very same words that that guy did just a few days ago after knifing 8 people in Ibaraki. There’s nothing like copying someone else. Wouldn’t be surprised if we hear…

Posted in 18-year-old arrested for pushing man to death from train platform at Okayama at 10:44 PM JST - 27th March
southofreality at 12:42 PM JST - 27th March

"romuchan, I would argue the opposite, just for fun. What these nutcases need is a smile or even a hello. I imagine if you can see something apparently to be avoided, then a whole lot of other people have come to the same conclusion, avoided, and his downward spiral will…

Posted in Stabbing spree suspect harbored strong wish to destroy at 12:42 PM JST - 27th March
southofreality at 01:18 AM JST - 27th March

"誰でも良かった is looking like the new phrase in 2008."

It's a phrase that's been big for years, baby.

Posted in 18-year-old arrested for pushing man to death from train platform at Okayama at 01:18 AM JST - 27th March
southofreality at 12:00 PM JST - 26th March

Next time someone says 'Amerika ni ikitai kedo, kowai kara ikanai,' shove this headline, or one of the countless others (Ibaraki mall stabbings, Hyogo schoolgirl stabbed in front of her house, Shinagawa shopping arcade stabbings) in his/her face and ask 'Nihon wa anzen na kuni da toiu koto desu ka?'

Posted in 18-year-old arrested for pushing man to death from train platform at Okayama at 12:00 PM JST - 26th March
southofreality at 11:56 AM JST - 26th March

I thought “meiwaku wo kakaranai you ni...” was important here? Apparently not…

Only if there's a chance they'll be held accountable. That's why people rarely look back after nearly knocking you on your ass during rush hour at Shinjuku Station; They don't believe they'll ever be held accountable.

So, if…

Posted in Man hits woman cyclist in suicide leap from 11th floor apartment at 11:56 AM JST - 26th March