Earlier this month, a 29 year old man from Kyushu was arrested for attacking an 11 year old boy at a Yu-Gi-Oh! card game held in Dazaifu. The man won two games but was unsatisfied when his opponent left the table, proceeding to taunt him. The boy became agitated and flung the cards onto the floor. This incited the man to grab him by the collar and attack him physically. It is not clear how he attacked him, but his official charge describes ‘scratches on the face’. He was arrested and held until December 10.

From Sponichi:

Unemployed 29 Year Old Male Arrested After Injuring Sixth Grader At Yu-Gi-Oh! Event

An unemployed 29 year old man was arrested and held until December 10 at the Chikushino Police Station in Fukuoka for attacking an 11 year old competitor he encountered at a collectible card game event.

The charge against him is that, at 2:55pm on December 9, he grabbed the sixth grader by the collar and scratched his face at a card shop in Dazaifu City.

According to Chikushino police, the two were playing a card game based on the popular anime ‘Yu-Gi-Oh!‘ and the man won twice.

It appears the trouble began as the boy started to leave. He flung all of the cards off the table as the man jeered ‘Oh, are you running away?’

Comments from Itai News:

黒トラ(関西・東海)：

Jobless dudes are the toughest.

ボルネオウンピョウ(内モンゴル自治区)：

‘An unemployed 29 year old man’ wwww

ライオン(茨城県)：

‘It’s said the trouble began as the boy started to leave. He flung all of the cards off the table as the man jeered ‘Oh, are you running away?” He was pissed!

ベンガルヤマネコ(チベット自治区)[Responding to above]：

He didn’t need to react to the provocation the same way the kid did. Do you have any idea what type of person a 29 year old man who plays Yu-Gi-Oh! with grade schoolers is?

エジプシャン・マウ(沖縄県)：

Normally, I’d understand if the losing person would not want to let the winner quit while he’s ahead, but did he really want to continue racking up wins on this sixth grader that badly?

キジ白(dion軍)：

The unemployed 29 year old won the Yu-Gi-Oh! match, but the winner of the real fight was…?

ボルネオウンピョウ(内モンゴル自治区)：

Don’t go all out if your opponent is a kid w

ボルネオウンピョウ(内モンゴル自治区)：

He’s 29 and playing Yu-Gi-Oh! with kids at a card shop. If I were him I’d kill myself out of shame.

スフィンクス(福島県)：

This is the current state of Japan.

トラ(東京都)：

Are you running away from reality?

メインクーン(大阪府)：

He’s winning at Yu-Gi-Oh!, but losing at life.

From Bakusai:

匿名さん:

Unemployed people. Virgins. Non-students. Gamers. Koreans.

Do they have any reason to live?

匿名さん:

The fact that this guy is playing games with 6th graders is strange in itself! If he’s 29, these kids are probably not even the same age as his kids! I’d like to see the face of such a guy.

匿名さん:

If you’re playing cell phone games, you’re mainly playing with 30 and 40 year old men.

匿名さん:

It’s not everyday that a card game crosses over into a match in real life.

匿名さん:

‘How many times do I gotta say this shit!? I’m not jobless! I’m a professional Duelist'[Note: Yu-Gi-Oh! players refer to themselves as ‘Duelists’]

匿名さん:

If a 29 year old said to a kid “Hey, let’s duel,” I think it’s okay to arrest him.

匿名さん:

As expected of a kyuushuudanji 笑. Too childish! 笑[Note: ‘Kyuushuudanji’ is the term for strapping young men from Kyushu Prefecture]



匿名さん:

So the guy wins twice in a row and then says to the crying kid who’s getting up to leave: ‘Oh, are you running away?’ And then….and then…..what the hell is this crap? This is too much.

匿名さん:

The kid sucks. The guy sucks. The cards are the way of life to a duelist. Start playing like civil people.

匿名さん: