Just from its name, you’d expect the Kyoto District Legal Affairs Bureau Uji Branch to be somewhere in which all employees have a strong respect for law and order. The office handles things like maintaining family registries and processing the legal paperwork for things like real estate purchases and the establishment of new businesses, so following proper procedures should be pretty much baked into the atmosphere.
And yet, a manager at the Uji Branch found one of his subordinate’s conduct so inexcusable, so utterly reprehensible, that he felt compelled to put a stop to it as quickly as possible, even if that meant resorting to violence. So the manager, a man in his 50s, grabbed his 20-something subordinate by his chest and kicked him around the waist.
The subordinate’s transgression? Spoiling the latest chapters of a manga.
Granted, the manga he was spoiling was "Oshi no Ko" (whose anime adaptation can be seen in the preview video above), one of the most popular currently ongoing manga series, and one that fans love for its dense, twist-filled plot. On the other hand, assaulting a coworker, and one you have authority over, isn’t an acceptable way to make sure you can go into material you haven’t yet read still fresh.
The incident took place on February 1, when the subordinate began talking about the series’ latest developments in the office. According to investigators, the manager did at least say “I don’t like spoilers,” but it’s unclear if he said this before or after flying into a rage and attacking the other man. The manager has since transferred to the Kyoto District Legal Affairs Bureau’s head office.
The subordinate did not suffer any injuries in the attack, but he did file a report with the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s Uji Precinct, which in turn referred the case, with assault charges, to the public prosecutor’s office at the end of April. It remains to be seen if the case will go to trial, as admissions of guilt are fairly common in Japan when the prosecution has a strong case, and odds are the accused doesn’t want to be sitting in a courtroom when "Oshi no Ko’s" anime adaptation’s second season starts this summer.
Sources: Yomiuri Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun
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garypen
The manager should probably face some kind of disciplinary action, as well, albeit not as severe.
Sam Watters
Just last week I had to explain “spoiler alert” to my students…
englisc aspyrgend
Never understood why grown adults read/watch what is basically a children’s comic?
Certainly his behaviour was far from adult and prosecution for assault is the least he should get. Utterly amazed he wasn’t at least suspended or fired.
therougou
He should be fired.
ian
He was fortunate , could have been worse. Don't be a dick coz no telling how people would react especially if construed as deliberate
Ass
I once spoiled an episode of walking dead to a coworker. It was all over social media I figured everyone knew about the episode in question and boy did he get in a stink over that. Like he was pissy for months.
Gene Hennigh
That was a stupid thing that boss did. However! When I was in Japan the Super Bowl wouldn't show up on TV till after it was over. Anyone who knew who won was warned, "Don't ruin it for us." And as for manga and anime, I'm the same. (Well, I was when I read manga and watched anime.) Doooooooo not spoil it for me. Childish? Yeah, but ask my coworkers about the Super Bowl. They were in dead earnest. (I knew the score, but was too frightened to tell them.)
Michael Machida
Childish all around.
GBR48
Flag spoilers, be sensitive and never reveal the football results before 'Match of the Day'. The clumsy deserve castigation to prevent repeat offending. Anyone maliciously ruining anyone else's enjoyment deserves to suffer.
virusrex
For anything that is hugely popular (sports, book genres, leisure activities, etc.) the amount of people that follows means that you will inevitably find at least some examples of the same.
MarkX
Rightly or wrongly this is the impression I have of many manga and anime fans. They are children in adult bodies! Fly into a rage because someone is talking about a story.
muzukashi
He really know how to show order to his subordinate by kicking his subordinate in chess.