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Tomoya Ishii was walking through a train station in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward earlier this month when he spotted an attractive stranger. Given how many people live in Tokyo, that’s not such a shocking statistical abnormality, but Ishii’s reaction to finding some tasty eye candy was abnormal, in that he followed the object of his desire in order to steal the stranger’s underwear.
This 21-year-old Ishii tailed the target home, and once the stranger was inside and taking a bath, Ishii infiltrated the home and snatched no fewer than six articles of clothing, including at least one pair of the victim’s underwear. But while this might sound like another case of panty thieving in Japan, the stranger who caught Ishii’s eye wasn’t a schoolgirl, office lady, or any other female demographic that’s often fetishized in Japan, but another guy.
“When I saw him in the station, I immediately thought he was a totally hot dude,” Ishii told police after his arrest on July 5. After stealing the 20-something man’s clothes, he said he remained hidden in his home in hopes of secretly recording his naked body after he got out of the bath. However, Ishii’s voyeurism plans went awry when he was discovered by a male housemate of the victim, who subdued the underwear thief and aspiring peeping Tom until the police arrived and took him into custody.
During questioning, Ishii told investigators: “He’s just the type of guy I like. I started fantasying about him, and got consumed in that, so I stole his underwear.”
Source: TV Asahi News, YouTube/ANNnewsCH via Jin
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doel jusino
So what was to be the final out come ? Was this pervert wanting the underwear so he could smell them, Rub them on his face, Rub them all over his body, Wear them on his head, Put them in his mouth and chew on them or just masturbate with them in hand. I guess we'll never know what this sick dude wanted them for. I hope he received a good beating when he was discovered by the victims roommate. I wonder if when being taken away by the police if this pervert told the victim "I'll Be Back"
girl_in_tokyo
Guys, homophobia is just sooooooo 1990, okay? Get with the times.
Jeff Huffman
WilliBJuly 18 02:35 pm JST Unamused: Err... you have any evidence that there is difference in the rate of sexually motivated crimes between the alphabet soup "community" and normal people? I am not holding my breath.
". . . normal people."
Bigot much?
smithinjapan
Doesn't matter if it is a man or woman (it definitely differs if it's a child vs. adult), so he should be charged as anyone else is charged in this kind of situation.
seadog538
With the widespread acceptance of LGBTI sexual activity it will be interesting to see how long it will be before behaviour that is regarded as unsavoury, such as the activities of this man, become regarded as mere bagatelles and are "embraced by the wider community"
kurisupisu
And this is why I am more and more adverse to public transport these days.
Chip Star
Culture shock via weirdness.
Strangerland
Kind of. Weird stories around the world make the news, it's just that the Japanese can sometimes be a bit of a different weird to the weird you see in other countries.
ushosh123
The article isn't exactly gender neutral
WilliB
err.... without same-gender attraction? Somehow I am not convinced
BeerDeliveryGuy
Of course. Straight up knocking out and raping the dude, or perhaps shooting up a school would be so much more “normal.”
mike1492
Love knows no boundaries'.
Jeff Huffman
seadog538July 17 07:16 pm JST Not so long ago this person (the thief) would have been regarded as a common sexual pervert but there are clear indications of homosexual/LGBTI tendencies which shows how the world is changing.
While Japan moves incrementally towards greater acceptance of people who are LGBTQ, this guy is clearly mentally ill with impulse control problems.
Jeff Huffman
". . . Ishii infiltrated the home . . . "
Personal security fail
gokai_wo_manekuJuly 17 05:34 pm JST What is "raging attraction"?
One step removed from fatal attraction?
LudditeJuly 17 06:41 pm JST Nasty article, making fun of something that isn't funny, especially for the victim.
And who is the victim in this case?
serendipitous1
Maybe my problems aren't that bad.......
oldman_13
I swear, it's like these articles exist just to show how weird and ridiculous Japanese people appear to the world audience.
BurakuminDes
Sicko. Lock the pervert up, let him try and steal the undies of his fellow inmates!
Maria
Ed:
You mean* *fantasizing
chisineko
Pandering to Political Correctness can create amusing consequences.
WA4TKG
Yet another: “Only in Japan” moment.
Do the hustle
One should not feel any sorrow or humor from this article. This loon is seriously delusional and dangerous.
seadog538
Not so long ago this person (the thief) would have been regarded as a common sexual pervert but there are clear indications of homosexual/LGBTI tendencies which shows how the world is changing.
u_s__reamer
The overwhelming power of sexual attraction is no joke. It's the reason for so much suffering in the world. Of course, it must be so because if this drive were weaker, our species would die out.
Luddite
Nasty article, making fun of something that isn't funny, especially for the victim.
gokai_wo_maneku
What is "raging attraction"?
akkk1
this is refreshing comic relief after endless incidents of patricide and infanticide.