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Weird cosplay: AKB48 meets AK-47

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By Philip Kendall

What could be better than seeing a cute girl dressing as a member of AKB48 and dancing around in a uniform? A cute girl dressing as an AKB48 member firing military-grade weapons, apparently.

The following video comes from Hyper Douraku, a Japanese gun enthusiast website that has teamed up with otaku favorite and “image” DVD (footage of girls in skimpy outfits in various poses) star Mii Aihara.

Dressed in a variety of hugely impractical outfits from AKB48 to "Resident Evil's" Jill Valentine, Mii heads down to the firing range to squeeze off a few rounds as part of the website’s “Guam Shooting Tour 2012.”

Why? We have no idea.

That Mii girl clearly knows a thing or two about guns. As well as loading her own ammo before trying out the rifle, she manages to fire round after round without blinking an eye. To look at her you’d think butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but she’s clearly trained any ready to take on the world at a moment’s notice.

Quite what the other visitors to the firing range thought when they spotted this girl in her elaborate outfits is anyone’s guess, but we’re fairly sure that few gun fans are used to sights quite like this.

But the website isn’t just about skimpy outfits, no, no! There are some genuine gun-related tips to be found here, too.

Perhaps concerned for Mii’s safety in the evening, the team provided the model with a handgun to go with her nightdress. Quite why she’d need to kill silently, we have no idea, but this led the team to wonder “Could a pillow be used as a makeshift silencer?”

Finally, Mii took the time to leave a few words for her fans, thanking them for visiting the site and taking the virtual tour of Guam with her.

“I had a great time,” she says. “If any of you ever find yourselves in Guam, you should definitely include a trip to fire off a few live rounds in your schedule!”

A perfectly normal, everyday sentence if we ever read on.

Source: Hyper Douraku

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For those that think the gun is fake, judging from this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXn3hYYVyU&feature=relmfu

Which actually shows the target... they are not.

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weird... and sad.... with the AK-47 many people is Kill daily in countries as Mexico that are suffering by the drug lords, in the middle east ... well.... in many places....

Actually, AK series of assault rifles were invented by M.T. Kalashnikov for Armed Forces, not drug dealers or war lords. And there is nothing "strange", "sad" or "weird" that young Japanese girl knows how to operate the rifle.

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weird... and sad.... with the AK-47 many people is Kill daily in countries as Mexico that are suffering by the drug lords, in the middle east ... well.... in many places.... if they know... well seems the AKB girls dosent know about that.....

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This is all about what they're defending!

0 ( +0 / -0 )

What could be better than seeing a cute girl dressing as a member of AKB48 and dancing around in a uniform?

That's easy. NOT seeing a cute girl dressing as a member of AKB48 and dancing around in a uniform.

-1 ( +2 / -3 )

This is where John Lennon can say easily.. Happiness is a warm gun, anyway, the weapon is not a real one, this one is used to shot paint balls or little balls just to stun (and send some eyes to history), according to Kotaku article...

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Hmm, this from the same girls that just a few days ago were crying because they saw a violent movie. Yeah that makes a lot of sense.

Read the article first. It is a girl dressing like AKB not an AKB member. Heck, there are probably chicks who dress like AKB in porn movies.

2 ( +3 / -1 )

No Animals were harmed in this video , just the person's shoulder doing the shooting!!

-1 ( +0 / -1 )

A perfectly normal, everyday sentence if we ever read on.

Is that a burnt pot on your stove?

2 ( +2 / -0 )

The following video comes from Hyper Douraku, a Japanese gun enthusiast website that has teamed up with otaku favorite and "image" DVD (footage of girls in skimpy outfits in various poses) star Mii Aihara.

Not that weird, so very entirely feasible, and hardly unthinkable.

Why? We have no idea.

Try harder. I'm pretty sure I've seen a similar concept elsewhere.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

Best riflists!

2 ( +2 / -0 )

Nothing to do with AKB. Just some gun nuts and a "tarento".

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they should run for government office and create order.

-1 ( +0 / -1 )

AKB48's creative promoting team has run out of decent ideas. The few chosen members are going further into solo projects. As the end of AKB48 nears, i look forward to the next J-pop culture wave to wash away what they leave behind.

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Foto: AKB48 and AK-47 made in China

-2 ( +0 / -2 )

Wonder if she realizes the safety is off

-2 ( +0 / -2 )

Ahh, they should have used the Hello Kitty gatling gun for proper kawaii

2 ( +2 / -0 )

Russia is the source of the AK-47, not America, which popularize the M-16 and M-4 Assault Rifle.

back to the article. If this is Hyper Douraku's way of arming and training Otakus to use a gun and prepare to defend for an invasion, I have nothing to say about that.

Is that a real firearm, anyway? The blowback seem real, but Airsoft guns nowadays have quite a realistic feel to it, especially those Green Gas/ CO2 powered an those AEG made by Japanese manufacturers. Model Guns also have a lot of kick to them as well.

Since real firearms are illegal, I'm assuming.... or that they filmed it outside Japan.

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If you read it carefully,there's not a real AKB girl in sight..

2 ( +3 / -1 )

This is something I'd expect America to

.

Why, do you think America is a big manufacture of the AK-47?

5 ( +6 / -1 )

cute girls with big guns is pretty nice.

Please explain why.

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This is something I'd expect America to. Still, cute girls with big guns is pretty nice.

-4 ( +5 / -9 )

Matthew, Mii Aihara is not a member of AKB48.

5 ( +5 / -0 )

Just waiting for them to go on tour with nuclear grade plutonium.

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Hmm, this from the same girls that just a few days ago were crying because they saw a violent movie. Yeah that makes a lot of sense.

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