A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Gohan

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A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Gohan

Post by kei17 » Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:56 pm

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150 ... 0-sph-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ ... 8-ann-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ ... 5-nnn-soci

In Japan, on the the first day of a trial for bodily harm, it turned out that the defendant, arrested for cutting at his neighbor with a knife while being high on drugs, claimed that he wanted to make a name for himself by becoming Son Gohan from the Dragon Ball series. He also said that he had been trying to use Kaioken when he attempted to remove the handcuffs during the police investigation. One of the news articles bothered to point out that Gohan does not use Kaioken.


...Nothing makes sense here, but this one of the weirdest pieces of news ever became a hot topic among the Japanese fandom.

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Post by SansrivaaL » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:04 pm

Yeap... weird.... I sort of remember someone committed suicide after finding out Itachi from Naruto died...

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Post by Valerius Dover » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:08 pm

Because Gohan went around cutting people with knives while being high? :eh:

Yeah, this is really beyond strange.
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by AnimeMaakuo » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:09 pm

kei17 wrote:http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20150 ... 0-sph-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ ... 8-ann-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/ ... 5-nnn-soci

In Japan, on the the first day of a trial for bodily harm, it turned out that the defendant, arrested for cutting at his neighbor with a knife while being high on drugs, claimed that he wanted to make a name for himself by becoming Son Gohan from the Dragon Ball series. He also said that he had been trying to use Kaioken when he attempted to remove the handcuffs during the police investigation. One of the news articles bothered to point out that Gohan does not use Kaioken.


...Nothing makes sense here, but this one of the weirdest pieces of news ever became a hot topic among the Japanese fandom.
I've heard of this just recently. What a strange incident. You don't hear about this kind of stuff with CNN in America. They're mostly consumed with politics. By the way Kei, did you ever get around to reading my PM?
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by TheBlackPaladin » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:30 pm

kei17 wrote:He also said that he had been trying to use Kaioken when he attempted to remove the handcuffs during the police investigation.

This is the first thing I thought of when I read this. Somebody needs to use Adobe and make it look like this guy is doing the Kaioken.

Interestingly, it wouldn't be the first time somebody took it and did something DBZ-related with it. The above incident was responsible for the creation of this video.....and then somebody put a DBZ spin on it.
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by SuicidalZerg » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:40 pm

Damn. And I thought I liked Gohan a lot... though to be fair, aspiring to become Gohan is probably not aiming particularly high on the scale of ambition....
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Post by Insertclevername » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:43 pm

It's clearly that devilish rap music that influenced him.
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Post by ThatGuyNamedChancey » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:50 pm

Insertclevername wrote:It's clearly that devilish rap music that influenced him.
Or maybe he wanted to be Soulja Boy, who looks like Gohan. As we all know, Soulja Boy is the most influential black rapper alive. :P
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by voltlunok » Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:58 pm

And here I thought I'd heard everything...then Japan ONCE AGAIN comes out of left field with this! Bravo Japan...good game, well played. But seriously...the guy was high off his mind so I doubt he had any clue to what he was saying. Either that or he was trying to be Gohan from the deadzone movie!
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Post by fadeddreams5 » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:08 pm

"If they won't bring back Ultimate Gohan, I'll just become him instead!!!"
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Post by dbzfan7 » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:39 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote:"If they won't bring back Ultimate Gohan, I'll just become him instead!!!"
Really shouldn't be making jokes here.
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by TheGmGoken » Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:57 pm

fadeddreams5 wrote:"If they won't bring back Ultimate Gohan, I'll just become him instead!!!"
Chill out man. Not the time for it.

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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by fadeddreams5 » Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:28 pm

Wait, wait, was someone gravely injured or killed? When I read the OP, I figured it was nothing serious. Just slight cuts from some dude that was high as a kite and shouting DBZ attack names.
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by Lord Beerus » Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:30 pm

What a surreal incident. I don't really know what to make of it other than just another case of a fan taking an animated show too seriously.

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Post by FortuneSSJ » Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:08 pm

SansrivaaL wrote:Yeap... weird.... I sort of remember someone committed suicide after finding out Itachi from Naruto died...
Yup, that's true. And then Kishimoto brought Itachi back. :)
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by TheBlackPaladin » Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:50 pm

Oh yikes.......I didn't realize somebody died..............feeling rather awkward now..... :oops:
A "rather haggard" translation of a line from Future Gohan in DBZ, provided to FUNimation by Toei:
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by Insertclevername » Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:55 pm

So did the victim die from the wounds? Or are you talking about the suicide story?
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by Polyphase Avatron » Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:47 pm

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kei17 wrote:He also said that he had been trying to use Kaioken when he attempted to remove the handcuffs during the police investigation.

This is the first thing I thought of when I read this. Somebody needs to use Adobe and make it look like this guy is doing the Kaioken.

Interestingly, it wouldn't be the first time somebody took it and did something DBZ-related with it. The above incident was responsible for the creation of this video.....and then somebody put a DBZ spin on it.
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Post by DBZAOTA482 » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:11 pm

ThatGuyNamedChancey wrote:
Insertclevername wrote:It's clearly that devilish rap music that influenced him.
Or maybe he wanted to be Soulja Boy, who looks like Gohan. As we all know, Soulja Boy is the most influential black rapper alive. :P
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Re: A Japanese criminal claims that he wanted to become Goha

Post by funrush » Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:19 pm

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