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On the 9th, the official X account for the Precure series posted a message titled “A Request to Our Fans,” urging attendees to refrain from disruptive behavior at shows and events. The move reportedly follows an incident in which someone falsely claimed their child could no longer attend a parent-and-child-only event, tagged along with a different family group to film from the front row, and then bragged about the ruse on social media that night—sparking a backlash online. In the thread, comments were split between those confused about exactly what behavior was being targeted and those who took issue with the very presence of adult fans (so-called “big friends”) at these events, fueling a wider debate.
Precure’s Official X Posts “A Request to Our Fans,” Urging Fans to Avoid Disruptive Behavior at Shows and Events | ORICON NEWS
2026-10-09 18:33 ORICON NEWS
On the 9th, the official X account for the popular anime series Precure published a message titled “A Request to Our Fans.”
Source: oricon.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Just Arcana Shadow, though.
Can otaku really get excited over something like that?
Among the "big friends" (adult fans), he's well known as someone to watch out for,
but the problem is the main attendees—the parent-and-child pairs who rotate out every year (or every few years)—never get the memo.
The organizers need to stop with these vague, soft-worded statements and actually crack down hard and ban him for good.
This isn't his first offense.
(Details of this incident)
At a parent-and-child-only event, he told a single-parent family, "My kid couldn't make it, but it'd be a waste to throw the ticket away,"
tagged along with them, and shot photos from the front row.
That night he bragged about his repeat offense, saying something like "We won thanks to good teamwork."
The parent he'd talked to saw the post, and it blew up.
Re: #57
Ah, so that's it—I got tripped up by the character limit and missed it.
Yeah, this is the kind of foul play that's hard for regular attendees to even notice.
Sounds like a permanent ban is the only answer.
Camera obsessives tend to be the type who don't feel guilty even when they're basically stealing something.
Same goes for the fare-dodging train-photography crowd.
Are grown adults actually shouting "This is MY spot!" in front of little kids?
If you're over 30 and into a show for little girls, at least keep it to your own home.
At a parent-and-child-only event—last year he went viral for renting a kid,
and this year he lied to a single-parent family about his own kid being unable to come, then tagged along to get in.
Modern mascot costumes have surprisingly small heads, huh.
Higher quality than I expected (´･ω･`)
There's a middle-aged guy inside.
It's up to the customers how they enjoy themselves—who are the organizers to butt in?
Isn't there a middle-aged guy inside it anyway?
that'd get rid of the creepy old guys.
I was thinking "bring on the self-promo, lol," but come to think of it, that person wasn't even in Precure cosplay.
I've heard there's actually a petite female pro wrestler inside.
Why would a middle-aged guy even be into something like that?
Some guys get into it through their kids, like FUJIWARA's Harunishi (the comedian).
I wonder if guys like this are actually seeing a psychiatrist or something?
Go look at his tweets.
The real deal doesn't even realize he has a problem.
I see…
if only he put that much obsessive energy into his job or something…
He's probably unemployed and taking it out on everyone.
The official stance is: the "big" ones aren't actually friends—don't get the wrong idea.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Fan-participation events for franchises like Precure often sell tickets on a “parent-and-child only” or “must be accompanied by a child” basis, specifically designed to keep solo adults from attending. The case raised in the thread—someone falsely claiming their child couldn’t make it, then tagging along with a single-parent family to shoot photos from the front row—is a way of gaming that very restriction, and similar trouble, dubbed “child rental,” has reportedly come up before. The official account likely kept its statement vague and avoided naming anyone to steer clear of risks around identifying individuals or defamation. Within the thread, however, opinions split between those who felt it was unclear exactly what behavior was being called out and those who objected to the very presence of adult fans (“big friends”). It’s worth noting that the actual misconduct and simple antipathy toward the adult fan base can easily get conflated in this kind of discussion.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “Precure’s Official X Posts “A Request to Our Fans,” Calling for an End to Disruptive Behavior at Shows and Events.”
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