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The story
The official account of Hololive VTuber Usada Pekora became a hot topic on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board after posting an image that seemed to evoke the incident in which a kei truck (a small Japanese mini-truck) was destroyed around Halloween. The thread saw a clash between critics calling it “tasteless” and “not something an official account should be doing,” and defenders countering with “is this really worth getting this worked up over when nobody died?” and “isn’t it basically just satire?” — with opinions split even over what exactly the problem was supposed to be.
What people said
lol ("kusa" — net slang for laughing)
Guess it's better not to bring it up
The one where someone trashed a kei truck on Halloween
Not considering the victim's feelings or something?
Isn't it basically just a satirical cartoon?
Background and Points of Contention
What makes this kind of controversy tricky is drawing the line on whether a real-world incident can be turned into material for a joke or illustration. Within the thread, opinions split between those who argue that since nobody died in the incident, it’s fair game as satire, and those who argue that an official account, given its reach, should be more careful about what it puts out — and neither side offers a fully consistent standard. As one reply (#123) points out, there’s no way to tell from what’s available here how widely this is actually seen as a problem, versus it just being a tempest in this one thread. Official VTuber posts reach large fan bases, which makes clashes between defenders and critics prone to escalating quickly, and this thread was no exception, with both sides slinging terms like “shinja” (devoted fans/”believers,” often used as an insult). What’s easy to miss is that this whole exchange isn’t really about whether the original incident itself was right or wrong — it’s about whether it’s okay to turn that incident into a piece of image content.
*This article is compiled and condensed from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Usada Pekora Screws Up Yet Again.”
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