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Appearing live on TOKYO MX’s talk show “5-ji ni Muchuu!” (“Into It At 5”), Mitsu Mangrove revealed that she nearly hit a child who was walking while staring at a smartphone as she turned left at an intersection. Mitsu reportedly turned to co-host Mie Nakao and the rest of the panel and asked, “Phone-walking wasn’t okay, right?”, recounting how startled she’d been. On a thread on 5ch’s Entertainment & Sports News+ board, opinion split over a basic question — was the fault with the careless kid glued to their phone, or with the driver who failed to spot the pedestrian — and the debate kept going.
9/18 (Fri) 17:52
TV personality Mitsu Mangrove appeared live as an MC on TOKYO MX’s “5-ji ni Muchuu!” (weekdays, 5:00 p.m.) on the 18th, where she shared a startling experience from behind the wheel.
Tying into that day’s live viewer poll theme, “Is there something you’re firmly against?”, Mitsu turned to co-star Mie Nakao and the others and asked, “Phone-walking isn’t allowed, right? I’m pretty sure.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
but phone-walking is just stupid.
Shows you how many idiots this country has.
if you're gonna hit them, you're gonna hit them.
this is just a situation where you're supposed to yield to the pedestrian.
Isn't it because she did check that there was no accident?
Does that mean it was a red light?
Could be, yeah.
If she had the kid past 40, she'd already be grandma-age by the time the kid's old enough to be phone-walking.
But if it really was the grandma, she's not responsible for raising the grandkid properly, so it'd be harsh to blame her.
She should be lamenting that her own kid turned out to be a bad parent — but when it comes to (the grandchild's) discipline, no one listens to grandma's advice anyway.
Mitsu's the one in the wrong here —
check properly.
Isn't it that there was no accident precisely because she did check?
People this dumb are nothing but a menace.
hitting a pedestrian just means the car didn't check carefully enough.
If she were a frail little old lady that'd be one thing, but at that age grandma needs to be on her game.
kids are dumb and dart out suddenly anyway — honestly a kid shuffling along slowly while staring at a phone might even be safer. It's a tough call.
Adults, though, just don't — you're just a phone addict.
phone-walking is genuinely a nuisance — at the station, on the street, everywhere.
you wouldn't think "grandma!" looking at someone your own age.
in this case the pedestrian has no obligation to dodge.
Well, dodging would improve your odds of surviving.
What is this guy even saying, lol.
If you've already noticed them, just stop — that's all it takes.
when it turns into an accident, it's the driver who gets arrested.
That's not really what we're talking about here…
I've indirectly almost gotten someone killed doing that.
Oh, so that's the trick!
When you say "near the edge of the road," do you mean on the road itself, or the sidewalk?
Care to explain what exactly she did wrong?
Background and Key Points of This Debate
Under Japan’s Road Traffic Act, pedestrians crossing on a green light have the right of way, and drivers turning left or right are obligated to check for pedestrians before proceeding. There’s no nationwide law that penalizes phone-walking itself — it’s regulated only through some local ordinances and manner-awareness campaigns. The thread’s split between the “the kid was careless” camp and the “the driver should have checked” camp likely stems from the debate blurring the line between a “manners violation” and “legal negligence,” which are two separate things. It’s also worth noting that this wasn’t an actual accident — it’s an anecdote Mitsu herself described as “a close call,” and details like the other person’s age never went beyond speculation on the show. Likewise, the back-and-forth over whether it was a grandmother or a mother isn’t based on any confirmed information about the people involved — it’s purely viewer speculation.
※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News+) thread “Mitsu Mangrove: “I was turning left at an intersection when a kid walked by staring at their phone… it was dangerous” / “Why are you giving kids phones at intersections anyway”.”
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