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Hezuma Ryu, a former “nuisance YouTuber” who is now a sitting Nara city councilman, revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that “being hated really does hurt.” He said that while in Tokyo he ran into an actor he’d admired since childhood, approached him, and was turned down for a photo with the line “I’m not really a fan of you.” On 5ch, sympathy for his confession was scarce — most commenters argued that given his history of nuisance behavior and his current role as a councilman, “of course he got turned down,” and opinion split over whether he’s genuinely changed.
Mon, Oct 12, 3:57 PM
Nara city councilman Hezuma Ryu (35) updated his official X (formerly Twitter) account by the 12th, sharing an episode that left him feeling that “being hated really does hurt.”
Hezuma opened with: “Being hated really does hurt. I guess I can’t complain since it’s my own fault, but when I went to Tokyo, I happened to run into an actor I’d admired since I was a kid.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Wild, ain't it~ (riffing on comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto-era catchphrase "wild, isn't it")
Gotta redo that "yoo-shot" (typo for "two-shot")
but I think he's actually putting in effort in his current role
if he can't see that much, he doesn't get anything
He looked like he was having a blast with [comedian] Nagano
something about "an old guy said this to me" or whatever
the old him would've 100% named names
like "so-and-so was rude to me"
If it's true, the actor's fans will come after him
and if it's made up, someone will ask the actor directly and the lie will come out.
taking a photo together is nothing but risk — same reason he's banned from everywhere
be grateful for the extra-thick padding of "I'm not a fan of you"
but he's genuinely turned himself around
it's rough that he's still getting bashed now that he's a councilman, honestly
He hasn't turned anything around
he's still spreading rumors and slandering people, and the victims keep piling up
it's just vile
this guy should reflect on his own past behavior and just accept the celebrity's response
but why can't he see that this "changed" version of him is also disliked?
talk about delusional, lol
Yeah, because the second anything happens he's straight on social media kicking up a fuss
Background and Key Points of This Story
Hezuma Ryu built his name as a “nuisance YouTuber” and has a history of arrests and referrals to prosecutors. Since winning a seat in Nara’s 2023 city council election, he’s remained someone whose every remark tends to blow up on social media. The dominant view in the thread was that “given his past conduct, the actor’s response was only natural,” with most commenters weighing his nuisance-YouTuber-era behavior together with his current work as a councilman. That said, some gave him credit for having “turned himself around and working hard as a councilman,” so opinion remains split. Note that the article never names the actor, and any names floated in the thread are pure speculation.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisupo Sokuhou+) thread “Hezuma Ryu: Being hated really does hurt… Asks admired actor for a photo, only to be told “I’m not really a fan of you”.”
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