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The story
Around 8:30 PM on November 9, two brothers who lived together fell to their deaths from the 7th floor of an apartment building in Kita Ward, Sapporo. The deceased were the unemployed older brother, Tomohiro Takahashi (36), and his younger brother, company employee Hideto Takahashi (31). The balcony railing was found broken, and bloodstains reportedly remained inside the apartment. Residents of the neighboring unit and the 6th floor say that right before they called emergency services, they heard a man’s low moaning and a loud “thud.” On 5ch, a thread saw lively back-and-forth debate over whether the brothers fell after a violent fight, or whether one fell while trying to save the other.
(Reporter Ishida): “This is the room where the two men lived. The balcony railing is broken, and bloodstains remain.”
At around 8:30 PM on November 9, at an apartment building in Ainosato 3-jo 6-chome, Kita Ward, Sapporo, a call came in to the fire department: “I heard a noise and went to check, and two men were lying there collapsed.”
The two found collapsed were brothers who lived together in a 7th-floor unit: the unemployed Tomohiro Takahashi, 36, and company employee Hideto Takahashi, 31.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
If you go in headfirst and get speared straight through the snowpack, that's basically instant death right there
And even if not, you'd suffocate anyway
Big brother (Chōsuke Ikariya): "Ken Takakura!" (a classic Drifters pun — the first two answers end in '-ken,' so the punchline swaps in actor Ken Takakura's name)
Knew it, that's our big bro for ya
We've got guys like that at work too
All over such a tiny little thing…
Like, unless you're seriously close, I feel like sharing territory just doesn't work
Especially between two guys
There's a 24-year-old guy at my job who says he gets into full-on brawls with his 12-year-old brother
Apparently he broke the kid's arm the other day
He's always mild-mannered at work though, never seen him get mad at anyone
From kids to old men, people are always trying to kill each other over this stuff
When it's two guys, both having the strength to really hurt each other makes it dangerous
They went out onto the balcony on purpose, so maybe they ended up falling together
That big an age gap and still ruling through violence — that's seriously messed up
They might be far apart in age but similar in build, that's possible
Still pretty immature either way though
They were living together with the rest of the family too
Can't imagine they'd be able to keep living there
Probably the parents
Too pathetic for words, can't even cry lol
High chance they'll have to move out anyway since the room's probably wrecked
It's a "stigmatized property" now (jiko bukken — a home where a death occurred, which must legally be disclosed to future tenants/buyers)
The cause is right there in black and white
Still don't know which one attacked which and sent them over the edge
You'd think the jobless one's usual behavior would give it away, but it's probably the classic case where even the neighbors say 'never saw him'
The noises sounded like an argument, like an actual fight
Dunno if 'family' means the parents though
If 'family' means the salaried brother's wife and kids, that's just tragic…
What was with the moaning?
Probably the jobless one getting slammed into the balcony railing
Tomohiro: "No way."
Hideto: "If you won't work, get out right now."
Tomohiro: "No way."
Fight breaks out
The younger brother accidentally kills his jobless older brother
Hideto: "\(^o^)/ It's over, guess I'll die too"
Grabs his dead brother and jumps together
Sounds like something straight out of Soramimi Awaa (a TV segment famous for comedic 'mishearing' skits)
If the parents are still alive, that's just tragic
I don't think there'd be bloodstains if there wasn't a fight
And if one of them tried to kill himself with a blade, there's no reason for both of them to end up falling off the balcony
If it was suicide, you'd expect him to die quietly alone
Doesn't this feel more like a murder-suicide pact?
Like 'I'll kill you and then die too'
Did that happen to both of them, or just one?
It says the glass was broken
Saying they fell together because of a fight — you guys are harsh 😥
From around 7:30 PM there were thuds and bangs, and even right before the call the neighbor heard strange noises too
And you still think that was just a one-moment accident?
(6th-floor resident): "From around 7:30 PM I heard noises from upstairs, bangs and thuds"
(Neighbor): "I heard a man's low moaning and shouting, and after the shout there was a thud like something hitting. It sounded like a dull thump, like something hitting the wall. I thought maybe they were fighting, having an argument"
Just in case, you know
Also in summer too much sunlight comes through and it gets hot
Background and Key Points of Debate
This accident involved two brothers who fell to their deaths from the 7th floor of an apartment building in Kita Ward, Sapporo, and this report is based on an article distributed by Yahoo! News. The deceased were the unemployed older brother (36) and his company-employee younger brother (31); right before the emergency call, residents of the neighboring unit and the 6th floor reportedly heard a “thud” sound as well as low moaning and shouting. Because the balcony railing was broken and bloodstains remained, opinions on the thread were split between the theory that they fell after a fight between the brothers, and the theory that one of them was about to fall and the other fell too while trying to save him. Some comments raised the possibility of suicide or a murder-suicide pact, but at this stage the article has not confirmed a cause, and Hokkaido Police are still investigating the circumstances. Readers should note that the speculation within the thread is built solely from residents’ testimony and physical evidence at the scene (bloodstains, the damaged railing) — it remains a hypothesis, and whether this will even be treated as a criminal case is not yet established fact.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread “[Sapporo] Brothers in their 30s fall to their deaths from 7th floor — “Moaning… wondered if it was a fight” — “strange noises” also heard right before the call.”
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