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The story
Soshina, one half of the comedy duo Shimofuri Myojo, was reportedly punched by a taxi driver in an altercation. The driver is said to have claimed Soshina “was always arrogant in his attitude,” while the taxi company’s president reportedly told reporters, “I have no intention of answering.” On 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Breaking News+ board, posters questioned both the driver’s conduct and the company’s refusal to explain, while others suggested Soshina’s own attitude may have been part of the problem — with many calling for the dashcam footage to be released.
Soshina (33), of the comedy duo Shimofuri Myojo, is a popular comedian known for his sharp-tongued straight-man retorts and his signature blow-up-in-anger comedy routine. He has now found himself caught up in a taxi-related incident.
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This time, however, the situation Soshina found himself in was no laughing matter — a genuinely ugly confrontation.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Are you still breathing?
Then yeah, I guess you are.
Taxi companies only hand footage over to TV when THEY'RE the victim.
Isn't it more likely Yoshimoto gets blacklisted instead?
Those guys can't open their mouths without bringing up some taxi story.
And you can't even tell if it's true or made up.
Either way, all they ever do is spread hate.
If anything, it's the taxi side that deserves the sympathy here.
If even one side were sane, there'd be no accident.
Same as with train otaku — the bad apples just stand out way more.
I've personally never run into a weird driver myself though.
Comedians are just as bad, if not worse. If anything there might be more oddballs among comedians.
About 90% of them are decent people, but
yeah, that remaining 10% being hardcore social misfits…
that's definitely a thing lol
Covering it up without even taking a settlement — however you slice it, they clearly don't want that dashcam footage out.
That sounds kind of dumb.
What exact chain of events leads to the dashcam footage getting 'leaked'? You okay?
They had the police check the dashcam footage too,
and apparently he mentioned he'd filmed it on his own phone as well.
Sounds like he's fine with the footage coming out either way.
Makes you wonder if Yoshimoto had this article written to spin the narrative.
Feels pretty one-sided.
Guess they can't release it because both sides are total trash lol
If a man did this to a woman, it'd be a massive scandal.
A solid company checks the facts first, then sends a proper apology.
A so-so company sends back some generic template reply.
A lousy company doesn't reply at all.
In my experience, shipping companies and construction firms almost never reply.
So you're out there firing off complaint emails all the time?
Sounds like a handful.
When a package showed as 'delivered' but never actually arrived, I called to check right away.
Phone support was terrible, but if you've got time to write an email, calling is faster anyway.
And on top of that, apparently Soshina's attitude was bad too.
I see, I see… _φ(･_･) (emoticon of someone jotting down notes)
Sounds like something straight out of 'Tales of the Unusual' (Yo ni mo Kimyou na Monogatari, a Japanese anthology show famous for twist endings).
Which taxi company is this, anyway?
Soshina: 'Take me to XX 1-2-3, please.'
Driver: 'Here we are.'
Soshina: 'This isn't it. Is it set to 1-2-3?'
Driver: 'This is the right place.'
Soshina: 'Please actually check the nav.'
Driver: 'The nav says this is 1-2-3 too.'
Soshina: 'No way, that's wrong. Type it in right in front of me.'
Driver: '…1-2-3, see, it's showing this exact spot.'
Soshina: 'YOU TYPED IN 1-2-4, YOU IDIOOOOT!!!'
Driver: 'SHUT UUUUP!!!'
And that's when the driver threw open the back door and punched the defenseless Soshina four times.
Well, honestly, both of them were in the wrong.
Lol, he got beaten up because of the razor-sharp comebacks he's always sharpening.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
The uproar reportedly began with an article from Daily Shincho and other outlets, and is marked by the fact that Soshina’s side and the taxi driver’s side give flatly contradictory accounts. The driver’s camp claims Soshina “has always been arrogant,” but that’s simply the driver’s own characterization as relayed in the reporting — it hasn’t been verified by any third party. Because the taxi company’s president refused to answer reporters’ questions, the thread split between those who felt “the company ought to be accountable” and those who argued “there’s no obligation to answer for every individual customer dispute.” The thread also contains a post (reply 100) claiming to reenact the exchange at pickup, but this is pure speculation or fabrication from an anonymous poster, not a fact confirmed by any reporting. Since trouble involving taxi drivers makes the news fairly often, many posters leaned toward the general view that “drivers can be a mixed bag,” while plenty of others remained suspicious of the celebrity’s own attitude — producing a classic back-and-forth thread split right down the middle over whose side to take.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “47-Year-Old Taxi Driver Who Punched Soshina: ‘He’s Always Been Arrogant’ — Taxi Company President Tells Reporters ‘I Have No Intention of Answering’.”
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