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Tell Acchan I miss him.

If I'm being very honest, I'm not sure how they would be able to pursue the matter unless both a victim and witness were willing to come forward, which means the victim would risk making herself public. Without ample physical evidence, Japanese courts are hesitant to convict at a criminal level.

Moreover, asking fans to speak up if uncomfortable puts too heavy a burden on the fans. Live house events necessarily squeeze bodies together, and most illicit contact can be claimed to be little more than a mistake or unavoidable. Getting a staff member's attention when in a sea of bodies amid deafening music and screams is already difficult; god forbid you're on the shorter side. Even if you succeed, it may end up with you being pulled out of the audience for your safety (legitimate, but you miss the concert you paid for), or the concert stops, and attention is suddenly on you for being the one who stopped it. Most audience members simply will not do this.

I found myself in a mix of people during my live experience. There were definitely those who were considerate and careful, and who communicated with fellow audience members to make sure that each were safe and having a good time. There were some who were in their own worlds and oblivious to others around them, unaware if they were stepping on body parts or pressing into others until told so. And then there were most definitely those who came to war, who deliberately pushed and pulled and jabbed and shoved—and all in small, less obvious ways as such closeness allows—who either were not capable of caring about others or, worse, were happy to hurt others in their efforts to get closer to the band or (as in the case currently posted online) happy to take advantage of the situation for their own perversion.

I'm glad that in the above case, an audience member saw another getting harassed and was willing to say something.

“Rockin’ on Japan"  vol. 374, November 2010

It's finally updated up to 2023....

acchan: meows