Episode 308: “Anime Girl” Goes Viral For Stabbing Crush & Now Has Fanclub of Men Wanting To Be Killed Next

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A candid photo of 21 year old Yuka had gone viral. She was sitting on the floor in her short t-shirt dress, phone up to her ear, and a cigarette relaxed between the fingers of her hand. She looked relaxed and causal. Pretty but in an effortless almost innocent way.

This photo would inspire people to make Fanclubs, donation links, and even fan art for Yuka. They were taken aback by her beauty and youth. They completely ignored the fact that she was drenched in blood and the dying body of her love interest laying motionless behind her.

Some even went as far as to beg her to stab them next.

They wrote - “she’s my dream girl.”

“She’s too pretty to kill.”

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/yuka-takaoka-incident-yandere-tale-leaves-victim-in-critical-condition/ 

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yuka-takaoka-incident-gruesome-details-emerge-about-crime-of-passion/ 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9803883/woman-smoking-boyfriend-stabbing-japan/ 

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/real-life-yandere-yuka-takaoka-handed-prison-term-for-attempted-murder/ 

https://yandere.fandom.com/wiki/Yuka_Takaoka 

https://buzz-plus.com/article/2019/05/27/yuka-takaoka-satsujin-news/ 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20191205_1501722.html?DETAIL 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20191205_1502988.html?DETAIL 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20191205_1501734.html?DETAIL 

https://www.jprime.jp/articles/photo/15273 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20191205_1501746.html?DETAIL 

https://www.host2.jp/shop/servantofeve/runa/ 

https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q14261542284 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20191205_1501710.html/4 

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/yuka-takaoka-incident-victim-survives-holds-no-grudge/ 

https://buzz-plus.com/article/2019/05/28/takaoka-yuka-illustration-news/ 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20220807_1782373.html?DETAIL&from=imagepage_f-button 

https://abema.tv/video/episode/90-978_s1_p227

https://goodyfeed.com/pretty-japanese-likes-man-so-much-she-just-stabbed-him-in-the-abdomen-instead/ 

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/too-beautiful-attempted-murder-suspect-becomes-internet-sensation/news-story/ca733ee8b8412edb69ba49ed323a1c47 

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/japans-too-beautiful-internet-sensation-product-of-dark-industry/ 

https://times.abema.tv/articles/-/7032285?page=1 

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/International/story?id=1624832&page=1 

https://monamona2525.com/archives/59760 

https://soranews24.com/2018/09/30/introducing-roland-king-of-the-hosts-top-earner-and-most-successful-host-club-host-in-tokyo/

https://www.therakyatpost.com/news/malaysia/2019/05/27/woman-stabs-male-friend-out-of-love/ 

https://yandere-community.com/Forum/Topic/84/1/yuka-takaoka#post542 

https://www.instagram.com/yuyuyunochan/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=8bbe6c37-73c7-4f02-b0df-2774cb6395d5 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20191210_1506411.html?DETAIL 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20190604_1384222.html/2 

https://buzz-plus.com/article/2019/05/27/yuka-takaoka-hakkensha-news/ 

https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20190607_1385611.html?DETAIL 

https://twitter.com/AyuRan20/status/1131505723060285441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1131505723060285441%7Ctwgr%5E49700825c35e175898f7751fdbcf9d1803d595e1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbuzz-plus.com%2Farticle%2F2019%2F05%2F27%2Fyuka-takaoka-hakkensha-news%2F 

https://ajadeabroad.com/japanese-host-clubs/

https://news.ku.edu/2016/03/02/love-transactions-professor-investigates-business-tokyos-male-hosts

https://rabbitholemag.com/inside-japans-hostess-clubs/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs

https://www.iias.asia/the-newsletter/article/selling-intimacy-under-post-industrial-capitalism-ethnography-japanese-host

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/tabloid/japans-cunning-bottakuri-bars-con-compliant-customers/

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/04/05/national/host-clubs-a-hotbed-of-human-trafficking/

https://www.pleasureinjapan.com/blog/guide-to-japan-host-and-hostess-clubs

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/jul/13/features11.g21

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