Not even anime cons are safe, it seems.

Chagen

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-07/man-pleads-guilty-to-coercing-girl-he-met-at-anime-con

Of all the places, an anime con is the least likely place I expected this kind of thing to happen.

Wicked223

Of all the places, an anime con is the least likely place I expected this kind of thing to happen.

not for me, it isn't

MadassAlex

^^^ Really?

I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner. In fact, I'm almost sure this guy isn't the first.

Remember that anime is a fairly nerdy sort of thing that attracts a lot of women, and nerdy young people tend to be fairly vulnerable. Ergo, vulnerable young women being rather common at anime cons shouldn't come as a surprise - nor should the fact that some guy caught on and used it to his advantage.

And I guess you'd find some fairly desperate guys, too. It's not an awesome combination.

Chagen

I dunno. 

I just mean....there's something about them that makes me think that this wouldn't happen very often. You certainly don't hear of it very often.

Dammit, now getting a girlfriend at San Japan is gonna be ever harder....everyone's gonna think I'm some pedo (I'm pretty tall for my age)

vacasama

@OP

I'm getting this feeling that you don't seem to get out of the house often.  I've been in enough cons to know there's some crazy people that go to cons.  SA is going to have a field day with this.

Vorpy

People kind of solicit sex from each other all of the time. Considering that there are a lot of girls dressing in fetishy costumes and/or as fan-service or fanon-service characters (such as Korone, Jura or Tea/Anzu in a bondage outfit ((she was the only YGO character to not get a Bondage Clothing Upgrade)) ), sometimes if they meet enough hot cosplayers there they will have a "puni party" and then resort to hooking up for the night.

Since a lot of horny teenagers go to cons (disregard this, horny teenagers go everywhere), the idea that you can find a honey/waifu/hookup/hottie/real dakimakura/whateverthefucktheycallthemnowadays seems to elevate in your head when you are not hanging out with the "SUPER DESU NEKO BAKA KAWAII CHAN!" groups that take a ton of pictures and run around Nyahing everywhere, and go to different areas of the con where less of that seems to dwell (hentai, guro or alternative panels).

Or you find people who look horny or lonely, and ask them to hang out with you in your room to watch some anime.

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An anime convention is one of the more likely places i'd think this sort of thing would happen.

I mean someone even tried to feel my ass when I was at a toy store to buy beyblades once.

Ponicalica

For me the surprise would be if a woman tried to solicit some teenage neckbeard at a con.

Chagen

"Since a lot of horny teenagers go to cons (disregard this, horny teenagers go everywhere), the idea that you can find a honey/waifu/hookup/hottie/real dakimakura/whateverthefucktheycallthemnowadays seems to elevate in your head when you are not hanging out with the "SUPER DESU NEKO BAKA KAWAII CHAN!" groups that take a ton of pictures and run around Nyahing everywhere, and go to different areas of the con where less of that seems to dwell (hentai, guro or alternative panels)."

....Are you talking to me?

All Nines

. . . Yeeeaaaah . . . having been to a con not two weeks ago, I can tell ya that there are plenty of creeps there, so this doesn't surprise me. Really, it shouldn't surprise anyone. Just 'cause it's mostly a fun event doesn't mean it's safe.

And before two weeks ago, I would have said that your odds of finding a girl to go out with you are not the most assuring, but . . . well, does San Japan have a dance event of any sort?

Chagen

Probably.

Also, weren't that many creeps at Mizuumi.....>_>

Malkavian

This doesn't surprise me.

I have this silly notion where I think nerds should try to be better than the people who often bullied and singled them out.

Silly me.

Vorpy

I wasn't directing that at anyone, I just said it.

Chagen

The constant use of "you/your" made me think you were criticizing my belief that I can get laid at a con.

Malkavian

I think going to a con with the idea of getting laid is a bad mindset to have.

Of course, if it happens anyways, there's totally nothing wrong with that.

Vorpy

"Oh my god, you are a hot Fem Light"

"Oh man...you are a hot L Cosplayer"

"...."

"...wanna hang out?"

Chagen

I don't mean intentionally scoping out a fuckbuddy, I just meant getting to know a girl/guy.

And I mean "know" in both the normal sense and the biblical sense.

Chagen

Vorpy: dude, she'd like call the damn cops on me if I did that.

Vorpy

Which is why you must wait for her to make the first move, and know what the move actually is. If she likes the character, don't act on it, just roleplay as them instead. If she likes you, get to know her better. If she likes both, DONT FUCK IT UP .

Also, I don't know what you do at cons or your main perogative so this is probably why this doesn't make sense.

And I go to Anime Detour/Sakura-Con and Comic Con, while car-pooling with a ton of people 18+, so the demographic might be different.

Chagen

I tend to not have a main purpose at cons. I just go around, enjoying the various things, and taking creepy stalker pics of cosplaying girls

Ponicalica

Don't take creepy stalker pics of cosplaying girls.  If someone is coming to a con in costume, chances are they'll let you take pictures of them if you ask, and they might even pose for you.

Malkavian

^EXCELLENT ADVICE!

Chagen

That was a joke, Poni. I always ask for permission.

All Nines

^^^ That's basically what I did. And I didn't discriminate based on gender either; if I liked the costume or recognized the character, I went and asked.

Malkavian

^^There are people who don't, though. Poe's law and everything.

Wicked223

If someone is coming to a con in costume, chances are they'll let you take pictures of them if you ask, and they might even pose for you.

To be honest, that sounds even more creepy for some reason.

MillerCross

Why

DYRE

I really can't imagine why asking permission to take a picture is creepier than not asking permission...

Wicked223

I don't know, that's why I put "for some reason".

Vorpy

"hey, Sexy Ryuk, can i take a picture of you?"

"Oh? Sure. This should be interesting..."

-bends over a bench with a finger in mouth-

Forzare

Sexy Ryuk

The scariest part about that is that someone probably has cosplayed as a sexy Ryuk before.