Dr. FangLang 's Pavement

A MASSPRODUCTION COLUMN(02/20/98, 02/23/98, 01/29/99 Revised)

In the beginning of my memorial program

You know the birth of Asuka. Her mother Kyouko Zeppelin Souryu became pregnant utilizing artificial conception.
Her mother was a researcher of "Gehirn," a UN organization. She worked for a branch in Germany. An experiment made her go mad. Thereafter her daughter Asuka was brought up by a stepmother.
You must have seen Asuka call her stepmother. Perhaps she got along well with her stepmother judging from her voice.
In the end of "The End of Evangelion," both Asuka and Shinji were alive. Were others dead? In my "1000-Hit" memorial, I supposed others would be also alive.
Now I start another Asuka story. Recently a great anime producer Otsuki blamed anime fans in Japan. He said in March 1997 that anime fans in Japan would not see the real world. Director Anno also blamed them for the movement. Anime fans in Japan then remained in the virtual world.
In the beginning of 1998, several serious crimes were performed by teen agers. Anime creators also blamed anime fans in Japan.
On the other hand, Shogakukan Production held an event on their Pocket Monsters for fans at Tokyo Dome, Nagoya Dome, Osaka Dome and Fukuoka Dome. Those domes were bursting with people. I went to Osaka Dome to see the event. It is said that pocket monster players increased from the Pokemon affair. A lot of Pokemon fans there have Pikachu dolls.
The teen agers in Japan seem to avoid the real world. They were blamed for their feature. However they do not hope their future. If they make an effort at every field, they will gain nothing in Japan. They experienced no wars. Japanese economy was defeated recently. Japan as well as Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand was defeated by USA. They will have no job when they are 23 years old.
Two Japanese junior high school female students in Saitama Prefecture killed a 69-year-old male aged in February 1998. The two always tried to aim at his old-age pension. His old-age pension was over 115,000 yen ($920) per month. The two found he did not have the pension when the two came to his house. The two killed him. They had often frightened and hit him to gain money.
Is there another way for those teen agers? Perhaps not.
Mr. Ryu Murakami, who is a popular and famous novelist and who has his own homepage written in English, told in the Asahi Newspaper on 02/17/98 teen agers to be specialists in order to win respect. He also says, "The authority, for example, Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, should comment on these crimes. I will also comment on the real aim of life subjectively."

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