The Truth Finally Comes Out

[velvetsunglass.livejournal.com]

A Japanese comic series belittling and attacking Korean idol singers has been circulating on the web and recently caught the attention of Korean fans.

Titled “The Investigation of the Fabricated Hallyu Boom,” the comic was first uploaded on Japanese web boards and images can still be found on Yahoo! Japan and other portal sites.

The comic begins with a former Korean idol, who now works as a hostess, meeting with her client and a reporter in order to tell the ‘truth’ about the lives of Korean idol stars.

She claims that SNSD and KARA, who are both ‘trending stars’ of Japan, all perform sexual favors, and that the Korean government invests $150 million USD into a Japanese entertainment agency that ‘fabricates’ the Hallyu wave.

Using the case of SNSD’s airport entrance in Japan, she claims that the government lied about 800 fans waiting to greet them and that there were actually only 100 people consisting of employees from a company that fabricates the Hallyu wave.

The comic features other scenes such as KARA dancing their famous ‘butt dance’ naked, and even mentions actress Jang Ja Yeon, who committed suicide in 2009 due to pressures to provide sexual favors and her slave contract with her agency.

The comic claims, “Providing sexual favors in the Korean entertainment industry is something that is definite. This comic was based off of investigations,” further enraging fans.

Fans have found that the comic is a part of a literary coterie magazine created for and by ‘otakus’ of a particular fetish.

Regarding the controversy, officials of SM Entertainment and DSP Media revealed, “We will be prioritizing our understanding of the issue first, and will be paying close attention to the case.”


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Comments

[yuudokubi.livejournal.com]

DBSK (as 5) definitely cannot be put in the category as fakes im sorry no way in hell lol and im not even a major stan

[iiluminate.livejournal.com]

right? did they think Avex paid all those fans to sell out tokyo dome?

[aunts.livejournal.com]

the line was crossed when they referenced jang ja yeon's suicide.

[awkwardnormalcy.livejournal.com]

THIS. I was amused up until that point and then I switched to 'Okay this shit needs to stop'

[xcherryblossomx.livejournal.com]

I knew someone was gonna post it as soon as I saw it on Arama

[xsharetheworld.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=ayk55j)

[stopthedisco.livejournal.com]

[handfonewallie.livejournal.com]

I bet the fat girl in KARA is the one doing all the dirty work. She looks desperate.

CL looks so shocked in that gif!

[831panda831.livejournal.com]

oh snap ... o___o

[mahmoodnooni23.livejournal.com]

omg ur icon is precious

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

D's concern LOL LOL LOL LOL
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OH now about the comic... sum shit eh?

[ultrabookworm.livejournal.com]

(http://s1191.photobucket.com/albums/z480/worminabook/?action=view&current=nucDi.gif)

[nepherefirefly.livejournal.com]

this will forever be my favorite popcorn gif

[captainmarvel.livejournal.com]

[reese01.livejournal.com]

oh wow another dirty comic feat. snsd. it's not the first time this has happened. but the mention of the suicide wasn't called for.

anyone else thought this was about Jay from the title?

[xlovelykissx.livejournal.com]

omg I thought that SidusHQ was finally gonna let the cat out of the bag.

I had my "Oh Snaps" gif ready

[geekpants.livejournal.com]

This was funny til it mentioned Jang's suicide. Arseclowns.

[drownamydrown.livejournal.com]

Fooking twats.

[minhore.livejournal.com]

rude lol

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

okay, that crossed the line, especially when mentioning ja yeon, it feels like it's belittling what she went through. this is just too much, unethical and tacky.

[perfume.livejournal.com]

Basic, expected, not surprised. The anime otaku fanbase is notorious for anti-Korean sentiment. Ain't even mad.

[jinkerbell.livejournal.com]

Sound like how American gamer/nerd/geek culture is vehemently sexist, racist, etc etc.

[peachie-ego.livejournal.com]

lmao @ the gif

[spread.livejournal.com]

I wish.
Sadly Kpop isn't that elaborate..

[justhyuu.livejournal.com]

ikr

[desty-chan.livejournal.com]

ngl, I wanna read this for the porn.

[namelessjono.livejournal.com]

I found the uncensored version of the pic trololol

[tribuo-venerati.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, this sort of thing isn't anything new. There has been backlash against "hallyu" since the beginning. Some anti-Korean comics have been published before, usually by uber-conservative xenophobics.

[kawaiiairbender.livejournal.com]

I remember reading about some anti-Korean comic before, I think it was really popular. The person's version of history was extremely messed up. :/

[spandachi.livejournal.com]

Sugoi story, Nippon.

[jinkerbell.livejournal.com]

omg lol

[adorableyuu.livejournal.com]

tacky & unfunny.

[miliy96.livejournal.com]

This is stupid and repulsive.

[violetrosie.livejournal.com]

IA. What the actual fuck.

[mahmoodnooni23.livejournal.com]

i think i was just sitting and watching ur icon for about five minutes lol

[namelessjono.livejournal.com]

This is obviously anti-Korean, but seriously I'm not surprised, after all Japan has thousands of these ero mangas out there.


Desu,