CATDOLL: Muscular man harasses multiple female Cosplayers at Japan WF exhibition, sparking anger among netizens

Cosplay was originally a practice for anime fans in the real world to play a character in a certain work out of love for it. It contains too many emotions of COSERs. However, in anime, characters often wear clothes that are too revealing. This inevitably leads to negative reports from public opinion. Some cosplayers are even harassed and confused because of this.

At the recent Wonder Festival 2015 held on the 26th, a male cosplayer who was performing muscular man skills kept doing confusing behaviors that were close to sexual harassment to female cosplayers. According to eyewitnesses who were present at the time, the male cosplayer suddenly approached some cosplayers wearing bishoujo-style costumes and lifted up their skirts, or made some small gestures from behind. He did not leave even after the cosplayers expressed their dissatisfaction, which made the cosplayers who were sexually harassed very angry.

Afterwards, a photo of the man touching the buttocks of a female COSER was leaked on Twitter, which angered netizens. Netizens said that the gangster was a repeat offender who appeared at major events in Kanto and seemed to disguise himself every time. They were shocked by the repeated occurrence of such incidents. They also appealed to the organizers and fans of the event, hoping that the gangsters would be driven away next time such an incident occurs. Such sexual harassment also affected the reputation of the manga "Kinnikuman". The original author Oyster Omelet also expressed his apology and anger on Twitter about the incident.