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Because the article doesn't mention it all, and because it's interesting to ponder what fictional dystopian futures are sufficiently of interest to virus author
by fennecfoxen 10y ago
Because the article doesn't mention it all, and because it's interesting to ponder what fictional dystopian futures are sufficiently of interest to virus authors and the like that they use names from those works:
"In a dystopian future, the Japanese government is cracking down on any perceived immoral activity from using risqué language to distributing lewd materials in the country, to the point where all citizens are forced to wear high-tech devices called Peace Makers (PM) at all times that analyse every spoken word and hand motions for any action that could break the law. A new high school student named Tanukichi Okuma enters the country's leading elite "public morals school" to reunite with his crush and student council President, Anna Nishikinomiya.
... After being accidentally kissed by Tanukichi, she develops an obsessive love for him but due to lack of knowledge on "immoral" subjects she ends up expressing her love in extreme tendencies. These include pursuing him relentlessly and attempting to rape him, endangering Kosuri and Ayame when she sees them with Tanukichi, and becoming far more harsh and strict on her surveillance, believing that by doing "justice" and "good things" she will be loved by him."
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoneta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoneta
And that's Anna-senpai, the fictional character.
- lmm 10y agoI wouldn't read a lot into it. The author's friend apparently goes by Applejack from about the least dystopian show imaginable (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic). And the MyAnimeList shows a reasonable mix of popular shows.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoI find it highly ironic that the guys who ransom files, take over people's IoT devices, DDOS console games children play, and just cause endless havoc don't see themselves as an oppressor to the common folk. They have more in common with dystopian regimes than they realize and certainly aren't the good guys here.
- lmm 10y agoI don't think DDoSing etc. is consistent or organized enough to compare to a dystopian regime. And it's worth saying the protagonists of Shimoneta literally call themselves a terrorist organization.
- astrange 10y agoShimoneta and B-Gata H-Kei are just teen sex comedies. RIP Miyu Matsuki. "Gate" (not the same thing) is an extreme Japanese right-wing military fetish[1] about how rebuilding your self-defense force into an army and invading fantasy kingdoms would be really cool. [1] "extreme Japanese right-wing" = "American centrist" as far as guns go
- metaphorm 10y agoI don't know how extreme right-wing Gate is. only in the sense that it portrays JDF sympathetically, and possibly raises a constitutional issue about just how "expeditionary" the JDF is allowed to be. In the Gate storyline it emphasizes really heavily how the heroic virtue of individuals creates positive outcomes. It's an overly simplistic and romantic view of human nature and political realities, but it's really just intended to be some shonen fun. When I think of extreme Japanese right-wing I think more like Yukio Mishima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima ultra-nationalist and imperial restorationist who led a failed coup attempt.