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That's the sort of thing that worried me. Is this type of extreme reaction to female seiyuu and other performers' personal lives limited to a few Japanese otaku, or is it more widespread? Does it occur among both genders? Are performers on ordinary live-action shows also targets? It's been decades since I was an adolescent, but I don't recall hearing similar stories about fans in the US. Stars like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor went through a number of husbands. I don't remember them being subjected to the kinds of abuse Hirano went through for admitting she had a sex life. (Yes, some of it she might have brought on herself, but mostly I blame the fans.) Tanaka Rie is 34 years old, for goodness sake.
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