In a shocking accident, a 12-year-old boy died trying to copy an anime stunt. In Canal Circular Road’s peaceful and posh neighborhood in India, the boy fell from the roof of an apartment building of eleven floors. Of late, with an increase in parents’ working hours, there is an increase in access to unsupervised internet for young children. There is a risk of unfriendly content, harmful websites, and a lack of safety warnings that endanger the lives of children.
While the anime culture has been fairly popular worldwide, it is also not rare to see questions being raised about its negative impacts on people, especially children. In 2016, a 12-year-old boy injured himself in the spine trying to imitate Junji Ito’s manga series “Uzumaki“. Similarly, in 2013, a boy accidentally burned two of his friends by setting them alight trying to copy a Chinese cartoon. While these incidents may seem to be few and far in between, they often bring up the entire anime community into question.
Anime Stunt: Incident Details
The incident is about a 12-year-old boy from a posh area. It was reported that he was a student from a well-reputed school. On February 5, 2022, he allegedly tried to imitate an unnamed anime series. He was on the roof of his eleven-story apartment building, and he fell from there. Around 7 pm that evening, some people found him unconscious by the pool. They rushed him immediately to a private medical hospital nearby. However, it was already too late for the young bo.
Upon the first examination, they concluded that he had died because of the fall. There were several injuries to the body. According to the police, the initial investigation suggests that, since the boy was hooked on an anime series, he was possibly trying to imitate the main characters. This must have caused him to fall accidentally. There was also no suicide note found. Hence, the police are considering this as the theory.
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Questioning Anime Culture
The 12-year-old boy left no suicide note. It also seems well known that the boy was an anime fan. He was also watching an anime series on his phone moments before the accident. While the police have not revealed which particular anime series he was trying to copy, they have assured that the lack of a note means that the fall was accidental.
They have also revealed they are waiting for the boy’s family to get over the intense shock before they begin their questioning and go by the procedure. The family has also said that the boy was behaving normally. The police have also discovered that all the security locks all the rooftops at 6 pm in the evening. So they will try to find out when the boy went to the roof as well. For this, they are enlisting the help of CCTV footage. This incident has shocked the Indian community. Some people online are wondering if the genre should come under stricter censorship norms. While that may not be such a good idea, perhaps supervised access to anime series is much more manageable.