act-age Manga Writer Tatsuya Matsuki Admits to Indecent Act Charge in Court
Defendant faces 18 months in prison, but seeks suspended sentence
In a hearing before the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday, act-age manga writer Tatsuya Matsuki admitted to the charge of committing an indecent act with a female middle school student.
The prosecution is seeking a prison sentence of one year and six months, but the defense is asking for a suspended sentence, arguing that the defendant had received punishment in society such as the cancellation of his manga series.
If the defense's request is granted, the defendant will not serve a prison sentence, provided he remains in good behavior during the term of suspension. Sentencing is scheduled for December 23.
The defendant said in court that he harbored many worries and anxieties, but could not talk about them and became desperate.
He added that he also has a complex towards women, and acted it out on a stranger. He further said that there is no way to apologize for what he did to the victim.
Matsuki was indicted for the second of two indecent acts that he allegedly committed on June 18. The prosecutor's office did not indict Matsuki for the first incident, which reportedly occurred on June 18 at around 8:00 p.m. (an hour before the second incident.)
NHK reported on August 8 that Matsuki was arrested on suspicion of committing an indecent act with a female middle school student. According to police, the girl was walking in the Nakano ward of Tokyo on June 18 at around 8:00 p.m. when the suspect approached the girl from behind while on a bicycle and touched her inappropriately on her chest. Afterward, the suspect fled the scene on the bicycle. The girl went to police, who analyzed security camera footage to investigate.
Police discovered through security footage that about an hour later, a similar incident on a nearby Nakano road with a different female middle school student occurred, involving a suspect who resembled Matsuki.
this dude is delusional
i started reading this manga and was actually interesting too bad that one of the 2 authors is a pos, also sucks for the other artist since they didn't have anything to do with this but still is suffering because it's cancellation
edit: changed charges drop for sentence suspended
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Correction: he is not seeking to get the charges dropped. He openly admitted to the acts and his complex is his explanation for why. Which, to be honest, is probably pretty accurate. You only do these kinds of things if you have a lot of issues with women (because you're trash, but that's implied). His defense just doesn't think he deserves jail time because the social repercussions are punishment enough, but they did note that could change if he does something again. I feel that he should have court-ordered therapy, but Japan doesn't really do that, so here we are.