While there’s nothing better than a huge bowl of ramen after a hard day’s work, one Tokyo man took the concept a little too far. After assaulting and killing a fellow customer at a Chinese restaurant last September, a 38-year old unemployed man allegedly ordered an extra serving of ramen as he awaited his arrest. He finally explained his logic in court this week, but netizens have found it highly unsatisfying: he was worried he wouldn’t be able to eat ramen anymore in prison.
From Livedoor News:
Man Orders Ramen After Assault: “If I Get Arrested, I Won’t Be Able to Eat it Anymore” – Defendant Explains in Initial Public Hearing of Violent Murder Case, Tokyo District Court
The initial public hearing in the jury trial of defendant Imanishi Shinichiro (38), an unemployed man from Adachi Ward, Tokyo, charged with manslaughter after allegedly assaulting and killing a male customer in a Chinese restaurant, was held in the Tokyo district court (presiding judge Sonohara Toshihiko) on March 13.
Imanishi has admitted to the charges, saying, “There’s no question about it.”
During questioning, when asked about the fact that he ordered an additional serving of ramen in the restaurant immediately after the assault, the defendant stated, “If I was going to be arrested right then, I thought I probably wouldn’t be able to eat properly anymore.”
In the opening statement, the prosecution asserted that Imanishi “became enraged over something trivial, and stomped forcefully on the victim’s face and other areas after pulling him to the floor.”
According to the indictment, Imanishi began quarreling with a male customer (49) in a Chinese restaurant in Kita ward on September 27 of last year. Imanishi then grabbed the man’s collar and dragged him down, stomping repeatedly on his face and stomach until he was dead.
Comments from 2ch.net:
名無しさん＠１周年:
Wasn’t there a non-violent option?
名無しさん＠１周年:
Don’t they serve ramen in prison?
名無しさん＠１周年:
If you won’t be able to eat ramen, why don’t you eat katsudon? [NB: it is a common trope of Japanese crime dramas that suspects feel guilty and confess after eating katsudon]
名無しさん＠１周年:
If you could eat ramen in prison, would this incident have happened in the first place?
名無しさん＠１周年:
I don’t get it. He ordered it after he killed the guy? Is he a psycho?
名無しさん＠１周年:
You just caused someone’s death, but you’re worried about your own future?
名無しさん＠１周年:
If you get the order, you might as well fill it.
名無しさん＠１周年:
How incredibly calm and composed.
名無しさん＠１周年:
Why was he able to order?
名無しさん＠１周年:
The dead guy is the one who won’t be able to eat anymore!!!
名無しさん＠１周年:
He killed someone for totally selfish reasons, so he should get capital punishment.
名無しさん＠１周年:
He weighed ramen against life, and this was the result!!
名無しさん＠１周年:
It’s amazing that the store gave him what he ordered. I guess they thought if they didn’t do what he said they would be killed too? w
名無しさん＠１周年 [in response to above]:
If you saw a giant of over 100kg stomp someone to death right before your eyes, would you think about trying to resist him?
名無しさん＠１周年 [in response to above]:
It’s probably because he looked ready to attack other customers and wreck the store. Weren’t they just trying to calm him down a bit?
名無しさん＠１周年:
This would never happen at Ichiran.
名無しさん＠１周年:
If he keeps thinking like this, he’ll become a fatty.
名無しさん＠１周年:
This is simply gluttony combined with selfishness. He killed the other guy. An asshole like this should have his tongue cut out so he can never enjoy eating again.
名無しさん＠１周年:
The theory is sound, but I wonder if he knew that the collapsed victim was dead?
名無しさん＠１周年:
He’s extremely gluttonous, that’s why he’s such a giant.
