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In Akihabara's Electric Town, near the centre of Tokyo, otaku youths, widely disparaged as socially dysfunctional geeks, have started arming themselves. The Japanese otaku explain that a number of vicious attacks and muggings by self-described otaku hunters, gangs of thuggish teens, have forced them to carry weapons in self-defence. The Japanese have dubbed it the real-life revenge of the nerds.

Among the 101 Tokyo police patrol areas, Akihabara's otaku heaven now ranks second on a tally of weapons violations to Shinjuku, where yakuza crime syndicates prowl the Kabukicho red-light district.

Source: Revenge is sweet for Tokyo's geeks | smh.com.au