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YouTuber David Douchecovny, or just “The Douche,” is a fan of putting explosives on things and then shooting them. He films these explosions and posts them on YouTube. But a recent video might have gotten him into a bit of hot water as it features a product from Japan.

The Douche says he won this book in a giveaway from another YouTuber, with an attached note that read, “have fun blowing this up.” Join us after the jump to see whose book it is and whether or not it survives the explosion.

▼ Of course it didn’t survive the explosion!

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This story starts before the fateful day the book was blown up. Hikaru Kaihatsu, known by his alias Hikakin became extremely famous in Japan and abroad for his Super Mario Bros. beat boxing video in 2010.

The success of the video surpassed expectations and in 2012 he quit his day job to focus solely on his YouTube channel. With three YouTube channels and over 2 million subscribers Hikakin is certainly an Internet celebrity. In May 2013, he performed with world-renowned rock group Aerosmith and in July of that year, he published a book titled, “My Job is YouTube”. According to reviews on Amazon, though, it’s a book worth only 2.4 stars with over half of the reviews rating only one star.

When David Douchecovny received Hikakin’s book, he did what he always does, he blew it up. Fully admitting he can’t read Japanese and has nothing against Hikakin, there was no intended malice in the action. He did find one small mistake though.

Steven Taylor

You all know Steven Taylor, lead singer for Aerosmith, who featured Hikakin in one of their concerts? No…? Oh…that’s right, it’s Steven Tyler! In Hikakin’s book, the book he wrote after meeting Aerosmith, he wrote the name as “Steven Taylor”, and nobody caught it. A good enough reason as any to blow up a book, right?

The Douche’s videos usually receive around 500 views, but after an article in Japanese by Aol Japan News about how he blew up a Japanese book, he reached over 37,000 views. What are the Japanese people saying in the comments about the book being blown up? Well it’s sort of a mixed bag.

Some were appreciative of the act:

“So gooood!! Hikakin is suck.”
“thank you very much! Japanese don’t like hikakin. Veryverynice!”
“Do it again!”

While others felt bad for Hikakin:

“It is rude to Mr. HIKAKIN! (#｀∧´)”
“Huh, seriously die”
“What are you doing???”
“This person is the worst”

Others still were conflicted, telling The Douche, “it’s fine to blow things up, but you should clean up after yourself.” (Btw, he does clean up after.)

With comments coming in from all over the world, the jury is still out on whether or not Hikakin is a likable personality and also whether blowing up the book was offensive or not. What do you think? Comment away!

Source: Aol News
Images: YouTube (david douchecovny)