In a normal year, right now anime fans wouldn’t just be emptying their wallets, they’d be filling up blood vials too.
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Spokesperson says anime collaborations have regularly led to increased blood donations.
Theorizes that otaku are more likely to meet blood drive requirements than more mainstream members of society.
Fans’ love of Love Live! can save lives, earn them an exclusive illustration of idols in blood-red costumes.
No money is needed to take part in this survival game — all the organizers want is that precious blood of yours.
They say there is no greater joy than to give to those in need, especially when it’s the gift of life through a simple blood donation. It’s also been said that there’s a certain satisfaction to be had when smashing your forehead into the face of a rival. If these two maxims are true then one man in Yamagata Prefecture must have been over the moon recently.
Temperatures rose and blood began to boil as violence broke out at a bloodmobile on March 5 after a would-be donor assaulted one of the blood drive’s staff. The 52-year-old unemployed suspect Hisashi Sudo allegedly grabbed the also 52-year-old Japan Red Cross worker by his collar and head butted him in the face.
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