On Mon Jun 16 11:49 , cuso4@cuso4.com sent:
>>(I'm not even sure why it'd be some sort of story if the people=20
>>offering flowers and prayers were family or not; I know about vigils=20

>>and memorials over in the US; many of the people that go to such=20
>>places aren't family, but people who are connected with the area,=20
>>neighbors, etc., so it's not that unusual for unrelated people to do=20

>>so).
>
>Same in Akiba.  Reports said people keep going to the site to offer
>flowers, bottled drinks, sandwiches, and even anime cels (Gundam ones,
>to be precise) on the 14th and 15th (the day that Akiba's chuou-douri's
>car traffic does not stand still in the afternoon).  Most of them are
>people connected to the place, not family/friends.
>
>One report even showed a maid leader a prayer in front of Softmap.
>
>The reports also said there are many police on site : one every eight
>meters.

And apparently the other day they carried out random searches, and detained
 a guy
for two hours... Because he had a swiss army knife on him... (which he used
 to
fix bicycle problems with)

Honestly, if a little thing like a 4-5cm swiss army knife is going to get p
eople
into trouble then none of the restaurants in Akiba better give their patrons
knives to eat with...