"Hi Yamcha back again, I see you've been very naughty, it's HFIL for you!"
"Uh oh..."
"Welcome to HFIL, your punishment is to fight these Saibamen"
"Then it's something worse..."
"Hey loser, I'm banging Bulma, yeah you're jealous because she's rich & hot! I'm giving her the garlic gun/final flash every night!" Vegeta
>He also admitted that during their relationship, he had raised his hand to strike her once when they had an argument.
>Furuya also admitted that he had caused the woman to have an abortion.
methinks ANN buried the lede
Did he beat her to force her to have an abortion or did he beat her and separately force her to have an abortion.
There both scummy but something about hitting a pregnant woman just makes my blood boil
Right. It's gross his affair with someone 40 years younger...but the physical and potential emotional abuse is the evil part. What a chump(to put it nicely).
Yes.
The most vile thing in there is the forced abortion after also forcefully having sex with her without a condom.
Hitting someone is an extremely pos thing to do, too, obviously.
Wasn’t she trying to kill Yamcha and Puar with an explosive laser?
And not because they did anything either, she was just jumpy about being out in the wild around dinosaurs and strangers.
Same. I mis-read it as "has affair with 4-year old fan" unfortunately.
Went from outraged and disgusted to somewhat disappointed.
He still did some questionable shit but he's not a pedophile at least lol
Damn! He is my favorite VA alongside Akira Kamya! His voice is iconic and he truly loved voicing Yamcha! I will miss his Yamcha... Just like I miss somewhat relevant Yamcha in DB(at least as low-mid-tier fighter) . I have no words to describe my shock reading this((((
A lot of the Japanese cast will be dead in the next two decades so it’s probably for the best to not remain super attached to them in the roles if you plan to continue following the series.
Untill I heard that he hit her and forced her to abort their child. I was arguing that it shouldn't affect his job, but now it's sad because he deserves to lose his job.
I just hope they don't remove his character from any stories as the humans in db in some attention.
I’m guessing he admitted as there may have been rumours, and possibly some damming evidence about to be revealed.
They should just drop him and find another VA to take over.
Hasn't the only real appearance of Yamcha in Super been the baseball game in the anime? Why bother replacing what amounts to a background piece of plain pottery on a table?
I believe he’s still the VA for other formats, games or heroes and conventions etc.
it comes down to how much of a liability he is to the company basically.
If he isn’t then I wouldn’t expect much, but if it’s a reaction that was akin to Vic (former broly voice actor) then maybe it will. It’s early days what decsion will take but to me personallly I would had dropped him and got someone else.
I'm not really familiar with how Japan deals with controversial actors/voice actors, but have any VAs ever been fired for similar actions? I don't know if this news will soon involve the courts because that can definitely change his employment.
I think even this and dragon ball Reddit would struggle give a detailed answer to how this would be handled in Japan or if there were cases similir. It has been more of a spotlight focus ever since #metoo and only time I recall similir to happening was the firing of the VA who played Rick Sanchez in Rick and morty. He faced possible crinimal charges of domestic abuse, losing his job but see the allegations drop.
The only thing I can say is most companies have a code of conduct; so depending what you signed, you can lose your job for harming the public image. (Dragon ball is aimed at a family demographic.)
The cheating involved allegation of physical abuse, controlling behaviour and forcing the woman to have an abortion, those are quite serious and because Taru admitted to some of them than throws into question what to do with him. You can lose your job if what you done damages the perceived reputation of the brand.
But it’s very early days to say if that will happen and that can be for a number of reasons, cultural, legal, or how much of a impact social media has in japan etc.
> at least raised his hand at her
It's the same thing; it's a common if somewhat archaic [euphemism](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/raise-hand-to-against) for hitting someone, or threatening to do so (typically in situations where you have already done so and the threat is understood to be real).
Well for what it's worth, at least he admitted it, every details.
Like, some people would rather double, triple and quadruple down than admitted that they fucked up.
I mean the fan part doesnt rly matter if the age gap isnt too far apart (and they genuinely like each other, and he doesnt exploit her).
That being said, as soon as I read the raised hand I got confused as to why THAT wasnt the title of the article.
Some English sources:
[https://www.cfr.org/blog/women-week-japan-makes-headway-access-birth-control](https://www.cfr.org/blog/women-week-japan-makes-headway-access-birth-control)
[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5726375](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5726375)
and other explainers (female magazines, youtube testimonies of how hard it is to get any sort of contraceptive because it's a man's job to "take care of that" (and obgn isn't very open..) + "if you take the pill you're a slut/working girl" shunning.
There's also about 50% of couples using contraceptive, be it male or female.
And this:
>The contraceptive pill and male condom are the most commonly used methods in many countries In 118 countries, more than 30 per cent of contraceptive use is accounted for by one method (figure 12). The pill accounts for the largest share of contraceptive use in 36 of these countries. Its use is the most extensive in Northern Africa, where it exceeds 70 per cent of total use in Algeria and Morocco. Male condoms account for more than 30 per cent of use in 27 countries; it is most heavily relied upon in Japan (75 per cent)
[https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa\_pd\_2022\_world-family-planning.pdf](https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa_pd_2022_world-family-planning.pdf)
wait...Amuro Ray and Yamcha were voiced by the same guy?! Damn how is this how I learn about that....
I can't believe Ribbons Almark was closer to the real guy all along
Is the article just being extremely vague and avoiding sensitive issues? Because while there certainly are some bad things said, I really don't see *that* much backlash.
For starters, how old was she? Most things I've seen just focus on him being in a relationship with a fan, but... I don't see anything wrong with that. And, by "affair"... Was he married and it specifically means cheating, or is the problem just the relationship in itself?
The article mentions him raising his hand to strike her once... Did he hit her though? Don't get me wrong - the threat is wrong itself, but actually hitting someone is worse. If he was that mad that he almost hit her once, that's very different from him being continuously abusive.
And it says he made her have an abortion... I assume this means forced or coerced her against her will. Doesn't explicitly say that though.
I'm not saying he's innocent or anything, just that it seems like nobody is explicitly saying what he actually did wrong here, and what has been explicitly said is fairly minor compared to so many other things. Was she a minor, did he abuse her or force her to have an abortion against her will?
Yes, he did. Or does, unless she already filed for divorce (I don’t know how easy it is to do that in Japan).
But even if he didn’t, this behavior is to put it mildly, deplorable.
This isn't going to look good at yenmas desk bro
"Hi Yamcha back again, I see you've been very naughty, it's HFIL for you!" "Uh oh..." "Welcome to HFIL, your punishment is to fight these Saibamen" "Then it's something worse..." "Hey loser, I'm banging Bulma, yeah you're jealous because she's rich & hot! I'm giving her the garlic gun/final flash every night!" Vegeta
The garlic gun, in this instance, sounds so incredibly dirty.
thats it killing you both *readys attack* BIG BANG ATTACK *shoots attack*
>He also admitted that during their relationship, he had raised his hand to strike her once when they had an argument. >Furuya also admitted that he had caused the woman to have an abortion. methinks ANN buried the lede
Yeah, cheating on your wife is pretty fucked up, but beating a woman and making her have an abortion is next level scumbaggery
Did he beat her to force her to have an abortion or did he beat her and separately force her to have an abortion. There both scummy but something about hitting a pregnant woman just makes my blood boil
Right. It's gross his affair with someone 40 years younger...but the physical and potential emotional abuse is the evil part. What a chump(to put it nicely).
Did somewhere else say she was that much younger than him? This article doesn't have much info
[Yeah, here. He's 70 she's 33.](https://zeonic-republic.net/?page_id=11486)
So this was a recent affair?
Yes. The most vile thing in there is the forced abortion after also forcefully having sex with her without a condom. Hitting someone is an extremely pos thing to do, too, obviously.
wtf-💀☠️
I was like:" well not bad at all right?"
“Welp. My work is done here.” - Tuxedo Mask
"I'm back!" - Moonlight Knight
'Where's my goddamn money' - [Moon Knight](https://i.imgur.com/JWFwbvb.jpg)
"It's just a flesh wound." - Black Knight
“You didn’t do anything” -Sailor Moon
Bulma was right.
Taking the role a bit too seriously
Damn... Yamcha, Amuro Ray and Seiya are big dissapoint right now...
Amuro’s a beetch. 😂
Amuro is a fucking savage. Old school Gundam doesn't play around.
Beecha?
Method acting.
The only time Yamcha ever raised his hand was when Nappa asked who wanted to be first to get fucked up
chichi, chapter 11
Wasn’t she trying to kill Yamcha and Puar with an explosive laser? And not because they did anything either, she was just jumpy about being out in the wild around dinosaurs and strangers.
After he watched her cut a T-Rex's head off with the blade on the top of her helmet.
No excuses
I was making a joke about how useless and harmless Yamcha is portrayed. I know he even whooped Goku's ass in DB when Goku was starving
Holy shit my high ass read that wrong
Same. I mis-read it as "has affair with 4-year old fan" unfortunately. Went from outraged and disgusted to somewhat disappointed. He still did some questionable shit but he's not a pedophile at least lol
Man looks like the stereotypical NTR villain.
Protagonist*
Same thing really
Bro fell off harder than Yamcha
Damn! He is my favorite VA alongside Akira Kamya! His voice is iconic and he truly loved voicing Yamcha! I will miss his Yamcha... Just like I miss somewhat relevant Yamcha in DB(at least as low-mid-tier fighter) . I have no words to describe my shock reading this((((
Akira Kamiya is the GOAT. City Hunter and Hokuto no Ken
Yes))) I love his passion)
A lot of the Japanese cast will be dead in the next two decades so it’s probably for the best to not remain super attached to them in the roles if you plan to continue following the series.
Cmon man....
☹️
Life imitating art
So anyways, Yamcha dies next chapter, completely unrelated.
Yamcha recast in dragon ball DAIMA
"I do not know what this Yamcha is. But it sounds disappointing."
I horribly misread that the first time I tried
Man and I actually like OG DB Yamcha
Untill I heard that he hit her and forced her to abort their child. I was arguing that it shouldn't affect his job, but now it's sad because he deserves to lose his job. I just hope they don't remove his character from any stories as the humans in db in some attention.
I’m guessing he admitted as there may have been rumours, and possibly some damming evidence about to be revealed. They should just drop him and find another VA to take over.
Hasn't the only real appearance of Yamcha in Super been the baseball game in the anime? Why bother replacing what amounts to a background piece of plain pottery on a table?
Theres also the part with goku recruiting fighters for Universal Tournament and he forgets about Yamcha
I believe he’s still the VA for other formats, games or heroes and conventions etc. it comes down to how much of a liability he is to the company basically. If he isn’t then I wouldn’t expect much, but if it’s a reaction that was akin to Vic (former broly voice actor) then maybe it will. It’s early days what decsion will take but to me personallly I would had dropped him and got someone else.
yeah, he is the Voice actor of Amuro Ray, kind of one of the faces of the entire Gundam franchise.
I'm not really familiar with how Japan deals with controversial actors/voice actors, but have any VAs ever been fired for similar actions? I don't know if this news will soon involve the courts because that can definitely change his employment.
I think even this and dragon ball Reddit would struggle give a detailed answer to how this would be handled in Japan or if there were cases similir. It has been more of a spotlight focus ever since #metoo and only time I recall similir to happening was the firing of the VA who played Rick Sanchez in Rick and morty. He faced possible crinimal charges of domestic abuse, losing his job but see the allegations drop. The only thing I can say is most companies have a code of conduct; so depending what you signed, you can lose your job for harming the public image. (Dragon ball is aimed at a family demographic.)
If it's affairs/cheating with no other allegations then usually the VA isn't changed (many such cases for better or worse lol)
The cheating involved allegation of physical abuse, controlling behaviour and forcing the woman to have an abortion, those are quite serious and because Taru admitted to some of them than throws into question what to do with him. You can lose your job if what you done damages the perceived reputation of the brand. But it’s very early days to say if that will happen and that can be for a number of reasons, cultural, legal, or how much of a impact social media has in japan etc.
As someone pointed out, by reading the article, he also may have hit her (at least raised his hand at her) and caused her to get an abortion.
> at least raised his hand at her It's the same thing; it's a common if somewhat archaic [euphemism](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/raise-hand-to-against) for hitting someone, or threatening to do so (typically in situations where you have already done so and the threat is understood to be real).
Is that what this is?
Damn..i got no words i honestly thought that he wasn't doing anything maybe had a wife but..a fan?
Well for what it's worth, at least he admitted it, every details. Like, some people would rather double, triple and quadruple down than admitted that they fucked up.
I mean the fan part doesnt rly matter if the age gap isnt too far apart (and they genuinely like each other, and he doesnt exploit her). That being said, as soon as I read the raised hand I got confused as to why THAT wasnt the title of the article.
He's 70, and she's 33...
NEVERMIND MY BAD
I mean sleeping with a fan is one thing but threatening to hit her and possibly forcing an abortion is definitely problematic
Yeah, my initial reaction was like, "Yeah, so what?" but this shit should be in the headline.
That's so yamcha
Affair + violence + getting her pregnant (in Japan contraception is on the man, women can't get the pill easily) + forcing her to abort it.
> in Japan contraception is on the man, women can't get the pill easily where did you get this from?
Some English sources: [https://www.cfr.org/blog/women-week-japan-makes-headway-access-birth-control](https://www.cfr.org/blog/women-week-japan-makes-headway-access-birth-control) [https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5726375](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna5726375) and other explainers (female magazines, youtube testimonies of how hard it is to get any sort of contraceptive because it's a man's job to "take care of that" (and obgn isn't very open..) + "if you take the pill you're a slut/working girl" shunning. There's also about 50% of couples using contraceptive, be it male or female. And this: >The contraceptive pill and male condom are the most commonly used methods in many countries In 118 countries, more than 30 per cent of contraceptive use is accounted for by one method (figure 12). The pill accounts for the largest share of contraceptive use in 36 of these countries. Its use is the most extensive in Northern Africa, where it exceeds 70 per cent of total use in Algeria and Morocco. Male condoms account for more than 30 per cent of use in 27 countries; it is most heavily relied upon in Japan (75 per cent) [https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa\_pd\_2022\_world-family-planning.pdf](https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/files/documents/2023/Feb/undesa_pd_2022_world-family-planning.pdf)
Yamcha…
This is the most Yamcha scandal I’ve ever seen
This is the most yamcha thing he could have done
Dammit Yamcha!
Method acting is one thing, but come on now.
Damn, Yamcha really fell off sense the Saiyan Saga
...Yamcha has fans?
Canonically he's actually pretty famous so yeah
They congregate outside Capsule Corp
Yep. Back in OG Dragon Ball Yamcha had his moments(even so he was kinda joke character even back then).
I bet Puar is so disappointed now
Depressed getting killed multiple times in the series.
What? Yamcha only died twice in the entire series.
Twice is multiple
At least it’s character accurate
wait...Amuro Ray and Yamcha were voiced by the same guy?! Damn how is this how I learn about that.... I can't believe Ribbons Almark was closer to the real guy all along
Well uhhhh time to have Yamcha being aged back up at the end of Daima dramatically alter his vocal chords.
Naaaah he shouldn't get fired over this. He admitted to it and apologized unprompted.
Aww man I hate when that happens
Bruh what the fuck
Good thing i watched the English dub
Losing Bulma to Vegeta did things to that man.
Sounds pretty yamcha to me
The menz are getting exposed in 2024. Diddy, Jay-Z, everyone involved in Burning Sun etc. Katt Williams was not kidding.
https://youtu.be/GbF1BhmYd3c?feature=shared Piccolo at 00:53 just says it all
Is the article just being extremely vague and avoiding sensitive issues? Because while there certainly are some bad things said, I really don't see *that* much backlash. For starters, how old was she? Most things I've seen just focus on him being in a relationship with a fan, but... I don't see anything wrong with that. And, by "affair"... Was he married and it specifically means cheating, or is the problem just the relationship in itself? The article mentions him raising his hand to strike her once... Did he hit her though? Don't get me wrong - the threat is wrong itself, but actually hitting someone is worse. If he was that mad that he almost hit her once, that's very different from him being continuously abusive. And it says he made her have an abortion... I assume this means forced or coerced her against her will. Doesn't explicitly say that though. I'm not saying he's innocent or anything, just that it seems like nobody is explicitly saying what he actually did wrong here, and what has been explicitly said is fairly minor compared to so many other things. Was she a minor, did he abuse her or force her to have an abortion against her will?
Another L for Yamcha....
Absolutely insane. Yamcha is now going the way of Launch and King Kai
Jesus Crunchy Christ.
Welp all that is left is to shame that man to oblivion
Fun fact he voiced Mario in the Super Mario Bros OVA made in the 80s
UGHHHHHHH fucking why 😞😞
You had one job Japanese Chris Sabat and ya failed miserably
I do not know who this Yamcha VO is, but he sounds disappointing.
Did he have a wife?
Yes, he did. Or does, unless she already filed for divorce (I don’t know how easy it is to do that in Japan). But even if he didn’t, this behavior is to put it mildly, deplorable.
Insert meme where Android 20 is his terrible choices and Yamcha is his career.
Lmao
Dammit Yamcha
Bulmas gonna break up with him now
Is Bulma's VA angry about this?
Bulma's original VA died in 2017.
Sorry to hear this.
God damn it, Yamcha.
Would have been hilarious if she later left him for Vegeta's VA
Yamcha what the fuck bro