Fans from Japan and abroad visit and mourn for six months from the Kyoto Ani arson incident

Fans from Japan and abroad come and mourn for six months since the Kyoto An arson incident 17:26 on January 18

Six months have passed since the arson of Kyoto Animation, which killed 36 people. Six months ago, fans came from inside and outside the country and mourned in front of the studio where demolition work was underway.

On July 18, last year, the first studio of Kyoto Animation in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, was set on fire, causing 36 employees to die and 33 seriously injured.

In the morning, the first studio, which is being burned down and demolished for half a year on the 18th, has been visited by fans from home and abroad in the morning to commemorate the people who have died in quiet hands. was doing.

A junior high school boy who visited with his father from Sagamihara City said, "For the past six months, every time I watched the incident on TV, my chest hurt. Because it was Kyoani that gave me the opportunity to watch anime. I want to continue to support my best. "

In his 40s, his father said, "For the past six months, I felt like I had a hole in my chest, and I came to join my hands before the studio was dismantled. I wished for it. "

Also, a 20-year-old woman from Osaka with her 8-year-old daughter said, "Kyoani is packed with youth, so I came to meet at a half-year turning point. I hope Kyoani has a bright future. "

A 19-year-old Chinese man studying abroad in Japan said, "Six months after the incident, sadness can't be spoken and never runs out. We thank the victims for their support. I want to do that. "

The demolition of Studio 1 is scheduled to take place until late April, but nothing has been decided on how to use the site.

A lawyer representing Kyoto Animation commented on the use of the site, "I would like to consult with the bereaved family and local officials and make a comprehensive decision taking into account various circumstances."

Bereaved family: sadness does not change

Six months after the incident, the mother of a deceased animator, Naomi Ishida (then 49), told the interviewer, "No matter how much time, sadness will not change."

In Naomi's room, there are lots of memories of her childhood, as well as DVDs of animation works and original manga that she has been involved in, and her mother has spent half a year organizing her belongings. Was.

The mother said, "I suddenly remember that when I was young, I couldn't get enough to clear the room. No matter how much time I had, my sadness did not change. I think. "

The first studio, where Naomi was working, is currently being demolished, but how to use the site has not been determined.

She said, "I want you to build a memorial in the place where the studio was, not elsewhere. Without that memorial, a lot of people would work hard at that place many decades later, They will forget what they were making. "

Neighborhood chairperson "use of former site considers opinion of inhabitants"

The local neighborhood association submitted a request to Kyoto Animation last month as a unanimous opinion of the 23 households joining the site regarding the site of the first studio, asking not to maintain a memorial monument or a park for an unspecified number of people to visit. doing.

Six months before the incident, Kinya Adachi, the chairman of the local Inaba-Higashi Neighborhood Association, responded to the interview and said, `` If you open the door of the entrance, you will have to talk to people and get out of the car. Inhabitants have been thinking narrowly, and children can no longer play outside, "he explained the surrounding situation after the incident.

President Adachi then said, "I understand that the bereaved and their fans want to build a memorial, but if you build this place, various people will come unlimitedly. We don't want it to be a place that threatens our lives. "

He asked again about the use of the site, saying, "I think that the opinions of the bereaved and the company are important, but we would like to participate in the discussion so that we can take into account the opinions of local residents." .

Former site of accident / accident site

Responses have been divided on whether to provide memorial services and memorial sites at the scene of many deaths and accidents.

In 2001, in a case where eight children were killed at the Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka University of Education in Ikeda City, Osaka, a monument engraved with the name of the child who died from donations from all over the country was made at the school, Gathering is open.

In the derailment accident on the JR Fukuchiyama Line in 2005 when 107 passengers were killed, various discussions were held over the site, and 13 years have passed since the outbreak occurred, and JR West became part of an apartment building in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture. We have a memorial facility in.

In a case where 19 residents were killed at a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara in 2016, a monument to commemorate the victims will be set up in a facility that can be rebuilt in the same place.

On the other hand, in the Tokuma incident where seven people were killed in Akihabara, Tokyo in 2008, the site was in a town, and memorials were not maintained.

Expert "A third party such as the government should intervene"

`` It's a very difficult problem, but if there is no place for memorial service, it is impossible for people to gather and mourn, unless they have a place for memorial service. I think it's important to create a memorial on site to remember the tragedy and as a place for the bereaved to pray. "

In addition, "The local residents have daily life, and in order to dispel anxiety and reconcile the agreement, a third party such as the government should intervene and make discussions transparent. It is important to have the residents perceive that the Kyoto Animation studio is important to the community and to find a satisfactory landing point. "