Why This Topic Landed in Japan

Two threads converged: economic irritation at rampant reselling, and safety anxiety from an incident at an everyday public facility. A viral summary framed organized reselling by Vietnamese and Chinese sellers as making "honest work look pointless," and around the same time a Vietnamese suspect was arrested for discharging bear spray at a Nagoya post office (he denies the charge). Inflammatory aggregator headlines amplified an exclusionary read — even though claims of "widespread" reselling and of criminal intent in the spray case run well ahead of any statistics or investigation results.

Key Reaction Themes

  • Cynicism about resale's staying power — "It only works because people buy," alongside predictions of an imminent crash.
  • Blame on companies, platforms, and hype-sellers — Mercari, the publishers, and info-product hustlers all catch flak for enabling it.
  • Suspicion the spray was cover for robbery — Doubt over the "by mistake" denial, and unease about deteriorating public safety.

What Japanese Netizens Are Saying

Note: some comments in this topic contained overt ethnic slurs against specific nationalities; those were excluded individually. The remaining comments are quoted verbatim.

Organized card reselling by Vietnamese and Chinese sellers

Reactions to organized resellers of Pokémon and One Piece cards being talked up as "earning more than honest work."

Comments:

  • "It only works because there are people who buy."
  • "Even if it pays now, what are you going to do about the future?"
  • "Idiots who buy in Japan, idiots who buy abroad. Once things settle down, they should just do a reprint or a full-member giveaway."
  • "Isn't there a chance this is money laundering?"
  • "Well, it's boba shop → fried-chicken shop → PCR-testing shop → mask shop → reseller, so they'll just find the next thing again."
  • "They're just faking that it's selling; people will catch on soon, and there aren't that many fools who buy anyway."
  • "You'd also have to shut down the info-product hustlers going around hyping that this has value."
  • "It's less a 'bookstore' and more a volume that looks leaked straight from the printing company, lol."
  • "Both sellers and buyers are questionable, but the companies that never bother to think up countermeasures are just as bad."

Bear-spray incident at a Nagoya post office (suspect denies the charge)

Reactions to a Vietnamese suspect arrested for setting off bear spray at a Nagoya post office, who denies the charge.

Sources: 2ch

Comments:

  • "Surveillance footage should make it pretty clear whether it was intentional."
  • "The ATM corner, though — that's clearly full of intent."
  • "He probably sprayed it to time how long until police arrive — a shady gig just to do exactly that."
  • "'I pulled the lever by mistake' — then why was he carrying bear spray in the first place? The police should investigate thoroughly."
  • "Why is he carrying it around? He was clearly planning to tail someone who withdrew cash and rob them."
  • "See — it was deliberate after all."
  • "How exactly do you 'accidentally' set off bear spray?"
  • "If 'by mistake' settled everything, we wouldn't need police."
  • "He probably just botched a robbery and is making excuses."