The Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh community is taking a long, hard look at itself after a player says the event stank so hard she had to leave
Imagine being worried that you'd upset someone at an event so much they left, only to find out it was actually because the venue (and probably you too) stank so bad they couldn't handle it anymore. That's what happened at a recent Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh event, which has gone viral on Twitter after one player revealed she couldn't stand to be in such a pungent environment.
As reported by ComicBook, it started when one Japanese player who attended the event tweeted about his experience interacting with a woman who was also there to compete. According to a machine translation, she had revealed it was her first time there but left soon after, prompting the player to wonder if it was because she'd lost.
Turns out that, uh, wasn't quite the case. The woman in question came to Twitter to reveal that her leaving had nothing to do with losing or her interaction with the other player, but because of how bad the stench was inside the card shop. «I left halfway through because I couldn't stand the smell,» she tweeted. «It's not like I lost or was sad.»
Bit awkward. When someone responded to tell her how funny they thought it was, she replied saying «It smelled so bad it was no laughing matter.» When another user said «No wonder the number of female duelists aren't increasing,» she replied with «There are some stinky female duelists, but the men are in a class of their own.»
The stench-y claims made their way back to the original tweeter, who was quick to hop on the defensive. «I think I'm okay because I take a bath every day,» he tweeted. «Saying that people who play Yu-Gi-Oh! stink is a prejudice […] In the past, the smell was a problem, so we took measures such as installing commercial air purifiers. I've heard that the smell has improved since then, so I think there have been some results.»
He continued his rebuttal by claiming «The accounts of those who are saying it stinks also don't seem to be related to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game. I think they're just jumping on the
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