Today's video takes us back to Japan, where we find the gruesome tale of Yuuki Muto... Stay to the end for more Nero! And thank you to Native for sponsoring today's video! Save 33% on your first Native Plastic-Free Deodorant Pack - normally $39, you’ll get it for $26! Click bit.ly/nativecoffeehouse and use my code COFFEEHOUSE ☕🌱
I know I’m asking again and again but I’d love to hear your take on the Xavier DuPont de Ligonnès’s case! It’s always great to receive a notification from your channel 🥹! Thank you so much ☺️
Hi Adrian! My cat, Mr Butters, reacted strongly at the end of the vid when Nero called out; jumping up and staring at you and Nero on the screen. I think he's ready to join the Great Cat Rebellion! Thanks as always for the entertainment. Rest in peace Azumi.
The cats at the end are always the best. Thank you for including their intrusions so we can have a little lightheartedness at the end of stories like this.
Oooh thanks! I usually leave at the end of the story, before the end of the video, so I never knew about this! I'm going to have to watch to the end in the future..
"How quiet and kind he was" says the parents after he murdered and dismembered their daughter, then kept her panties as a trophy. Absolutely disgusting, these people don't deserve to be parents.
Moral of this story is respect people. His sister harassed him for being quiet or what she would call *Weird* . I blame the parents, and father for being weak and a terrible role model to them. The father should have taught them better to respect each other. Then this might have never happened
@@Prototype9871 yeah do shut up. No matter what , he shouldn’t have killed. What stupidity are you talking about. She could have called him any names but nobody deserved to die because of words.
@@Prototype9871 he loathed her and wanted to fuck her, everyone that knew him said he was a scary freak, and the few people who associated with him attested that he openly talked about his incestuous lust. He clearly has several things deeply wrong with him, and a sibling rivalry is low on the list, and not the reason he murdered his sister. Your comment is disgusting
@@ragsrare3771 where is the gulf? Sorry for the geographical ignorance but where I’m from we call it the gulf, too. But I don’t think it’s the same thing.
This case infuriated me, all she wanted was to pursue her own passions in life and her horrid parents shunned her even after her brother murdered her in cold blood! I hope azumi’s at peace rn.
This is the ideology of Japan. Even worse the parents had no problem their family name being connected to him but the mentally handicapped that were killed in another story, the families kept silent so their family name wasn't connected to them
It's not your culture, stop judging people who you don't understand. She was in a friggen porn film - in Japan! I imagine she would have embarrassed the family less if she had just murdered someone instead. I am surprised they let her move back home.
Japanese judicial system seems messed up to me. I feel for Azumi. She didn't get justice. 12 years is a joke. I still think about the most horrific case I've ever come across... Junko. She didn't get justice either. It boils my blood these monsters are walking around free in the world.
It sure is. They'll throw the book at people for stupid crimes like one actor for smoking some weed and yet scumbags like this don't face justice. The japanese justice system really need to get it in order, not like I should be talking though because the U.S court system is terrible too lol.
"diminished mental capacity" *Cleaned the crime scene, attempted to discard of and hide the body, made up a lie to explain the smell* - all of which indicate that he understood what he did was morally wrong and that he would face consequences for his actions. On their parents - I know that parents whose children kill their sibling/s sometimes (often?) seek to maintain a relationship with their surviving child. It's fine they wanted to support his defence, imo. They wanted at least for him to have somewhat of a decent life. But they shamed and blamed their dead daughter for her death at the hands of her brother. That is vile and not understandable at all.
Please, monster parents like them don’t deserve your understanding. To produce such a cold-blooded killer who’s capable of mutilating his sister took a “special” kind of parenting 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
Ye that's true but you know the response to that would be that was after the demonic episode after which he panicked and was scared so he attempted to dispose of any evidence
Her parents turning their backs on her in court is another nail in her coffin. She was betrayed by the people she thought would love her unconditionally.....how heartbreaking💔
Might go down to tradition again… already have one dead daughter who stars in 15+ rated films, can’t also have a son who’s a cold killer, might reflect badly on the family even more…
The men who tortured and killed Junko Furuta were out in a few years. Although the murder rate is low in Japan, femicide should be taken much more seriously.
@@cherijoseph7819 you know i dont think murder rates are low in japan. i think the police are undertrained and label them as kidnappings/missing cases and especially suicides. like them having one of the highest suicide rates are questionable
@@numetalhistorian issei Sagawa didn't get the death penalty because of the French government's inactions, not the Japanese. The crime was committed in PARIS NOT JAPAN. the Japanese government wanted to pursue but couldn't go ahead without the case files that France didn't want to share. And because it had happened in a foreign country, there is no reason for Japan to even be interested but they were. There's a point to be made about violence against women and how it is overlooked, but you chose poorly with the case you chose.
A lot of crime goes unreported in Japan from what I’ve read . So the statistics are skewed . Woman don’t report assaults and I’m sure police do their share of twisting stories to downplay crimes.
Women don't report, plus they are growing up in a society where even assault, fondling or pressured sex is banalised. I remember reading Japanese female teenager magazines and honestly, it was disgusting. One example: this girl went to hang out with two of her seniors, they went to chill at the beach, they were coming back in the evening by car, they had played hard all day so the girl falls asleep. She wakes up with the driver on the backseat, fondling her breasts. While describing her story, she comments "He deserved to be slapped, no ? (lol)" and despite not thinking this is okay, she continues her story saying that because they're her seniors, if she were to try to refuse it'd be really troublesome so instead she thought to herself "Ah, well !" and let them both do her, in turn. That was the story of how she lost her virginity. The whole magazines were filled with banalised hypersexualisation and stories of abuses, and it was just all so normal... Very disturbing to read.
It broke my heart hearing that even after they found out that their son brutally murdered then dismembered their own daughter, they still supported him. I hope they all suffer forever.
If Azumi didn't come hope or parents have high expectations for their children, none of this would happen, and that's a problem in Japan, nepotism and high expectations which affects mentalities of the Japanese people and needs to change, so yeah
"immense pressure to honor your family" - unless you're a daughter that doesn't perform perfectly, then you're disposable. Disgusting family, Azumi didn't deserve any of this.
i don’t feel bad for a filthy pornstar. it was her fault for choosing that life and trying to shame her brother who was actually trying to be someone respectable.
One of the most saddest and sadistic stories I heard. She died a long awful death then proceeded to be chopped and shredded apart by the hands of her own sibling just to have the justice system do jack shit in punishing him and on top of that her parents not even caring. Damn that is so foul, poor girl.
‼️I agree! I do not believe his story that she showed up in his room to argue with him at all. If anything I think he S assaulted her and then k*lled her and mutilated her to hide that fact. She didn't provoke him (not that it would justify what he did even if she had) and I 1000% believe he's lying.. The fact he kept her panties as a trophy makes me believe he will become (or already is) a serial killer. Taking a trophy is something serial killers do, not something people who snap and kill someone in the heat of anger do. There are plenty of cases where someone actually killed in anger and it's unheard of to take a trophy. It's behavior exclusive to a certain type of segguxally motived killer.
The pilot episode for King of the Hill really nailed this issue. Hank, although uncomfortable, tells his son that he "loves him no matter what he does." This is the best mentality, because it allows your children to thrive and be happy as their own person. Your child is not actually your property, they are their own people, don't repress them.
You don't have to repress them, but at the same time spoiled children have the mentally they can do what they please, and you're "required" to support them no matter what.
@@Vojou345 Hank is a disciplinarian, what makes the scene so important is him overcoming that. Discipline is very necessary, but it must be only a tool in the kit of unconditional love, used only if/when necessary.
So Azumi was considered a dishonour to the family for wanting to pursue another career instead of dentistry, while the unhinged brother got the best defence from the parents despite cruelly murdering and dismembering his sister? I have to guess dentistry wasn't the family's main profession that they honoured through their generations... Also, fully appreciate your adorable cat's cameo at the end. Helps a lot with diffusing and softening the cruel taste this case has left in us.
The ONLY defense I can offer the parents is that maybe they're afraid of him? Like that he'll hurt them next if they go against him. I feel like that's too generous toward them though.
Japan is "safe" but if you really look into crime and the system here, you'll find that a lot of the time, criminals are let go with warnings. For example, two men broke into a news woman's house. The police let the two men go since they were "just being dumb". The woman even had to release a public apology. Hard to say the crime is low when cases are dropped left and right.
Yup, and the Yakuza crimes that go "undetected" as well. I don't really trust Japan's definition of crime when they turn a blind eye to so many obvious ones.
Thank you for saying the obvious. Just because a lie is sold to you, does not mean you can use your own mind to really dig into the truth. With heinous crimes being given light sentences, you better believe other less offensive crimes get a slap on the hand. So the selling point of Japan is safety but in reality it breeds evil monsters who are roaming free every day, every where.
I know that it's not to be taken as hard evidence, but I think even anime has inadvertently made "light"/fun of how crime is handled. Many anime would have somebody being taken to the station to be questioned because of a crime, but nothing substantial happens to the offender. Yes, anime is just cartoons.....but it may be reflective of what commonly happens.
Im honestly ashamed of parents who cant allow their kids to pursue their own future Like trying to forcing kids to pursue the path you want is pathetic
They shouldn't force their kids to choose the path the parents themselves want, but the kids shouldn't leech off the parents they hated whenever the path they chose ends up being terrible or stupid. Freedom comes with responsibility and accountability.
My mother tries to do the same thing with me. She has finally accepted the path that I desire, but I can tell deep down, she still doesn't want me to take it. It's my life, I'm going to do what I want.
They hired the best lawyers to defend him because, I guess, they would be ashamed to have a child in prison so they wanted him to get a lenient sentence, but those exact actions, turning their back on Azumi and sticking by their monster childs side, is what makes them the most shameful in everyone elses mind.
they are willing to sink money in to him after he killed someone. not before when he was obviously slow and troubled. but maybe the doctors there dont believe in diagnosing mental health, they only see them as lazy. so it wouldn't have helped anyway.
@@GotoMaki4Micah Mental health care is most of Asia is garbage. That's why countries like Korea and Japan have the highest suicide rates, and yet doctors still haven't figured out "Hmm, maybe we should think about how to help with that"
There was definitely a sexual element to this case which makes it even more disturbing.. RIP Azumi, let down by the justice system but devastatingly by her family too
I am an "older brother" of two sisters. I`m speechless when I consider the fact that this pile of manure did just a few more than 10 years. They should have thrown away the keys. I have also been in Japan, and I understand (some) of it's culture. And if I think at the parents` behaviour... I can tell it is not just traditions or upbringing, they are pretty damn rotten themselves. Tragic story, ended with the demise of the only one who had a spine in that garbage household
Yep, nothing wrong with having your children taking over your businesses, but not considering your children's own ambitions and blinded by their own nepotism caused all of this and is rampant in Japan and some cases in the world, and the parents were vile towards their daughter and not considered her own ambitions, if they were more lenient and respected their daughter's and their kids ambitions, this wouldn't happened, and if Azumi did not returned, none of this would of happen, so yeah
@@bradwhite5884 yep. Honestly I get wanting your kids to be professionals of whatever they pick, but I cant understand the idea of picking a career for them.
I am so proud of how far this channel has come in so short a time!! Well done Adrian for presenting and respecting these cases. No wonder your channel keeps growing from strength to strength. All the best to you. With regard to this case though, my Asian friends always tell me how the expectations they face from family can get severely unbearable sometimes and it saddens me to see that play out in such a dark way. Hope these unrealistic expectations change one day so we don't have a repeat of this incident. Sigh.
I honestly was surprised when i finished watching EVERY SINGLE video on this channel cause it seemed like i watched some 20 videos but it was over 100!!!
Weird that he went through all the effort of cleaning and sanitizing the crime scene just to leave the body in the closet knowing full well it would smell afterwards and inevitably draw attention.
Had it ended differently and had Azumi murdered her brother in pure self defence, would her family have stood behind her in court? Since we all know the answer to that question, I think that "a safe place to live" must be redefined when it comes to repressive, toxic traditional societies. Expecting to be honoured does not give parents the right to destroy their children's lives.
Safe as in not likely to be murdered fits. Safe as in not likely to be abused...maybe not so much. I don't know much about the place but I have seen some HORRIFIc crimes by men inflicted upon women there thanks to Adrian and Dire Trip. One in particular, the rape and torture and kidnapping and holding prisoner of a girl by 4 guys (and raped by dozens) I still can't absorb fully. Everything they did to her seems impossible...I would think a horror movie was ridiculous if that many means of torture were used. I forget the name of the poor victim. All because she turned down an advance.
We don't know at all what the answer to that question is. Everyone is removing the humanity of the parents over the skewed traditionalist message of the video. They may of defended their son because he is their son. They may of defended him because they refuse to abandon him. They may of defended him because they were simply still in shock at the absurdness of the crime and hadn't fully taken in exactly what their son has done to their family. They may of done it in order to show the world they still stand behind family - and keep in mind...as much as you diss them and their system...they STILL let their daughter back in and were happy to have her back regardless of her views on traditionalism - And I say this as someone who agrees with your point. People shouldn't tie themselves to traditional roles and especially - imo - gender roles. They normally do more harm than good and act as excuse for ganging up on people with little real thought as to why.
@@markmike7933 Junko Furuta's case was heartbreaking and so infuriating. Shouldn't be surprised at this point at the cruelty and evil humans are capable of, but it still does, every time.
This is so common everywhere, that a free-spirited young woman is punished because she dares to follow her own path in life. The punishment can range from judgmental attitudes and disparaging remarks, up to and including banishment or death, depending on the family and/or the culture. It's sickening. RIP, Azumi.
She was such an attractive young woman who wanted to follow her own path. Only to be killed by her awkward, sick and jealous brother. And the parents defended that guy. Wtf is wrong with that family.. may she rest in peace.
@@LostBear. "an attractive young woman who wanted to follow her own path".. right, she was a pin-up model, playing roles in incest-themed pornographic films. She also teased and berated her brother in various ways, who was clearly mentally ill or on the verge of a complete psychotic breakdown. The world is full of grey, not black and white.
Damn... this one was rough . And no justice whatsoever.. 12 years ? Seriously? And the parents defended him after that. ... unbelievable. Great job with sharing this young lady's story. 👍
Absolutely disgusting that he got such a light sentence, and that Azumi's parents betrayed her for their scumbag of a son. Unrelated, I really like the cultural intro you do for crimes that happen in various areas.
I agree but we also have to remember that the killer was also their son. They effectively lost not one but two children so perhaps they were probably doing their best to keep him from having a harsh sentence imposed.
@@nathanb5923 I get that, but personally if one of my children did something so horrific to my other child I would want them to be severely punished, and would disown them..
@@ligeialovelace I can’t argue with that. I probably would feel the same. If the child can do that to his/her own sibling then potentially we are dealing with a psychopath who I would fear would do it again to someone else. But at the time I understand any parent who would still fight tooth and nail to save the killer child.
That murderer looks like a depraved soul-eating demon; her parents made themselves look worse on trial/afterwards thinking they are saving face in any way. It’s rather the opposite. RIP Azumi. Thank goodness for Nero at the end to lighten things up, the cutest vocalizations from him.
Sadly, it is pretty obvious that Yuki probably had undiagnosed learning disabilities which would not be good for the family so was probably not explored. The pressure on Japanese children by their parents even if they live outside of Japan is often the cause of mental health struggles, substance abuse and resentment. The sentence he got is a travesty of justice!
Wouldn't be surprised. Japan has a big stigmatisation of mental health issues, so in general Japan doesn't diagnos people very often. (This is in no way a defence of Yuki's actions, if that is what you got from my comment)
I think he was definitely a very troubled person. Killing her in a fit of rage is horrific enough. Then going to the point of removing her private parts is next level real sick shit.
He didn't kill her in a fit of rage, though. She didn't die after he first attacked her. So he tried to kill her again - but she still wasn't dead. So he dragged her to the bathroom to drown her and finally get her to die... You can't call that "killing in a fit of rage."
@@roleat 100 percent agree. finally a comment from someone with a brain lmao it is completely beyond me how everybody is missing this point. This is exactly what it is.
Do we have any evidence that she went to his room, or started an argument, or belittled him? Because as far as I can tell, we're just taking his word for it, and it's rather self-serving.
it's 100% his word but even if she did, it doesn't matter because that doesn't hold a candle in the way of excusing physical violence, let alone strangling and drowning your own sister
Considering others have said he was sexually obsessed with his sister and took her panties after murdering her I say he likely raped her then killed to escape punishment.
You’d hate to hear about the case of Qandeel Baloch in Pakistan. Her brother killed her in honour as she was an influencer and the parents still are by his side and only upset because they can’t leech off her earnings anymore. Our entire country was split, it made me felt so disgusted in my country since so many and I mean like half the country was proud of what her brother did while the other half was fighting for her justice.
This one hits home real hard. Was abused heavily growing up by an older sibling, and a parent not only covered it up, but threatened me into silence. To this day that sibling still lives with the parent and terrorizes people. I unironically joked about this being my fate for years. That he would kill me and mostly get away with it because he would, as always, be protected. 🤷🏻♀️ still think it could happen someday. Maybe not to me, but someone.
What they did to you does not define you. It defines who they are as a person. At least now you can get on with your life. They don't have a life because they are still living with their parents.
So he murdered and then SA the corpse of his sister which he then dismembered and stored in his room and he was given 8 years upgraded to 12 years? I recognise that the crime rate in Japan is pretty low but their sentencing rules are weird. There's that other famous case of those boys who abducted a girl, tortured and SA her for weeks before murdering her and they got something like 4-5 years in juvenile detention.
20 years in prison 5 to 9 years in prison 5 to 7 years in prison 8 years in juvenile detention that is why juvenile law should be removed and kids should be treated as adults and given years depending on their crime.
This case reminds me so much of two dear friends i have. Both are brothers and both sons of two doctors. Both were expected to carry on the family tradition. One gave in to the pressure and was always the good one. The other rather pursued his own dreams and was always the bad one. Until he could not take it any more and left. The son that left is now leading a normal life, while the one that gave in to the parents pressure (mostly from their mother) failed to become a doctor, was diagnosed with several disorders and childhood trauma and now lives on disability checks. They are not Japanese, but this shows how parents pressure can destroy a person.
I have a family friend who had parents that goes around bragging about her becoming a doctor. But she is nothing near that... they lived in an ideal world. What is the big deal about being a doctor? There are many many doctors in this world.
the fact someone can do something that sick to someone so close to them and be free and all good with the law after such a short punishment is mind-blowing to me. it's not like there was a chance he might not have done it.
It's truly disgusting how Azumi's parents didn't give two-$#!+$ about the way their son (Yuki) murdered and dismembered Azumi. And for what? Because she wanted to follow her own dreams and not the same fixed path as them??? I'll never understand certain cultures where they hold these extremely high expectations for their children, and then berate or disown them simply because the children can't or don't want to. Children in those said cultures should be allowed to pursue their own passions/careers, as long as it's nothing criminal.
The way i understand it, it's not that they don't care about their daughter because of her choice, or at all. They do, they took her back despite disagreeing with what she was doing and her basically making it clear she wasn't taking up the mantle like they wanted her too, after all. They defended their son in court that hard to basically save face (idk if there's a term for it in Japanese, heck, I'm not even 100% sure if I'm explaining it right, but here goes nothing), not just for them but for their eldest son who was, I'm going to assume, also be affected by this. That their daughter starred in 15+ kinda raunchy movies was already a big stain on their name--even if it's something they accepted privately, publicly it's another thing altogether--now you add in a murderous son, that was reportably a disappointment that couldn't meet the elder brother halfway in ability, to an already bad reputation of an family that, I'm pretty sure, weren't just wealthy, but somewhat known? And I'm sure you can say that the whole "he's family" thing also played some part in it. Even bad men love their moms and vice-versa as it were. I've seen that a lot personally. None of this is to say that them badmouthing Azumi while she can't defend herself is justified or excusable. No, that's pretty abhorrent and disgusting in my opinion, different culture or no. I just think it pays to understand why, more or less, it was done vs just assuming it's out of malice. Sometimes it is, totally, but here, I think it's just slightly more murky. Slightly.
you act like this doesn't happen in your own culture 🙄 why is it because you hear of japanese people doing this, it's their "culture", but if someone from your own culture does it it's an aberration and they're just "bad people". you should ask yourself why you think bad people from another culture are bad BECAUSE of their culture but it's not the same for yours
@CMD589 Spoken like a true Westerner. You of course have every right to your own opinion, but keep in mind that Japan's culture 1) has been evolving for centuries, 2) derives from a history, language, and society fundamentally different from those of the West. Judging a non-western culture from a western perspective is a bit like using figure skating judges to referee a basketball game. It doesn't work. 👋🏼🙋🏽♀️✌🏽
@@bkitteh6295 I'm glad someone has the sense to realise this and not every western culture sentences people to life without parole either. Especially children.
I can't believe he only got 12 years for killing and dismembering his sister's body and he's out of jail. Absolutely no justice for Azumi. Very sad story.
Would she be brought back to life if he died in prison? There is no such thing as "justice". An innocent person died, a family completely destroyed, and nothing can correct that. People who think that harsh sentences resolve horrible crimes are absolute idiots.
@@garirry It's better for him to still be in prison than to walk the streets and be free after what he did. He gets to live his life, but his sister never will. How is that justice?
@@Emma88178 How is it justice then that he doesn't get to live his life at all? His sister won't live because she's dead. It's sad but it can't be corrected. Every person has the opportunity for rehabilitation. If you decide do ruin a person's life in retaliation for a past crime then you're not better than them.
@@mariamariafujoshiinurarea2524 If someone hurt a person I cared about, the last thing I'd want is for another person to be needlessly hurt and then be told to swallow the "justice".
There have been other cases like this where Japanese families would still defend their relative, even if that relative committed murder to another family member, because they don't want to lose one more person... This has always been very strange to me. The moment they have chosen to take a person's life out of malicious intent is the moment they have become someone else, not my family anymore.
that poor girl. 12 yrs is too lenient of a sentence for what he did. it's very clear the parents didn't care about their daughter because she didn't want to partake in the family business. honestly they could have supported her and she could have helped the business in other ways like marketing or something more aligned with her passions. very disappointed in the outcome :'(
Would you consider exploring the case of the murder of Officer Gregory Neupert from New Orleans? Officer Neupert got shot by a drug dealer and in retaliation, the police raided Algiers and killed three people, two responsible for the murder and one innocent. The Neupert family never got closure and the suspects never got a fair trial. It's an absolute tragedy all around. Given how you focus on the victims first, I feel like you would give the case the proper respect it deserves.
You should cover Bob Berdella sometime, he was known as the Kansas City butcher. He owned a booth at a flea market called "Bob's Bazaar Bizarre" where he sold weird art, jewelry, and antiques. At night he would prowl the streets and pick up young, vulnerable men under the guise of giving them a place to stay... but instead, he would bind them and torture them to death over the span of days or weeks. He was eventually caught when one of his victims managed to escape.
Completely agree I come from a half Asian family and the pressure they put on you is horrible. And if you go against their rules you’re better off dead tbh
I’ve always thought that the family and societal expectations in Japan are also a huge contributing factor in their high rare of child/teen/adolescent murderers and why they’ve had to keep lowering the age that they can convict someone for murder. I always hear in those cases about how the societal/familial pressure and bullying just makes these kids crack.
That is, sadly, still true for most families in Japan. Family traditions are everything and you MUST be seen as a respectable (by their definition) citizen. Doesn't matter if something you want to do is not wrong, but if it's seen as one, you will have a lot of problems. That's why there are so many tragic incidents at Aokigahara.
Buddy I have watched many crime videos on UA-cam. But I have to say yours are so well done. And your hosting ability, voice, indepth research and kind manor and input make your videos so easy to watch and hear. From such horrible events. You are very good at this and wish you success in what ever kind of documentary you feel like attacking. Or just success in general. Seriously you are doing a very smashing job bud. Thanks. - Toronto, Canada.
12 years???? Azumi deserved so much better. All she wanted was to live life on her own terms. The fact that her parents shelled out money to defend their vile son is just heartbreaking. He should have been put away for life.
I’m moving to Japan the end of March. I know Japan is safe, been there a couple times, but whenever someone gets murdered there it’s something truly horrific. 0-60. Japan is also really strange when it comes to justice. Look what happened to Junko Furuta… no justice. Look up Lindsay Hawker too… This guy getting off and just living his good ol’ life after 12 years after horrifically killing and dismembering his own sister, doesn’t surprise me at all.
its very weird yeah, the law is stuck in some sort of oldschool patriarchal way where they simply dont give a fuck when women get SA'd/killed. Theres so many examples too where the law there has straight up failed to deliver any sort of proper justice
what do you expect bruh? what kind of killers don't at least try to hide their victim's bodies?? It's not unusual at all. The only thing unusual is the killings itself.
Turns out Azumi was right about her brother. She should've kept well away from him. I'd say there were more than a few reasons Yuki turned out like he did. But I'm certain his parents were a big factor for sure. I often wonder how I would've turned had it not been for my father's never ending and unconditional support.
Thank you for the work that you do. This one is definitely horrific, sad, weird and I’m not surprised it’s from Japan. May the world be free from evil, pain and suffering. Take care everyone. 🙏🏼🇨🇦⚡️
This is so tragic. Parents can break their children and sometimes the break hard. Frankly I am disgusted by people who value what others say more than how their own family feels. Reputation isn't everything.
The pressure of family tradition played a huge role here, and that the negative reinforcement Yuki faced to conform to the tradition exacerbated his mental instability. Watching Azumi walk away from her obligation to family only to be accepted with open arms after she failed to make it on her created an undeniable sibling rift of jealousy. From his actions it is clear Yuki felt trapped into accepting his obligation to family, and that he was not happy to not have the same choice that Azumi had to simply walk away from that obligation. The two points that has me scratching my head as to Yuki's mental condition when he committed the murder, is why steal a pair of his sister's panties and take them with him and why defile her intimate areas? I can see a predator like Ted Bundy doing something as depraved, but those actions point to someone who wants to remember their "victory" over something and points to some deeply seated hatred Yuki held towards Azumi.
Don’t try to justify murderers. Almost all of Japanese are this strict with their kids, how many end up killing? Murder of innocents have NO excuse. Every time people try to justify serial killers, murderers, abusers, pedos, rapers etc because they “were also victims of abuse” it makes me sick. It is no excuse and there is no justification for something like this.
@@Dunika when I read it I didn’t perceive it as an attempt at justification but rather an attempt at trying to understand the psychology behind the kids motive. Every time I try to get a better insight on what triggers people a lot of people misconstrue my thought process as being an attempt to justify when all we are doing is trying to put the mental pieces of the puzzle together. 😉
Now I’m going to worry about Yuki lurking around the streets of Roppongi … and I’m Glad I’ve taught my children how to defend themselves peacefully. Thanks again Adrian! Glad to see you’re feeling better!! X Nth Qld
Sadly this is the case in many Asian cultures. Me being a mother myself, feel so sorry for the teenagers in the Asian country where I work and reside. They have so many dreams and ambitions but none that include family tradition and they can’t go against it so they have to shove it down or bury it because they don’t want to be disowned or don’t want to disappoint the parents but deep down they are terribly unhappy. Makes no sense to me, that family tradition takes preference over your child’s happiness.
So true, your children should be able to choose their own path in life. If they don't want to follow your desires, that is their choice. Letting your children go to walk their own path is part of being an adult
I just wanted to say that i really love your videos. True crime is so interesting to me, I'm happy you make videos painting a good picture and covering the cases respectfully and educationally
Well researched, thank you again for the care you take in telling these stories. And your cat? Oh please keep adding those bits at the end. True Crime is a hard genre to end on any kind of good note, but ending with an gorgeous, opinionated kitty? It’s perfect. A palette cleanser, if you will. It’s the prophecy, Adrian. Make it happen!😊
Rest peacefully Azumi 🙏 I'm sorry you were never able to fulfil your dreams.. Hopefully where you are is better now. Thankyou Adrian for another well narrated story, you do so well 💕
This is definitely the most shocking case that I have heard strictly on the basis of the slap on the wrist they gave him. He is a literal creep and was only creepy and being attracted to his sister. God this is disgusting
Really sickens me how lenient Japans justice system is. This reminds me of the junko furuta case where those guys basically got a slap on the wrists and now this bs. There is some things that they are really regressive on.
This is a wonderful channel that thank goodness I managed to find! I'm an older viewer and to have such an excellent presentation and so very well spoken young man 🙏🇭🇲
He was mental from the get go, add on cold & demanding parents and environment you’ve got a homicidal maniac on your hands! Lovely parents to turn against their daughter and try to make the son look better. Revolting. Not to mention he got 12 years for beating, strangling, drowning and cutting up his sister’s body? And he’s free now! Oh swell. Keep him in Japan, please! So sad, all of it. Cheers CC for the case and the kitty bloopers! The thought bubbles were hysterical!
There are thousands of extremely dangerous psychopaths walking the streets of Japan after being given laughably short sentences for their depredations.
I'm glad I learned over the years to be myself and stop focusing so much on my family's approval. Murder isn't right no matter how you slice it but Japanese honor culture sounds like a nightmare to live in.
This isnt just a Japanese thing, its the same the world over in high achieving families, the expectations of kids in those families are higher than regular families. Btw, there's a lot of rebellious kids in Japan too.
I can only speak for myself but in Asian culture it is about legacy and a lot of the times the young are expected to take up and care for their parents as they get older. Which is why the pressure to become successful is so harsh. My parents themself told me I’m getting nothing in their will because I don’t want to become a doctor lol I expected as much. We’ve had this fight since high school where the only “approval” you can get is thru ur grades. I did well for myself lol but at the same time I’d rather be happy than pursuing something I don’t feel passionate about. In this generation it’s like sacrificing approval from family to be happy, and it’s not easy. I live in the west, which. Aah comes with its own implications among Asian families. but I can only imagine how hard it is to be in Asia with this strict traditionalism.
I’m new to your channel but I must say the window on your background caught my attention! I love how you change the weather to fit the country of where the crime took place.
I know that when I lived in Japan from 1991-1994, they were still ashamed if a girl or woman was raped. So I imagine her line of work didn’t help with the lack of respect for his sister.
thanks for covering this case as I never heard of it till now, I just can't understand how he only got 12 years for such a horrific crime. The parents also make me sick the way they put there own daughter down and more or less blamed her for him killing her!!
My heart goes out for this young girl. Even more so after hearing her parents weren't even willing to side with her after her death. I almost feel they didn't even grieve and all because she turned away from traditions and wanted to go through life with her own choices; it's just a shame her life was cut short as it always is when the young are involved. I hope the brother got the help he needed and learned from his horrible mistake because otherwise a ticking bomb is walking the street's
I just discovered this channel today and your work is great! You have a calm and soothing voice but still maintain a personality so it remains engaging and you go into detail without it becoming monotonous. As for this crime in particular, I do believe Japanese culture had a certain amount of influence on it. Every nation/culture/etc has elements that encourage specific unhealthy behaviors and Japan's happen to be sexism for both men and women (Azumi had to be the "good girl" daughter and Yuuki the "smart successful" son) and extreme pressure to "honor" the family above your own needs. Japan isn't the only country that suffers from these issues or even the worst, but these particular issues currently do seem to have a strong hold on their culture, and it really manifested strongly within this family. For me, the saddest part is Azumi seemed to have such a unique and admirable spirit, she was willing to stand against not just cultural norms and expectations but her own family to achieve what she knew was the best road for her, even in places without those barriers it's hard to do that at such a young age and with so little support. She sounded like she was headed for great things in her life and if only her family could have accepted that she could succeed outside of their narrow expectations she might still be alive today. What did their obsession with "honoring" a family get them? Now they don't even have a whole family anymore and all just because their little girl had the audacity to have her own dreams and ambitions. Just too sad.
He took his own sisters undergarment and put it in his bag then tried to lie and cover up the fact that he killed Azumi a woman who had her whole life ahead of her he just had to kill her instead of talking to someone about his emotions and they still let him walk around free. I hope Azumi rests in peace..
I can kind of relate. Even as an American my `family' always compared me to other relatives. "Why can't you be more like `so and so?' They're successful, pretty ect" isn't a good thing to hear, regardless of where you live. It's hard to tune out and hurts. But given time *at least in the states depending on who you are* You just stop caring about what people thing or say about you and just be yourself, because if those people that said they love and care about you *ACTUALLY DID* love and care about you, they wouldn't say those things and would let you be you.
LOL love the cats opinion on the story. you are amazing and ty for always being respectful to the loved ones and victims. hope you have a great day and I can't wait for the next video!
This is a sad and unfortunate case. Wow so many layers to peel back. Damn shame no one cared enough for this young lady in life or in death not even her parents. I guess honor was more important to them than compassion and love and this was clearly proven in court
if any of you feel like being completely miserable, research the case of Junko Furuta (edit: its very dark and not for the faint of heart)... the ending is almost the same as this case and it pisses me off so much and Id love to see a video covering it
Just watched it and I couldn't believe my ears, the justice system is a joke a literal joke,they got 9-20yrs for kidnapped, rape over 400times for 44days, torture and a level of darkness I never even heard off,there's a problem with the system on handling cases where female gender are victims and I truly feel sad for how women,girls or the female gender are being treated,it's sick to the stomach, this case,Junkos was too much too stomach
I think in a Q&A, Adrian stated that this was a case he wouldn't wanna cover due to how graphic it is compared to other cases, which is very understandable.
Been watching since the jake Davidson case (im from Plymouth and went to school with him so really enjoyed your video but just wanted to say you've easily grown to be the best crime channel in the space of a few months. Fair play Adrian!
Oh my god i am currently in japan for a year to study and it is horrofic that a monster like this is right now at the very same moment as i write this comment out there living his life while his sister is dead becouse of him. Gives me chills....
Hi Adrian, it's always wonderful to see you giving some benefit of doubt to the person committing the crime. But if you study them a little more you'll see the focus is more on getting someone else down rather that struggling more for their betterment. This leaves a huge gap between those who are doing something to make their life better and fulfil their dreams rather than those who don't. I've experienced this so i can say. There ought to be more focus on those who are unable to push themselves and with the support of family and friends find ways of bringing happiness in their lives in some other way.
All this because their shitty parents couldn't let go of the idea of making them all have the same job as them. Their oldest son was already doing that, but it wasn't good enough. They even sided with their murderous son, unbelievable.
Women can’t even be safe around their own family while loser men like him get to be coddled even after heinously murdering their sister over a petty argument. I hope her words haunt him for the rest of his life and he never knows peace. Rest In Peace Izumi you were way too good for your family and I’m sorry. Also people love to say Japan is the safest country in the world but it’s not safe at all for the women who live there not even a little bit and I wish they were thought of when this lie gets told
My uncle was murdered yesterday. He was stabbed while changing a flat tyre. I'm just locked in my room while watching Coffeehouse crime videos. It's keeping me sane for now. Thank you Coffeehouse Crime.
@@MellowMaromi I hope so too. My uncle Benny Pillay and his friend had went for a wedding. WhIle they were driving home, they had a flat tyre. The friend stopped to change it. It was really dark as it was 2am. A guy crept up behind him and stabbed him in the neck and chest, before taking my uncle's phone and running away. The guy didn't even ask for his phone, he just stabbed him. My uncle was alive when the ambulance arrived but died at the hospital due to blood loss. He was the most kind and helpful person ever. My family and I are just devastated.
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I know I’m asking again and again but I’d love to hear your take on the Xavier DuPont de Ligonnès’s case!
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Hi Adrian! My cat, Mr Butters, reacted strongly at the end of the vid when Nero called out; jumping up and staring at you and Nero on the screen. I think he's ready to join the Great Cat Rebellion! Thanks as always for the entertainment. Rest in peace Azumi.
The cats at the end are always the best. Thank you for including their intrusions so we can have a little lightheartedness at the end of stories like this.
Oooh thanks! I usually leave at the end of the story, before the end of the video, so I never knew about this!
I'm going to have to watch to the end in the future..
@@JoeBob79569 i didnt know either! 😂 definitely will be watching further
the fluffy kitties keep us all sane.
Even the cat was horrified.
Such a cutie!!
"How quiet and kind he was" says the parents after he murdered and dismembered their daughter, then kept her panties as a trophy. Absolutely disgusting, these people don't deserve to be parents.
Seems chill to me
Wait what but isnt that his sister? Wtf? I didn't watch it yet (btw)
Moral of this story is respect people. His sister harassed him for being quiet or what she would call *Weird* . I blame the parents, and father for being weak and a terrible role model to them. The father should have taught them better to respect each other. Then this might have never happened
@@Prototype9871 yeah do shut up. No matter what , he shouldn’t have killed. What stupidity are you talking about. She could have called him any names but nobody deserved to die because of words.
@@Prototype9871 he loathed her and wanted to fuck her, everyone that knew him said he was a scary freak, and the few people who associated with him attested that he openly talked about his incestuous lust. He clearly has several things deeply wrong with him, and a sibling rivalry is low on the list, and not the reason he murdered his sister. Your comment is disgusting
It’s clear that the family considered this a honor killing even if they don’t say the words. They can’t even see they’re the shameful ones.
Here in the gulf it is the same thing, if you get rapped even if you are a child you get killed, men only get honor killed when they are gay only.
Hell no she wasn’t helping the family fuck her 😂😂😂
@@ragsrare3771 where is the gulf? Sorry for the geographical ignorance but where I’m from we call it the gulf, too. But I don’t think it’s the same thing.
@@ragsrare3771 South America?
@@embadly middle east
This case infuriated me, all she wanted was to pursue her own passions in life and her horrid parents shunned her even after her brother murdered her in cold blood!
I hope azumi’s at peace rn.
This is the ideology of Japan. Even worse the parents had no problem their family name being connected to him but the mentally handicapped that were killed in another story, the families kept silent so their family name wasn't connected to them
some kids were never given a chance. it's one of the worst things to see a child's innocence and happiness being ruined by shitty parents
@MILETE doesn't gotta put up with her two faced parents anymore there's a plus
It's not your culture, stop judging people who you don't understand. She was in a friggen porn film - in Japan! I imagine she would have embarrassed the family less if she had just murdered someone instead. I am surprised they let her move back home.
It's so sad in this Day and age we can't except what are children want to achieve in life my heart Cries out for you rest in peace 😢😰
Japanese judicial system seems messed up to me. I feel for Azumi. She didn't get justice. 12 years is a joke. I still think about the most horrific case I've ever come across... Junko. She didn't get justice either. It boils my blood these monsters are walking around free in the world.
Just read up on the Junko case and its absolutely sickening what happened to her I couldn’t believe it.
It sure is. They'll throw the book at people for stupid crimes like one actor for smoking some weed and yet scumbags like this don't face justice. The japanese justice system really need to get it in order, not like I should be talking though because the U.S court system is terrible too lol.
I learnt two things watching this channel. Don't expect justice in Japan or Australia...
@@vik.1903 Justice is a matter of perspective.
@@itzmjays2472 I know. It's sickening. I learned about it years ago and I still have a hard time processing it
"diminished mental capacity"
*Cleaned the crime scene, attempted to discard of and hide the body, made up a lie to explain the smell*
- all of which indicate that he understood what he did was morally wrong and that he would face consequences for his actions.
On their parents - I know that parents whose children kill their sibling/s sometimes (often?) seek to maintain a relationship with their surviving child. It's fine they wanted to support his defence, imo. They wanted at least for him to have somewhat of a decent life. But they shamed and blamed their dead daughter for her death at the hands of her brother. That is vile and not understandable at all.
Please, monster parents like them don’t deserve your understanding. To produce such a cold-blooded killer who’s capable of mutilating his sister took a “special” kind of parenting 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮
Ye that's true but you know the response to that would be that was after the demonic episode after which he panicked and was scared so he attempted to dispose of any evidence
Her parents turning their backs on her in court is another nail in her coffin. She was betrayed by the people she thought would love her unconditionally.....how heartbreaking💔
agreed screw those "parents"
Might go down to tradition again… already have one dead daughter who stars in 15+ rated films, can’t also have a son who’s a cold killer, might reflect badly on the family even more…
@@MClovinHD3D Doesn't make her parents any less shitty.
Br I ain't even finish this shei I had to reread that
@@MClovinHD3D That's not tradition, that's intergenerational trauma..
It's shocking to me that he's out walking the streets after such a horrific murder. The parents are strict but the law isn't. That poor girl.
@@pakde8002 If Issei Sagawa didn't get the death penalty, no one will.
Shooting a gun in a public area warrant the death penalty in Japan, just shooting.
The men who tortured and killed Junko Furuta were out in a few years. Although the murder rate is low in Japan, femicide should be taken much more seriously.
@@cherijoseph7819 you know i dont think murder rates are low in japan. i think the police are undertrained and label them as kidnappings/missing cases and especially suicides. like them having one of the highest suicide rates are questionable
@@numetalhistorian issei Sagawa didn't get the death penalty because of the French government's inactions, not the Japanese. The crime was committed in PARIS NOT JAPAN. the Japanese government wanted to pursue but couldn't go ahead without the case files that France didn't want to share. And because it had happened in a foreign country, there is no reason for Japan to even be interested but they were. There's a point to be made about violence against women and how it is overlooked, but you chose poorly with the case you chose.
A lot of crime goes unreported in Japan from what I’ve read . So the statistics are skewed . Woman don’t report assaults and I’m sure police do their share of twisting stories to downplay crimes.
Women don't report, plus they are growing up in a society where even assault, fondling or pressured sex is banalised.
I remember reading Japanese female teenager magazines and honestly, it was disgusting. One example: this girl went to hang out with two of her seniors, they went to chill at the beach, they were coming back in the evening by car, they had played hard all day so the girl falls asleep. She wakes up with the driver on the backseat, fondling her breasts. While describing her story, she comments "He deserved to be slapped, no ? (lol)" and despite not thinking this is okay, she continues her story saying that because they're her seniors, if she were to try to refuse it'd be really troublesome so instead she thought to herself "Ah, well !" and let them both do her, in turn. That was the story of how she lost her virginity.
The whole magazines were filled with banalised hypersexualisation and stories of abuses, and it was just all so normal... Very disturbing to read.
and then they wonder why young women doesn't want to get married or have any children there!
@@Libellulaire lol that's why there is no densha chikan sagi 😏
@@jeanneann3545 bingo
その通り 日本の警察は無能だし、司法は腐ってる
It broke my heart hearing that even after they found out that their son brutally murdered then dismembered their own daughter, they still supported him. I hope they all suffer forever.
You known she was a porn actor just saying
I don't get what the F is wrong with that parents. Their mentality makes no sense.
If Azumi didn't come hope or parents have high expectations for their children, none of this would happen, and that's a problem in Japan, nepotism and high expectations which affects mentalities of the Japanese people and needs to change, so yeah
So do I.cold people no love For children
However he is still their son ,perhaps thats the reason. Parents love , we would never understand.
"immense pressure to honor your family" - unless you're a daughter that doesn't perform perfectly, then you're disposable. Disgusting family, Azumi didn't deserve any of this.
It's the same way people treat the homeless in America. They are discarded human beings
You known she was porn actor
Yeah, honoring family doesn't include honoring young women.
It's like the honour killings prevalent in my country India mostly among some highly patriarchal community of northern India
i don’t feel bad for a filthy pornstar. it was her fault for choosing that life and trying to shame her brother who was actually trying to be someone respectable.
One of the most saddest and sadistic stories I heard. She died a long awful death then proceeded to be chopped and shredded apart by the hands of her own sibling just to have the justice system do jack shit in punishing him and on top of that her parents not even caring. Damn that is so foul, poor girl.
‼️I agree! I do not believe his story that she showed up in his room to argue with him at all. If anything I think he S assaulted her and then k*lled her and mutilated her to hide that fact. She didn't provoke him (not that it would justify what he did even if she had) and I 1000% believe he's lying.. The fact he kept her panties as a trophy makes me believe he will become (or already is) a serial killer. Taking a trophy is something serial killers do, not something people who snap and kill someone in the heat of anger do. There are plenty of cases where someone actually killed in anger and it's unheard of to take a trophy. It's behavior exclusive to a certain type of segguxally motived killer.
It’s sad and sickening that Azumi’s life was taken away because she had her own dreams and goals. It’s like you can’t be free thinker in the family.
Right! Or in school, or at work. Being smart does not make you popular. :(
free thinker deserves death in japan , and the parents agree with it. honor killing.
She deserved it
Being a free thinker in Japan in general has always been an issue unfortunately.
stop judging other cultures...
The pilot episode for King of the Hill really nailed this issue.
Hank, although uncomfortable, tells his son that he "loves him no matter what he does." This is the best mentality, because it allows your children to thrive and be happy as their own person. Your child is not actually your property, they are their own people, don't repress them.
You don't have to repress them, but at the same time spoiled children have the mentally they can do what they please, and you're "required" to support them no matter what.
@@Vojou345 parenting is a very difficult line to walk 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
true.
@@Vojou345 Hank is a disciplinarian, what makes the scene so important is him overcoming that.
Discipline is very necessary, but it must be only a tool in the kit of unconditional love, used only if/when necessary.
The stick educates children
So Azumi was considered a dishonour to the family for wanting to pursue another career instead of dentistry, while the unhinged brother got the best defence from the parents despite cruelly murdering and dismembering his sister? I have to guess dentistry wasn't the family's main profession that they honoured through their generations...
Also, fully appreciate your adorable cat's cameo at the end. Helps a lot with diffusing and softening the cruel taste this case has left in us.
She was definitely honor killed
Here in the US we acknowledge the golden child and scapegoat children are a real thing.
Yes, it would appear a PORN career. She bought it upon herself.
The ONLY defense I can offer the parents is that maybe they're afraid of him? Like that he'll hurt them next if they go against him. I feel like that's too generous toward them though.
Japan is "safe" but if you really look into crime and the system here, you'll find that a lot of the time, criminals are let go with warnings. For example, two men broke into a news woman's house. The police let the two men go since they were "just being dumb". The woman even had to release a public apology. Hard to say the crime is low when cases are dropped left and right.
Yup, and the Yakuza crimes that go "undetected" as well. I don't really trust Japan's definition of crime when they turn a blind eye to so many obvious ones.
Wow. 😮
Thank you for saying the obvious. Just because a lie is sold to you, does not mean you can use your own mind to really dig into the truth. With heinous crimes being given light sentences, you better believe other less offensive crimes get a slap on the hand. So the selling point of Japan is safety but in reality it breeds evil monsters who are roaming free every day, every where.
What poor Woman why should she even apologize in First place
I know that it's not to be taken as hard evidence, but I think even anime has inadvertently made "light"/fun of how crime is handled. Many anime would have somebody being taken to the station to be questioned because of a crime, but nothing substantial happens to the offender. Yes, anime is just cartoons.....but it may be reflective of what commonly happens.
Im honestly ashamed of parents who cant allow their kids to pursue their own future
Like trying to forcing kids to pursue the path you want is pathetic
The Jacksons and the Von Erichs are great examples of this
They shouldn't force their kids to choose the path the parents themselves want, but the kids shouldn't leech off the parents they hated whenever the path they chose ends up being terrible or stupid.
Freedom comes with responsibility and accountability.
@@torachan23 there Is no freedom in Japan.
My mother tries to do the same thing with me. She has finally accepted the path that I desire, but I can tell deep down, she still doesn't want me to take it. It's my life, I'm going to do what I want.
@@sperryyoungerjr.3985 more power to you, I hope you get everything you want out of life
They hired the best lawyers to defend him because, I guess, they would be ashamed to have a child in prison so they wanted him to get a lenient sentence, but those exact actions, turning their back on Azumi and sticking by their monster childs side, is what makes them the most shameful in everyone elses mind.
they are willing to sink money in to him after he killed someone. not before when he was obviously slow and troubled. but maybe the doctors there dont believe in diagnosing mental health, they only see them as lazy. so it wouldn't have helped anyway.
@@GotoMaki4Micah Mental health care is most of Asia is garbage. That's why countries like Korea and Japan have the highest suicide rates, and yet doctors still haven't figured out "Hmm, maybe we should think about how to help with that"
There was definitely a sexual element to this case which makes it even more disturbing.. RIP Azumi, let down by the justice system but devastatingly by her family too
Totally agree. There was sexual jealousy involved.
I totally agree, absolutely disgusting. Should’ve been in a prison in America. They would’ve loved giving him exactly what he did to her.
100%
@@biaedwards4025 so sorry but can you explain sexual jealousy to me in this context?
@@estrellakiss his sister's panties and him using a knife on his sister's intimate areas
You know a judicial system is messed up when a person gets only 8 years for such a despicable crime!!!
Argument for the death penalty.
I think a starting of 50 years would be reasonable.
That he’s out of prison already is a travesty of justice for SURE
@First Last is that supposed to be better?
Have you not seen the USA? You can get away with crimes just because of who you sleep with.
I am an "older brother" of two sisters. I`m speechless when I consider the fact that this pile of manure did just a few more than 10 years. They should have thrown away the keys. I have also been in Japan, and I understand (some) of it's culture. And if I think at the parents` behaviour... I can tell it is not just traditions or upbringing, they are pretty damn rotten themselves. Tragic story, ended with the demise of the only one who had a spine in that garbage household
Yep, nothing wrong with having your children taking over your businesses, but not considering your children's own ambitions and blinded by their own nepotism caused all of this and is rampant in Japan and some cases in the world, and the parents were vile towards their daughter and not considered her own ambitions, if they were more lenient and respected their daughter's and their kids ambitions, this wouldn't happened, and if Azumi did not returned, none of this would of happen, so yeah
That is so true. I don't think any of us, as normal people, would consider doing this.
@@ricktandron3669 I was wondering the same thing lol
@@ricktandron3669 maybe he's not blood related to them but they view him as their brother.
@@bradwhite5884 yep. Honestly I get wanting your kids to be professionals of whatever they pick, but I cant understand the idea of picking a career for them.
I am so proud of how far this channel has come in so short a time!! Well done Adrian for presenting and respecting these cases. No wonder your channel keeps growing from strength to strength. All the best to you.
With regard to this case though, my Asian friends always tell me how the expectations they face from family can get severely unbearable sometimes and it saddens me to see that play out in such a dark way. Hope these unrealistic expectations change one day so we don't have a repeat of this incident. Sigh.
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Thank you so much!
I honestly was surprised when i finished watching EVERY SINGLE video on this channel cause it seemed like i watched some 20 videos but it was over 100!!!
@@65MaX73 do you need more channels?
@@65MaX73 I know what you mean. Didn't feel like hours of viewing
Weird that he went through all the effort of cleaning and sanitizing the crime scene just to leave the body in the closet knowing full well it would smell afterwards and inevitably draw attention.
the kid was just not very bright
Maybe he planned on dumping the bags somewhere but then got too scared and paranoid?
Had it ended differently and had Azumi murdered her brother in pure self defence, would her family have stood behind her in court? Since we all know the answer to that question, I think that "a safe place to live" must be redefined when it comes to repressive, toxic traditional societies. Expecting to be honoured does not give parents the right to destroy their children's lives.
Safe as in not likely to be murdered fits. Safe as in not likely to be abused...maybe not so much. I don't know much about the place but I have seen some HORRIFIc crimes by men inflicted upon women there thanks to Adrian and Dire Trip.
One in particular, the rape and torture and kidnapping and holding prisoner of a girl by 4 guys (and raped by dozens) I still can't absorb fully. Everything they did to her seems impossible...I would think a horror movie was ridiculous if that many means of torture were used.
I forget the name of the poor victim. All because she turned down an advance.
I'm pretty sure her family would disowned her for killing her brother.
We don't know at all what the answer to that question is. Everyone is removing the humanity of the parents over the skewed traditionalist message of the video.
They may of defended their son because he is their son. They may of defended him because they refuse to abandon him. They may of defended him because they were simply still in shock at the absurdness of the crime and hadn't fully taken in exactly what their son has done to their family. They may of done it in order to show the world they still stand behind family - and keep in mind...as much as you diss them and their system...they STILL let their daughter back in and were happy to have her back regardless of her views on traditionalism -
And I say this as someone who agrees with your point. People shouldn't tie themselves to traditional roles and especially - imo - gender roles. They normally do more harm than good and act as excuse for ganging up on people with little real thought as to why.
@@markmike7933 Junko Furuta's case was heartbreaking and so infuriating. Shouldn't be surprised at this point at the cruelty and evil humans are capable of, but it still does, every time.
It's all fine till you run out of cash and comeback begging for money.yeah so much for her individuality and shit.
I could never understand how tradition is more important than your own child.
This is so common everywhere, that a free-spirited young woman is punished because she dares to follow her own path in life. The punishment can range from judgmental attitudes and disparaging remarks, up to and including banishment or death, depending on the family and/or the culture. It's sickening. RIP, Azumi.
This was the same in my case, I was hit and banished, country has Asian roots
no it's not. Think for yourself please instead of listening to pink haired "individuals" 24/7
@@EffyKai for a thousand years, generations of kids obeyed their parents , this generation doesn't.. that's what you get
This is definitely not common everywhere.
It happens to guys too.
She was such an attractive young woman who wanted to follow her own path. Only to be killed by her awkward, sick and jealous brother. And the parents defended that guy. Wtf is wrong with that family.. may she rest in peace.
ah yes because her attractiveness is such an important part of her character. lol.
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 What's wrong with pointing out somebody is attractive? I know that she had more than just her looks.
@@LostBear. the issue is that its the first thing you describe about her as if its the most important, and as if it is relevant to her gruesome death.
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 Alright snowflake
@@LostBear. "an attractive young woman who wanted to follow her own path".. right, she was a pin-up model, playing roles in incest-themed pornographic films. She also teased and berated her brother in various ways, who was clearly mentally ill or on the verge of a complete psychotic breakdown. The world is full of grey, not black and white.
Damn... this one was rough . And no justice whatsoever.. 12 years ? Seriously? And the parents defended him after that. ... unbelievable. Great job with sharing this young lady's story. 👍
I bet he's probably living at home with mom and dad
@@TaliyahP mom is dead I think
@@1mol831 Good.
@@KristenDETW damn that’s harsh to the mom, she didn’t really do anything
@@1mol831 nah she pretty much condoned the son to murder her
Absolutely disgusting that he got such a light sentence, and that Azumi's parents betrayed her for their scumbag of a son.
Unrelated, I really like the cultural intro you do for crimes that happen in various areas.
I agree but we also have to remember that the killer was also their son. They effectively lost not one but two children so perhaps they were probably doing their best to keep him from having a harsh sentence imposed.
@@nathanb5923 I get that, but personally if one of my children did something so horrific to my other child I would want them to be severely punished, and would disown them..
@@ligeialovelace I can’t argue with that. I probably would feel the same. If the child can do that to his/her own sibling then potentially we are dealing with a psychopath who I would fear would do it again to someone else. But at the time I understand any parent who would still fight tooth and nail to save the killer child.
In some cultures males are valued more than females
@@nathanb5923 he wouldn't be my son anymore.
Rejected, preyed upon, and abandoned by your own family? Cold world.
RIP Azumi
That murderer looks like a depraved soul-eating demon; her parents made themselves look worse on trial/afterwards thinking they are saving face in any way. It’s rather the opposite. RIP Azumi. Thank goodness for Nero at the end to lighten things up, the cutest vocalizations from him.
Nero ?
He does indeed look soulless.
She bought it upon herself
At the end of such a tragic case, I think we all needed that cat intervention of funnies. I'm glad you included this blooper
Sadly, it is pretty obvious that Yuki probably had undiagnosed learning disabilities which would not be good for the family so was probably not explored. The pressure on Japanese children by their parents even if they live outside of Japan is often the cause of mental health struggles, substance abuse and resentment. The sentence he got is a travesty of justice!
Wouldn't be surprised. Japan has a big stigmatisation of mental health issues, so in general Japan doesn't diagnos people very often.
(This is in no way a defence of Yuki's actions, if that is what you got from my comment)
I think he was definitely a very troubled person. Killing her in a fit of rage is horrific enough. Then going to the point of removing her private parts is next level real sick shit.
He is a pervert and wanted to remove his dna
It was a sex crime turned murder.
He didn't kill her in a fit of rage, though. She didn't die after he first attacked her. So he tried to kill her again - but she still wasn't dead. So he dragged her to the bathroom to drown her and finally get her to die... You can't call that "killing in a fit of rage."
@@roleat 100 percent agree. finally a comment from someone with a brain lmao it is completely beyond me how everybody is missing this point. This is exactly what it is.
Do we have any evidence that she went to his room, or started an argument, or belittled him? Because as far as I can tell, we're just taking his word for it, and it's rather self-serving.
no, but the parents take siding with him (there's no choice except believe what he said), we can't really know what happened that time..
The question is.... was this the plan all along? Set up by her parents in the first place as an honor killing.
it's 100% his word but even if she did, it doesn't matter because that doesn't hold a candle in the way of excusing physical violence, let alone strangling and drowning your own sister
Considering others have said he was sexually obsessed with his sister and took her panties after murdering her I say he likely raped her then killed to escape punishment.
@@TAOBIAF kind of also the point, but we have zero evidence that she provoked anything.
The video talks about it like it's verified facts.
You’d hate to hear about the case of Qandeel Baloch in Pakistan. Her brother killed her in honour as she was an influencer and the parents still are by his side and only upset because they can’t leech off her earnings anymore.
Our entire country was split, it made me felt so disgusted in my country since so many and I mean like half the country was proud of what her brother did while the other half was fighting for her justice.
Wow, that is so sad. I hope she gets the justice that she deserves
He’s the MALE. Always takes precedence in these countries. Never mind he’s a sick deranged psychopath
This one hits home real hard. Was abused heavily growing up by an older sibling, and a parent not only covered it up, but threatened me into silence. To this day that sibling still lives with the parent and terrorizes people. I unironically joked about this being my fate for years. That he would kill me and mostly get away with it because he would, as always, be protected. 🤷🏻♀️ still think it could happen someday. Maybe not to me, but someone.
I relate to your story.
SAME. 🥺
You don't deserve that, you deserve to be loved and worshipped, and someone stand up for you and put them into their place
What they did to you does not define you. It defines who they are as a person. At least now you can get on with your life. They don't have a life because they are still living with their parents.
So he murdered and then SA the corpse of his sister which he then dismembered and stored in his room and he was given 8 years upgraded to 12 years? I recognise that the crime rate in Japan is pretty low but their sentencing rules are weird. There's that other famous case of those boys who abducted a girl, tortured and SA her for weeks before murdering her and they got something like 4-5 years in juvenile detention.
He didn't SA. He removed her breasts and vagina because he believed that would cover up the gender of the body
Junko Furuto was her name and the short sentences her killers got infuriates me to this day.
20 years in prison
5 to 9 years in prison
5 to 7 years in prison
8 years in juvenile detention
that is why juvenile law should be removed and kids should be treated as adults and given years depending on their crime.
Despite this being such a tragic case, I just love your wholesome interaction with your cat towards the end of the video💖
This case reminds me so much of two dear friends i have. Both are brothers and both sons of two doctors. Both were expected to carry on the family tradition. One gave in to the pressure and was always the good one. The other rather pursued his own dreams and was always the bad one. Until he could not take it any more and left. The son that left is now leading a normal life, while the one that gave in to the parents pressure (mostly from their mother) failed to become a doctor, was diagnosed with several disorders and childhood trauma and now lives on disability checks. They are not Japanese, but this shows how parents pressure can destroy a person.
I have a family friend who had parents that goes around bragging about her becoming a doctor. But she is nothing near that... they lived in an ideal world. What is the big deal about being a doctor? There are many many doctors in this world.
Shit bro you raised my concerns about the fact that I will most probably fail to become a doctor too
Totally agree...
the fact someone can do something that sick to someone so close to them and be free and all good with the law after such a short punishment is mind-blowing to me. it's not like there was a chance he might not have done it.
Criminals are made, not born.
Danke! 👍
It's truly disgusting how Azumi's parents didn't give two-$#!+$ about the way their son (Yuki) murdered and dismembered Azumi. And for what? Because she wanted to follow her own dreams and not the same fixed path as them???
I'll never understand certain cultures where they hold these extremely high expectations for their children, and then berate or disown them simply because the children can't or don't want to.
Children in those said cultures should be allowed to pursue their own passions/careers, as long as it's nothing criminal.
The way i understand it, it's not that they don't care about their daughter because of her choice, or at all. They do, they took her back despite disagreeing with what she was doing and her basically making it clear she wasn't taking up the mantle like they wanted her too, after all.
They defended their son in court that hard to basically save face (idk if there's a term for it in Japanese, heck, I'm not even 100% sure if I'm explaining it right, but here goes nothing), not just for them but for their eldest son who was, I'm going to assume, also be affected by this. That their daughter starred in 15+ kinda raunchy movies was already a big stain on their name--even if it's something they accepted privately, publicly it's another thing altogether--now you add in a murderous son, that was reportably a disappointment that couldn't meet the elder brother halfway in ability, to an already bad reputation of an family that, I'm pretty sure, weren't just wealthy, but somewhat known? And I'm sure you can say that the whole "he's family" thing also played some part in it. Even bad men love their moms and vice-versa as it were. I've seen that a lot personally.
None of this is to say that them badmouthing Azumi while she can't defend herself is justified or excusable. No, that's pretty abhorrent and disgusting in my opinion, different culture or no. I just think it pays to understand why, more or less, it was done vs just assuming it's out of malice. Sometimes it is, totally, but here, I think it's just slightly more murky. Slightly.
you act like this doesn't happen in your own culture 🙄 why is it because you hear of japanese people doing this, it's their "culture", but if someone from your own culture does it it's an aberration and they're just "bad people". you should ask yourself why you think bad people from another culture are bad BECAUSE of their culture but it's not the same for yours
@CMD589 Spoken like a true Westerner. You of course have every right to your own opinion, but keep in mind that Japan's culture 1) has been evolving for centuries, 2) derives from a history, language, and society fundamentally different from those of the West. Judging a non-western culture from a western perspective is a bit like using figure skating judges to referee a basketball game. It doesn't work. 👋🏼🙋🏽♀️✌🏽
Do you mean two shits?
@@bkitteh6295 I'm glad someone has the sense to realise this and not every western culture sentences people to life without parole either. Especially children.
I can't believe he only got 12 years for killing and dismembering his sister's body and he's out of jail. Absolutely no justice for Azumi. Very sad story.
Would she be brought back to life if he died in prison? There is no such thing as "justice". An innocent person died, a family completely destroyed, and nothing can correct that. People who think that harsh sentences resolve horrible crimes are absolute idiots.
@@garirry It's better for him to still be in prison than to walk the streets and be free after what he did. He gets to live his life, but his sister never will. How is that justice?
@@garirry would like to hear you say this if something this horrendous happened in your family
@@Emma88178 How is it justice then that he doesn't get to live his life at all? His sister won't live because she's dead. It's sad but it can't be corrected. Every person has the opportunity for rehabilitation. If you decide do ruin a person's life in retaliation for a past crime then you're not better than them.
@@mariamariafujoshiinurarea2524 If someone hurt a person I cared about, the last thing I'd want is for another person to be needlessly hurt and then be told to swallow the "justice".
There have been other cases like this where Japanese families would still defend their relative, even if that relative committed murder to another family member, because they don't want to lose one more person... This has always been very strange to me. The moment they have chosen to take a person's life out of malicious intent is the moment they have become someone else, not my family anymore.
Exactly
that poor girl. 12 yrs is too lenient of a sentence for what he did. it's very clear the parents didn't care about their daughter because she didn't want to partake in the family business. honestly they could have supported her and she could have helped the business in other ways like marketing or something more aligned with her passions. very disappointed in the outcome :'(
Would you consider exploring the case of the murder of Officer Gregory Neupert from New Orleans? Officer Neupert got shot by a drug dealer and in retaliation, the police raided Algiers and killed three people, two responsible for the murder and one innocent. The Neupert family never got closure and the suspects never got a fair trial. It's an absolute tragedy all around. Given how you focus on the victims first, I feel like you would give the case the proper respect it deserves.
ah yes cops once again proving they're worthless and do what they want
You should cover Bob Berdella sometime, he was known as the Kansas City butcher. He owned a booth at a flea market called "Bob's Bazaar Bizarre" where he sold weird art, jewelry, and antiques. At night he would prowl the streets and pick up young, vulnerable men under the guise of giving them a place to stay... but instead, he would bind them and torture them to death over the span of days or weeks. He was eventually caught when one of his victims managed to escape.
12 years and the family was ok with it. I would have to haunt the whole family. I’m glad I live in a place where I don’t have much pressure
Completely agree I come from a half Asian family and the pressure they put on you is horrible. And if you go against their rules you’re better off dead tbh
I would haunt the hell out of them.
I’ve always thought that the family and societal expectations in Japan are also a huge contributing factor in their high rare of child/teen/adolescent murderers and why they’ve had to keep lowering the age that they can convict someone for murder. I always hear in those cases about how the societal/familial pressure and bullying just makes these kids crack.
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That is, sadly, still true for most families in Japan. Family traditions are everything and you MUST be seen as a respectable (by their definition) citizen. Doesn't matter if something you want to do is not wrong, but if it's seen as one, you will have a lot of problems. That's why there are so many tragic incidents at Aokigahara.
@@Esiaa are you a japanese girl?
I feel on top of that, mental health is apparently a joke here. AFAIK, people with obvious issues are rarely treated.
Buddy I have watched many crime videos on UA-cam. But I have to say yours are so well done. And your hosting ability, voice, indepth research and kind manor and input make your videos so easy to watch and hear. From such horrible events. You are very good at this and wish you success in what ever kind of documentary you feel like attacking. Or just success in general. Seriously you are doing a very smashing job bud. Thanks. - Toronto, Canada.
The older brother is not even in the picture despite being the parent’s favourite. Did he try to reconcile them both? We’ll never know, I guess.
Adrian you’re getting better and better at this as days go by. Your storytelling skills are very easy to follow. Cheers
Fuly agree ! His humor I like as well : 05:47 : " Yuki wasn't the smartest crayon in the box "
@@woutervanlent5181 He wouldn't say that about a victim though.. I like his videos, but he should stay fair and objective.
@@oliveryt7168 Yuki was the murderer.
12 years????
Azumi deserved so much better. All she wanted was to live life on her own terms.
The fact that her parents shelled out money to defend their vile son is just heartbreaking.
He should have been put away for life.
I’m moving to Japan the end of March. I know Japan is safe, been there a couple times, but whenever someone gets murdered there it’s something truly horrific. 0-60. Japan is also really strange when it comes to justice. Look what happened to Junko Furuta… no justice. Look up Lindsay Hawker too… This guy getting off and just living his good ol’ life after 12 years after horrifically killing and dismembering his own sister, doesn’t surprise me at all.
its very weird yeah, the law is stuck in some sort of oldschool patriarchal way where they simply dont give a fuck when women get SA'd/killed. Theres so many examples too where the law there has straight up failed to deliver any sort of proper justice
@@Rosterized Why should the sentence be harsher when women are victims? What makes women so special?
It is so cute that your cat made a cameo appearance! Your stories are always fascinating Adrian, this is my favorite crime channel.
He not only tried to HARD to kill her…he efficiently cleaned up the mess and dismembered the body…ain’t no way he was crazy 😭😭😭
@Venus Star he really loathed her.
what do you expect bruh? what kind of killers don't at least try to hide their victim's bodies?? It's not unusual at all. The only thing unusual is the killings itself.
Jealousy and rage can make a person becomes savages ....
Turns out Azumi was right about her brother. She should've kept well away from him. I'd say there were more than a few reasons Yuki turned out like he did. But I'm certain his parents were a big factor for sure. I often wonder how I would've turned had it not been for my father's never ending and unconditional support.
Thank you for the work that you do.
This one is definitely horrific, sad, weird and I’m not surprised it’s from Japan.
May the world be free from evil, pain and suffering.
Take care everyone. 🙏🏼🇨🇦⚡️
Maybe shit things happen in Canada too
As someone who travels to Japan often, it's great to know this murderous creeper is out there, completely free with not an iota of remorse.
This is so tragic. Parents can break their children and sometimes the break hard. Frankly I am disgusted by people who value what others say more than how their own family feels. Reputation isn't everything.
The pressure of family tradition played a huge role here, and that the negative reinforcement Yuki faced to conform to the tradition exacerbated his mental instability. Watching Azumi walk away from her obligation to family only to be accepted with open arms after she failed to make it on her created an undeniable sibling rift of jealousy. From his actions it is clear Yuki felt trapped into accepting his obligation to family, and that he was not happy to not have the same choice that Azumi had to simply walk away from that obligation.
The two points that has me scratching my head as to Yuki's mental condition when he committed the murder, is why steal a pair of his sister's panties and take them with him and why defile her intimate areas? I can see a predator like Ted Bundy doing something as depraved, but those actions point to someone who wants to remember their "victory" over something and points to some deeply seated hatred Yuki held towards Azumi.
Don’t try to justify murderers. Almost all of Japanese are this strict with their kids, how many end up killing? Murder of innocents have NO excuse. Every time people try to justify serial killers, murderers, abusers, pedos, rapers etc because they “were also victims of abuse” it makes me sick. It is no excuse and there is no justification for something like this.
@@Dunika when I read it I didn’t perceive it as an attempt at justification but rather an attempt at trying to understand the psychology behind the kids motive.
Every time I try to get a better insight on what triggers people a lot of people misconstrue my thought process as being an attempt to justify when all we are doing is trying to put the mental pieces of the puzzle together. 😉
@@Dunika You cannot blame Yuki for what he did because he only respond in accordance to his psyche which he has no control over.
@@Danuxsy come on now, by that logic you can't hold anyone responsible for anything.
@@Dunika You're trying to excuse his parents from responsibility for raising and supporting a monster, don't do that.
Now I’m going to worry about Yuki lurking around the streets of Roppongi … and I’m Glad I’ve taught my children how to defend themselves peacefully. Thanks again Adrian! Glad to see you’re feeling better!! X Nth Qld
Sadly this is the case in many Asian cultures. Me being a mother myself, feel so sorry for the teenagers in the Asian country where I work and reside. They have so many dreams and ambitions but none that include family tradition and they can’t go against it so they have to shove it down or bury it because they don’t want to be disowned or don’t want to disappoint the parents but deep down they are terribly unhappy.
Makes no sense to me, that family tradition takes preference over your child’s happiness.
So true, your children should be able to choose their own path in life. If they don't want to follow your desires, that is their choice. Letting your children go to walk their own path is part of being an adult
Many Asian don't understand that. Respect those, who do, they be outcast, so be it,
Filipinos aren’t asians so you’ll never understand the value of tradition.
I’m so glad my parents don’t give me as much pressure but I still feel it. :( it sucks and I hope people can faze this out.
The very end of this video offered much needed levity. Well done again, Adrian!
I just wanted to say that i really love your videos. True crime is so interesting to me, I'm happy you make videos painting a good picture and covering the cases respectfully and educationally
Well researched, thank you again for the care you take in telling these stories. And your cat? Oh please keep adding those bits at the end. True Crime is a hard genre to end on any kind of good note, but ending with an gorgeous, opinionated kitty? It’s perfect. A palette cleanser, if you will. It’s the prophecy, Adrian. Make it happen!😊
Hear hear !
YESS!!! 👏🙌
I agree! Took the sour taste out of my mouth hearing dem meows!
Agreed. Cats after true crime is like using a warm towel after a cold swim 🥶
Rest peacefully Azumi 🙏 I'm sorry you were never able to fulfil your dreams.. Hopefully where you are is better now. Thankyou Adrian for another well narrated story, you do so well 💕
This is definitely the most shocking case that I have heard strictly on the basis of the slap on the wrist they gave him. He is a literal creep and was only creepy and being attracted to his sister. God this is disgusting
Even though their own daughter was murdered by their own son, they still stood by the son ??
Some people should just never be parents.
I think this is what happened to jonbenet ramsay as well.
Disgusting family, perverse culture, despicable justice system.
Because the son is based
@@spiritofpostpunk7207 Based on being a psychopathic degene
@@spiritofpostpunk7207 Incel
Really sickens me how lenient Japans justice system is. This reminds me of the junko furuta case where those guys basically got a slap on the wrists and now this bs. There is some things that they are really regressive on.
This is a wonderful channel that thank goodness I managed to find!
I'm an older viewer and to have such an excellent presentation and so very well spoken young man 🙏🇭🇲
He was mental from the get go, add on cold & demanding parents and environment you’ve got a homicidal maniac on your hands! Lovely parents to turn against their daughter and try to make the son look better. Revolting. Not to mention he got 12 years for beating, strangling, drowning and cutting up his sister’s body? And he’s free now! Oh swell. Keep him in Japan, please! So sad, all of it. Cheers CC for the case and the kitty bloopers! The thought bubbles were hysterical!
There are thousands of extremely dangerous psychopaths walking the streets of Japan after being given laughably short sentences for their depredations.
I'm glad I learned over the years to be myself and stop focusing so much on my family's approval.
Murder isn't right no matter how you slice it but Japanese honor culture sounds like a nightmare to live in.
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It's why Japan is fun to visit but a bitch to live in. Idk how others can handle it.
This isnt just a Japanese thing, its the same the world over in high achieving families, the expectations of kids in those families are higher than regular families. Btw, there's a lot of rebellious kids in Japan too.
I can only speak for myself but in Asian culture it is about legacy and a lot of the times the young are expected to take up and care for their parents as they get older. Which is why the pressure to become successful is so harsh. My parents themself told me I’m getting nothing in their will because I don’t want to become a doctor lol I expected as much. We’ve had this fight since high school where the only “approval” you can get is thru ur grades. I did well for myself lol but at the same time I’d rather be happy than pursuing something I don’t feel passionate about. In this generation it’s like sacrificing approval from family to be happy, and it’s not easy. I live in the west, which. Aah comes with its own implications among Asian families. but I can only imagine how hard it is to be in Asia with this strict traditionalism.
@dr. Will J. Rosenblatt Not everyone has a good family. I’m saying that as someone who has been born blessed.
I’m new to your channel but I must say the window on your background caught my attention! I love how you change the weather to fit the country of where the crime took place.
I just love the outtake with your sassy cat! It helped lighten the mood after such a horrible crime
I know that when I lived in Japan from 1991-1994, they were still ashamed if a girl or woman was raped. So I imagine her line of work didn’t help with the lack of respect for his sister.
Not going to lie this is one of the stories that truly broke my heart. The fact her family turned their backs on her is sickening
12 years is outrageous. She is dead! A young girl, killed horribly - and he is back on the streets!
thanks for covering this case as I never heard of it till now, I just can't understand how he only got 12 years for such a horrific crime. The parents also make me sick the way they put there own daughter down and more or less blamed her for him killing her!!
My heart goes out for this young girl.
Even more so after hearing her parents weren't even willing to side with her after her death.
I almost feel they didn't even grieve and all because she turned away from traditions and wanted to go through life with her own choices; it's just a shame her life was cut short as it always is when the young are involved.
I hope the brother got the help he needed and learned from his horrible mistake because otherwise a ticking bomb is walking the street's
I just discovered this channel today and your work is great! You have a calm and soothing voice but still maintain a personality so it remains engaging and you go into detail without it becoming monotonous.
As for this crime in particular, I do believe Japanese culture had a certain amount of influence on it. Every nation/culture/etc has elements that encourage specific unhealthy behaviors and Japan's happen to be sexism for both men and women (Azumi had to be the "good girl" daughter and Yuuki the "smart successful" son) and extreme pressure to "honor" the family above your own needs. Japan isn't the only country that suffers from these issues or even the worst, but these particular issues currently do seem to have a strong hold on their culture, and it really manifested strongly within this family.
For me, the saddest part is Azumi seemed to have such a unique and admirable spirit, she was willing to stand against not just cultural norms and expectations but her own family to achieve what she knew was the best road for her, even in places without those barriers it's hard to do that at such a young age and with so little support. She sounded like she was headed for great things in her life and if only her family could have accepted that she could succeed outside of their narrow expectations she might still be alive today.
What did their obsession with "honoring" a family get them? Now they don't even have a whole family anymore and all just because their little girl had the audacity to have her own dreams and ambitions. Just too sad.
He took his own sisters undergarment and put it in his bag then tried to lie and cover up the fact that he killed Azumi a woman who had her whole life ahead of her he just had to kill her instead of talking to someone about his emotions and they still let him walk around free.
I hope Azumi rests in peace..
Adrian: "Japan is a safe country."
😰😱😨😩😩😨😨
Me who's been binge-watching Coffeehouse crime and already finished 12 Japanese crimes episodes.
Ahahaha I feel you, they said their crime rate is low but some of those crimes are off the record or probably negotiated.
Exactly I was thinking “yeah I know you’re saying that to sound nice but we all know that’s not true lmao”
@@wyntersheard exactly
@@Mahalima4Ever Nah Murica is safer, thousands killed every week by deranged children but atleast you got your FREEDUMB
I can kind of relate. Even as an American my `family' always compared me to other relatives. "Why can't you be more like `so and so?' They're successful, pretty ect" isn't a good thing to hear, regardless of where you live. It's hard to tune out and hurts. But given time *at least in the states depending on who you are* You just stop caring about what people thing or say about you and just be yourself, because if those people that said they love and care about you *ACTUALLY DID* love and care about you, they wouldn't say those things and would let you be you.
Exactly!
The cat bloopers at the end are a perfect way to alleviate some of the gloom and doom, thank you for your service Kitty
As always I enjoy your videos, and I really like the cat bloopers at the end, kinda lightens the mood a bit. :)
LOL love the cats opinion on the story. you are amazing and ty for always being respectful to the loved ones and victims. hope you have a great day and I can't wait for the next video!
This is a sad and unfortunate case. Wow so many layers to peel back. Damn shame no one cared enough for this young lady in life or in death not even her parents. I guess honor was more important to them than compassion and love and this was clearly proven in court
She was just thrown away :( I’m so angry for her. RIP Azumi.
I cannot believe they didn't mourn her in court and they so easily accepted his actions, just heartbreaking.
if any of you feel like being completely miserable, research the case of Junko Furuta (edit: its very dark and not for the faint of heart)... the ending is almost the same as this case and it pisses me off so much and Id love to see a video covering it
Just watched it and I couldn't believe my ears, the justice system is a joke a literal joke,they got 9-20yrs for kidnapped, rape over 400times for 44days, torture and a level of darkness I never even heard off,there's a problem with the system on handling cases where female gender are victims and I truly feel sad for how women,girls or the female gender are being treated,it's sick to the stomach, this case,Junkos was too much too stomach
I think in a Q&A, Adrian stated that this was a case he wouldn't wanna cover due to how graphic it is compared to other cases, which is very understandable.
@@blueflamexl9880 oh completely
add a warning when recommending this case man, it’s not for the faint of heart at all
Noooo…I cried hard in Junko’s case. Even hearing Junko’s name makes me emotional. That poor woman. 😢😢😢
Been watching since the jake Davidson case (im from Plymouth and went to school with him so really enjoyed your video but just wanted to say you've easily grown to be the best crime channel in the space of a few months. Fair play Adrian!
I’m shocked that he is out on the streets today as his crime was horrendous. U have made me think about going to Japan tho. Love ur cat ❤️
Oh my god i am currently in japan for a year to study and it is horrofic that a monster like this is right now at the very same moment as i write this comment out there living his life while his sister is dead becouse of him. Gives me chills....
Hi Adrian, it's always wonderful to see you giving some benefit of doubt to the person committing the crime. But if you study them a little more you'll see the focus is more on getting someone else down rather that struggling more for their betterment. This leaves a huge gap between those who are doing something to make their life better and fulfil their dreams rather than those who don't.
I've experienced this so i can say.
There ought to be more focus on those who are unable to push themselves and with the support of family and friends find ways of bringing happiness in their lives in some other way.
All this because their shitty parents couldn't let go of the idea of making them all have the same job as them. Their oldest son was already doing that, but it wasn't good enough.
They even sided with their murderous son, unbelievable.
Women can’t even be safe around their own family while loser men like him get to be coddled even after heinously murdering their sister over a petty argument. I hope her words haunt him for the rest of his life and he never knows peace. Rest In Peace Izumi you were way too good for your family and I’m sorry. Also people love to say Japan is the safest country in the world but it’s not safe at all for the women who live there not even a little bit and I wish they were thought of when this lie gets told
My uncle was murdered yesterday. He was stabbed while changing a flat tyre. I'm just locked in my room while watching Coffeehouse crime videos. It's keeping me sane for now. Thank you Coffeehouse Crime.
I hope they're able to put away who did it!!!
Wish you all the best of luck.
So sorry for the terrible loss.
I’m so sorry for your loss, Catherine.
@@MellowMaromi I hope so too. My uncle Benny Pillay and his friend had went for a wedding. WhIle they were driving home, they had a flat tyre. The friend stopped to change it. It was really dark as it was 2am. A guy crept up behind him and stabbed him in the neck and chest, before taking my uncle's phone and running away. The guy didn't even ask for his phone, he just stabbed him. My uncle was alive when the ambulance arrived but died at the hospital due to blood loss. He was the most kind and helpful person ever. My family and I are just devastated.