Cold Blooded Stabbing Of Form Four Schoolgirl Isn T Just Puppy Love But Likely Anime Main Character Syndrome

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SUCH is the opinion of anime video game fans after having decoded the 14-year-old suspect’s two final notes in a mix of Mandarin and English which have since gone viral on the social media.
The Form Two pupil of SMK Bandar Utama Damansara 4 could be in a state of delusional grandeur by not being able to distinguish reality from fantasy which explains the stabbing of the victim who is two years his senior in the school’s toilet by about 50 times with what is believed to be a Cold Steel Leatherneck knife.
His reported calmness after having committed the gruesome murder – drinking from a water container while wearing a pair of black gloves – could even be tied to the satisfaction of having eliminated a perceived enemy after the victim showed no interest in his affection for her.
“OMG … the 14-year-old SMK Bandar Utama 4 boy who killed the 16-year-old school mate apparently wrote Souda Boku Ga Kira Da on the notes before the killing,” exclaimed University of Aberdeen alumni Boon Chong Tan in a Facebook reaction to the two final notes.

“This is the famous phrase from manga anime Death Note … the character would say this phrase before he killed his opponents: ‘That’s right, I’m Kira’”.
For the record, police have confirmed seizure of the two final notes during the arrest and initial screening of the suspect.
“The letter was found on the suspect during his arrest, not in the toilet where the murder took place,” Selangor police chief Datuk Shazeli Kahar told a media conference at the Selangor police contingent headquarters in Shah Alam yesterday (Oct 15). “The note is being analysed by the investigating officer.”
Dark-themed anime
An anime fan pointed to the “I win” phrase in one of the suspects two final notes as resembling what was featured in the popular Japanese Death Note anime whereby main protagonist Light Yagami masterminds a worldwide massacre as the mass murderer Kira.
“When I read that the boy wrote “I win” in his notebook, I couldn’t help but think of Death Note. I’m not saying he was inspired by it but the similarity is unsettling,” reacted senior technology consultant Ann Nair to a post by Heetam Coffee founder/director Irene Halimi.

“In the anime, those same words mark the moment a brilliant student (Light Yagami) loses his sense of right and wrong by thinking he’s above everyone else.”
Added Anne Nair: “I love anime deeply but some stories carry dark, psychological themes that young minds may not fully understand. This tragedy is a painful reminder that even fiction can echo in real life and that guidance, awareness and open conversations at home are so important.”
Editor’s Note: Early in 2005, school officials in Shenyang banned “Death Note” as concerns mounted that pupils had been altering their notebooks to resemble ‘death notes’ by writing the names of acquaintances, enemies and teachers in their books.

Interactive child development and e-education product owner Mohd Farid Mohamed Sangido warned parents of the consequences of their children spending too much time on video games for “the virtual world can become the real world to them”.
“When they see blood, gunshots and bullets every day, their brains eventually become immune,” observed the owner and CEO of Shah Alam-based MommyHana in a FB post on the suspect’s two final notes which has since garnered 18K likes, 3.2K comments and 37K shares at the time of writing.

“Blood is no longer something scary but normal. The lives of others are no longer valuable (just like living the life of the main character).”
Earlier, Farid admitted that he was “unable to brain” how a 14-year-old would commit a horrendous murder by stabbing his victim more than 50 times.
“But when I looked at his (final) notes, I immediately understood one thing: this kid isn’t really angry at people. But he has lost his sense of humanity,” opined the former mechanical engineer at PETRONAS.
“His notes are full of gamer terms, ie NPC, Zero Day and I win. If you’re used to playing video games, you know what he means.
“NPC or non-player character (NPC) depicts an unimportant character – a character who only exists to complement the world in the game.
“Zero Day is a hacker term meaning the day of attack … while I win simply means ‘mission completed’.” –  Focus Malaysia

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