A 29-year-old factory worker has been arrested for burning down his house after an altercation with his mother over manga/anime/video game franchise Gundam.
Living outside Kobe, Japan, Yoshifumi Takabe is accused of dousing his room in kerosene and lighting it ablaze with a lighter after his mother disposed of his "precious" Gundam plastic model figurines. Takabe intended to kill himself, but ended up escaping without injury as did his 55-year-old mother.
The two-story, 2,700 square foot partially wood house was burned to the ground.
ガンプラ処分を悲観 自宅放火容疑で男逮捕 加西署 [The Kob Shimbun via 痛いニュース via ANN]
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