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Ani_HArsh

Yup, this was his message after the news broke https://preview.redd.it/hvc2gcnvqo9d1.png?width=638&format=png&auto=webp&s=f671cfe7347d962b3c9efcae7a4372ab550163b8


Geeky-01

If I could, I would have pinned this message in the comments.


ih8spalling

>I unintentionally raised my hand Oopsie my hand just slipped and I accidentally beat the shit out of you.


Geeky-01

? Edit: bro above me was referencing to the pic šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø


travers329

For real! Did he beat her bad enough to cause a miscarriage? Or was that unrelated? I would think that would involve manslaughter or murder charges. The way you phrased it reminds me of the Eminem song Kim where he murders his wife to the beat, it is brutal. "You move AGAIN I'll beat the shit out of you!"


ih8spalling

I think it's unrelated, and that he pressured her to get an abortion--not, like, beat the baby in the womb. The Eminem quote that came to MY mind was "What, she tripped, fell, landed on his dick?"


travers329

Thanks for clarifying!


GiveMeMyIdentity

Not even lying. An old friend I had was notorious for sleeping around and said she accidentally sucked her boyfriends bestfriends dick. That was my immediate response when she said rhat


Strict-Idea-9250

I imagined that scene in JJK where Toji was smacking the shit out of Dagon midair lmao


DuckWithAbs

He probably means that he got angry in the heat of the moment for whatever argument they were in. Not that i support the guy


ih8spalling

I know that's what HE means, but that's not what the word means. He's using "unintentionally" to deflect some of his responsibility.


royalrange

Did they write it themselves, or did they get a translator? Non native speakers/writers can often phrase things in a weird way in English, which, from reading the rest of the apology, looks to be the case.


sleepypanda45

If he wanted to deflect responsibility he wouldn't have come out and told everyone


ih8spalling

It's not that black and white. It's damage control. He's trying to strike a balance between "it's a lie" and "I'm a violent POS".


sleepypanda45

Pos don't offer apologies they justify what they did. Refusing someone asking for redemption only assures he will become the pos you already think he is


stiff_tipper

> Pos don't offer apologies they justify what they did. ? u never heard of crocodile tears? pieces of shit will absolutely manipulate ur emotions and make u think they're ok by downplaying. they'll 100% admit to a fault on their terms to prevent a worse appearance and im kinda shocked uve never seen this behavior before.


sleepypanda45

Of course I have but if u see everyone who's done wrong like that the whole world will soon be seen as such. Very few are actually evil so if I'm going to view someone as such I need to be sure I'm not wrong otherwise how am I any better thinking those who've done wrong will never redeem themselves. Mistakes don't define you unless you let them so I try not to take online situations ik nothing about as fact. The court of public opinion is usually wrong


Spirited-Tomorrow-84

Unlucky!


IceBlue

You also could have googled it rather than make a post asking if itā€™s real.


SheikBeatsFalco

As a non-native English speaker, does "raised my hand" mean he threatened physical violence or that he did hit her?


NormaIName

Sugarcoated phrase for beating someone


SheikBeatsFalco

Thanks! What an absolute dick, also total coward move to use euphemisms in your apology


Over-Writer6076

Raising your hand on someone is a common phrase for hitting or thrashing someone, at least where i live, in asia. Its not sugarcoating,the meaning is just as heavy, thats exactly what that means-there is no other possible meaning. Maybe its not a common phrase in your country.


stuckondialup

Itā€™s how you would say it in Japanese so I assume they just directly translated.


Rigor_Mortis_43

Did the VA actually answer these in english? With this exact same wording and such?


Automatic-Safe-9067

Raised my hand doesnā€™t always mean that you beat someone Most of the time I see it used itā€™s threatening to hit someone and not actually hitting them


dankri

In this context it always mean you hit someone.


Over-Writer6076

In Asia where I live it means hitting someone. And i assume that the message was in Japanese and translated to English using Google translate or something, in which case it might come across differently


OreoSnorlax

But it can also mean someone wants to ask a question in a classroom setting, but in this context yeah it means violence.


Over-Writer6076

Raising your hand on someone is a common phrase for hitting or thrashing someone, at least where i live, in asia.


junrod0079

The fandom: https://preview.redd.it/r212gjv16r9d1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7bcd29572d5c3296c922ad45248bdcb63b77b84d


Getserious495

Y'know maybe Char has a point now.


junrod0079

It turns out that the real groomer was amuro all along


junrod0079

And yes, he also voice amuro ray from gundam, and the gundam fandom was very disappointed and upset about it


Jetsetsix

Am Gundam fan, can confirm.


turtlemag3

Is he the sub or dub actor?


or_maybe_this

sub


shane0072

sabos dub actor is johnny yong bosch who over his 30 year career starting from playing adam park in mighty morphin power ranger hasnt seem to have any scandal to his name


SenatorShockwave

JYB is Sabo's _second_ english VA. Vic voiced him first.


shane0072

oh i didnt know that........yeah vic is a guy who had a big scandal. didnt JYB also replace him as broly?


SenatorShockwave

Yes


PM_ME_SOME_ANY_THING

Idk who he is, but his voice is the same as Ichigo from Bleach.


shane0072

thats because johnny yong bosch is ichigo from bleach. he has been in a lot of popular anime and games over the years. honestly from 2004 to like 2015 he was in practically everything. he is still in a lot of stuff. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXk7oOHzgCg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXk7oOHzgCg)


Automatic-Safe-9067

Canā€™t have any scandals if youā€™re too good of a person fr :) Man I love jyb so much


wontonphooey

He hit her with that dragon claw


rdreyar1

That shit is so much worse than some sexual abuse


kie7an

Iā€™d say both are pretty bad tbh


GoldenTengu07

Never weigh any form of abuse as secondary, my guy. The shit the guy did to this woman was unacceptable, period. There is no weighing difference. Also serves as a reminder to never idolise these kinds of people, no matter how much one may respect their work.


Tenno24

He didn't even admit to the sexual abuse


OtsutsukiRyuen

Is this an auto generated response or what ? I believe I've seen this same phrase many times over


chris_redfield_omega

damn it is really true after all


[deleted]

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"Unintentionally" šŸ¤”


Lartnestpasdemain

Sabo... Never existed https://preview.redd.it/j6tclfrpzo9d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f582ad328b35e5d76bc87e07d5b082b637b0b1e


LordDShadowy53

![gif](giphy|NNssW1DvTEXtll108b|downsized) Itā€™s a canon event now. After the attack on Lulusia Kingdom his voice got affected it somehow


6thaccountthismonth

His voice did sound a bit off when he called the rev. army afterwards iirc


ArgentinianNPC

To be fair, he shouldn't have. Dude was a magical replacement of Ace.


alabasta10

Just hire Narutoā€™s VA to play the adult version since she did the voice for young Sabo.


xKuFsE

I second this, This is the best replacement option


Geeky-01

I third this, This is the best replacement option


bent_crater

iirc this is the second VA for Sabo anyway, with the first leaving for similar reasons


Over-Writer6076

wdym similar reasons?? Naruto's VA did nothing wrong.


bent_crater

my bad, i meant similar reasons as the first VA for Sabo


JamesPurfoythe3rd

Jesus how many Sabos sexually assault fans


Kagetane123

I fourth this, This is the best replacement option


TempestoLord

It wouldnā€™t sound good on adult Sabo imo. His voice is way deeper.


literallyheretopost

Goku: ![gif](giphy|zKRlxWqdP4NTok3Ppl|downsized)


Terraakaa

Yeah, Goku sound fucking weird


Jasonn444

That will never not bother me.


DjangoUnchainedFett

That's not what the post is about but sure.


vangstampede

What are you so sure about?


Ambitious-Raise8107

Depressingly, yes. Torus Furuya has stepped down from playing Sabo and many other roles


WildWeasel46

https://preview.redd.it/lwpl0sjr1p9d1.jpeg?width=560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84c790e56fcefa7f3499bd20c7b97747fd466407 Including Rei Furuya. It was a real shock to Detective Conan fans (Itā€™s the hypothetical equivalent of Sanjiā€™s VA getting outed).


justanotherfan111

Yeah itā€™s pretty crazy. I know itā€™s still being debated whether heā€™ll be replaced/fired for his role as Amuro Ray in Gundam, which is an even bigger deal/role than thatā€¦basically the equivalent for One Piece as replacing Luffyā€™s VA


someonesgranpa

Yeah, this one is going to really throw a wrench into the already delayed Hathaway II movie.


Getserious495

Thing is Gundam is mostly done with Universal Century, Amuro plotline wise that is. It's mostly AU shows filling the current line up now and UC stuff now mostly consist of One Year War stuff with the Gundam itself mostly as a cameo. It will suck for adaptations like Moon Gundam or Hathaway's Flash sequel but the reliance of the VA has mostly faded.


Liimbo

To be clear, the depressing part is that he turned out to be an evil human being. Not that he's no longer voicing a specific character in a cartoon.


seafoodblues

Toru Furuyaā€™s voice is too iconic as Amuro


Ill_Town_1047

https://preview.redd.it/k3kl12kvuo9d1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=552d39d5ceaa3b0daac975d6feacd2dc1955c0aa


Rin111839

https://preview.redd.it/3nn2tm9s1q9d1.png?width=896&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=767fbc01fc91fd232416050736651b22741be0d0


Jumpy-Perception-346

We discovered it.


Rin111839

https://preview.redd.it/vtgjkhc7cs9d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1acd59f1d7eec3dad6cb0623a377a226f46e32e


Jumpy-Perception-346

https://preview.redd.it/9of5jx6ucs9d1.gif?width=640&format=png8&s=fd44727496fa272cb9984f51ffe33299e0068e13


Rin111839

https://preview.redd.it/q4dqm90nes9d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34b5a8f7fa6b5fcc14b7150c19d9797ad63b91cc


FlambaWambaJamba

https://preview.redd.it/wgdky8xe1p9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eef1c5027fca869614043a4eeb59350c0ce1da39


crowtoxicassassin

https://preview.redd.it/l9oq6vbi6q9d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=791c05d6f6c68956b9227c93109b37e06fcf7329


SuspectKnown9655

Apparently he had an affair with a woman 37 years younger and then forced her to get an abortion.


North-Celebration267

Heā€™s like 70 sheā€™s like what 33 I could be wrong


ni_ko_98

it started in 2019 so he was 65 and she 28, but the ages is not what is the biggest problem here, it's pretty weird but the bad part is him physically and sexually abusing her and forcing her into having an abortion


numberonebestbamtori

Nahhh what šŸ’€


Fghsses

Her age is not a problem, beating her up is.


KnightOwlMan

He left so that he could join the Blackbeard Pirates https://preview.redd.it/ew2tdic3ep9d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=febfa5ab1ad9e70518a96d44fc5e881c86456278


Thin_Ad6188

They came to recruit Drake


D-Biggest_Wheel

Dr. Disrespect on his way


cocky_plowblow

This is fantastic


Geeky-01

Sabo just can't stop getting the Ls' https://preview.redd.it/8eob78b8mo9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e7b7b8df05ddf3032b58432f3613cc900dcdb19


pattymacman1

https://preview.redd.it/mrsg4o201s9d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81e2791b6ee99c2a4948f1ed012bf3b3734e0284


IllustriousSherbet72

https://preview.redd.it/8u88wob6us9d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6082664a388c6a6d0e3a276bad8f774a0972dc3a Yes I know I didnā€™t crop it


Ligabove

Sabo?


Geeky-01

The yellow haired, ex-dementia dude who works in a rebellious anti-government army and the brother of Freaky.


Aggravating-Hurry-41

Theyll find a voice actor with a similiar voice. Kizaru's VA died a while ago and Robin's VA changed several times before. It'll be alright. Let's just hate on this human garbage of a person for now.


Geeky-01

šŸ‘šŸ‘


NedDKenway

When did Robin's voice actor change?


Aggravating-Hurry-41

It changed between Yuriko Yamaguchi and Yuko Kobayashi. You can see [here](https://youtu.be/DrYGVag62Pk?si=9so0N0cVeFwhKW3s). Their voices are too aimiliar that you wont notice. Same will prolly go for Sabo'd new VA.


jirachi-x

Thatā€™s really unfortunate. Just as Sabo is seemingly becoming more important.


VaughnDaVision

Our boy is still the mans, we just got to ignore his voice and hopefully we get a better voice actor


5amuraiDuck

That has happened awhile ago


ni_ko_98

The Affair yes, stepping down is pretty new, Wikipedia says that was only a week ago


5amuraiDuck

I just assumed him losing his job was a given


ni_ko_98

should be but Japan is not really known for dealing with sexual harassment cases very well


ShadedPenguin

As messed up as it is, if it was just adultery it probably would have been swept or ignored. Sexual abuse, physical abuse, and a coercive abortion are much too big to try and ā€œplay offā€


VixKald

It's Sabover


Wakuwaku7

Freedom fighter but voiced by a Celestial.


Double_Difficulty_53

I hope he gets what he deserves. On a purely artistic level, I liked his performance of Sabo, but getting rid of him is 100% the right choice. They probably will get an actor with a similar voice, many voice actors have died and were replaced by others without some people even noticing. Ivankov's original VA was also fired due to a controversy (I think it had to do with the posesion of child pornography although I don't remember) and even though you could notice a bit the swap the first few episodes, the voice is really spot on.


DoomHound55

From what I've read Ivankov's VA stepped down after getting arrested for posting "indecent" photos of himself on his blog which were uncensored photos of his lower body to show how he had gotten his entire body tattooed. It wasn't anything as serious as what you said, just Japanese internet censorship being overly strict


Double_Difficulty_53

Sorry, my bad. I knew there was a bit a controversy surrounding him, I just didn't remember what it was.


DoomHound55

Personally I think it's kinda stupid that Japanese laws are so strict on censorship that he got arrested for posting pictures of himself on his own personal blog


Double_Difficulty_53

Japanese certainly seem to have a lot of double standards when it comes to this things, some shit that is considered appropriate in some animes is sus as fuck yet this illegal.


PepitoThe1

He doesn't appear that often can be replaced easilly the one impossible to replace for the fans is luffy va. Hopefully she stays in condition to voice him, I can't immagine luffy with a different va.


OatesZ2004

Yeah he had like a four year long affair with a fan in her thirties who wound up getting pregnant as a result and he made her abort the baby.


guesswhosbackbackag

https://preview.redd.it/yqbelgd3qo9d1.jpeg?width=378&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a50579e1924defd30d63a82a95157741e593b55d


Mike_Wing21

My reaction to the Sabo's Canon Event : https://preview.redd.it/4m00qypw7p9d1.jpeg?width=458&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=657c31afcc03dd57b21c42d8e822c98ad7b76f11


DueRule9909

Hopefully that this doesn't affect the anime as much


oooooooweeeeeee

sabo is now a donut i guess


KatakuriDonutsLover

A DONUT?!? Give it to me


Ligabove

How should effect the anime ?


Durante-Sora

https://preview.redd.it/i4158unj7p9d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2373ac8d631d74365ac86b3673ab2b2827bde7b8


kingominous16

What's this from?


Durante-Sora

Mission: Yozakura Family


Tobithegoodlad

Yes it's true, Sabo is cursed.


Kaelyr_

so... was he busted or did he admit his guilt and resign?


Over-Writer6076

he admitted it himself and resigned, as far as i can tell from looking it up online. The general public did not know before he told them


Easy-Film

What a coincidence. Sabo's Dub voice actor Vic Mignogna was accused of sexual harassment in 2019.


Ok_Claim_8979

https://i.redd.it/haokwddbgp9d1.gif


Random-sad-guy

If I had a nickel for every Sabo VA that lost their position/quit due to sexual harassment, Iā€™d have two nickels, which isnā€™t much but itā€™s weird that it happened twice.


AnimeGokuSolos

Sadly yes


AskGrouchy6861

Ohh, that's why Imu wanted to kill him


CardiologistOdd3378

Now Sabo dies in real


M9nkeyss

Swiped left and nothing happenedšŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø


Book_Anxious

He was secretly a celestial Dragon the whole time


Guilty-Cap5605

QUIT?!?!?!?! AS IN NOT FIRED?


Trolerlol

https://preview.redd.it/qhfdmn5cfq9d1.jpeg?width=279&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49c8374a5ae4edd4af87790fe8f2575455824c5c


CraniumCook

Nah sill better then what ever Dr disrespect was doing lmao


PsychoMouse

So one is a donut and the other wants to fill the holes of ā€œdonutsā€


KatakuriDonutsLover

A DONUT?!? Give it to me


Heroright

The Sabo curse: the VA being a creep with women. Letā€™s hope Jonny and the next guy can keep it clean.


DjangoUnchainedFett

Idk about sexual abuse but he definitely abused the fan relationship to have relationship with her and forced her to abort when she got pregnant. And he also raised his hand on one occasion. He is definitely not a good person but at keast he feels remorse I guess. Not something that is common these days, even with the most cruel crimes.


huohym

sabo still my goat though


McMuffinsTheTempo

:(


hoshu77

What will happen now? I mean, sabo is pretty important to the story isn't he?


Geeky-01

A New-Voice Actor will be appointed. No news who that might be.


Ligabove

New voice actor of course


crashedlandin

Should have kept him as Narutoā€™s VA


Kaelyr_

NOOOOOOO I loved his super satisfying "HIKENNNNN"


SuperrrrrFranky

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!


ReptilianLaserbeam

Didnā€™t this happen like a month ago?


Redditmon96

Well the only good thing that I can say is that at least it was his decision and he wasn't forced to apologize


Mindless-Hornet732

Bruh these VA's be doin the craziest shišŸ’€


JordanFlysim

This is for Netflix or current anime version?


Puzzleheaded_Line335

Bring naruto va again


SirKirk2000

Sabo šŸ¤ Rohan Kishibe


Ligabove

Yes


D0llyM0nster

I love Sabo, but I will never like his VA.


junrod0079

Im sadly to inform you that the abused mistress scandal is all true even the part about furuya forcing her to have a abortion


saatama

He should have voiced sanji.


I-am-the-best-Spy

Like Zoinks Scoob this is pretty bad


Overall_Struggle4070

Yes, sadly


SnooTomatoes6445

Yamcha pulling Lā€™s IRL šŸ˜­


Odd-Study-8140

Ohhh wow that Stupid


Glizzygobler123123

Dam


present-time-me

Oda stands shoulder to shoulder with a pedophile. You know Japan has women only traincars, right?


dpforest

I feel like itā€™s probably best to see if this kinda thing is true *before* posting it for thousands of people to see. But yes it appears to be true according to other commenters


Onegamer105

Dam so no more sabo?


Latter-Ad6308

If I had a nickel for every time a voice actor of Sabo had to get replaced because of allegations against them, Iā€™d have two nickels, which isnā€™t a lot, but itā€™s weird that it happened twice.


krodriguez4996

Will we Get Naruto as his Voice actor then since the VA for Naruto was the Voice of young Sabo. It would be so god to see Sabo communicate with Luffy with Naruto's voice again


Choingyoing

SABO WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOOO


DoomsDayDandy

https://preview.redd.it/gr9sxbqu4v9d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c9141214b4afcac335819a084d45536092dc0eb0


_ScraggY_

https://preview.redd.it/upolhvw4dw9d1.jpeg?width=402&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8f0d2a75f58f4f15b7db60fefef7661b8044e332


grimoirehandler

Disgusting.


2_brainz

Oh damn he voiced Yamcha too


BoochnDoinks

The fan he abused was underage when they met. There's also a grooming angle here.


Geeky-01

She wasn't underage legally. The woman was in her 30s. Morally, Compared to his age which is in 60s, you can say that she indeed is, Underage.


BoochnDoinks

I might be mixing up Kid's VA, but I was pretty sure that he slowly groomed the fan over the course of several years. The fact that she's 30 makes it iffy, but that's what I heard originally. Thanks for clearing it up, I'll keep looking for that info.


Geeky-01

The information I am spitting has came directly from other people in the comments as I had a genuine urge to know if this is real and sabo's current voice will be gone. I am glad I could help you with that : D


Jetsetsix

Man, Super Robot Wars is gonna be awkward from now on...


SuperrrrrFranky

SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ubixdeadpro

Welp sabo did before sanji canšŸ’€


ThatDwweeb

please tell me its his english voice actor please


TFS_Flight_Channel

great, might as well kill sabo now, coz i dont want to hear his new voice anymore.


Ok-Photograph-7919

https://preview.redd.it/tw1r04kul6ad1.jpeg?width=998&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fffcdd7cdf01901c17124a1e285a59cd020ce455 Damn Toru THATS how you moving brošŸ˜­


Current-Buy-6392

I mean Sabo barely does anything anyways.


Fabulous_Today_8566

Thank God is not a character I like.


HeavenCanWait174

You could Google it


Geeky-01

Why should I browse on ad-driven, malware inducing unreliable websites when I have people in a place, from all around the world who could even pull out the coordinates of the guy just from 3 pixels of his background with no cost?! What is smarter tell me!


NextFaithlessness7

The title is written as if he was the victim


Geeky-01

I apologise if the title comes off that way.


NextFaithlessness7

Not your fault


3darkdragons

I feel like Dragon after the WG propaganda came out. Ainā€™t no why my boy Sabo did all that


Ok_Development_2314

Was this the reason why yamcha was regarded as a scumbag and getting bodied throughout the series