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Report: The Real Reason Kyoto Animation Arsonist Shinji Aoba Dropped His Appeal


Report: The Real Reason Kyoto Animation Arsonist Shinji Aoba Dropped His Appeal

Kyoto Animation arsonist Shinji Aoba received the death penalty in January 2024, appealed it right after, dropped his appeal on January 27, 2025, and then days later his defense moved to override his withdrawal. Now Japanese paper The Mainichi reports that a source they trust gave the reason why Aoba initially dropped his appeal.

It wasnā€™t Aobaā€™s way of showing an apology, as one victimā€™s family member wondered hopefully. Instead, according to the source, Aoba didnā€™t like how his defense was arguing that he was delusional. Since there is no doubt that authorities have the man who committed the arson, his defense has tried to protect him from the death penalty by contending that Aoba is mentally unfit and doesnā€™t fully understand what he did.

This isnā€™t the first time Aoba has been upset about his defenseā€™s argument. According to the source, a victimā€™s family member stopped by to see Aoba at a detention house after the trial, and the convicted arsonist vented that a psychiatrist had called him delusional. The trial itself did think Aoba was delusional, though not to the point that he didnā€™t know what he was doing and can avoid responsibility.

Besides not liking his defenseā€™s argument, Aoba allegedly later came to regret dropping his appeal. This led to a ā€œclosed-door three-party conferenceā€ on the last day of February with his defense talking to the high court.

The high court will go over what both the defense and prosecution say, and then rule on whether or not it thinks the appeal withdrawal can be overruled.

On July 18, 2019, Aoba set fire to Kyoto Animation, saying he believed the studio had plagiarized a scene from his novel. The result was a mass murder that cost the lives of 36 people. Almost as many were also injured.

Source: The Mainichi

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