◆At the middle of April, 2007 A talent agency made an offer. She was supposed to have photos taken in Japan two months afterwards. She begged the people here and tried to collect donations.
■details of donation
A japanese talent agency invited me to Japan! ^__^ They are going to take photos of mine. I'm going to meet people of the showbiz world.^^ If my photos catch big attention, I think I can work in Japan！d(^__^)b I need to pay for the trip to Japan. I will be paid no less than minimum wage. So if you can donate, please help me. If you can't, please support me！(^_^) Thank you for reading. OTZ
As far as the offer was concerned, everyone thought it was good. Concerning donations, however, their opinions were split up.
Cons and pros about it.
●opinions from those who disagree with donation ・I can't believe she asked for donation in order to visit Japan. Japanese people would never thought of it. Work and earn money for the trip on your own. Begger. ・I felt bad hearing her ask us to donate. Donation is not prefered in Japan. I hope you to know you can't rule out the possibilities that those who ask for donation might be disliked. ・She was supposed to earn money for college. Why doesn't she have 100 thousand yen now? Go figure.. ・You guys may not notice this because magibon did it. but it's just begging. I think that's what an old kind of swindler ・I wonder why she won't clearly tell us how much money she needs. She's thinking she'll get as much as she can? ・She might want to borrow money from her parents, relatives or best friends. ・I have no idea why she doesn't try to ask for donation on Youtube. She has 40 thousand viewers. Why only here? ・She doesn't try to elaborate. We don't know what talent agency invited her. She only answered to the question about the agency, "it's a good company. Please don't worry." ・She should've explained it more.
●opinions from those who don't take any side. ・I don't disagree with donation. But I'd like you to know you might be disliked by those who are against it. ・I think donation in itself is not a bad idea. Still she should describe more precisely the situation she's in. ・I support her, but I can't donate.
●opinions from those who agree with donation ・It depends on you if you donate or not. If you don't like it, then don't do it. ・She doesn't deserve to be bashed just because she tried to collect donation. It's ridiculous. That's where Japanese people are thought to be idiotic. ・She didn't step out of the line. Donation is not a bad thing to do in the world.
