Okamoto Nobuhiko LIKELY didn’t cheat on his wife
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I was trying to make some sense of story of Okamoto Nobuhiko and the mysterious woman from Weekly Bunshun (WB) and this is what I want to share with you :)
Part 1: a statement from a hotel staff:
この日は待ちがでるほど客が混み合っていました。It was a really busy day
お二人も少し待って入室されています。That two were waiting for quite sometimes.
フロントでもずっとマスクを付けており、周囲を警戒しているようでした」（ホテル関係者）They seemed to be cautious of their surroundings and wore mask the entire time, even on the front desk (Hotel staff).
My first and main question is:
Hotel staff are not allowed to talk about their guests, as it is a part of confidentiality. Bribery can work, however, when “It was a really busy day”, I strongly doubt that the staff will have enough time to have an in-depth conversation whatever amount you’ve slipped to them. I believe that fans who have some experience with working in hospitality industry will gladly elaborate more on this topic :)
Another argument is that WB can come back the next day. But as hotel staff usually works on shift basis, this mean that WB is risking asking about Okamoto only to receive information of someone else. And as much as Okamoto Nobuhiko’s face memorable in the anime industry, he doesn’t stand that much on the crowd, especially because of:
With Covid-19’s panic everywhere, the use of mask is more justified than ever. Even now in Australia, I will see people who wears mask 11pm in the night. This also explains their ‘anxious’ behaviour as social distancing is now practically mandatory, and as someone whose job relied on their voices, I kind of understand why they will feel uncomfortable. In addition, the mask brings another issue, such as, remembering people’s face from only their eyes and hair because attires do change.
This scenario, however, only valid IF it’s genuinely come from a ‘staff hotel’ and not some BS that WB pulled out. Moreover, the staff hotel in this scenario supposed to fulfil certain conditions, such as able to work 24hrs, can remember any hotel quests with only eyes and hair visible, always have time to chat despite the hotel being ‘extremely busy’, and last but not least, has very understanding co-workers who let them chat with non-guest asking confidential questions.
I believe that finding a unicorn is somehow way easier.
ホテルを出ると共演者と合流
Leaving the hotel and get together with other Seiyuus
22時半頃、2人はホテルをでるとすぐにタクシーへ。10.30pm, the two people leaved the hotel and boarded on taxi.
岡本は女性を新宿駅に送り届けると、再び歌舞伎町へ向かいイベントの共演者らと合流。Okamoto Nobuhiko sent the mysterious woman to Shinjuku station, then he returned to Kabukichou and joined others seiyuus on an event (gathering).
鍋を囲みながらドラゴンボールの話題で盛り上がり、妻と暮らす都内のタワーマンションへと帰宅した。He was excitedly talking about Dragon Ball while having hotpot, then he went back to his place to his wife.
女性はその後、約1時間かけ電車で郊外へと移動し、同世代の友人らしき女性と合流していた。The mysterious woman took approximately 1hr train to a residential area where she joined her similar aged female friends.
Firstly, I would like to thank Nobu for sending the mysterious woman to the train station.
Kabukicho at night can be dangerous because its full of drunk people, host/hostess, soap land girls, and yakuza. Whatever their relationship is, I thank him for thinking of her safety. For I always believe that every woman deserves to go home safely regardless.
Looking at Nobu’s attire, I believe that he just finished working and that that day wasn’t his day off. And adding that to the second statement of the story, that Nobu joined his co-workers after back from station, it just makes more sense that Nobu and the mysterious woman were literally together with other VAs inside the “Love Hotel”.
The very possible scenario is
that the VAs had finished their work for the day and decided to hang out. They went inside the “Love Hotel” (or likely the Cafes), and around 22.30 the girl needed to go somewhere else so Nobu sent her by taxi. After that, he just returned to hanging out with his friends again.
This scenario is of course, possible but not without flaws. It can be that other VAs and their significant others have known about Nobu cheating on his wife so they just waiting for him screwing for 2 hours. Or that they don’t know about it, and Nobu just being so stupidly confident and chose a ‘hotel’ so close to the place his friends and co-workers hanging out.
Okamoto Nobuhiko previously had pursued a career as a professional Shogi player and I believe that he has more common sense than that.
The one that really stand out for me is the Nabe (hotpot)
Nabe is crucial here because it is a ‘friendship’ dish. In Japan, you only eat hot pot (e.g nabe, shabu-shabu) with the people you consider as close friends. In this current global pandemic situation, it means that if one of them got sick, the rest would likely to be too. The level of trust showed in this situation is very high!
The more I think about it, the more I understand why Okamoto Nobuhiko chose to apologize in hope that it will just go away soon.
Because whoever he is protecting, they are the people who are important to him.
There’s no winning in this situation and I believe that Nobu himself know about it the best.
Once more, it doesn’t change the fact that he was witnessed coming out of a “Love Hotel” with a mysterious woman. I hope, that whoever, wherever, and whoever that mysterious woman is with, she is safe and sound.
I wish it even more for Okamoto Nobuhiko and Ogame Asuka to continue their previously peaceful and fulfilling life and career, and hope that this situation too, shall pass.
Note: the meaning of Nabe’s credit goes to Kaji Yuki. It related to Nanatsu no Taizai’s cast’s favorite dish, pork shabu-shabu. Kaji mentioned before that when they finally ate hotpot together, he realized that the cast are no longer his co-workers only. They are his friends.
