New progress in the trial of the suspect in the Kyoto Animation incident: He said he was shocked by Haruhi Suzumiya's animation and wrote a novel

Shinji Aoba, the suspect in the Kyoto Animation incident who spent a fortune on government medical resources and has now largely recovered, spoke about his motives before the arson during his trial today, September 19. He said he was shocked by the animation of Haruhi Suzumiya and was inspired to write the novel.

In the past police hearings, Shinji Aoba had repeatedly stated that "the idea of ​​the novel was stolen by Kyoto Animation" and "I started writing the novel after watching Kyoto Animation's animation." Today, he stated in court that he was "shocked by the wonderful animation of Haruhi Suzumiya and started writing the novel."

When questioned by the prosecutor, Shinji Aoba said frankly, "If I can write that kind of novel, my work problems will be solved," expressing his wish for Kyoto Animation to accept his (novel).

The prosecutor stated that the criminal’s motive was “to seek revenge because he believed that his novel idea was stolen” and that he had the capacity for normal human responsibility.