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In the English dubbed Madman DVD release of _Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!_ , as
part of of the extra segment _The Mysteries of Fumoffu_ on the first disk
(episodes 1-3), it notes there is something different about the first and
second episodes compared to when they aired.

The notes say _A Hostage With No Compromises_ was not aired because of a
certain event and so _A Fruitless Lunchtime_ was aired with _The Man From the
South_ as the first episode instead. What was this event, and how does it
relate to _A Hostage With No Compromises_?


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What was the event that resulted in 2 episodes of Fumoffu being changed?


According to
[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Full_Metal_Panic!_episodes#Full_Metal_Panic.3F_Fumoffu),
_A Hostage With No Compromises_ was not aired "because the plot involved child
kidnapping and in Japan, real-life child kidnappings were making headlines at
that time", and as mentioned in the question, _A Fruitless Lunchtime_ and _The
Man From the South_ was aired as episode 1 on **August 26th, 2003**.

The [Japanese
article](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF!#.E3.83.95.E3.83.AB.E3.83.A1.E3.82.BF.E3.83.AB.E3.83.BB.E3.83.91.E3.83.8B.E3.83.83.E3.82.AF.3F_.E3.81.B5.E3.82.82.E3.81.A3.E3.81.B5)
of **Full Metal Panic!** reports that Fuji TV made the change to the airing
due to the [kidnapping and murder case in
Nagasaki](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E5%B4%8E%E7%94%B7%E5%85%90%E8%AA%98%E6%8B%90%E6%AE%BA%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6)
that happens less than 2 months before the airing date.

Below is the summary of the incident, based on the ariticle:

> On **July 1st, 2003** , in Nagasaki, a 4-year-old boy was kidnapped and
> murdered by a first year middle schooler (12-year-old). The child was led by
> the middle schooler to the top floor of a parking building, where the child
> was stripped naked, then was punched and kicked in stomach and various
> places. Furthermore, the child has his genitalia mutilated by the middle
> schooler with scissors. However, when he realized that there was security
> camera, he decided to throw the crying child over the railing down the road
> 20 meters below, the impact of which killed the child 30 minutes later.

Looking at the summary of _A Hostage With No Compromises_ (taken from
Wikipedia):

> After Sousuke's encounter with a gang leaves its members disrespected, their
> leader decides to take Kaname hostage. Instead of giving in to their
> demands, **Sousuke holds the gang leader's little brother hostage and
> proposes an exchange**.

The story was quite similar to the outrageous incident, not just the
kidnapping part, but also the part about a young man kidnapping a boy.


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