As promised, on July 2 the organizers of a publicity event for new anime Love and Lies showed up in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, the center of otaku culture, to hand out free condoms to promote the TV series’ July 3 broadcast premiere.
“Please only line up if you intend to actually use the condom, even if you’re going to use it all by yourself.”
There was also a huge horde at Gamers, another distribution point, which @kaztsu estimated consisted of some 300 condom-desiring otaku.
Only those planning to actually use prophylactics asked to line up, but with one big loophole.