Not content with only destroying lolicon, the Japanese cops seem to be striking Akihabara where it hurts the most: their street meido (Source: Mainichi Shinbun Wai Wai).
Loli-shota kei?

We're talking about you!As reported before, Police have been cracking down more and more on deviant goods featuring underage models and (extremely) illegal materials imported from foreign countries (Source: Daily Wai Wai ). For ones afflicted with lolicon, this may be the end of their fetish. However, the rest of us fetishists are safe right? Perhaps not. According to the Shukan Post the police are continuing on a crusade to establish order and respectability to their streets by cracking down on outdoor maids.

Akihabara, the otaku mecca, has been known for cosplayers of all types posing and performing on the streets on Sundays when the district shuts the streets down to form large pedestrian walkways. Maids in particular have been popular as they advertised their respective cafes or idol groups. However, this may soon be changing.

Police have begun sweeping the streets of Akiba of these performing maid troupes in what they claim is a exercise of "the Road Traffic Law" which states:

Still, maids dancing or singing on the streets seems very unlikely to cause any danger or concerns for safety. From that, one would assume that the police are shutting down all street performances. Yet from what it seems like from the article, the only people who are really getting targeted are the maids of Akiba.

So, are the police targeting the center of otaku culture? Maybe they're drawing a connection between the abundant lolicon images that one can find in the streets of Akiba and otaku culture in general. Or they're just flexing their muscle and trying to intimidate geeks.

What do you all think?