The Shinjuku security guards are trying to shoo the idol fans away from the pachinko parlor’s main doors. It’s not a particular urgent sort of crowd control, but rather an attempt to offer up a sliver of normalcy to the types frequenting the Kabukicho neighborhood on a Monday night. That means parting the crowds out to see BiS perform a special public live so that confused folks can go gamble.
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