It is believed that the disease was spread from Japan (where it originated and until recently had been contained) via social networking sites, which have now been quarantined. The unmistakable symptoms, such as skin darkened by tanning products, garish make-up and bizarre hair, left authorities with no doubt that the victims had entered the terminal phase, called 'manba' or 'yamanba', forcing the Home Office to take the unprecedented step of detaining them in sealed containers for disposal, by controlled detonation, deep under the North Sea .
"It's the only way", said a Home Office official who refused to be named for fear of a backlash from Otaku, a political group that supports the non-lethal treatment of Ganguro. "If we don't take immediate action to stop the spread of the disease, we could have a pandemic by the weekend", he continued.
World Health Authorities applauded the UK's prompt action.
Otaku leaders were contacted but refused to comment, as they were in the middle of a particularly difficult level of a new video game - released only yesterday.
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