PMC Ryodan: The Strange Story of Anime Teens, the Sworn Enemies and the Kremlin

> Ryodans are passionate anime fans, primarily of the Hunter x Hunter series. ‘Ryodan’, which means ‘the troupe’ in Japanese, is a group of thieves that feature in Hunter x Hunter, while their symbol is a white spider with a changing number.

> Facing off against this group of anime-obsessed teenagers are their adversaries.

> Ryodans have called them a range of names including offniki (basically, football hooligans) and gopniki, a Russian term for a violent, working class subculture.

And Bellingcat is reporting on it.

This is only March.

2023 is wild.