Having gone viral, his video has more than 39 million views. His expedition was even broadcast in the second half of the evening on TF1. Aged 22, the content creator with more than 8 million subscribers continues to set records. Inès Benazzouz made headlines again with the release of her very first manga. Available in bookstores since November 21, “Instinct”, co-written with Charles Compain and Basile Monnot, had the best start for a Japanese comic strip in France.
From 6:30 a.m., in freezing cold
In the aisles of the BAB 2 shopping center, all of his young admirers (or almost all) held a copy of his book in their hands. Unfortunately, the hope of approaching their idol quickly gave way to anger. Numerous messages of discontent circulated on Instagram and Facebook, castigating the organization. “They did not know how to measure the scale of the event and put in place the necessary things for it to go well,” says an Internet user.
“Why receive a celebrity with such notoriety if it’s because you don’t know how to manage behind it,” complains Amy, who arrived with her daughter and her partner at 6:30 a.m., like 200 to 300 people, camping in front of the entry 2. In the cold. Some even got up at 5 a.m., covering 100 km of road.
Many fans made the trip. Several hundred people? “No, several thousand,” corrects Mélina Cherakrak.
Émilie Drouinaud / “South West”
Once the doors opened, at 8 a.m., “everyone ran to queue,” relates Kévin, who came from Cambo. Many said they had also gone through the other entrances.” “It was a big mess, as expected,” complains a social media user. Others regretted the absence of online registration: “With the Internet, everything would have been so much simpler. A draw would have avoided all that and would have given a few more people the chance. »
After an hour, all the bracelets were sold out. “Around 11 a.m., we were told that all the stamps had also been given and that if we wanted, we could wait because there was a good chance that Inoxtag would do more signings than expected,” continues Kévin.
Émilie Drouinaud / “South West”
Youtuber Inoxtag came to sign his very first manga “Instinct”. 80,000 copies were sold in one week.
A chaotic organization
Despite a tripling of the number of security guards, the mobilized society seemed overwhelmed. “A lot of people were pushing, overtaking and going to the sides,” lists Kévin. The safety of those present was never assured. A fight even broke out in the general hubbub, at the emergency exits,” he confesses.
The Internet star finally disappeared at 5 p.m. sharp. “He still took care to make a few dedications on white sheets,” notes Kévin. They were distributed in a complete mess even though we were assured that we would be entitled to something. » The survivors of the morning left empty-handed.
(1) Contraction of two Japanese words which means positive change, continuous daily improvement.
