Daisuke Nomura (pseudonym, 46), who worked as a systems engineer at a foreign-owned IT company and reached an annual salary of ¥14 million, achieved FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) at 45 with ¥150 million in assets. However, his fourth-grade daughter’s summer vacation picture diary reportedly read, “Dad just lounges around in the living room all day looking at his phone.” On 5ch, opinions flew back and forth — “What’s the point of FIRE-ing with no goal?” and “If you’ve got a wife and kids, at least do the housework if you’re going to FIRE” — while plenty of others pointed out the sheer formula of how these asset-flex puff pieces keep getting churned out.
“Dad just lounges around in the living room on his phone all day. He only goes for a walk once in a while.”
Daisuke Nomura (46, pseudonym), who lives in a condominium in Tokyo, was left speechless after peeking at the picture diary of his only daughter, 10-year-old Misaki (pseudonym), a fourth-grader. The page, submitted as summer homework, contained an honest, merciless dose of “contempt” for her father.
Daisuke worked grueling hours as a systems engineer at a foreign-owned IT firm, with his annual salary peaking at ¥14 million. Starting in his early 30s, he built up his savings through relentless frugality and investing. At 45, once his managed assets hit ¥150 million, he retired and finally achieved his long-cherished goal of FIRE.
So women have been one-upping each other over other people's jobs since they were kids?
11Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:40:37.37ID:b4DSL9jeM
>>7
Even among guys, a parent's job can be a reason for bullying too.
What's this guy's deal?
8Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:39:23.40ID:bp+JKljI0
Retiring early (FIRE) with no goal in mind — isn't that just dumb?
15Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:41:40.67ID:nDDbY2FH0
>>8
Maybe FIRE itself was the goal.
9Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:39:25.77ID:hbR4GoqvM
Today's 'salty singles' thread
90Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:38:07.95ID:M3VRbfJ30
>>9
Don't you mean the 'salty unemployed guys' thread?
10Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:40:07.78ID:OI3PDi2T0
AI-written filler articles are getting more polished these days, huh.
12Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:40:41.83ID:bjiKrFEu0
His wife pulling in ¥6 million a year is broken.
13Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:40:57.44ID:VnAHV5Zx0
Whoa, seriously — forget FIRE, guess I'll just keep working.
14Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:41:08.78ID:x5QJ/suqM
Lol people get genuinely furious every time even though it's clearly a made-up story.
17Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:42:14.59ID:DwIGe/8L0
Back in elementary school we had this class where everyone announced their parents' jobs, and there was a kid who said 'both my parents are unemployed' — it was so awkward I couldn't stand it.
18Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:42:52.24ID:Ig17xmCy0
Last time it was a guy with ¥120 million — they just keep cranking these out one after another.
19Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:42:54.11ID:b4DSL9jeM
Quiz: how many times does the word 'pseudonym' show up?
20Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:43:20.83ID:sZriSnuP0
FIRE is inconvenient for the ruling class, so they keep trying to push out nothing but negative stories about it.
21Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:43:22.77ID:gobs2wWl0
I really want to block Gold Online and Financial World (finance sites notorious for these clickbait wealth-flex stories).
22Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:43:41.00ID:LL+OpBzI0
If his wife were a stay-at-home mom, fine, but if she's working, he should be doing the housework once he's FIRE'd.
28Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:44:46.48ID:Ml1AXCi60
>>22
Isn't that basically just a stay-at-home dad at that point?
23Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:43:45.97ID:tyansxbm0
I want to make things a bit easier on my wife.
27Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:44:44.60ID:Iz++apuA0
They do this every single time — churning out articles like they're mass-producing gag threads from old-school 2channel.
33Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:47:37.94ID:H3xaDE3N0
In the end it's probably self-satisfying for him, but to everyone else a guy who's home all day just looks like a NEET (not in education, employment, or training), so of course he gets looked down on. Honestly, he'd have more to brag about doing parking-lot traffic duty at a supermarket.
37Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:49:51.11ID:Ml1AXCi60
>>33
That's not true. Go to central Tokyo and you'll see rich people strolling around in the middle of the day, walking their dogs or relaxing in cafes.
39Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:51:06.41ID:MiM5ur940
>>37
Could just be their day off, though.
43Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:51:35.01ID:jc93HQel0
>>37
Put another way, he only gets looked down on because he stays inside the house — if he relaxed outside instead, wouldn't that fix it?
42Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:51:34.61ID:t+BP8JWL0
Kids grow up watching their father's back, you know. What happens to a kid who grows up watching an unemployed dad? Quitting your job before your kid's independent is basically abuse.
49Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:54:09.75ID:WM3cT1ivM
>>42
It's a question of whether she follows her parent's example and aims to become a 'certified NEET' — aka a housewife — or not.
45Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:51:51.64ID:qyYw5g140
Who FIREs with a wife and kids? Only single guys living the bachelor life should get to FIRE.
47Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:53:38.60ID:fd3jUD88d
>>45
Uh, I'm a married-with-kids FIRE guy myself, though?
50Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:54:16.21ID:Ml1AXCi60
If you're just gonna stay inside the house, there was no point FIRE-ing in the first place. If I FIRE'd, I'd want to be outside all the time.
52Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:55:06.40ID:WM3cT1ivM
>>50
Those young guys riding road bikes in the middle of a weekday afternoon are probably this type.
56Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 12:59:01.81ID:WCPwsM1/0
>>52
Plenty of jobs have weekdays off, you know.
60Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:00:44.90ID:WM3cT1ivM
>>56
There's a whole bunch of them riding together in a group, though.
71Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:12:11.83ID:d8jhxXzn0
There's no way you can pull this off with a kid on just this amount of money.
76Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:27:01.54ID:VQvEVQCr0
>>71
His wife's bringing in ¥6 million, so the household income is effectively ¥12 million — which makes it even more like, 'at least do the housework, dude.'
77Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:27:19.50ID:8XXFxJ+x0
Funny how it's always 'just over ¥100 million' in every single one of these.
86Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:34:31.13ID:KDyfS3WH0
>>77
Well, if it were ¥1 billion, the family couldn't even complain. You need to set the number at something that sounds risky enough that a screwup would actually hurt, or you don't get that on-edge tension.
88Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:36:44.26ID:rhagLT/70
If you FIRE and actually spend the time on hobbies, fine, but 'being a NEET at home' — this was probably written by someone who's never worked a day in their life. Being stuck at home all the time with your family around would be torture.
104Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 14:06:08.26ID:ic12nZQS0
>>88
The pattern where someone FIREs, has no hobbies, feels empty, and goes back to work — that's already been done to death in the 'graduating from FIRE' stories.
93Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:47:24.76ID:pdoQRVff0
Such a waste to FIRE and then keep living in the city. If it were me, I'd live on some remote island or deep in the mountains, fishing, growing vegetables, living like it's a camping trip every single day.
94Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:53:24.21ID:hQ2dzYApa
>>93
Can't be helped if you've got kids — the education gap between Tokyo and the countryside is brutal.
95Anonymous2026/08/24(月) 13:54:51.16ID:VQvEVQCr0
>>93
I want to do that too~ I'd love to hop between a different campsite every day.
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