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A clip of Juice=Juice’s Ebata Hisaki trying senburi tea for the first time in her life during a TV variety segment was posted on X, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hello!Project board. Senburi tea is a notoriously bitter herbal tonic long used in folk remedies, and capturing someone’s priceless facial reaction the moment they drink it has become a classic bit on reaction-based segments. Thread posts focused on Ebata’s expression, comparisons to other members who’d done similar segments in the past, and differing opinions on whether this was a punishment game or a challenge she took on herself.
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Background and Discussion Points
Senburi tea is an herbal tea that’s been used as a stomach remedy since the Edo period, so intensely bitter it’s practically the poster child for the saying “good medicine tastes bitter.” On TV variety shows, its bitterness has repeatedly been used as a reliable little gag to draw out a performer’s genuine, unguarded reaction. Opinions in the thread were split on whether this challenge was a punishment game or something Ebata chose to do herself — worth noting that, absent any confirmed comment from Ebata herself, this remains speculation. Some posts also mentioned that senburi tea had come up in a different segment involving the same group before, suggesting this kind of reaction bit has recurred repeatedly within Hello! Project.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello!Project board) thread “[Image] Juice=Juice’s Ebata Hisaki-chan tries senburi tea for the first time in her life in a TV segment wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
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