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The story
Streamer Daisuke Hori is livestreaming a project in which he limits his sleep to just 30 minutes a day for one week. As of September 13, several days into the challenge, his viewership has topped 20,000. Hori himself explains it as “part of a daily routine I’ve kept up for 17 years,” but on 5ch forums, doubts about his claims have surfaced after he was seen dozing off mid-stream. Other posts questioned the danger of the stunt by citing Guinness World Record figures for staying awake, compared him to the late mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki, or criticized him for monetizing the stream through Super Chat donations — opinions have been sharply divided.
What people said
Can't say for sure, but it's impressive either way 👍
Honestly, being monitored 24/7 with zero privacy is the crazy part.
Even getting a normal amount of sleep wouldn't make that bearable.
That part's no big deal, actually.
The Guinness World Record for staying awake keeps getting broken, and all those attempts were monitored by doctors or an audience too.
If anything, a lot of them were done zoo-style in a glass case in the corner of some commercial building.
Not interested in that excuse.
If everything Hori's saying is true, this would be a big enough deal to overturn the entire history of sleep research.
It'd be like someone suddenly running the 100m in under 8 seconds.
Who's taking responsibility for that?
There's a word for that: "self-inflicted."
By day 5 or 6 it's probably going to be too painful to even watch.
Is the plan for 7 days?
there's no way he'd be sleepy.
He's already dozed off multiple times.
He's definitely sleepy.
Putting his body on the line to make money.
Apparently the Super Chats are getting refunded/canceled though.
Same pattern — hyped up by everyone around him until he couldn't back down anymore.
https://imgur.com/7yHtfEX
Yeah, exactly this.
The Guinness record for staying awake is 264 hours, so this won't kill him.
Dozing off constantly for just one week is pretty weak, honestly.
Correction —
the Guinness record for staying awake is 453 hours, so this won't kill him.
Dozing off constantly for just one week is pretty weak, honestly.
Being awake longer just means more idle time.
Moderation in all things is best.
I started snacking more and gained weight.
Getting proper sleep would obviously be better for his body.
Keep this up and he'll die young.
Seriously, go to sleep.
It's a routine he's kept up for 17 years, so…
Unless he streams himself keeping this up for a whole month, it doesn't mean anything.
Sorry, but about one week is exactly the sweet spot for milking Super Chat donations.
Drag it out any longer and people get bored — then all that effort wouldn't earn him any money.
Apparently even an ordinary person could handle it up to this point, but this is where it starts getting life-threatening.
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It's not about the number of days — it's a routine he's kept up for 17 years, remember?
Lol, that description fits him perfectly.
Once you're past 40 you'll realize he's already superhuman at this point.
I'd guess a fair number of people have gone about 72 hours with almost no sleep.
Like cramming for exams or work that absolutely had to get finished.
Plenty of people have pulled off this level of sleep deprivation.
Hori's the one who said he'd broadcast his daily life — we're just watching it.
If it's really a routine he's kept up for 17 years, he should just carry on with confidence.
It's not hard to imagine that being watched like this for the first time ever — something he's never tried before — is exactly what's making it hard on him.
Kind of a "You're the one who started this story!" situation.
True, but I wish he'd just live his normal life without checking the comments.
Responding to comments doesn't matter at all.
I just want to watch him actually get through a week on 30 minutes of sleep a day, normally.
Background and Key Points of This Story
Daisuke Hori, the streamer at the center of this story, has declared he will spend a week living on just 30 minutes of sleep a day. Commenters on the thread cited sleep-deprivation world record figures (such as 453 hours), but these numbers come from posters’ own recollections and have not been verified for accuracy in this article. The mountaineer brought up for comparison, Nobukazu Kuriki, drew attention for attempting to summit Everest solo without supplemental oxygen and died during a climb in 2018; even during his lifetime, questions had been raised about the accuracy of his claims. Hori’s own description of this as “a routine I’ve kept up for 17 years” is likewise something that can’t be verified externally, and this difficulty in verification is part of why viewers have been so divided over whether to believe him. It’s also worth noting that the criticism over monetizing the stream via Super Chat is speculation on the part of 5ch commenters, not something confirmed to reflect Hori’s actual intent.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Anyone still refusing to acknowledge Daisuke Hori at this point is being unreasonable lol.”
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