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The story
A photo of a salmon-belly (shake harasu) bento served as catering, posted on Juice=Juice’s official blog, became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Alongside reactions to the bento itself like “That’s just a regular salmon bento” and “Bentos with lettuce in them are expensive,” commenters kept bringing up the meals served to other Hello! Project groups like Angerme and BEYOOOOONDS, and the thread spiraled into people enjoying the differences in treatment between groups.
Here’s a photo from when we got salmon belly for catering 📸
It was so juicy it made the rice go down easily 🍚
Source: ameblo.jp / Original article here
What people said
There's nothing sad about that at all
Then it should be fine
Regular folks like us can't afford luxury ingredients like salmon belly
Hardcore/disciplined
Seeing stuff like this kind of puts me off
Down-to-earth/humble style
A symbol of sloppiness
Get it? "Harasu"-ment — like the salmon belly (harasu) lol
https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20260910/21/beyooooonds-rfro/30/08/j/o1080144015820841715.jpg
That's not BEYOOOOONDS, that's "Deka Beat" (unclear reference, likely a joking nickname)
Looking at the fancams on TikTok, everyone's hair and makeup look unusually on point — cuter than usual
https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20260704/15/beyooooonds-blog/75/e4/j/o1080081015799239643.jpg
Background and Talking Points
As mentioned in the thread, the salmon-belly bento in question is reportedly part of the “Gotsuboshi Norien” bento series, which won the gold award at the Japan Location Bento Awards and is also sold to the general public at department stores. While people tend to imagine a celebrity’s dressing-room bento as some exclusive, unseen item, the reality is that off-the-shelf products are apparently used more often than one might think. Alongside blunt reactions on the thread like “it’s just a regular bento” and “the 700-yen bento I bought was fancier,” the fact that Hello! Project runs multiple groups in parallel means fans have long enjoyed comparing the food provided on different sets. This photo, too, was taken in that spirit of good-natured group comparison rather than as solid proof that one group is treated better than another.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Good News] JJ’s Catering — An Announcement of Splendor.”
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