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Downtown’s Matsumoto Hitoshi is set to undergo another surgery to reverse his colostomy, and it has been announced he will skip the September 19 livestream of “Comedy Empire University (OIU)” on the streaming service “DOWNTOWN+.” The service’s operators have issued a statement asking members for their understanding. On 5ch, comments focused on how many times now he’s missed the once-a-month livestream, along with cynical remarks about stagnant concurrent-viewer and subscriber numbers, and questions about why the surgery timing overlapped with the streaming schedule.
Tue, Sep 15, 7:11 PM
Downtown’s Matsumoto Hitoshi, who announced he will undergo surgery to reverse his colostomy, revealed by the 15th on the internet streaming service “DOWNTOWN+” that he will forgo appearing in the September 19 livestream of “Comedy Empire University (OIU).”
The platform explained: “Regarding this livestream, Matsumoto Hitoshi will be undergoing surgery to reverse his colostomy, so we have decided he will not appear.” It continued, “We sincerely apologize to the members who were looking forward to it, but we humbly ask for your understanding and cooperation.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Yoshimoto [his talent agency] got saddled with wasted money too. Actually, looking back, the Bunshun scandal might've been the perfect excuse to retire and rest.
Well, he might actually become 'a god' for real (dark joke implying he could die on the table).
Less 'a god' and more like… (trails off ominously)
I used to watch, but lately it's nothing but griping about network TV. And despite supposedly having deep pockets, when Sisonne's Hasegawa asked him, 'Come on, do a comedy skit,' Matsumoto pulled a sour face and made excuses like 'skits cost money' lol
It's a membership service, so concurrent viewers don't really matter.
Plenty of people probably watch the archive instead.
'Rapist Matsumoto' himself (a mocking nickname referencing the assault allegations against him) was obsessing over the live viewer count, so what do you mean it doesn't matter lol
The subscriber base is already at 'dying rural village' levels (i.e., nearly depopulated) — nobody's watching this stream, yet you're acting smug about how 'plenty watch the archive.'
It's starting to feel like he's using it as an excuse to dodge the broadcast.
Isn't it just that the earliest available slot based on his condition and the doctor's schedule happened to overlap?
I'd guess it's serious enough that they couldn't plan it out with plenty of lead time.
This time it's just reversing the colostomy, right?
I'd think prioritizing the stream would honestly be fine.
He's probably skipped the livestream about twice before for hospital-related reasons anyway.
He literally streamed himself scarfing down yakiniku, cake, and multiple bowls of curry right before this — quite something to say that.
Doesn't defending him like that feel painful even as you type it?
Well, 10 million subscribers is a lock, question is whether it hits 15 million.
You'd better brace for a steady 3 million concurrent viewers, so the servers — whatever they're using — better be solid, right? Right?!
Whoa, just streaming and raking it in, easy money lol
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Reality
Right before launch, the Matsu-shinja were talking big about how this subscription service would surpass Amazon Prime, Netflix, and even Disney+ lol
They were spouting nonsense like 'every comedian will move over to DOWNTOWN+, TV networks won't be able to make shows anymore, and every station will come crawling to Matsumoto on their knees, pale-faced.'
It's only going to keep shrinking — rough.
Pretty sure not a single one has.
If one did, the Matsu-shinja would be losing it, declaring victory and saying his TV comeback is imminent.
Plus it's not even trending on X.
Meanwhile, actress Nakamura Yuri…
Really makes you feel the cruelty of the world all over again. (a bitter contrast drawn with another entertainer's harder fate)
Background and Key Points of This Topic
“DOWNTOWN+” is the paid streaming service Matsumoto Hitoshi launched as a substitute for his absence from network television; when it first began, its large subscriber count made headlines, but in this thread the comments mainly pointed out how low the concurrent-viewer numbers are. Following the Shukan Bunshun magazine’s reports, Matsumoto suspended his activities, later underwent colorectal surgery and had a colostomy performed, and resumed streaming afterward — this latest surgery appears to be aimed at reversing that colostomy. The thread was split over whether the overlap between the surgery date and the streaming schedule was an “excuse” or simply an “unavoidable scheduling issue” dictated by the doctor’s availability — something that can’t be determined from the article alone. It should also be noted that no concrete figures for subscriber or concurrent-viewer counts appear in the article itself; the numbers discussed in the thread are purely speculation.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku+) thread “Matsumoto Hitoshi Reports Second Surgery, Will Miss September 19 “DOWNTOWN+” Livestream: “We Humbly Ask for Your Understanding and Cooperation”.”
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