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A thread appeared on 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board where a character built around the (っ´ω`c) emoticon grumbled, “I’ve already spent ¥6,000 this month… I’m in the red.” The discussion started out as users comparing notes on e-book purchases, supermarket shopping, and how many points they’d earned in Google’s rewards program, but it gradually wandered off into side topics like a poster’s bread-baking hobby (while living with their parents), gacha game character rankings, and screenshots of competitive game leaderboards. Rather than the thread title’s sense of financial urgency, what really carried the thread was the easygoing back-and-forth between posters.
What people said
(っ´ω`c) I've already spent ¥6,000 this month… I'm in the red…
(っ´ω`c) …I got 4
(っ´ω`c) Did you get the first-come-first-served 500 points from the Google Play event?
(っ´ω`c) Huh? I got it as Gold too — I'm Gold rank and I still got it
(っ´ω`c) What did you buy?
(っ´ω`c) Huh? E-books
(っ´ω`c) Nice dinner — sounds like it'd go great with rice
(ꐦ·᷅ὢ·᷄ꐦ ) What did you buy, exactly?
(っ´ω`c) Hunter x Hunter and Witch Watch
Don't blame me if you miss out
(っ´ω`c) Huh? Ronnie's that strong? What about Victor and Mina?
(っ´ω`c) I mean… yeah, true…
(っ´ω`c) Huh? What extra line? Which one?
So let's see~ Hard Fried Potato Chips (salted), Jagarico (cod roe flavor), baking powder, a coconut tapioca dessert, and Dars white chocolate (＾ω＾) I showered when I got home and pretty much ate it all (＾Ｏ＾)
Going out after so long was way too stimulating :(；ﾞﾟ'ωﾟ'):
(っ´ω`c) With all that, ¥1,000 actually feels cheap! Are you normally a homebody?
(ꐦ·᷅ὢ·᷄ꐦ ) …Just go to a net cafe and binge-read them
(っ´ω`c) Nah, it's fine. I bought them for the points anyway.
(っ´ω`c) Huh? Which part is that?
Both Victor and Mina are S-class
Ronnie's SS-class — pulling 300 times won't be a waste
(っ´ω`c) Yeah, I guess Ronnie was strong in the event too, come to think of it
(っ´ω`c) Nah, pachinko's scary so I don't go
(っ´ω`c) I'm fine, I already missed out on the 1000-point thing
Yeah exactly, it did feel a bit cheap (＾∇＾)
I've been holed up at home lately (p_-) — living with my parents, NEET life (( _ _ ))..zzzZZ
(っ´ω`c) Oh, I'm also unemployed and living with my parents. What do you do at home? Any hobbies?
Oh (^｡^) same here~! Let's get along~ ＾＾
I barely have any hobbies — mostly just lying around with YouTube playing in the background, browsing the net (u_u). Looking for something easy to get into
I've been a little into making simple bread lately (´∀｀*)
(っ´ω`c) Oh, bread-making is great, I love bread. Do you use a bread maker or something? That's a nice hobby to have
Bread's so good, right~ (^ ^) I make the kind with a short proofing time and fewer steps (´∀｀*) What are your hobbies?
Second from the top, there were 3 of us including myself at S- rank, and it felt like everyone with few mistakes gathered there
As expected, A-tier's 1st place was Kasuga, who won on luck alone
Overall I'm in the black, but I can't fully accept it since I had one garbage match early on where I had the highest evaluation but still came in 4th
(っ´ω`c) Huh, it's all 1st and 2nd place finishes, that's amazing, right?
Background and Key Points
It’s worth noting that this type of VIP thread follows a “role-play chat” format, where posters take on the persona of an emoticon character like (っ´ω`c) and report on small everyday happenings — there’s no specific source material or official setting behind it. The Google Points program that comes up is a real system where perks differ by rank, from Bronze up to Diamond, and the mismatch in posts #12 and #14 over what points you can claim even at the same “Gold” rank is a common point of confusion with that system. True to the freewheeling nature of a VIP chat thread, topics with no direct connection to money — like gacha game character tier lists and screenshots of competitive game rankings — keep getting mixed in, and the thread title’s theme of “I spent money” ends up mostly sidelined partway through. Rather than a confession of serious debt or overspending, the real appeal of this thread is the laid-back energy of people bonding over a few thousand yen a month.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “(っ´ω`c) I Went and Spent Money Again…“
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