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The story
Former idol Yui Asaka (56) announced on Instagram that she missed a step and injured her ankle during a live show at Billboard Live in Yokohama on the 19th, and was diagnosed with damage to the anterior and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligaments. Because the injury is still affecting her, she says she’ll perform mostly seated at her Osaka show on the 26th. On 5ch, many commenters sympathized over the everyday injuries that come with age, while others reminisced about her signature hit “C-Girl,” and the thread also drifted into a tangent about the average age of 5ch users.
Yui Asaka (56) updated her Instagram on the 24th, reporting that she “twisted my foot and got injured while going down some stairs” during a live show at Billboard Live YOKOHAMA on the 19th. She explained that the diagnosis came back as “damage to the anterior and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligaments.”
Because of the injury, she explained that her Billboard Live Osaka show on the 26th “will likely mean singing almost entirely seated.” She added, “The stage will look a little different from usual, but my feeling that I want to deliver these songs to you hasn’t changed. I want to put my heart into every single song again this time and make it a show you can enjoy, so please come to the venue without worry. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in Osaka.”
Both anterior and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligament damage are said to heal in about two to four weeks if it’s a mild sprain, four to eight weeks for a moderate partial tear, and three to six months for a full recovery from a severe complete tear — since she’s still able to perform, the injury appears to be on the milder end. Asaka apologized, saying, “Lastly… I’m truly sorry for the worry and trouble this has caused my fans and everyone involved.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
On 5ch there's a lot of generation-bashing — "boomers are the problem," "the ice-age generation," "the relaxed-education generation," "gen Z is the problem"
But the main demographic on 5ch is probably people in their 50s to mid-60s who don't fit any of those labels
Come on, isn't that a bit too old, lol
I'd say the 5ch mainstream is more the generation of guys like Kimutaku and Nakai (idols Takuya Kimura and Masahiro Nakai) — the baby-boomer-junior crowd in their late 40s/50s
Doesn't that need surgery?
Sounds like a bit out of Yasutomo's manzai act (a comedian known for slapstick routines)
"Now listen here, honey~"
Once you're old, you can seriously hurt yourself just going about ordinary daily life
Gotta be careful on stairs
I once tried to hop a guardrail, got caught on it instead, and got hit by a dump truck
"Cecile" is the real classic
She's actually had five No. 1 songs (including ones released under the name Kazama Three Sisters)
Fans are the ones who show up when you're in a pinch
She breaks something every single year at this point
I think it's supposed to be the main character from "Bonjour Tristesse"
It's common to throw your back out just from climbing some stairs
Going up is one thing, but going down is scary
That's because people get weaker every time they grow older
Background and key points of this story
The anterior and posterior inferior tibiofibular ligaments connect the bones of the ankle and are commonly injured in sprains. As the article notes, a mild sprain typically heals in two to four weeks, while even a full tear takes at most three to six months — and since she herself says she can go ahead with the Osaka show seated, the injury looks relatively mild rather than something requiring surgery. Rather than misreading it as a fracture, the thread mostly centered on sympathy for the everyday injuries that come with age, along with nostalgia for her 1980s hit “C-Girl,” without much push toward sensationalizing it as a serious medical case. That said, the discussion also veered off into a tangent about the core age group of 5ch’s user base, making this a thread that wandered fairly far from its main topic.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Yui Asaka injures anterior & posterior inferior tibiofibular ligaments at Yokohama live show, will perform seated in Osaka.”
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