Is 5ch’s ‘Nandemo Jikkyo’ Crowd Mostly Mid-40s? The ‘Value Zone (lol)’ Debate

Background and Key Points

“Value zone” is originally a marketing term for the price range that sells best within a given product category, and it’s easily confused with the similar-sounding “volume zone.” In the thread, the term was pasted twice to poke fun at the posters’ age bracket, prompting replies suggesting it was likely “just a mix-up” with “volume zone.” That said, there’s no objective data on the thread’s actual age demographics — it was simply a self-reported joke repeated for effect. There’s also a post claiming Hanshin pitcher Morishita has won three pennants in his four years with the team, but it gives no specific years or detailed stats — it’s a loose remark that just links his tenure to the team’s championship record. This kind of freewheeling “Nandemo Jikkyo” chat thread is characterized less by digging deep into any one topic than by a steady stream of disconnected bits — baseball, figures, shortages of everyday goods — and this thread is a typical example of that format.