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The story
A thread popped up on 5ch’s News Speed VIP board where the kaomoji character “Pomii” got everyone talking about their love of sweets. In response to a poster who wanted to eat an entire roll cake in one sitting, another poster shared that they now avoid sweets because of diabetes — revealing along the way that they’d gone from 110kg to 56kg and put their diabetes into remission. The thread rolled on with everyone chiming in with their own favorites, from drinking Calpis mixed extra strong, to Rairaitei’s tantanmen, chestnut rakugan, and Capriko, keeping things friendly and lighthearted throughout.
What people said
(*´ω｀*) So that means ohagi counts too, huh
here, have one 🟤
(っ´ω`c) Aw, man (he said "gay-kun" — VIP-board slang for addressing a fellow poster, not literal)? That's rough… how'd you end up with diabetes?
was Calpis mixed extra strong
(っ´ω`c) Yeah, that stuff really is sweet. I've always wanted to just chug it straight from the bottle
(´;ω;`) I've been seriously overweight for as long as I can remember, so it was kind of bound to happen… I used to eat three go of rice every night (about 1.6 lbs)… but now I've worked hard dieting, gone from 110kg to 56kg, and my diabetes is in remission
(っ´ω`c) Wow, that's an amazing diet success! Shame you can't eat ice cream though, or you'll end up with diabetes again… diabetes is scary… really scary
(´;ω;`) You should watch out too, Pomii, if you only eat sweets — that's risky… if you're seriously overweight and get diabetes you can improve a lot just by losing weight, but apparently if you're naturally thin and still get it, it's way tougher
(っ´ω`c) Guess you really do need to exercise regularly after all. Good luck at work, man
(´;ω;`) 👍 Thanks, I'll do my best
(っ´ω`c) I want to be friends. We should meet up in person sometime
(っ´ω`c) Oh, "yaba-tantanmen" huh (a pun on yabai, meaning "insanely good")? Was it tasty?
Rairaitei's tantanmen —
some people say it's bad, but I think it's delicious
(っ´ω`c) Ooh, roll cake is great too
I want to eat one whole, start to finish, at least once in this life
(っ´ω`c) Didn't know Mister Donut sold stuff like that. Just looking at it makes me break a sweat
how about your place, Pomii?
(っ´ω`c) Pouring rain here too
loved it as a kid, but these days my body just rejects it
(っ´ω`c) Seriously? I could eat two, even three pieces of shortcake no problem
(っ´ω`c) Nah, I'm not gonna
(っ´ω`c) "Sweets" (lol)
(っ´ω`c) Nice. Roll cake counts as chocolate too, huh
(っ´ω`c) Nice, so you're gonna eat them all by yourself? One roll a day?
(っ´ω`c) Ah, I see. By "individually-wrapped," you mean the kind sliced into rounds?
(っ´ω`c) Looks tasty
What's this, looks delicious
Re: #118
(ꐦ·᷅ὢ·᷄ꐦ ) It's chestnut rakugan (a dry pressed sugar-and-rice-flour sweet)
There it is, rakugan —
a solid lump of sugar
Rakugan, huh! I thought it might be something like monaka (a wafer-and-bean-paste sweet)
but yeah, rakugan really is good
(っ´ω`c) Capriko looks tasty! (Glico's cone-shaped snack)
Background and Talking Points
Kaomoji like (っ´ω`c) and (´;ω;`) are long-running “characters” on 5ch’s News Speed VIP board — regulars reuse these fixed personas to keep casual chats going. This thread’s “Pomii” is one such character, and here the star of the show is sweets talk itself rather than any particular incident or controversy. The only thing resembling actual “information” in the thread is one poster’s account of losing weight from 110kg to 56kg and putting their diabetes into remission, plus a follow-up claiming that “diabetes caused by obesity tends to improve a lot with weight loss, but diabetes in naturally thin people tends to be more serious.” It’s worth noting this isn’t a medically verified statement — just an anonymous poster’s self-report. The thread overall has no conflict or debate; it stays a relaxed chat with everyone simply naming their favorite sweets.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed VIP) thread “(っ´ω`c) Pomii & Co.: I Really Love Sweets.”
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