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The story
A thread titled the “Big Boozing Festival” appeared on 5ch’s News VIP board, live-blogging two straight days of drinking with seared bonito (katsuo tataki) as the snack. A string of commenters questioned the freshness of the posted sashimi photos based on their color, prompting the original poster (OP) to repeatedly fire back, “It’s not spoiled!” and “The color’s gorgeous today!” Other users posted their own neatly plated bonito dishes for comparison, drawing jabs about the OP’s lifestyle. Toward the end, the OP also showed off an Ultraman figure collection, steering the thread into topics beyond drinking snacks.
What people said
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Chug sloppy and pass out already!
(´;ω;`) Of course I'm drinking!!!!!!!!!!
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(´;ω;`) That first-thing-in-the-morning, super-strong shochu is really soaking into my body… feels amazing right now
(´;ω;`) Hyper Ultra Straight!!!! (comeback slang, playing off the 'gay' jab)
(´;ω;`) Well, it's the half-price one I bought last night
It was really delicious ♡
(´;ω;`) Nice! Seared bonito really is good
(´;ω;`) It's not spoiled!!!! The color's gorgeous today
(´;ω;`) I only drink once every two weeks!!!
That's way too healthy
(´;ω;`) I'll be waiting!
(´・ω・`) Now THIS is seared bonito
Not spoiled 👍
I'm not great at plating…
But bonito this time of year is genuinely delicious no matter where it's from!!
(´;ω;`) That's so legit, amazing…
(´・ω・`) Sounds like a proper household
Such beautiful plating and dishware
Re: #39
(´・ω・`) ………I can see the bare minimum of a life in there……
(´;ω;`) Mine's not spoiled either!!!!! Look, vivid color, right?
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If you shine light on it from a different angle it'll probably glow rainbow
૮₍ ･ω･ ₎აHere you go
(´;ω;`) That Kyoto Tower-nii thing (probably a nickname tied to the photo) is wild….
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Ate so much bonito again this year! Counting the ones I didn't photograph, the frequency is honestly nuts lol
(´;ω;`) Whoa!! Looks delicious! Love the stylish plating
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Where do you even buy stuff like this?
૮₍ ･ω･ ₎აWhat's with this red teru-teru-bozu (the weather-charm doll) here?
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That's dripping with oil
Background and Talking Points
Bonito comes into season in autumn as “kudari-gatsuo” (the fattier, southbound-migrating fish), a time when more people eat it as sashimi or seared tataki, and this thread was essentially a seasonal live-blog of drinking snacks. Where opinions split was between commenters who doubted the freshness of the posted sashimi photos based on their color, and the OP, who insisted it “wasn’t spoiled” — a dispute that’s genuinely hard to settle from photos alone, since color in an image doesn’t reliably indicate actual freshness. There was also a moment where the OP’s seared bonito got compared to other users’ neatly plated versions, with the comparison shifting focus from the food itself to how put-together each person’s home life looked. The posts ran from early morning into the late morning, worth reading with the fact in mind that drinking continuously from dawn through dusk on what appears to be a weekday falls well outside a typical daily rhythm.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (News VIP) thread “(´;ω;`) Starting the Big Boozing Festival Right Now!!!!!!!!!!.”
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