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The story
On Friday, October 30, 2026, a thread titled “I wanna drink starting from noon~” went up on 5ch’s News VIP board, where anonymous posters checked in over time to report on their daytime drinking. The thread’s original poster revealed they’d been unable to sleep and had kept drinking straight through to dawn, while a regular known as “Yodare-san” (lit. “Mr./Ms. Drool”) shot back that they’d started drinking again at 3 a.m. Another poster cut work short to head to the 24-hour seafood izakaya “Isomaru Suisan,” where they were stunned by the size of the sashimi platter they ordered with a birthday coupon. There was no real point of contention — the thread simply unfolded as a friendly, ongoing contest of day-drinking reports.
What people said
Oh, Yodare-san, you drinking too?
Yep (^q^) since early this morning
Sorry to keep you waiting
I ended up only dozing off last night, so I couldn't really sleep and just kept drinking until late
That's how it goes (^q^) Mind if I sit next to you?
Held off on booze yesterday (^q^) ←this guy, today it's an all-out drinking spree
Sure, go right ahead
An all-out drinking spree sounds great
How much have you had so far?
Thanks (^q^) up we go, heave-ho (^q^)
v(^q^)v since 3 a.m.
If I die, I die, I'm fine with that
I'm not drinking with half-hearted feelings
Guess you don't need to go to the hospital anymore then lol
Though it'd be sad if you couldn't talk anymore
Lol ("草," 5ch slang for laughing)
3 a.m. is about when I went to bed
So you've been drinking for like 12 hours
I'm amazed you can drink that much
Yeah (^q^)
I went a whole day without booze yesterday (^q^) but couldn't sleep anyway, so since I'm off today there's nothing to do but drink (^q^) and so, late-night start
Yodare-san's a real warrior lol
I wanna be like that too
Is it whiskey the whole time?
Wish I were something cooler (^q^)
Yep (^q^) get drunk, pass out, it's super fun v(^q^)v
It's just no more than what I already said
Thanks for worrying about me~
Love ya ♡
I'm jealous
I wanna be like that too
I'll do my best to catch up
Seriously, don't (^q^) lol
But that kindness really hits home
Nice, nice!
What kind of place is even open at this hour?
Curious if it's an Isomaru Suisan-type izakaya or just one of those places that opens early
It's literally Isomaru Suisan!
It's a bar district so plenty of places run time-limited deals, but for some reason I ended up at Isomaru
Because I got a birthday coupon
Isomaru Suisan's handy since it's open 24 hours
The tabletop grills with the open flame are nice too
If you're in a bar district, hitting Isomaru Suisan first and then a regular izakaya for round two is a solid move
Is today your birthday?
Ended up drinking a whole beer with nothing to go with it
Same lol
Though the first drink always goes down fast, right?
You should order the sashimi platter
Then go for it, like Yodare-san lol
Ordered the sashimi platter with my birthday coupon and a huge one showed up
This is definitely not meant for drinking alone
Nice, nice!
That sashimi platter should keep you drinking for a while
What are you having next?
Thanks~
Lately all I can manage is slow, aimless drinking
I can't even get drunk
I don't even know what I'm drinking for anymore lol
Slow, aimless drinking is my favorite (^q^)
Why can't you get drunk though?
It's my birthday month
It's the end of the month though, so it already feels like ages ago
Oh, the month — yeah, that makes sense, can't exactly pin it to one day
Happy birthday!
Ordered my third and fourth beers
And they're already here
That's a quick pace lol
Well, if you don't go fast early on you won't get drunk
Team Beer, huh
I only make my first drink a beer, then switch to shochu or sake to actually get drunk
That's impressive
I barely ever clean
Catch up to and overtake Yodare-san
Don't let Isomaru Suisan get ahead of me
That's it
My pace's slowing down a bit
On my fifth drink but sipping some tea too
Guess I'll be needing the bathroom soon?
Once the first wave hits, it just keeps coming after that
Cheers!
I think you should stop copying other people's emoticons
Nah, that's not it (^q^) I don't really care who used it first
Though if someone told me to quit copying, I'd get wrecked for it (^q^)
I've just been using it this whole time without even knowing… ＼(;q;)／
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Exchanges using ASCII-art emoticons like “(^q^)” are a long-running part of 5ch VIP board culture, and the thread’s lighthearted jab — “you should stop copying other people’s emoticons” — is a good example of that tradition. This isn’t a thread about any particular incident or policy; it’s a classic VIP-style “live-reporting” thread, where several anonymous posters who started drinking at midday check in over time with updates like “how many drinks in am I” and “which bar am I at,” with no real point of disagreement driving it. The highlights are the small, everyday details that pile up — things like the realities of 24-hour izakayas like Isomaru Suisan, or a poster’s own surprise at the size of the sashimi platter they ordered with a birthday coupon. A few comments about worrying over liver and pancreas health come up too, but they’re tossed off as drinking-table banter rather than serious concerns, and the thread doesn’t involve any specific incident or individual.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (News VIP) thread “I wanna drink starting from noon~.”
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