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The story
The thread’s original poster (OP) is an unemployed only child. His mother, acting on a recommendation from the brokerage Toyo Securities, poured nearly all of her assets into Kioxia stock, and the portfolio’s value has sunk from an initial ¥35 million to ¥28 million. Despite having been badly burned by Toshiba stock in the past, the mother is again refusing to sell. The OP pleaded that “if you die, the inheritance shrinks and that’s a problem for me,” which touched off an argument with his mother — according to a post on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board. Commenters were split: some dismissed the story as “usomatsu” (slang for an obviously made-up post) given how precisely the OP knew his mother’s finances and how unusual it would be for an amateur to dump everything into one stock, while others sympathized.
What people said
Me: "If you die, that's ¥6 million gone — do you have any idea how much trouble that causes me? Stop investing right now."
Because I'm an only child
I figured even if my parents died there'd still be ¥35 million
but it's already dropped to ¥28 million
That's an amount you could make back in 2 years if you just got a job
It'll probably be down even more tomorrow
Please, I begged her, just sell it and put it in savings
I screamed that I need the money for my certification studies
but she won't sell
She's trading with cash, so there's no margin loss to worry about
Apparently she bought Toshiba stock ages ago, it became worthless, and she sold
Now she looks at Toshiba's current stock price and sees it's gone back up
and she can't let that go, so she brings it up every single time
I'm telling you, it's true
but the jobs are basically only in Tokyo
which means I'd have to rent an apartment there
Actually, even if I get certified, I'm not the type who can hold down a job
How am I even supposed to live from here on out
I'm currently in a house out in the countryside that's worth basically nothing
Oh, so you're the 'one certification will turn my whole life around' type of NEET, huh 💥👋
Bad wording on my part, but even with an unrealized loss, if she sells the actual shares there's still money left over, right?
That's exactly the point — that leftover money is about to become a ¥7 million loss, that's why I'm pissed
My family's all highly educated and my dad's dead
but they're still pinning their hopes on me, it's hilarious
I'm basically like Kioxia stock
still being told 'it'll go up eventually'
It's all true though
She already dumped almost the entire amount in at once, so there's nothing left to average down with
There are things more important than money, you know
No, this time she's the one betrayed by Kioxia
I've only got ¥2 million myself
Right now you're just getting tagged as delusional, can't blame people
No, it's true
Just reply assuming it's true
I'm using this for reference
She was recommended it by Toyo Securities
The money she's doing all this with is what my dad earned before he died 3 years ago
I gave her hell about that, nagging her over and over
You should've said something before it blew up into a huge deal
Some of this is on you too
That's not going to carry this thread to the finish
My 'college student' version would've been better
No, it's not a 'backstory'
NandG (the "Nandemo Jikkyo" board) is full of liars
so lame replies like 'it's just a bit' or 'it's a made-up setup' really stand out
Just because you're a liar doesn't mean you get to call everyone else one, jackass
Background and Key Points of This Story
Kioxia is a major NAND flash memory maker that listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market in December 2023, and the semiconductor memory market has seen heavy price swings amid AI-driven demand. What drew skepticism in the thread was that an individual investor had concentrated the bulk of her assets into a single stock recommended by her brokerage — the opposite of basic portfolio diversification. The OP’s repeated argument that “if my parents’ assets shrink, I’m the one who suffers” also split opinion, with some criticizing him for building his life around a future inheritance, and others arguing that concern over the mother’s investment judgment should be weighed separately. Even factoring in her past loss on Toshiba stock, the post doesn’t make clear why the mother is refusing to sell this time, and the conflict appears to stem at least partly from an information gap between mother and son.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (“Nandemo Jikkyo G” board) thread “Unemployed Me Has a Huge Fight With My Mother Who Blew ¥6 Million on Kioxia.”
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