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It was revealed via a post on X by Hiroyuki Nishimura himself that a livestream show will air on Fuwacchi at 8 PM on September 30, in which a challenger who manages to convince him will win 1 million yen worth of “Fuwacchi Points.” Challengers will give a five-minute presentation on the theme of “why I need 1 million yen,” and if Hiroyuki finds it convincing, they win the prize. Hiroyuki himself is calling for challengers, saying, “I like people who’ve got a screw loose.” On 5ch, attention centered on the show’s rules themselves, with comments like “Isn’t whether he’s convinced or not ultimately just down to Hiroyuki’s mood?” and “Isn’t it impossible to convince someone who won’t admit it even when he’s out-argued?”
Hiroyuki Nishimura (49), founder and former administrator of the anonymous online forum “2channel,” known online as Hiroyuki, updated his X account on the 9th, writing about the show “Win 1 Million Yen If You Can Convince Hiroyuki,” set to air on the livestreaming service Fuwacchi.
According to Fuwacchi, challengers will give a five-minute presentation on the theme of “why I need 1 million yen” and “why I want 1 million yen,” and if Hiroyuki is convinced by the content, they’ll be awarded 1 million yen worth of “Fuwacchi Points.” The show is set to livestream from 8 PM on the 30th.
In response, Hiroyuki showed his confidence, saying “I like people who’ve got a screw loose~,” as he called for challengers. Will anyone step up who can win over the King of Argument and walk away with the million yen?
Source: sanspo.com / Read the original article here
What people said
He calls himself the King of Argument precisely because he never concedes, no matter how flimsy his logic gets.
This is just going to come down to Hiroyuki's mood.
You'd get more out of a philosophical debate with a cat.
but "convincing" him is purely a matter of his mood — he'll just dodge and weave around it.
so this won't even qualify as a debate.
Entering something like this is just going to get you humiliated.
He's just some guy who dodges with sophistry and shifts the goalposts.
Yeah, they're not going to pick someone who'll just drag it into a mudslinging match aiming for a draw.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Hiroyuki is known as the founder of 2channel, and has earned the nickname “King of Argument” through debates on TV shows and online streams. What sets this show apart is that the condition isn’t “out-arguing” him, but “persuading him — getting Hiroyuki himself to be convinced.” On 5ch, the central point of debate was skepticism that this judging standard is left entirely to Hiroyuki’s own subjective feelings. Whether the show is designed to deliver a fair judgment or is simply an entertainment-driven “fixed match” can’t be determined from the original article alone — much of that is left to how viewers choose to interpret it. It’s also easy to overlook that what challengers prepare is a presentation on “why they need 1 million yen,” not a format where they compete head-to-head on a debate topic. The broadcast is scheduled for 8 PM on September 30 on Fuwacchi.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News Express+) thread “[Show] “Win 1 Million Yen If You Can Convince Hiroyuki” — You Too Can Challenge the King of Argument!“
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