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The story
A thread appeared on 5ch’s “Newsspeed VIP” board featuring “Mr. Chudoon,” an ASCII-art (AA) character beloved among horse racing fans. The thread live-blogged the day of the All Comers race — one poster celebrated nailing an exacta bet, while another, who’d hedged with a long-shot pick only to watch it factor into the finish instead of their favorite, lamented, “I let out a scream I’ve never made before.” When someone reported spotting a snake along the way, another replied, “That’s good luck.” Photos of an approaching typhoon and a chat about grape varieties kept the thread’s usual freewheeling banter going.
What people said
૮₍ ･᷇ ∀ ･᷆ ₎ა Yee-haw!
つ🎫✨と It was cheap, but I nailed the exacta!
(´🔎ω･`)っ🫚 After selling my soul to ginger, of course
つ✒📰
I wanted to go to Nigawa too
(´🔎ω･`)Thank you, thank you!
つ✒📰と Inside the building and near the finish line it's packed, but the leisure-sheet zone at the 4th corner is fairly relaxed
つ💩と
(´🔎ω･`)Take it home with you
つ✒📰と
./ *・ω・ヽCongrats!
(´🔎ω･`)Thanksies, thanksies
つ✒📰と
Λ_Λ
૮₍ ･᷇ ∀ ･᷆ ₎ა Bwahaha, honestly I was hoping Lemaire would take it
(´🔎ω･`)Is Bef Redi in the paddock?
つ✒📰と
૮₍ ･᷇ ∀ ･᷆ ₎ა In the end I never figured out who Mambo was
(´🔎ω･`)Right now I'm back at the leisure sheet, but
つ✒📰と I've been wandering around the paddock, the ticket machines, all over
I think I let out a scream I've never made before
(´🔎ω･`)You read it that well and it still went wrong… that's way too unlucky…
つ✒📰と
つ🌀と
__,.,,_
./ *・ω・ヽI want to see the sun again soon
Woohoo! ( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ )人( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ )
Woohoo! (｀・ω・)人(・ω・´)🕺
Work's been too busy for me to really keep up with it
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./ *・ω・ヽ"Jiro Sato poop"
what's that about?
Jiro Sato's been tweeting about poop on X lately, and it just happened to come up lol (Jiro Sato is a well-known Japanese actor)
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./ *・ω・ヽCracked me up
(´･ω･`)…
A dangerously popular favorite…
ミつ🔎✒📰ｽﾁｬ
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./ ・ω・ヽMambo
A yakitori place in Kamakura is underwater
(´･ω･`)Hideyoshi noooooo!
( `･Δ･´)Huh!?
It was Mambo all along?!
(´･ω･`)Nobody noticed, but the truth is — Mr.'s real identity was me, Mambo, all along!
Haven't seen a snake in ages
(´･ω･`)That's good luck
Robuchen! ( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ )人( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ )
Looking forward to the Kikuka Sho (｀・ω・)人(・ω・´)🐍 (Japan's equivalent of the St. Leger, a fall Triple Crown race)
(´･ω･`)I've only ever heard good things about it
つ🍚
That looks incredibly delicious
Is that a fig in the background of the second photo?
(ꐦ·᷅ὢ·᷄ꐦ )If you mean the fruit in front of the Hyoketsu can, that's grapes
I think it's called Queen Nina or something
I googled it — apparently it's an incredibly sweet grape variety
So it's Queen Nina, thanks for that
Learned something new today
つ🌀と
Background and Talking Points
“Mr. Chudoon,” who appears throughout the thread, is an ASCII-art (AA) character long beloved on 5ch’s “Newsspeed VIP” board, known for posting live commentary and bragging about betting slips on race days. The All Comers discussed here is a Grade 2 race held at Nakayama Racecourse, drawing attention each year as a tune-up ahead of the fall Grade 1 season. The “exacta” (umatan) mentioned in the posts is a bet requiring the top two finishers in exact order, which pays out well when it hits. The “scream” in post #31 appears to reflect a mix of shock and frustration after the poster’s favored combination missed while the horse they’d bought as a just-in-case pick ended up factoring into the result. As for the idea that spotting a snake brings good luck, that comes from folk belief holding snakes to be messengers of Benzaiten, a goddess of fortune — it has no scientific basis. It’s worth remembering these are all personal anecdotes posted to an anonymous message board, not independently verified facts.
※This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “(´🔎ω･`) A Day Off for ‘Betting-Slip Bomber’ Mr. Chudoon.”
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