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The story
On 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo” (Anything-Goes Live) board, there’s a regular late-night thread — running from deep on weeknights into the small hours — where self-described “NEETs” gather to chat live. This particular night was no exception: talk rambled from VTubers and anime/manga to reactions to the currently airing drama “Vivant,” and even pushback against the recurring claim that “manga is for kids, so adults should grow out of it.” Posts included one user confessing they’re 32 and don’t know much about manga, plus plenty of jokes riffing on the supposed link between being a NEET and being an anime expert — all giving the thread that unmistakable late-night-live-chat vibe.
What people said
Hi there Cutie-chan, Yumeme-chan, Yume-chan, Goki-Fuyu-chan, Cool-Yume-chan, good evening 🤥
It's cold out 🤥
Totally feels like autumn now 🤥🍂
Had a McDonald's Tsukimi ("moon-viewing") Burger for lunch today but ngl the Big Mac's still better 🤥
Gonna get a Big Mac next time 🤥
Guess I'll head to bed soon 🤥🌃✨
Everyone, bundle up and get some rest 🤥
Night night 🤥 see ya 🤥
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Mr. Bear, reeking of garlic — that's who I met, full bowel
Booger, bulging boner
Dangling sausage
Heave-ho, weiner!
Looks heavy, huh 😊
Is this the owner of that thing?
Re: #35
JoJo, so bizarre
Hakumei and Mikochi 😤
The one with the blue tanuki (Doraemon — he's actually a robot cat, but people joke he looks like a tanuki)
The whole "NEET so he knows anime" stereotype
Does becoming a NEET turn you into an anime scholar?
Pon-pon, supopon! (a silly sound-effect riff on "Ping Pong")
Super duper good
Then what DO you know about?
VTubers
I'm 32 and a NEET too, but I know stuff like Breaking Down (a reality fist-fighting show)
Shut up, kid
Background and the debate at hand
The “Nandemo Jikkyo” board where this thread appeared originally grew out of TV-live-commentary culture, but late at night it tends to turn into more of a general hangout for users with irregular sleep schedules than actual show commentary — which is exactly why posts from self-described “NEETs” cluster there. “Vivant,” the drama that came up, is currently airing on TBS; a request for impressions of that night’s episode got a glowing reply of “super duper good.” The claim that “manga is for kids, so adults should grow out of it” is one of those arguments that resurfaces online again and again — and true to form, it went no further than the retort “shut up, kid” before the thread drifted to the next topic without any real resolution. Note: posts naming real streamers for personal attacks, jokes hinting at drug use, and remarks mocking disability were excluded from this article.
※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (“Nandemo Jikkyo”) thread “Fellow NEETs, let’s do our best at being unemployed again tomorrow 🏡.”
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