Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

YouTuber Shibata (1.13 million subscribers) reported on October 10 on the response to a video he’d made about “Teshima Ryokan,” a cat-rescue inn in Yamaguchi Prefecture — and in the process revealed that the 20-year-old cat he keeps at his parents’ home has become bedridden. He described his feelings, saying, “I realized this is really it, and I ended up crying a little.” The news set off a thread on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Hōchi+ board, where many commenters sympathized by sharing their own experience nursing aging cats, while others took a colder view, suggesting he’s cashing in on a dying cat for content — reactions were sharply split.

On October 10, “Shibata” (1.13 million subscribers) posted a video titled “Huge Response to the Cat-Rescue Ryokan — Thank You So Much.” In it, he reported on the reaction to the cat-rescue inn he’d featured earlier, while also sharing an update on his 20-year-old cat back at his parents’ house.

The feature video led to hundreds of T-shirts sold and homes found for kittens

Shibata had previously featured “Teshima Ryokan” in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which runs cat-rescue activities, highlighting its work and the inn’s charm.

Source: yutura.net / Original article here

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Hōchi+) thread “Shibater’s 20-Year-Old Cat Is Bedridden: “I Realized This Is Really It, and I Ended Up Crying a Little”.”

A predicted lineup for NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen (late-October version) was posted on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, and reactions poured in after Juice=Juice — long a fixture on these prediction lists — was missing from it. The thread filled up with comparisons citing each group’s monthly Spotify listener counts and 2026 attendance figures, with some pointing out that the group had been given a music-show slot by their agency but failed to deliver results, and others analyzing that they’d fallen behind groups that debuted during the COVID era. Some also speculated they might still slide into the slot left open by FRUITS ZIPPER’s hiatus, so opinions were split.

※This article was composed by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Juice=Juice Apparently Just Got Dropped From the Kohaku Predicted Lineup…“

B’z guitarist Tak Matsumoto appeared on TBS’s “Sunday Hatsumimigaku” on the 11th, and GLAY’s TAKURO — someone who knows Matsumoto well — appeared via VTR. TAKURO revealed words his senior Matsumoto once said to him: “We’re not celebrities.” On the 5ch Entertainment/Sports News+ board, the remark sparked a debate over where to draw the line on whether singers count as “celebrities” (tarento), with posters citing musicians who also do TV/variety work as counterexamples. The thread also branched out into talk about the roots of GLAY’s popularity and B’z’s songs.

GLAY’s TAKURO on a Warning From His “Senior,” B’z’s Tak Matsumoto: “We’re Not Celebrities”

Tak Matsumoto, guitarist of the popular rock duo B’z, appeared on TBS’s “Sunday Hatsumimigaku” on the 11th.

GLAY’s TAKURO, someone who knows Matsumoto well, appeared via VTR and revealed words Matsumoto once said to him.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] GLAY’s TAKURO on a Warning From Senior B’z’s Tak Matsumoto: “We’re Not Celebrities”.”