Japan Reacts

Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

  • SoftBank clinches title No. 3 in a row, sweeping Orix 3-0 in their head-to-head series — 5ch: “A three-peat starting from year one as manager is incredible”

    On September 17, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks beat Orix 7-1 to clinch their third straight Pacific League pennant. For Orix, it was a bitter way to see the title decided — swept 3-0 in the head-to-head series against the champions. On 5ch threads, users noted that the on-field celebration felt more subdued than in past years, and discussion turned to manager Hiroki Kokubo pulling off three consecutive league titles starting from his very first year in charge. Posters also recalled past managers who achieved a three-peat starting from year one, name-checking Seibu’s Watari Mori and Orix’s Hiroshi Nakajima, sparking some nostalgic trips through baseball history.

    SoftBank　0 0 0　 0 0 4　 0 0 3｜7

    Orix 　　0 1 0　 0 0 0　 0 0 0｜1

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    Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here

    2AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:12
    Report any harassment from trolls posing as fans of (Fighters manager) Shinjo


    The team's report form:
    https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/company/note_inquiry.html
    178AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:38
    Re: #2
    Yeah, I'm with this one lol
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:14
    The way the players celebrated the moment they clinched felt kind of off
    Not much energy to it
    Even the guys running in from the bench to mob the mound
    were taking their time about it
    28AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:16
    Re: #15
    It's been obvious for a while now that it was just a matter of when they'd clinch, so the title itself wasn't a surprise
    Plus this year there's a good chance they face Yokohama again, so nobody's thrilled about drawing the 3rd-place team as a "safe" matchup
    32AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:16
    Hiroshima, Orix, the Hawks, and maybe Hanshin next year — there've been a lot of three-peats lately
    42AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:17
    Re: #32
    Hanshin's got that posting-system issue with their core players hanging over them
    Well, Hanshin won't let it go easily, but the players will probably fight it out to the end too
    44AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:17
    Still, neither RKB nor KBC (the local Fukuoka radio stations) show the slightest respect for other teams
    57AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:19
    Re: #44
    Back when Sugiura was doing commentary,
    if an announcer said something belittling about the opposing team
    he'd call them out for it right there on air
    A true gentleman
    50AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:18
    Re: #46
    Thanks. So he'd come all the way to Osaka, huh
    98AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:24
    Re: #50
    Sounds like Chairman Oh wasn't there
    78AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:21
    So Orix ends up pitching in SoftBank's championship-clinching game this season
    They weren't exactly losing badly to the Hawks all year, but getting swept 3-0 in the deciding series stings
    81AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:22
    Re: #78
    Yesterday's game really did them in though
    83AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:22
    CHAMPIONS, BABY!!!!!!!!!! ("yuushou-bai" — Hakata dialect for "we won!")
    Thanks to the umps too!!!!!!!!
    121AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:27
    Re: #83
    But it's really only Fukuoka that's hyped about this, right?
    If it's boring, it's boring
    129AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:28
    Re: #121
    Nah, there's zero excitement at all
    I've been a Hawks fan since the 80s myself
    and this year just feels off
    85AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:22
    Is Kokubo the only manager to win 3 straight league titles starting from his first year in charge?
    I don't think the Giants' Kawakami won it in his first year either, did he
    128AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:28
    Re: #85
    Mori did that too, didn't he
    151AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:31
    Re: #85
    Seibu's Mori and Orix's Nakajima both did it
    Though Nakajima became acting manager partway through the 2020 season, so technically his three-peat started from his second year
    88AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:23
    MVP should go to the umpires lol
    101AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:25
    This doesn't feel like the pace of a thread for a clinched championship at all
    107AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:25
    Re: #101
    They can't even celebrate for a single moment, can they
    110AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:26
    Back in the day, Daiei stores used to run sales whenever the team won the pennant
    These days there's basically no perk at all
    124AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:27
    Re: #110
    Around here it's unrelated local companies that run the sales now, so other regions don't get anything
    Back in the Daiei days there were sales nationwide — and the funniest part was that during the Japan Series they lost to Hanshin in, the store with the country's top championship-sale revenue was the one right next to Koshien Stadium, Hanshin's own home turf
    112AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:26
    We already know they're strong, so now I just want Kondo and Masaki to each hit 30 home runs

    Background and talking points

    SoftBank’s pennant win on this day appears to have been all but decided well in advance in the Pacific League standings, which seems to be behind the repeated comments about the celebration feeling “muted” — it had the air of a game played out after the race was already settled. There is also precedent for a manager winning three straight league titles starting from his first year in charge: Seibu’s Watari Mori and Orix’s Hiroshi Nakajima (though some point out Nakajima’s run effectively started from his second year), and Kokubo’s three-peat is being discussed as the latest addition to that list. The thread also included comments pointing to gaps in team payroll and passing references to sign-stealing suspicions, though none of these came with concrete evidence, and this article does not treat them as established fact. On the muted celebrations, posters also noted a temperature difference between Fukuoka and other regions in how the title win was received — a good illustration of how differently pennant-clinching news lands depending on where you’re watching from.

    ※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku+) thread “[Baseball] Pacific League B 1-7 H [9/17] Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks clinch the pennant — three-peat achieved! Orix swept 3-0.”

  • Hideo Kojima Makes Surprise Appearance at XBOX Fanfest Tokyo, Unveils New Visuals for PHYSINT

    Director Hideo Kojima made a surprise appearance at XBOX Fanfest Tokyo, and new visuals along with additional cast members for his upcoming title “PHYSINT” were revealed on X (formerly Twitter). On the 5ch “Hardware/Industry (Geha)” board, opinions were divided: some were frustrated that no actual gameplay footage was shown, with the reveal limited to live-action visuals and cast announcements; others debated the merits of using live-action actors as a directing technique; and still others speculated about Xbox’s exclusivity strategy and the rollout of the Switch 2.

    1AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:09
    That's all from the scene, back to you in the studio (a stock sign-off phrase from TV field reporters, used here as a joke).
    2AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:10
    There's just no aura to it.
    6AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:12
    Re: #2
    Nice one, flip-flop hater, lolololol
    What's done is done, pal, lolololol (lit. "spilled water won't return to the tray")
    12AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:15
    They're ramping up exclusivity from here on, so Forza Horizon 6 and Gears E-Day aren't coming to PS5, you know? Lol
    Asha probably came all the way to Tokyo just to hear Kojima's grievances behind closed doors.
    No way they'd put their own first-party titles on that platform after that, lol
    So there you go, Mr. Barrier — nice try, lolololol
    66AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:34
    Re: #12
    Even if they wanted to bring Gears out, it'd never get past CERO anyway lol (CERO: Japan's game ratings board)
    14AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:15
    If Microsoft can't see this through to the end and ends up kicking him out, they'll get engulfed in flames way worse than Sony's ever been.
    20AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:17
    Re: #14
    Why would the people bashing Kojima right now suddenly turn around and start bashing Microsoft instead? Lol
    If it happens a third time, that'll just mean Kojima gets bashed even harder lol
    31AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:21
    If Kojima brings a peace offering along the lines of admitting Death Stranding (nicknamed "the Barrier") barely sold at all, I guess we could grant him docking rights on the one true platform, Switch 2.
    61AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:32
    Re: #31
    Before that happens, won't Sony want to recoup its development costs by bringing Death Stranding stuff to Switch 2 — maybe under the Bandai Namco label?
    34AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:22

    Doesn't feel like it has any aura at all


    And yet this one actually got me excited
    46AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:27
    Re: #34
    The moment I found out he was casting real-life actors, I couldn't get hyped for it at all.
    Kojima's changed.
    I really hate it when he uses real people as a way to dodge actually creating original characters.
    35AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:22
    What a wild event, bringing in some super-huge famous influencer and all.

    101AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:50
    Re: #35
    Who's that?
    Kind of feel bad for the fans who didn't get picked for this.
    36AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:23
    If we don't even get one screenshot of actual gameplay, we're just gonna forget about it.
    Are they seriously going to keep doing a surprise appearance every year until the game actually comes out?
    40AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:25
    Re: #36
    He only got as far as doing scans with Sony's equipment — nothing had actually progressed, which is why he got cut loose.
    The fact that they didn't force him to delete the scan data is already a pretty generous concession.
    49AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:28
    Hideo Kojima @Kojima_Hideo (2026/09/17 19:55:35)
    Here's the cast we can announce so far for "PHYSINT." More amazing cast reveals are still to come — look forward to it! 🔥🔥🔥
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSadDsYakAAPqE6.jpg
    https://x.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/2100539157433233556

    Hideo Kojima @Kojima_Hideo (2026/09/17 19:37:47)
    Here are the new visuals for "PHYSINT"! 🔥🔥🔥
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSaZJ6obcAAHBvS.jpg
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSaZJ6qaQAA46_c.jpg
    https://x.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/2100534676280717755
    57AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:31
    Re: #49
    Nah, this is basically a movie at this point lol
    Is he even making a game? Lol
    70AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:36
    Re: #49
    I want to hope for a gritty, macho spy game like the Snake days, but it's rough when it gets compared to that.
    54AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:29
    Yep, this is definitely gonna be a "movie game."
    68AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:35
    Re: #54
    The die-hards who still defend MGS4 even though it has nearly 10 hours of cutscenes — longer than the actual playtime — aren't going to be fazed by a bit of movie footage.
    Honestly, holding a Back to the Future 1-2-3 marathon would be more worthwhile.
    55AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:31
    It's not really the era anymore where a star-studded cast alone can pull in an audience.
    63AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:32
    Re: #55
    Is this cast even "star-studded"? Never even heard of them.
    65AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:33
    Re: #60
    Exactly — and that hypothetical "third time" would be the perfect excuse to bash the other platform.
    75AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:36
    Re: #65
    I get why Sony would get bashed — like "how dare you toss aside the guy who kept giving us ammo to bash you with!"
    But is there actually a reason for Microsoft to get bashed if they cut Kojima loose?
    80AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:39
    Re: #75
    Even without a real reason, those people will just cook up some twisted logic to bash anyway… you'd think you'd have seen that plenty on Geha by now.
    89AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:45
    Re: #80
    I get what you're saying, but at that point it's not even about Kojima anymore.

    Actually, now would be the perfect time to troll:
    "Oh, so you actually wanted that washed-up old has-been creator, huh, lol"
    "Guess even the Xbox fanboys wanted to play Metal Gear after all, lol"
    "Table scraps, lolololol"
    something like that
    91AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:46
    Re: #89
    Every Metal Gear except 4 has already come out on it, and even 4 just broke out of its "PlayStation prison" with this latest remaster…
    Are you visiting from a parallel universe or something?
    98AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:48
    Re: #91
    Oh, sorry — Metal Gear 2 was so bad I stopped following the series, my bad for not knowing.
    96AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:47
    This guy's really good at working the political angle, isn't he…
    100AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:49
    Re: #96
    I don't think someone who's actually good at working the room gets dropped and then immediately fires off a tweet summoning his fan funnels (a Gundam reference for siccing your followers on people) lol

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    As background to this thread: there had previously been talk of a partnership between Kojima Productions and Xbox, and with the outcome of that still unclear, his appearance at XBOX Fanfest Tokyo left many wondering “why is he standing on an Xbox stage now?” — and that confusion became the starting point for the discussion. The debate largely split into two focal points. One was how the new title “PHYSINT” was presented, with frustration that the reveal centered on live-action visuals and cast announcements while no actual gameplay footage was shown. The other was speculation over whether future development would be centered on Xbox or PlayStation. Opinions on the use of live-action actors were also split, with some welcoming it as an extension of the directing style honed in the “Metal Gear Solid” series, and others viewing it as an avoidance of creating original characters. The long development time, a byproduct of the project’s large scale, was also a topic of discussion, with the lack of further updates feeding the unease.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) board thread “Director Hideo Kojima Makes a Surprise Appearance at XBOX Fanfest Tokyo! The Venue Erupts with Joy!.”

  • J.League’s ¥4.5 Billion Deficit Was Planned Investment — 5ch: ‘They Tapped Into ¥12.4 Billion in Reserves’

    On the 17th, the J.League announced its financial results for the fiscal period ending June 2026 (an irregular half-year covering January–June), reporting ordinary revenue of ¥17.249 billion against ordinary expenses of ¥21.817 billion, for a deficit of ¥4.5768 billion. Under the ‘principle of medium-term financial balance’ required of public-interest incorporated associations, the league says it drew down roughly ¥12.4 billion in accumulated cash reserves for its ‘largest-ever planned advance investment,’ funding fan-expansion measures and subsidies for clubs in snowy regions. On 5ch, reactions to the deficit split between posters explaining and defending the accounting rules unique to public-interest corporations, and others mixing in jabs at baseball fans to make light of it.

    September 17, 2026, 17:02 — Soccer

    On the 17th, the J.League reported its financial results for the fiscal period ending June 2026 (an irregular half-year running January to June) at its general members’ meeting, posting a deficit of ¥4.5768 billion. Ordinary revenue came to ¥17.249 billion, against ordinary expenses of ¥21.817 billion.

    In line with the ‘principle of medium-term financial balance’ required of public-interest incorporated associations, the J.League carried out advance investment by making effective use of roughly ¥12.4 billion in cash reserves built up from past operations. It designated the 18 months from the fiscal period ending June 2026 through the one ending June 2027 as a concentrated investment period, pushing forward its largest-ever planned investment, including fan-expansion measures and subsidies for clubs in snowy regions.

    Source: sponichi.co.jp / Original article here

    2AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:08
    Why's the J.League itself, the so-called 'Tax League' (a mocking nickname implying it lives off public subsidies), running a deficit?
    7AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:10
    Re: #2
    It says right there they used ¥12.4 billion in cash reserves.
    6AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:10
    This is just the 'medium-term financial balance principle' under the Public Interest Corporation Certification Act, plain and simple.

    When a public-interest corporation posts a surplus, it has to resolve it in a later fiscal year — they just did that this time, per the rule.

    Public Interest Corporation Certification Act
    Principle of medium-term financial balance
    ◆ Handling of surpluses
    　・Any surplus must be eliminated in subsequent fiscal years
    　・Planned use of the funds, such as expanding public-interest programs, is required
    　・The goal is to prevent excessive accumulation of profit
    132AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:14
    Re: #6
    Yeah, they have to release any surplus at least once every five years.
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:11
    Re: #1
    They just spent the money in line with the law, that's all.

    > In line with the 'principle of medium-term financial balance' required of public-interest incorporated associations, the J.League carried out advance investment by making effective use of roughly ¥12.4 billion in cash reserves built up from past operations.
    27AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:17
    Re: #8
    Then put some of that money toward the stadiums that can't even get a roof.
    10AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:11
    Porky-Cheese-Beef (a mocking nickname for a baseball fan, a riff on the common slur 'yakibuta'/grilled-pork used for over-the-top baseball fans): 'Deficit! DEFICIT!! DEFICIIIT!!'


    AI: 'In the J.League's financial report for the fiscal period ending June 2026, a deficit of roughly ¥4.5768 billion was posted — but this isn't due to worsening management, it's a planned advance investment funded by cash reserves on hand. It was carried out as the largest-ever investment, made with an eye toward the season switch and club support, and there is no concern about financial soundness.'
    49AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:25
    What do you think cost the most? The Pokémon collab?
    58AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:29
    Re: #49
    Who knows? It says 'fan expansion' so it's probably something pretty lame. Maybe free tickets.
    51AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:26
    Actually, it's a tax dodge. They sold the J.League building, so if they don't post a deficit they'll get taxed. Can't have the 'Tax League' itself getting taxed by the tax office, now can we.
    54AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:28
    Re: #51
    Aren't you mixing up the JFA and the J.League? That's the JFA's head office building you're thinking of.
    59AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:29
    https://image-tm.s2mr.jp/i/original/1789644543822.jpeg

    Sorry to say, revenue keeps climbing steadily — the haters lose this one 😭
    60AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:29
    Massive deficit lmaooo
    ¥4.5 billion in half a year lmaooo
    Wait, is it a COVID thing again? lol
    Bleeding money in a give-away-free-tickets bonanza, a huge huge deficit lol
    62AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:30
    Re: #60
    A baseball fan who can't even understand the law. Here we go again lol
    61AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:30
    Revenue comparison: all J.League clubs vs. all pro baseball teams
    https://image-tm.s2mr.jp/i/original/1789644597297.jpeg

    Seeing stuff like this must make the baseball fans sweat 😓
    73AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:35
    Re: #63
    Worldwide, soccer works by funneling rising revenue back into player, staff, and club salaries. Because of the promotion/relegation system, clubs can't just hoard the money — they bring in good players and keep growing instead. The J.League is now up to nearly 60 players earning over ¥100 million a year, and staff salaries are climbing too. Rising revenue and a healthier economy are starting to show up in exactly this kind of way.

    https://image-tm.s2mr.jp/i/original/1789644850840.jpeg
    78AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:39
    Re: #73
    Who cares, just do something about the annoying 'Tax League' already.
    83AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:41
    Re: #73
    A lot of people don't get this.

    Imagine a club took the money sponsors handed over saying 'build us an attractive team with this,' refused to spend it, loaded the roster with cheap low-salary players and staff to slash costs and post a profit instead, then got relegated for poor results and said 'see how profitable we are?' — they'd get punched lol
    100AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:53
    Re: #73
    All you old guys who hate soccer, take a good look at this too. Stings, doesn't it? The soccer you despise is booming and firing on all cylinders across the board. It's winning over kids too, and riding that momentum to even greater heights 😂
    86AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:43
    Re: #1
    This OP and the baseball fans, I swear — they started a thread on this exact topic before and got mocked to pieces, and they still don't understand deficit budgets or public-interest corporations. That's almost impressive at this point lol
    95AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:47
    Re: #86
    [Soccer] J.League approves ¥4.3 billion deficit budget [Tetsu Cheese Crow ★]
    https://hayabusa9.5ch.net/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1765790497/

    This, right here lol
    Everyone jumped on the deficit and started going on about the stadium lol
    93AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:46
    The fact that they can even plan a deficit budget in the first place means they're playing offense financially — normally you'd take that as a sign they have money to spare.

    Have baseball fans ever actually held a job?
    113AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:03
    Re: #93
    Forget 'playing offense financially' (lol), just do something about the 'Tax League' already.
    99AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:53
    Re: #95
    Quite a few people were pretty put off by that lol
    104AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:59
    Seriously, stop propping up the deficit-running J.League with huge amounts of tax money already. Thirty years in, the results are there — give the tax money that's been poured in back to the public.
    111AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:02
    Could they fund this on a 10-year plan and build a stadium the J.League itself runs directly?
    115AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:04
    Re: #111
    Technically, National Stadium already fills that role. Anything bigger than that would take way more than 10 years.
    121AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:09
    'Lame-soccer' (a pun on dasai/lame + soccer) draws fewer foreign spectators than sumo or baseball lol. No foreigners show up for it lol
    128AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:12
    Re: #121
    Kashima's overseas follower count is exploding, and people are coming to watch J.League matches from Asia and the US too.

    J1's Kashima Antlers see a follower surge — English-language videos take off, new department launched to win new supporters
    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5c49aef83122273d4f0086bf93df2440b37a5d40

    J.League accelerates its inbound push — English-ticket sales up 60%, revealing a 'new way to earn'
    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/747af2049e30efd3fd8f6663efee25239411823e

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    The J.League was certified as a public-interest incorporated association in 2012, and under the Public Interest Corporation Certification Act, surpluses generated from public-interest programs cannot be retained indefinitely. If a surplus builds up for more than five years, the relevant government authority can order corrective action, so accumulated cash reserves must be systematically reinvested into operations to keep the books balanced. This time’s ¥4.5768 billion deficit is the result of applying that accounting rule — a portion of the roughly ¥12.4 billion in cash reserves was funneled into advance investments such as fan-expansion measures and subsidies for clubs in snowy regions — and it’s fundamentally different in nature from a deficit posted by an ordinary company. While posts explaining the system drew a degree of understanding in the thread, there were also plenty of reactions that latched onto the word ‘deficit’ alone and tied it to fears of financial trouble, along with posts that dragged in the rivalry with baseball fans to trade labels back and forth — at times making the board’s characteristic tribalism, rather than the substance of the financial results, the real center of the discussion.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread ‘[J.League] Largest-Ever Planned Investment Brings ¥4.5 Billion Deficit — FY June 2026 Financial Report‘.

  • Does Math Still Matter in the AI Era? 5ch Users Are Split

    A thread titled “Is there any point in learning math?” blew up on the Nanidemo Jikkyou (nanG) board. It kicked off with a post arguing that since LLMs now outperform mathematicians at math, the whole subject has lost its purpose — and that class time should be shifted to science instead. That drew a wave of pushback: math builds logical thinking, math is a language and a tool you need, and so on. The debate spiraled further into whether AI has actually solved one of the Millennium Prize Problems. In the end, the discussion never quite resolved, with posters talking past each other — some arguing about the ability to solve math itself, others about the ability to use math as a skill taught in school.

    1AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:17
    Nah, isn't it pointless?
    LLMs killed math.
    Since LLMs are better at math than mathematicians now, I think the point of learning math has basically disappeared.
    4AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:18
    Middle/high school math is easy anyway, so keeping it around just helps with entrance exams.
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:20
    Re: #4
    Why not just cut math and shift that time, scope, and exam weight into science instead?
    Since raw math ability can never beat AI, it's pointless.

    AI >>>>> mathematicians

    That's just how it is.
    5AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:18
    It teaches you how to think logically.
    10AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:21
    Re: #5
    Logical thinking is needed for literally any subject.
    Even memorizing history requires logical thinking.
    7AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:20
    All this just to say 'I'm bad at math so I don't want to do it'?
    12AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:22
    Re: #7
    Huh?
    Can you not read Japanese?

    If you've got a counterargument, make it logically lol
    You're supposedly good at this, right? lol
    9AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:21
    If you already have the ability to find the optimal answer with the materials at hand, maybe you don't need to learn math itself.
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:26
    Re: #9
    No matter how much math you study, you'll never beat AI, and mathematician as a profession is going away too.

    Raw math ability genuinely means nothing anymore.
    Thanks to AI, math's only remaining value is as the language of natural science.

    What matters is 'the ability to use math as a language.'
    That's why math should be cut and that time, scope, and exam weight shifted to science.
    18AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:28
    Math is a tool you don't even have to carry around — there's no downside to having it in your head.
    26AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:33
    Re: #18
    Nah, there is a downside.
    No matter how hard you study, AI will still be better at math than any mathematician.

    What you're describing is 'math as language/tool.'
    That's exactly why I'm saying it should get more time — folded into science class.
    My position is that 'math as a language/tool' should be emphasized even more within science than it is now.
    19AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:28
    Isn't physics basically just math?
    31AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:37
    Re: #19
    Physics is a natural science.
    Math is a formal science.

    They're completely different disciplines.
    LLMs are the end of formal sciences.
    AI now outperforms any human at formal sciences in general, not just math — and unlike natural science, AI can even self-verify the results, so it's truly over for that field.
    32AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:38
    Re: #31
    Sounds like the kind of guy who'd fillet a mebaru (a type of rockfish) lol (random derail — classic 5ch non-sequitur humor)
    21AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:29
    It's necessary to find the geniuses and prodigies hiding among the countless ordinary people.
    36AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:41
    Re: #21
    You can do that with science too, right?
    If so, rather than wasting effort on pointless study, better to put that time into science instead.
    22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:30
    Re: #15
    No, like I said…
    The point of learning math is training the ability to work out the correct answer from the materials you're given…
    35AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:40
    Re: #22
    You can do that with science too.
    So then science is what should get the emphasis.

    Don't get me wrong though —
    I'm not saying 'scrap math class!'
    I'm saying 'scrap math class and shift that time into science!'

    What's needed isn't 'raw math ability' but 'the ability to wield math as a language/tool.'
    Since AI is becoming better than any mathematician at 'raw math ability,' that skill isn't needed anymore.
    37AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:42
    Re: #35
    That's like saying weightlifting is pointless because excavators exist.
    39AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:42
    Re: #35
    If it's going to be taught in science anyway, isn't it better to learn it systematically in math first?
    23AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:31
    LLMs still mess up basic arithmetic, you know.
    30AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:37
    Re: #26
    Wait, do you seriously think compulsory and secondary education teaches math so kids can go prove new theorems!?
    What even is 'math' outside of it being a language?
    43AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:46
    Re: #30
    It's to scout future mathematicians, right?
    But that profession is disappearing, so it's pointless.

    'Math as a language/tool' gets built up through science class instead.
    34AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:40
    AI's going to surpass humans eventually anyway, so life has no meaning either, right?
    53AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:51
    Re: #34
    That's way too much of a leap.
    With math, at the very least, mathematicians are becoming unnecessary.
    40AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:44
    Re: #23
    An LLM apparently solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem in a few days, and they've announced 'substantial progress' on the other Millennium Problems too.
    Rumor has it the Hodge conjecture is already on the verge of being proven.
    48AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:49
    Re: #40
    That Navier–Stokes thing was just the AI ripping off an unpublished idea from a researcher and taking credit.
    52AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:51
    Re: #48
    How exactly would it 'rip off' something unpublished?
    60AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:54
    Re: #48
    For the other Millennium Problems too, it made 'substantial progress' within days and is close to a proof.
    And honestly, even that researcher's Navier–Stokes idea, while groundbreaking, was still nowhere near the proof OpenAI actually produced.
    50AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:51
    "Doing math builds logical thinking!!!" → Couldn't you just study logic instead?
    Kinda funny when you think about it.
    54AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:52
    Re: #50
    It's the other way around.
    Logic itself ultimately leads you to mathematical thinking — that's what my symbolic logic professor said back in college.
    62AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:56
    When it was illustrators getting replaced, everyone on nanG was just laughing it off, but now that it's mathematicians, a lot of you are putting up weirdly fierce resistance…

    Are you guys math majors or something?
    79AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:03
    Re: #62
    Physics/engineering and medicine, actually.
    66AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:57
    Re: #62
    I'm just a lowly engineer who thinks math is genuinely necessary to learn.
    83AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:05
    Re: #66
    Couldn't that just fall under science? Engineering is science, isn't it?
    85AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:06
    Re: #83
    I'm talking about math as taught in secondary education, up through high school.
    86AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:07
    Re: #83
    Go ahead, try deriving Maxwell's equations without using math.
    92AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:14
    At this point, unless you're one of the rare geniuses, there's no point doing math — or science or academics at all, really.
    Whatever an ordinary person does in science or scholarship, AI can already do.
    94AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:14
    Re: #92
    And who's going to come up with the questions in the first place?
    95AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:15
    Re: #92
    You can't tell if someone's a genius unless you actually let them try, can you?
    100AnonymousSep 17, 2026 21:18
    Re: #92
    Natural science is a no-go.
    Experiments and observation are absolutely required, and physics simulations are too computationally heavy — it's just not feasible.
    Replacing that would require at least running AI on quantum computers.

    By its very nature, natural science will be the last thing standing.

    Background and Key Points of This Debate

    The Millennium Prize Problems, math’s most famous unsolved challenges, remain officially unsolved as of 2026. The claim floated in the thread — that an LLM solved the Navier–Stokes problem in a matter of days — was itself disputed within the same thread, with one poster countering that the AI simply repackaged a researcher’s unpublished idea. In other words, this isn’t an established fact. What AI has actually demonstrated is the ability to solve International Mathematical Olympiad–level problems and assist with parts of proofs — there’s no confirmed case of it independently producing a complete, peer-reviewed proof.

    The thread’s real fault line was the distinction between “the ability to solve math itself” and “the ability to use math as a tool or language.” Even granting that the former can be handed off to AI, many pushed back that secondary school math education is exactly where the latter gets built, and that science class alone can’t teach it systematically. Because opinions on the value of the discipline itself and opinions on math’s place in the school curriculum tend to get tangled together, it’s worth keeping track of which argument is actually being made at any given point.

    *This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nanidemo Jikkyou board) thread ““Math” 👈 is there even a point learning this lolololololol.”

  • New “Fire Emblem” Locked at 30fps — Some Say “GTA’s 30fps Too, So It’s Fine”

    A debate broke out on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board over the new “Fire Emblem” title being locked at 30fps on Switch 2. The thread’s original poster complained, “Zelda can do 60fps” and “I wanted to enjoy silky-smooth battle scenes,” but other posters pushed back one after another with comments like “Not many people demand 60fps from a strategy RPG” and “GTA runs at 30fps too, so it’s fine.” Meanwhile, some questioned the hardware’s processing power outright, saying “Only getting 30fps with graphics like this means the Switch 2’s performance is just too weak.” The debate over frame rate remained split as the thread went on.

    1AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:43
    By the way, I bought it and I'm playing it right now, so I'm not just an armchair critic who hasn't touched the game ("eapu" — 5ch slang for pretending to have played something).
    2AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:44
    Re: #1
    Probably because
    not that many people demand 60fps from strategy RPGs?
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:47
    Re: #2
    Guess that's just how it is…
    Felt like such a waste since even Zelda can do 60fps. I wanted to enjoy the world and savor silky-smooth combat, especially given how pricey the Switch 2 is.
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:50
    Re: #2
    But weren't you the one demanding 60fps for Persona 3 Reload?
    3AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:45
    Here's proof I actually own it.
    https://gzo.ai/i/CkA5RKT.jpg
    5AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:46
    Re: #3
    Attach your ID too while you're at it.
    6AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:46
    GTA's supposedly the strongest game in the world, and even that's 30fps, so it should be fine, right?
    9AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:48
    Driving games like GTA need 60fps, but simulaiton games like FE are fine at 30fps.
    10AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:48
    Re: #8
    According to people overseas,
    apparently it's 60fps in handheld mode.
    22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:54
    Re: #10
    Just tried it myself — handheld mode is 30fps too.
    24AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:55
    60fps is a must these days, right?

    60/100 — IGN
    60/100 — VGC
    60/100 — GameSpot
    60/100 — GamesRadar+
    60/100 — Eurogamer
    60/100 — Guardian
    34AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:00
    Re: #24
    PS5 runs it locked at 60, impressive.
    26AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:56
    I get it if it's GTA-level and can only hit 30fps, but…
    why can this game only pull 30fps with graphics like these?
    Isn't the hardware just too weak?
    28AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:58
    Re: #26
    GTA6 being 30fps is also because the hardware is underpowered.
    33AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    Re: #26
    Graphics at that level could probably hit around 120fps on an RTX 4070 with frame generation.
    27AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:57
    Oh, so it's 30fps huh.
    Guess we'd better hope for a PS5 port then.
    30AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:58
    Re: #27
    I don't own a PS5.
    Wouldn't buy one even if it came out on there.
    35AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:00
    Re: #27
    Zero chance of that happening.
    66AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
    Re: #27
    First, how about a straight port of the original Famicom "Shadow Dragon" game (the very first Fire Emblem, 1990).
    31AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    Sure it's a simulaiton game, but there's tons of animation in both the story and battle scenes — I want 60fps. 30 is poop-tier.
    99AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:26
    Re: #31
    *Simulation
    36AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:00
    For an AAA game like GTA, sure, the load's heavy so it can't be helped.
    But the Switch 2 only pulling 30fps at this level of graphics is way too rough.
    39AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:02
    This one's obviously addressed to Re: #36.
    44AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:06
    Even though it's a simulaiton game, animation's used heavily in both story and battle scenes, so I definitely want 60fps. 30 is poop-tier.
    58AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:13
    Re: #44
    Exactly that. The cutscenes feel totally fine,
    but the battle scenes specifically have such intense animation that it really bugs me.
    59AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:13
    Re: #44
    Regular anime runs at like 24fps, so 30fps is more than enough for that kind of thing.
    63AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:16
    GTA6 basically created this whole atmosphere of '30fps is good enough.'
    78AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:38
    Re: #63
    For what it's worth, it's still blowing up into controversy overseas over the 30fps thing.
    These days you're supposed to get a choice between quality mode and performance mode, but since it's been in development forever, it's probably more of a 'sorry, we haven't even caught up on optimization yet' situation.
    65AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    Nintendo can't even use DLSS for Zelda, so this can't be helped.
    91AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:07
    Re: #65
    Ocarina of Time runs at 1080p/60fps,
    so there's no need to use DLSS.
    76AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:33
    Speaking of which, Wolverine's impressive — major outlets gave it a 60, and it's locked at 60fps too.
    79AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:38
    Re: #76
    Lol
    Nice line, that's not fair
    I wish I'd said that.
    85AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:46
    Re: #76
    This thread was made specifically to try to steer the conversation away from Wolverine somehow lol
    Give it a rest lol.
    87AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:53
    First time I've heard the wild take that simulation games need a high fps.
    92AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:10
    Re: #87
    Right?
    Though for a driving game like GTA, 30fps is a non-starter.

    Background and Key Points of This Debate

    The Fire Emblem series was originally a turn-based strategy RPG, and titles with less action-oriented gameplay have historically not prioritized high frame rates. In recent years, however, more Nintendo titles on the same hardware — like The Legend of Zelda — have added 60fps support, which has made fans more critical when comparing games. The “GTA6 is also 30fps” point raised in the thread symbolizes a broader recent mood where 30fps is becoming acceptable even for major blockbuster titles, and it’s frequently cited as a benchmark in frame-rate debates. Meanwhile, the conflicting reports among posters about the frame rate in handheld mode reflect a common pattern in these kinds of online discussions, where claims spread by hearsay rather than hands-on testing — a reminder not to take such claims at face value without checking the actual behavior firsthand. It’s also worth keeping in mind that frame rate depends on genre, graphical load, and how well a developer has optimized the game, so it can’t be judged by visual graphics quality alone.

    *This article was compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, aka “Geha”) thread “Why Is FE Still 30fps These Days??.”

  • US Starbucks Reportedly Weighing Sale of Japan Business Stake — 5ch: ‘Ditching the Cash Cow to Raise Cash’

    Citing a report from US media, word spread on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyō G” (Anything-Goes Live) board that Starbucks’ US headquarters is considering selling a majority stake in its Japanese subsidiary. If it goes through, US Starbucks and Starbucks Japan would reportedly become almost entirely separate companies. Commenters speculated that the parent company might be offloading its most profitable unit to cover poor performance back home, drawing comparisons to brands like Mister Donut and Tully’s that withered in the US but thrived in Japan. Others pointed out that this is merely a “sale under consideration,” not a confirmed “withdrawal,” and opinions were split over whether the thread’s title overstated the situation.

    1AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
    No way, seriously?
    3AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:28
    US Starbucks considering sale of majority stake in Japan business = sources

    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/96fc5fc48c162a1530aa57397e840af10bb91e5



    →Selling off most of the stock — US Starbucks and Starbucks Japan would become almost totally unrelated
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:30
    Re: #3
    It's been taken down though
    14AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:31
    Companies that flopped in the US but survived in Japan
    ・Mister Donut
    ・Tully's
    ・Starbucks → New addition!
    52AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:43
    Re: #14
    Tower Records
    111AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:56
    Re: #14
    Also 7-Eleven
    20AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:33
    They probably want the cash to rebuild Starbucks back home in the US
    Japan's business is strong, so it should fetch a high price
    41AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:40
    So they're betting foot traffic is about to drop, huh
    55AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:44
    Re: #41
    Nah, that's not it
    It's that the home business is in bad shape, so they want to sell off half of the valuable, top-earning Japan unit to raise cash
    When a company's on the ropes, the first thing that sells — really the only thing that CAN sell — is whatever still holds value
    Who's gonna buy the part that's doing badly?
    74AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:48
    Re: #55
    Hard to believe they'd let go of a cash cow that just keeps printing money though
    78AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:48
    Re: #55
    Even if they get the cash, is there any actual prospect that it fixes the home business's performance?
    48AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:42
    Re: #42
    You're dripping period blood
    61AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:46
    Re: #48
    Is that seriously all you've got, lol
    72AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:48
    Re: #61
    Because a 'manko' (crude slang used here as a slur for women) is just a 'manko' — nothing more to it
    76AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:48
    Re: #72
    Quit flaunting your flirty little exchange with the board's female regulars ('manG-min', slang for women who post here) 😡
    116AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:57
    Re: #72
    Try working on having a decent vocabulary at least
    88AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:51
    Re: #78
    Even to roll out a turnaround plan, what you need is money
    You think banks or investors are gonna hand over cash while the home business looks this shaky?
    101AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:54
    Re: #88
    Sure, they need cash, but it's not like they're so broke nobody would lend to them
    Even with a big payout from selling the Japan business, it's pointless without an actual plan to use it to turn things around
    109AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:56
    Re: #101
    There's also a chance they just grab the cash and fold the business
    125AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:59
    Re: #101
    There's no way for us to actually know their real management thinking
    But the fact remains they're in a position where they have to let go of the Japan unit — their single most valuable, top-earning asset
    If the struggling home business weren't a real problem, there'd be no need to sell it in the first place
    99AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:53
    From the outside it's starting to feel like a place with a barrier to entry as high as Ramen Jiro (a ramen chain notorious for its intimidating customization "call" system) — hard to just walk into
    Though come to think of it, you don't actually have to do that whole chant-like order thing everyone talks about, right?
    103AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:54
    Re: #99
    Same with Jiro-style ramen — if ordering seems like a hassle, it kills the urge to even go
    104AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:55
    Re: #99
    Mobile order
    105AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:55
    Re: #99
    Honestly…👈🥺 gets the point across just fine
    113AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:57
    What is it with Japanese people's Starbucks devotion
    Way too many act like walking around with a Starbucks cup is some kind of status symbol
    It's really no different from a Tully's or Doutor cup
    122AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:58
    Re: #113
    Isn't that the same outside Japan too?
    120AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:58
    It's not a "withdrawal," it's just "considering a stock sale"
    OP, this is basically the kind of thing people get arrested for spreading — you got way too carried away
    128AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:00
    Re: #120
    This is honestly circulating pretty seriously though

    Background and Key Points of This Story

    Starbucks Japan has been a wholly owned subsidiary since 2014, when US headquarters bought up all of its shares, so this story is essentially about whether that arrangement is now being unwound. The report is only at the “considering a sale” stage — as commenters noted when the article briefly vanished, no official announcement or follow-up has surfaced yet. Starbucks’ US business has seen ongoing declines in same-store sales, and selling off a profitable overseas subsidiary to raise cash isn’t a new move for a struggling company, but as the thread also questioned, that doesn’t guarantee it actually fixes the slump back home. The thread title’s phrase “decided to withdraw” goes further than what was actually reported, and it’s easy to misread that as more than just a report on a sale under consideration.

    ※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyō G) thread “[Breaking] US Starbucks Decides to Withdraw From Japan.”

  • BOOWY to Release “Album Cover” T-Shirts — 5ch: “Paying ¥6,600? Too Embarrassing, No Way”

    BOOWY, the rock band that broke up in 1988, remains popular enough that CD and DVD sales still haven’t slowed down 38 years later. On July 2 this year, a remastered recording of their legendary 1986 Budokan concert premiered on YouTube at the exact same start time as the original show. The next development to make waves was the release of T-shirts featuring the album cover art. The topic drew over 40 replies on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Express+ board — alongside nostalgic comments, plenty of cool reactions showed up too, like “T-shirts, now?” and “¥6,600 is way too much,” and the discussion eventually drifted into the relationship between Kyosuke Himuro and Tomoyasu Hotei and the prospects of a reunion.

    9/17 (Thu) 11:00

    “Welcome to the live house, Budokan.”

    BOOWY, the rock band that disbanded in 1988. Their legendary Budokan concert — famous in part for that opening MC line — took place on July 2, 1986. Now, 40 years later, at 6:30 PM on July 2 this year, the same time the original show began, a newly remastered recording of that concert premiered on YouTube.

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

    12AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:04
    Crack us up again, like you did with the slot machine (referring to a BOOWY-themed pachislot game)
    13AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:05
    They just slapped on a photo we've already seen
    Nothing new here
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:07
    I remember I started keeping a sugar glider the day Himuro appeared on HEY!x3
    18AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:13
    Even 15 years after breaking up, their legend hasn't faded one bit as popular as ever.
    If anything, sales of the DVDs and such released recently are amazing too.
    That kind of staying power has something in common with pro wrestling. Let's talk it to death!
    By the way, here's my personal top 5:
    1. Kagami no Naka no Marionette (Marionette in the Mirror)
    2. B・BLUE
    3. DREAMIN'
    4. ONLY YOU
    5. Wagamama Juliet (Selfish Juliet) (maybe a bit too deep-cut lol)
    21AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:15
    Re: #18
    That's probably already forgotten by now
    52AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:41
    Re: #18
    Over 20 years since this was first posted and it's still got flavor lol
    85AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:19
    Re: #18
    It's been 38 years since BOOWY broke up, you idiot!
    Come back when you've got your facts straight
    20AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:15
    You're always so cool
    selling off your heart and body piece by piece!
    Racking up numbers and actually being popular
    aren't the same thing, you easy teenage girl
    Even if you're good at juggling love and romance
    there's no future and no substance to it
    if all you've got is an easy reputation

    I absolutely love these lyrics
    22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:17
    They've already squeezed out every last bit of footage and audio,
    and now it's finally come down to T-shirts.
    26AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:20
    I love the band, but
    actually wearing that shirt now is kind of
    embarrassing.
    27AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
    Is the ultimate goal a reunion of the three members, minus the drummer?
    28AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:22
    Recommend me a good album
    38AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:32
    Re: #28
    PSYCHOPATH
    29AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:23
    A white shirt with the Beat Emotion cover art would be great
    I'd been thinking of making one myself for ages
    31AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:25
    Merch like this gets sold regardless of what the members themselves actually want
    34AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
    "Beat Emotion" isn't a BOØWY song (it's an album title, not a track name)
    37AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:31
    My bad… but PSYCHOPATH is the one I might actually want
    40AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:34
    Back in the day they used to sell tons of these on Takeshita Street in Harajuku
    I remember buying a few myself
    41AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:34
    Himuro probably wasn't the most musically trained, but he kept up the cool-guy act to the very end — gotta respect that
    42AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:35
    It's BØOWY, right?
    Writing it "BOOWY" is such a newbie move

    (a post I saw on X)
    43AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:36
    The fans are all getting up there in age now
    You can't really wear a shirt like this except at a live show
    44AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:36
    Don't need this stuff —
    just hurry up and release the footage from day two of "Honky," the Last Gigs show
    45AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:36
    They used to sell these in Harajuku, Ueno, and Osu
    There were these odd specialty shops for T-shirts and rock "black clothes" gear
    47AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:38
    Abdullah Kobayashi is a Himurock fan too (Himurock = nickname for Himuro)
    64AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:05
    Re: #47
    Someone said Tanaka from the comedy duo Bakushou Mondai shows up in Himurock's live video "ONE NIGHT STANDS"
    53AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:41
    I finally get why Himuro won't do a reunion

    It's Hotei and Takahashi
    61AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:56
    Re: #53
    Not doing a reunion is fine and all, but
    then don't go and do solo shows that are all BOOWY songs
    His retirement show even opened and closed with BOOWY songs
    What he says and what he does just don't add up, Himuro
    55AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:43
    I'd buy it if it looked like this

    67AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:05
    Hotei openly said things like "I want to invite Himurock but I can't get in touch with him" — he seemed pretty into the idea of a reunion
    68AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:05
    Well, they just keep squeezing out more and more merch, huh
    69AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:07
    Re: #68
    Apparently not a single yen of it actually goes to the members themselves though.
    83AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:18
    Honestly none of their album covers really do it for me
    If I had to pick one it'd be "Instant Love," but that one's not on Toshiba so it doesn't really count
    86AnonymousSep 17, 2026 20:21
    Re: #83
    The songs on "Instant Love" are the best too, honestly

    Background and Key Points of This Discussion

    It’s been 38 years since BOOWY disbanded in 1988, but projects riding on their enduring popularity keep coming — this July, a remastered recording of their legendary 1986 Budokan concert premiered on YouTube at the same start time as the original show. The T-shirt release is part of that same trend, and opinions in the thread split mainly along two lines: the price and practicality question of “would you really pay ¥6,600 for an album-cover T-shirt these days,” and a gap in expectations over “will this actually build momentum toward a reunion, or is it just more merchandising.” On the relationship between Kyosuke Himuro and Tomoyasu Hotei, some posts mentioned things like “Hotei wants to invite Himuro but can’t reach him,” reflecting both a desire for a reunion and a sense of realistic distance between the two. As for how much of the merchandise revenue actually reaches the members themselves, the thread only contains unverified rumors like “apparently none of it goes to them” — no official statement has been confirmed.

    *This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “BOOWY: After the Budokan Concert Stream, Fans’ Hearts Race Over New “Album Cover T-Shirt” Release — More Developments Fuel Hopes for the “Ultimate Goal”.”

  • Junior comedians worry about Tetsuro Degawa’s picky eating: “He won’t live long” — can’t drink water, hooked on juice instead

    Tetsuro Degawa appeared on TV Tokyo’s “Zubora ni Kenko! Karada ni Iiwake” (roughly, “Lazy but Healthy: Excuses for Your Body”) on the 16th, where his eating habits came under the spotlight in a segment about managing blood sugar. His close friend Kazuki Iio of the comedy duo Zun revealed in a video message that Degawa “can’t drink water” and “loves carbonated drinks and fresh juice,” prompting fellow comedians to voice concern about his life expectancy. This sparked a debate on 5ch between users who consider excess sugar intake more dangerous than alcohol and those who countered that it isn’t carcinogenic. The thread went on to bring up an anecdote about Warren Buffett, a debate over zero-sugar cola, and even whether talent on food shows should be required to submit health checkup results.

    Sep 17 (Thu) 17:06

    Comedian Tetsuro Degawa appeared on TV Tokyo’s “Zubora ni Kenko! Karada ni Iiwake” (Wednesdays at 6:25 PM) on the 16th, where junior comedians expressed concern over his diet.

    The show brought in a renowned doctor to cover blood sugar management. During the segment, a video message was shown from Kazuki Iio of the comedy duo Zun, a close personal friend of Degawa’s. Iio said, “(Degawa) basically can’t drink water. He says it’s because ‘it has no flavor.’ So it’s carbonated drinks for him — like sparkling water, which America gave the world. And juice has to be fresh juice, 100 percent. I guess he likes things with a strong, distinct taste.”

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

    2AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:51
    Because watching Peace-kun at Omiya Park in person is more fun than watching Peace-kun at Omiya Park on YouTube, y'know.
    3AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:51
    Nainai (the comedy duo) used to say he'd be dead by 60, and yet here he is, still going strong.
    6AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:54
    Juice is the worst offender.
    Dunno for sure, but you probably shouldn't drink it more than alcohol.
    108AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:35
    Re: #6
    No way.
    It's not carcinogenic anyway.
    7AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:54
    People who say they only eat one meal a day worry me way more.
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:55
    Degawa's got the stamina too — he's basically like a guy in his 40s.
    9AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:55
    Sugar and carbs are the real danger.
    Juice is basically poison.
    Strong Zero (canned chu-hi) is the only way to go.
    97AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:30
    Re: #9
    Can't believe people are still saying this.
    14AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:58
    I never crave sweet drinks except when I'm worn down by heat or fatigue.
    Tea goes best with meals — I've felt that way since my teens.
    And he's the son of a seaweed-shop owner, yet his taste buds are like a kid's.
    100AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:32
    Re: #14
    Well, if he had normal taste he'd have taken over the family seaweed shop.
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:58
    Coca-Cola is the way to go when you're traveling.
    Consistent quality, and the acidity means you won't get an upset stomach lol
    16AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    People really don't change their ways until they actually get sick.

    That's what everyone says, no matter who you ask.
    17AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    Well, there's the Dr Pepper granny, after all.
    18AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    If it's between zero-sugar cola and regular cola, regular's still the lesser evil.
    Well, in Degawa's case, just look at his build — it's probably not an exaggeration, he really does eat like that.
    The fact that he's still pulling off grueling location shoots is honestly impressive.
    87AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
    Re: #63 Re: #18
    Honestly, before all that, I just think zero-sugar cola tastes better lol
    Regular cola's too sweet for me.
    21AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:00
    But he's actually outlasted Date-chan (a fellow comedian). Hernia and all.
    22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:00
    He doesn't have kids, so just let the guy live how he wants.
    24AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:01
    I've been overeating and overdrinking my whole life, I'm 45 now and my stomach's a wreck.
    I get diarrhea right after eating.
    My liver numbers are bad too…
    Somebody help me.
    30AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:04
    Re: #24
    If your numbers are bad, go to a hospital and get medication to bring them down.
    Keep taking it and clean up your lifestyle too, and it'll mostly get better.
    It's foolish not to use the healthcare system to improve when medical costs and drug prices are this cheap in this country.
    48AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:11
    Re: #24
    As long as you're not obese, you're still fine.
    25AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:01
    He's not really doing that well though — he nearly died a few years back.
    26AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:02
    Degawa's gotta be pushing 60 by now, right?
    And he's still doing physical, body-on-the-line comedy at the top level — nothing to worry about.
    Whenever he goes, he'll probably go happy.
    27AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:02
    He's probably already outlived the typical lifespan for men in the Degawa family.
    His older brother's still alive too, I think.
    28AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:02
    Ai Iijima once said, "The tap water at my place tasted so bad, afterward I could only stomach Mamy."
    29AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:03
    Guess there really are people out there who can't drink plain water.
    Though honestly, even sparkling water barely has any taste unless you mix it with something.
    56AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:14
    Re: #29
    Degawa doesn't even drink sparkling water though.
    31AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:05
    Buffett's been drinking 5 cans of Coke a day and he's 96.
    33AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:05
    Coca-Cola uses inorganic acid, Pepsi uses organic acid —
    lately I've been leaning toward the latter. Guess that's a sign of age.
    34AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:06
    If they're going to make talent eat on camera, maybe they should require them to submit health checkup results.
    36AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:07
    That character is literally how he makes his living —
    if he changed it, the guy wouldn't be able to survive in showbiz.
    53AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:13
    Didn't he say he's mindful of his health and usually drinks black bean tea?
    The "I only ever drink cola" thing might just be shtick for the cameras.
    57AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:15
    Re: #53
    Apparently he drinks black soybean tea for throat care.
    I started drinking it too after hearing that, and it's actually pretty good, so I've kept it up.
    63AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:16
    Zero-sugar cola is the only option.
    Regular cola's got like 13 sugar cubes in it.
    91AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
    Is his belly from drinking too much juice, I wonder?
    96AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:29
    Re: #91
    I did that too for a while — drank only cola and juice instead of water or tea,
    and I just kept gaining weight, ended up about 20kg heavier.
    Once I quit juice, I gradually slimmed back down to normal.

    Background and Key Points of the Discussion

    The show “Zubora ni Kenko! Karada ni Iiwake” brings in renowned doctors to cover blood sugar management, and Degawa’s inability to drink water along with his preference for carbonated drinks and fresh juice was introduced as one example. On the thread, the view that “excess sugar is more dangerous than alcohol” clashed with the counter-view that “it isn’t carcinogenic,” and the discussion took the shape of a classic online health debate, complete with the anecdote of Warren Buffett drinking cola daily while living to a ripe old age. Another point of debate was whether talent appearing on food shows should be required to submit health checkup results. Company employees in Japan are legally required, under the Industrial Safety and Health Act, to undergo an annual health checkup, but freelance entertainers face no such requirement — a gap that feeds the perception that “TV has lax compliance standards.” While the link between sugar intake and blood sugar levels is medically well established, opinions within the thread remained divided on the comparison with alcohol and on whether it’s carcinogenic, so it’s worth noting that no definitive conclusion was reached.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “Junior comedian Soichi Nakaoka worries about Tetsuro Degawa’s diet: “There’s no way he’ll live long” — picky eating exposed: “fish roe, mayonnaise, juice”.”

  • Takasei Nakao’s First Voice-Acting Paycheck Was 200 Yen — His Only Bragging Right: Beating ‘Genius’ Koichi Yamadera for the Baikinman Role

    Voice actor Takasei Nakao appeared on ABEMA’s “Seiyuu to Yoasobi – Friday” (lit. “Voice Actors’ Night Hangout”) for the first time in about eight years, and revealed that his very first paycheck for voice acting work was just 200 yen — and that his only real bragging right is beating Koichi Yamadera for the role of Baikinman. Reacting to the story, posters on 5channel’s Geinou/Sports Express+ board lined up to compare Nakao’s signature characters, like Frieza and Baikinman, against Yamadera’s dubbing work and knack for juggling countless roles. Opinions in the thread split over who has “more iconic roles” and who leaves “the bigger impression,” turning into a back-and-forth where each actor’s strengths got their due.

    Thu 9/17, 6:45 PM

    Episode #16 of “Seiyuu to Yoasobi – Friday” (hosted by Tomokazu Seki and Kikunosuke Toya, airing Fridays 10:00-11:30 PM on ABEMA’s Anime LIVE channel) aired on September 11. Takasei Nakao made a guest appearance for the first time in roughly eight years, joining a segment looking back on his acting career along with a “three-generation gap talk.”

    Toya, who reportedly requested Nakao as a guest, was meeting him face-to-face for the first time that day. He shared that he grew up watching “Dragon Ball” as a kid, and that his niece is currently obsessed with “Soreike! Anpanman,” saying “Thank you so much, really” with obvious emotion.

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

    2AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:50
    Watching Peace-kun at Omiya Park in person beats watching Peace-kun at Omiya Park on YouTube, any day of the week (Peace-kun is a mascot/resident bird at Omiya Park in Saitama).
    3AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:51
    Ashita no Joe
    Played Carlos Rivera
    Been a hit since he was young
    59AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:12
    Re: #3
    Wait, seriously? Now that you mention it, yeah — he was in Igano Kabamaru too
    96AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:32
    Re: #3
    Wasn't it Wakamoto who played Kim Ryong-bi?
    4AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:52
    Is this from an era when 200 yen could buy you a house?
    34AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:03
    Re: #4
    Probably around 4,000 yen in today's money
    6AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:52
    Nakao's got way more iconic roles than Yamadera, doesn't he
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:54
    Re: #6
    Exactly. Yama-chan's the classic "jack of all trades, master of none"
    He can carry a mountain of different bamboo swords,
    but he still can't beat Takasei Nakao, who's carrying a few "somethings like a crowbar" (a Japanese meme phrase for a vague, do-anything weapon/tool)
    7AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:54
    So Judas in the TV version was played by Shimada… I'd gotten so used to the pachinko-machine voice…
    10AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:55
    Every comment in this thread is playing in my head in Frieza's voice
    11AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:55
    The first thing that popped into my head was Frieza
    12AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:55
    From Ultra Q, the "Garadama" episode

    13AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:56
    Every time he's on a variety show someone makes him say "I'll kill you" — it's basically his signature bit at this point
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:57
    Yamadera's still best known for Kaji from Evangelion, huh
    67AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:15
    Re: #15
    Isn't it Kasumi Kenjirou?
    Not sure though
    18AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:58
    Then again, I bet even Koichi Yamadera thinks he can't touch Nakao-san lol
    20AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:58
    This guy can actually sing pretty well
    28AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:00
    Re: #20
    Back in the day he put out a hit song called "Ginga Honey" (Galaxy Honey)
    https://youtu.be/jUdzA9iAgAY?si=xm4J42x_ivsbtcem
    21AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    Figured he was only Frieza and Baikinman, but turns out he's also Sniff from Moomin
    Now that I think about it, yeah, that voice really is Lord Frieza's
    22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    I have this memory that back when Anpanman started, Yama-chan was still pretty much a nobody
    23AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    I loved his Seiya Tsukahara from Spunky
    24AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    Furious that Shingo Katori stole his catchphrase "Ohhaa!"
    Yamadera went on Oha Suta to give Katori a "thank you" that was really a complaint
    25AnonymousSep 17, 2026 18:59
    Re: #1
    An actor whose very first line tells you the whole character
    29AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:01
    Happened to catch an old episode of Taiyou ni Hoero! and there he was, young
    37AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:04
    Yamadera's stronger association is dubbing foreign stuff
    He doesn't really have a super-famous anime role
    Donald Duck maybe
    39AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:05
    Re: #37
    I think of Kaji from Evangelion, Ryoga from Ranma, and Butter from Anpanman
    47AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:07
    Re: #37
    Surprisingly he's mostly side characters or villains — not many lead roles
    In that sense Spike from Cowboy Bebop might be his defining role
    62AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:12
    Re: #37
    Mr. Zorori
    40AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:06
    I remembered Yamadera voiced Cheese, so I looked him up — turns out he's playing four roles in Anpanman right now, including Uncle Jam, Kabao, and the rare character Kamameshi-don lol
    50AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:08
    Re: #40
    Give him time, he'll voice every single one eventually
    56AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:10
    Kids who grew up on Anpanman
    probably think of Baikinman first
    though I'd guess most old guys think of Lord Frieza
    64AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:13
    Re: #56
    The kids who grew up on Anpanman are the same generation that went nuts over Frieza right after
    71AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:16
    Re: #56
    Deep down I think it's actually Porori from Niko Niko Pun
    65AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:14
    Wait, Takasei Nakao isn't even his real name? lol
    76AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    Re: #65
    Just google it, his real name comes right up
    Honestly this guy's been good since his child-actor days — you can tell watching old stuff like "Dokkoi Daisaku," where he appeared on-screen in the flesh
    68AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:15
    I just have this mental image of him from baseball anime, like Kondo in Captain and Nishimura in Touch
    83AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:22
    Re: #68
    He also played Carlos Rivera in Ashita no Joe 2 and was in Igano Kabamaru too
    Didn't know he'd been in Zero Tester as well
    (I do remember Akira Kamiya yelling stuff like "Sigma Zero Beam" in Zero Tester though)
    70AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:15
    Baikinman would sound wrong with a handsome voice like Koichi Yamadera's, right?
    75AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    Re: #70
    He's played plenty of non-human characters though
    Like Kabao and Donkey Kong, for instance lol

    Background and Key Points of the Discussion

    “Seiyuu to Yoasobi” is an ABEMA talk show hosted by Tomokazu Seki and Kikunosuke Toya, and this appearance marked Takasei Nakao’s first time on the show in roughly eight years. The story of beating Koichi Yamadera in the Baikinman audition is one Nakao has told before, but the specific figure of a 200-yen starting paycheck drew fresh attention this time around. In the thread, opinions split over whose roles left the bigger impression — Nakao’s or Yamadera’s — surfacing a bit of a generational divide: Yamadera is known for his versatility across dubbing and variety-show work, while Nakao tends to get discussed in terms of intense villain roles like Frieza and Baikinman. Worth noting too: 200 yen back then would be worth something like a few thousand yen today, so it’s best not to assume from the raw number alone that the pay was absurdly low.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “Takasei Nakao’s First Voice Acting Paycheck Was 200 Yen — His Only Bragging Right Is Beating ‘Genius’ Koichi Yamadera in the Baikinman Role Audition.”

  • Hanshin Crush Hiroshima 7-1 as Morishita Blasts His 34th Homer — 5ch: ‘The Tigers Are Fully Back lol’

    In a night game on September 17, the Hanshin Tigers cruised to a 7-1 win over the Hiroshima Carp. Shota Morishita launched his league-leading 34th home run, a two-run shot, as the middle-order trio of Morishita, Teruaki Sato, and Yusuke Oyama combined to drive in all 7 runs in a show of offensive firepower. On 5ch’s live game thread, comments piled up like “The Tigers are fully back lol” and “Meanwhile my team is grinding its teeth watching the champion Tigers and the BayStars mash the ball…”. The same day also brought news that the Giants’ Shunsuke Urata had been pulled from the active roster with a torn ligament in his right elbow, drawing attention as a development that could affect both the late-season pennant race and the Rookie of the Year race.

    7AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    Morishita just hit a 2-run homer, ask me anything?
    11AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
    Re: #7
    How does it feel?
    8AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    Live now
    Hanshin 6-1 Hiroshima
    9AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    End of the 4th
    BayStars 2-0
    10AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:18
    I mean, the 'Hiroshima Ablaze' campaign did win them a few games at least lol (Carp's 2025 season slogan)
    12AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
    Re: #11
    Oyama hit a homer too…
    13AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:19
    Live now
    Hanshin 7-1 Hiroshima
    14AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:20
    Tokoda, go join the Orix Buffaloes already
    15AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:20
    The Tigers are fully back lol
    18AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
    Naoki, get outta the way lol
    19AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
    I mean, my team swept them, and now people expect that same team to go beat the champion Tigers? Way too naive! Argh
    20AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
    Not that my team, who just gave up 9 runs to the BayStars in two innings, has any room to talk, but Tokoda, get it together already
    21AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:21
    Teru doesn't look like he'd get any weaker even if he went to the US (nickname for Teruaki Sato)
    26AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:23
    Re: #21
    Better for him to leave while he's still missed, before he becomes an obstacle to player development — good for both him and the team
    22AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:22
    Manager Fujikawa, who fought against his own limits, is a true master strategist.
    24AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:23
    [Hiroshima] Ryosuke Kikuchi racks up 100 hits in a season for the first time in 2 years! 13th time in his career, tying manager Takahiro Arai and others — 111 hits away from 2,000 for his career… second on the team this season behind Shogo Sakakura
    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/aa0098cf5ef52fa17a7be6cf6d4bb4f97c0b153f
    32AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:25
    Hanshin's Shota Morishita crushes his 34th homer, a 2-run shot! Direct hit on the left field foul pole sends Koshien into a roar — now just one behind Teruaki Sato — the two exchange words on the field — middle-order trio combines for all 7 runs in a rampage
    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a2a49ff9f31c79a695812c6eb1c62becd10ef2d3
    33AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:25
    That faint hope of Hiroshima pulling off a win just got completely crushed
    35AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
    That ball took a nasty bad hop
    36AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:26
    Shockwaves for the Giants — Shunsuke Urata pulled from the active roster with a 'torn ligament in his right elbow' — the unshakeable leadoff man and top Rookie of the Year candidate… a painful loss right in the thick of the pennant race, injured on the 14th
    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/39d314f2df0164ece253fa183f2e73bac3b0eb93
    37AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:27
    Maybe my team will start hitting like crazy now that Urata's out of the picture
    38AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:28
    If that pole-direct shot happened at this quirky old ballpark on some technicality, then it's a foul ball, so no problem (note: a pole-direct hit is actually ruled a home run under the real rules)
    41AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:29
    BayStars' bats VS Tigers' bats
    Which one's the true champion!?
    47AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:31
    If it weren't for Sakakura's error… Seems like he's got no love for my team, so maybe we should stop trying to get him lol
    57AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:39
    If SoftBank wins and the Fighters win, doesn't that clinch the pennant right there?
    59AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:39
    Shinya Miyamoto's doing commentary today of all days, and they're not even starting Motoyama? What's that about?
    65AnonymousSep 17, 2026 19:41
    Thought things might get dicey with Takemaru out and Ma-kun starting
    but turns out the other side is throwing Nakanishi too, so it evens out

    Background and Talking Points

    The thread title “Giants Acting Manager 140” isn’t reporting a managerial change — it’s simply the running number of a recurring live-game thread. The phrase “my team” that shows up in the posts is thread-specific slang referring to whichever club a given poster supports; here it’s used to lament a struggling team while watching the red-hot Tigers and BayStars pile up runs. The removal of Shunsuke Urata from the Giants’ active roster over a torn ligament in his right elbow drew the thread’s attention because he was also seen as a leading Rookie of the Year candidate, making it relevant to both the Giants’ lineup construction and the award race. For Hanshin, the middle-order trio of Morishita, Teruaki Sato, and Oyama all performed well, and the post about being “one behind Sato Teruaki” refers to the two players’ race for home runs.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch thread “Giants Acting Manager 140.”