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  • Japan Game Awards 2026 Grand Prize Goes to ‘Poko a Pokémon’ — 5ch: ‘Way Too Obvious a Choice’

    The selection of “Poko a Pokémon” as the Grand Prize winner of the Japan Game Awards 2026 became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (Geha) board. Many posters in the thread backed the win, saying things like “way too obvious a choice” and “of course — it’s got both the sales and the acclaim,” while others pushed back with comments like “anyone who actually knows games would pick Bananza” and “nothing tops Bananza.” Some also championed Death Stranding 2, and opinions split over what criteria should decide the award and how much domestic sales should factor in.

    4AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:47
    Way too obvious a choice
    It's got overwhelming popularity and polish.
    6AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:47
    Of course it won — it's got both the sales and the critical acclaim to back it up.
    33AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:51
    Re: #6
    If you actually know games, it's Bananza, but
    I guess it can't be helped since it's a fan vote.
    7AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:47
    Nah, nothing beats Bananza.
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:48
    Re: #7
    I prefer Bananza too, but this one got way more buzz, so it can't be helped.
    12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:48
    Re: #7
    If Bananza's protagonist were a Pokémon, it would've won the Grand Prize.
    But at the end of the day it's just a gorilla.
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:48
    A kiddie game, huh
    This is exactly why Japan's in decline.
    18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    Re: #11
    Good thing it wasn't some baby-easy game like Wolverine that you could clear with your toes.
    With Sony, for some reason they start handing out "Game of the Year" hype before the game's even released.
    29AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:50
    Re: #11
    Marvel's Wolverine
    15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    So that's why there was a thread today hyping up Palworld and trashing Poko a Pokémon.
    38AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:51
    Re: #15
    Was that a prophetic dream? lol
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    Glad to see Japan's game awards actually got it right this time!
    17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    It would've been way more exciting if Death Stranding 2 had won.
    19AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    Domestic sales really do have a huge influence on who takes the Grand Prize.
    23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:50
    Koei Tecmo (developer) — good move teaming up with Nintendo/Pokémon.
    52AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:53
    Isn't Palworld basically a watered-down Poko a Pokémon with a Metascore of 79, made for poor people who don't own a Switch 2?
    65AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:56
    Re: #52
    That's about the same score as Wolverine.
    I'm sensing masterpiece vibes (sarcasm).
    53AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:54
    Isn't Palworld super similar to Mecha Chameleon (a rival indie title)?
    56AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:55
    Re: #53
    Mecha Chameleon won the Movement Award.
    Palworld won nothing.
    102AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:03
    It's hilarious how people are losing it over Death Stranding 2 not winning lol

    It's the title that triggered the end of Kojima's contract,
    so no matter how you flip it, it's not a masterpiece lol
    It didn't sell, after all

    Oh, let me say it again


    Death Stranding 2… did not sell


    That's the reason.
    134AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:08
    Re: #102
    If it had actually won the Grand Prize, that would've been the most entertaining outcome for the Geha board.
    105AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:03
    Guess that just means it was a weak year for Japanese games.
    112AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:04
    Re: #105
    Uh, Poko a Pokémon sold just fine though…?
    It was hugely popular, you know?
    107AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:03
    Feels like Palworld and Hono Gurashi (a cozy-life sim) got more buzz.
    117AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:04
    Re: #107
    Nobody but the Geha board is even making noise about Palworld.
    119AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:05
    What exactly are you so bitter about? What outcome would've satisfied you?

    Background and Points of Debate

    The Japan Game Awards are presented by CESA during the Tokyo Game Show, and because the selection process combines expert judging with fan voting, results tend to reflect domestic sales figures and buzz. “Bananza,” which came up repeatedly in the thread as a comparison, drew praise for its polish, but reportedly fell short in domestic sales volume — a gap that fueled reactions like “if it were purely about quality, a different title would’ve won.” Death Stranding 2, which was also a hot topic around the same time, had some supporters too, but it reportedly struggled with domestic sales and ultimately didn’t take home an award. Much of the disagreement in the thread stems less from the outcome itself than from differing views on the “popularity contest” nature built into the fan-voting portion of the award.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, aka Geha) thread “Japan Game Awards 2026 Grand Prize Goes to Poko a Pokémon!!!!!“

  • Japan Game Awards Names 12 Award of Excellence Winners — Fans Go to War Over Who Takes the Grand Prize

    The Japan Game Awards has announced its 12 Award of Excellence winners, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hardware & Industry (“Geha”) board. Eligible titles were released domestically between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026, and the lineup includes “Death Stranding 2,” “Donkey Kong Bananza,” and “Magical Girl no Majo Saiban” (Magical Girl’s Witch Trial), among others. Nintendo-affiliated titles stood out while Sony-affiliated ones were thin on the ground, fueling speculation over who’ll take the Grand Prize. Some also questioned the selection criteria and which titles got snubbed.

    Award of Excellence: DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

    Award of Excellence: Donkey Kong Bananza

    Award of Excellence: Magical Girl no Majo Saiban (Magical Girl’s Witch Trial)

    Source: famitsu.com / original article here

    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:25
    Nintendo: 3 titles + Pokémon + the Mario movie
    Sony: 2 titles lmao
    37AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:33
    Re: #3
    And Sony didn't even bother showing up lol
    66AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:39
    Re: #3
    Oh wow, well that settles it then
    5AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:27
    It's basically a popularity contest
    My money's on Pokopoke (forum nickname for a Pokémon title) or Resident Evil for the Grand Prize
    7AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:27
    Calling Paranorma an "Award of Excellence" winner feels like a bit of a stretch
    9AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:28
    A lot of these picks just make me go "huh?"
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:28
    Does the Grand Prize come from this list?
    Or does making this list actually rule you out?
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:29
    Re: #10
    The Grand Prize goes to one of these
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:29
    No matter how I look at it, Digimon making the cut is just weird, hands down
    40AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:34
    Probably Pokoa (same nickname, likely), Bananza, or Resident Evil
    46AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:35
    Re: #40
    Why's that?
    Did you play every single game?
    55AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:36
    Re: #46
    That "why's that" — why's that about what, exactly?
    64AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:38
    Re: #55
    Lol, passing judgment without even playing it
    56AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:36
    Is Bananza really that fun?
    58AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:37
    Re: #56
    You'll get it once you play it
    59AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:37
    Re: #56
    I bought a Switch 2 just for this game
    60AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:37
    Re: #56
    Parts of it are fun, but it's really the creativity behind it that stands out
    If we're talking buzz though, I feel like Pokoa has it
    57AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:36
    Sales come first for the Grand Prize
    then content
    and then some "artsy wanderer" indie pick gets shoehorned in for good measure
    65AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:38
    Re: #57
    So is it Pokoa, Ghost of Yōtei, or Resident Evil then?
    Well, but since this is Japan, probably Pokoa
    83AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:46
    Ghost of Yōtei
    Death Stranding 2
    Resident Evil 9
    Pragmata
    Silent Hill f

    Yeah, Sony's just winning this outright
    92AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    Koei Tecmo basically taking the Grand Prize would be insane
    Re: #83
    Don't just casually lump multiplatform/third-party titles in with Sony's tally
    97AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:50
    Re: #83
    Ghost of Yōtei is literally the only real exclusive on that list 🤣
    91AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    Didn't realize visual-novel-style games like Manosaba (fan nickname for Magical Girl no Majo Saiban) were even eligible for this
    Had no idea
    94AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:49
    Re: #91
    Genre doesn't matter for this award
    96AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:50
    Re: #91
    The trial sections actually have a decent amount of gameplay to them
    100AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:51
    Re: #94
    I always figured these awards weighed gameplay-system innovation heavily, so this is surprising
    107AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:56
    Re: #100
    The Japanese awards are all about sales and popularity
    104AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:54
    This is basically decided by public vote, right?
    Sakurai (of Smash Bros fame) said an awards show decided purely by voting would be boring, which is why he created the Game Designers Award
    111AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:59
    Re: #104
    That was probably before the whole falling-out with Kojima, so Death Stranding 2 still racked up votes
    106AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:55
    Having both Death Stranding and Silent Hill f on there kind of makes it smell rigged
    119AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:03
    Re: #106
    Death Stranding's quality is genuinely high
    Taste varies, but since it's basically an extension of the first game there's nothing especially groundbreaking about the design — still, it's a solid, dependable game
    and the story is actually easier to connect with emotionally than the first one

    Silent Hill f, meanwhile, has one foot in "bad game" territory — mediocre overall, and the combat is rough
    108AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:57
    Re: #1
    So Meccha Chameleon doesn't get nominated?
    113AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:00
    Re: #108
    The eligibility window covers everything released domestically in Japan between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026

    Meccha Chameleon releases June 10, 2026, so it's outside the window
    115AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:01
    If you ask me whether Manosaba is fun, I won't hesitate to say yes
    but is it really that special compared to all the other visual novels I've played over the years? Not especially…
    120AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:03
    Re: #115
    It's an award for 2025 titles, so the comparison should be against other 2025 games, not every classic visual novel ever made 🙄
    126AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:06
    Re: #115
    Urban Legend Dismantling Center is also wildly popular, but I found it boring and dropped it. What's up with that? I felt a huge gap between my reaction and everyone else's.
    Maybe visual novels ride on hype more, and since most people haven't actually played them, the ratings end up going easy on them
    122AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:04
    Award of Excellence: Resident Evil Requiem
    Award of Excellence: PRAGMATA

    Capcom's probably pretty annoyed
    124AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:04
    Re: #122
    Can't win on sales, so
    guess it can't be helped
    125AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:05
    Re: #113
    For games like Palworld where the early access launch and the full release happen on different dates, which one counts as the release date?
    131AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:09
    Re: #125
    For the GOTY, I recall Baldur's Gate 3 won it once it hit full release

    Background and Talking Points

    The Japan Game Awards are organized by CESA (the Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association), with the Grand Prize chosen from among the Award of Excellence winners through a mix of public voting and judging. As commenters noted, the awards lean heavily on public voting, and it was dissatisfaction with that format that led Masahiro Sakurai to launch a separate honor, the “Game Designers Award,” which judges games on different criteria. Because eligibility is determined by the Japanese domestic release date, games with separate early access and full release dates can end up handled inconsistently — the thread raised questions about this, including why “Meccha Chameleon” fell outside the eligibility window and how early access titles should be treated. Opinions on the nominees also split sharply along the lines of who had actually played them, with posters going back and forth over whether critics had really tried the games before judging them.

    *This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “Here Are the 12 Award of Excellence Winners for the Japan Game Awards!“.

  • Psychic Force 2012 Ports to PS5/Switch/Steam in 2027 — 5ch: ‘The Dreamcast Version Was the Perfect Port’

    The versus fighting game Psychic Force 2012 has been announced for release on PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Steam in 2027. Publisher Cosmo Machia also released a teaser trailer ahead of Tokyo Game Show 2026. This marks the first time the title — originally released in 1998 as a Dreamcast exclusive — has been ported to another platform. On 5ch, some welcomed the news with comments like “finally coming to a home console,” while others expressed disappointment that it’s “a port, not a new game,” and questioned why PS4 was left out. Debate also broke out over the order in which gaming outlets list supported platforms.

    Cosmo Machia has announced that the versus fighting game Psychic Force 2012 will launch on PS5/Nintendo Switch/Steam in 2027. A teaser trailer for Tokyo Game Show 2026 was also released alongside the announcement.

    Source: gamespark.jp / Original article here

    2AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:29
    Is this Psychic Force's first time landing on a Nintendo platform?
    44AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:57
    Re: #2
    The only version that actually released properly was the DC one, so I'd say it counts as a first port to every platform.
    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:29
    It's [year] 2026 and we're getting '2012'? That's just awful.
    6AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:31
    I wish they'd give us a graphics remake or a new entry.
    Guess I'll buy it anyway though.
    7AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:33
    Taito's become a company that just preserves old IPs at this point.
    Was being bought out by Square Enix really a good thing for them?
    46AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:59
    Re: #7
    At least they still have their own identity instead of getting killed off entirely like Hudson — could be worse.
    8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:33
    Re: #1
    It's a low-poly game that runs fine even on the original Switch — why does that leave PS4 out in the cold? 😨
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:34
    Cosmo Machia? Never heard of them.
    37AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:51
    Re: #10
    They've put out stuff like Shikigami no Shiro recently.
    12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:35
    Seriously, would garbage outlets stop desperately reshuffling the platform order?
    This very site lists it as Switch, Steam, PS5!
    25AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:45
    Re: #12
    Still doing that Sony favoritism thing, huh.
    Reminds me of when Monster Hunter Rise went multiplatform — Capcom's official announcement listed Xbox before PlayStation, but every domestic site put PS first anyway.
    102AnonymousSep 15, 2026 20:02
    Re: #12
    The Keiji Channel always lists PS5 first for multiplatform titles too.
    14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:36
    Companies scraping by on cheap ports like this will probably go under once the recession hits.
    Only creepy otaku are buying this stuff anyway.
    15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:38
    I was shocked to see a crowd of otaku girls gathered around it at the arcade.
    Just felt so out of place, somehow.
    17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:40
    The Dreamcast version of 2012 was a flawless port, and that was great.

    Re: #15
    Well, magazines like Dengeki PlayStation were hyping it up hard back then.
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:39
    Wait, it's not even a new game?

    A remaster at this point doesn't really move the needle for me.
    21AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:43
    This is another case of Sony paying to block the Xbox version.
    73AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:25
    Re: #21
    They don't have that kind of money left anymore…
    98AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:33
    Re: #21
    Still pushing that conspiracy theory?
    No need to "block" anything — an Xbox version with orders of magnitude less demand was never going to be part of a low-budget multiplatform project in the first place.
    28AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:46
    Way too nostalgic.
    Before I knew it, '2012' had become the past.
    67AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:18
    Re: #28
    Oh right, '2012' used to feel like the future… that gives me a real thousand-yard stare.

    It's even funnier seeing Fist of the North Star machines at pachinko parlors — like, 'the apocalypse' from that story is now a quarter-century in the past!
    30AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:47
    If it's not a new game, at least release it as part of a collection…
    A standalone release, seriously?
    100AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:52
    Re: #30
    This is Cosmo Machia we're talking about — they pulled the same crappy move with Exzeal.
    They'll eventually put out a "Complete Pack" with a soundtrack CD and art book as bonuses, so just leave it be until then.
    59AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:15
    In the end, not even the original game made it onto the Egret II Mini.
    63AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:16
    Re: #59
    That thing isn't powerful enough anyway — it can't fully emulate the polygon arcade boards.
    62AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:16
    I feel like this was pretty popular back in the day, but this style of fighting system never got any imitators at all.
    65AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:16
    Re: #62
    Rozen Maiden… no, never mind.
    68AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:18
    Did this actually have a good reputation back then?
    70AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:20
    Re: #68
    Game magazines like Gamest used to run tons of illustrations that were apparently drawn by female artists.
    71AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:21
    There were a few games that reused this system, right?
    72AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:22
    Re: #71
    The Lyrical Nanoha game on PSP was like this.
    Even the feeling that it had too few moves was the same.
    75AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:27
    Re: #71
    The game based on CLAMP's X was like this too.
    My little sister was playing it and I was shocked, like, 'this is basically Psychic Force!'
    74AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:26
    No Xbox version — guess the developer is M2?
    80AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:36
    Re: #74
    M2 will make an Xbox version too if the publisher wants one — like with the Gradius Origins Collection.
    81AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:42
    Is this the one with the theme song that was allegedly plagiarized?
    89AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:10
    Re: #81
    That was the PS version of the previous game.
    83AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    Wong's throw animation in 2012 is way too long and gets in the way.
    Bring back the first game's version where he pins the opponent and finishes with a roundhouse kick.
    85AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:56
    Re: #83
    "There's no escape" — shun-shun-shun-shun-shun-niko-shun (mimicking the character's rapid-fire attack sound/voice clip).

    Background and key points of this discussion

    Psychic Force 2012 is a versus fighting game originally released in 1998 as a Dreamcast exclusive; this marks its first port to another platform. Publisher Taito came under Square Enix’s umbrella in 2005, and in recent years its business has centered more on managing and re-releasing rights to older titles than on new games. The “platform listing order” debate that flared up in the thread — the claim that gaming media tends to put the PlayStation version first when covering multiplatform titles — is a long-running point of contention on the video game hardware board (Geha) and isn’t unique to this article. It’s also worth noting that at the time of announcement, details like price, exact release timing, and whether this is a remaster or a straight port haven’t been revealed, so comments expressing disappointment that it’s “a port, not a new game” or speculating that “a complete pack will come out later” are both unconfirmed guesses at this stage.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “[Good News] Psychic Force 2012 Coming to PS5/Switch/Steam in 2027!“.

  • Hello! Project’s member-color picks spark debate — 5ch: “There’s no way Murata should be pink”

    Hello! Project has a long-standing custom of assigning newly joined members whatever color happens to be open at the time. On the 5ch “Hello! Project” board, a thread was launched questioning the agency’s sense of taste in color assignments after both Shimoidani Yukiho and Murata Yui were given pink-toned member colors. Posters pointed out that other colors — white, green, light blue — should have still been available back then, while others argued a member’s skin tone and overall vibe ought to take priority over anything else. Still others took a cooler view, arguing that popularity, not color, is really what shapes a member’s image. The talk eventually spread into how colors have been decided in the past and whether future re-assignments might be coming.

    1AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:30
    I think part of why she's not popular is that her member color just doesn't suit her — that's a real factor.
    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:32
    They just gave her the same color as Tamenaga so a single, solo color wouldn't expose how unpopular she is.
    5AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    They rushed to fill the pink slot, so by the time Nagano Momoha joined, pink was already taken. Incompetent, useless agency.
    14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:40
    Re: #5
    Exactly that.
    Honestly the whole thing is just dumb, including that part.
    Pink especially is a color that only suits certain personalities.
    Like Onoda or Kubota — they fit the image perfectly.
    6AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:34
    To begin with, it's weird that Aroi even got promoted in the first place.
    8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:35
    They should've just kept pink open for Nagano.
    9AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:35
    Not being able to give pink to Mochi is genuinely painful.
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:38
    There were quite a few people saying Goto — who was pink back in her Oha Girl days (a kids' morning-TV idol unit) — might end up with a deeper pink.
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:42
    Re: #10
    Goto's the ace member, so light blue is fine for her — it suits her anyway.
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:38
    Isn't Nagano also kind of tan? Pink doesn't really suit her either, does it?
    12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:39
    I recall hearing that with Murata, pink was just whatever was left over at the end. Is that actually true?
    13AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:40
    This is the same agency that once tried to make Matsunaga pink.
    18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:43
    With 11 members I get that handing out colors gets tricky, but light blue could've worked for Murata too, I think.
    No idea about Moimoi though.
    57AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:00
    Re: #18
    When the Hinas joined, Niinuma was still around and already had light blue, remember?
    19AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:43
    Member color doesn't matter at all if you're popular — any color works. It's fans of unpopular members who tend to obsess over it.
    20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:43
    If Sasaki hadn't been around, Goto might've ended up yellow too. But light blue suits her, so it's fine as is.
    21AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:43
    Nah, white was definitely the right call for Lesser.
    22AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:44
    There are colors that don't bother you and colors that do.
    Pink is definitely one that not everyone can pull off.
    23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:44
    At the very least, I want red reserved for members who actually look good in it.
    Yamazaki, Yonemura, and Kawashima were spot-on picks.
    25AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:46
    Really looking forward to seeing who becomes Tsubaki's next red.
    Better be someone ace-level.
    26AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:46
    ANGERME's current red is scheduled to graduate next.
    27AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    Aren't all the members with 'Momo' or 'peach' in their name pink anyway?
    29AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:48
    Goto listed white, black, and light blue as her favorite colors back when she was a trainee, so light blue makes sense in a way.
    Shimoidani, though — purple tones would've suited her, and purple was also the color of Shimakura, the member she looked up to.
    31AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:48
    She didn't give off that vibe when she joined, but the way Itsuking carries herself now, red might've suited her too.
    Honestly, it's a waste that her color is nearly identical to Yokaze's.
    32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:48
    Maybe they should've changed the member color when Sasaki graduated?
    Moimoi is technically treated as the dance member, after all.
    33AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    So red's opening up in ANGERME too?
    Let's make Tamura red.
    38AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:50
    Re: #33
    Black Panther-chan already looks awfully purple, but going full purple would overlap too much with Meimei — so red is honestly a real option.
    34AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Murata's got a cool, blue-based skin tone ("burube" in Japanese beauty-speak) anyway, so light blue would've been fine.
    66AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:11
    Re: #34
    Exactly this.
    And then Doipu could've had light pink.
    They really didn't need to lock in member colors before Kiso graduated.
    35AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Nagano's outfit at her first birthday event was a pink dress, so everyone was like, "yeah… of course it is."
    36AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    I want them to change King to red.
    63AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:09
    Re: #36
    Honestly the two yellows look way too similar — maybe one of them will get switched?
    37AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    They're just slotting in whatever color's available at the time.
    If a member happens to get her favorite color, that's pure luck.
    43AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:53
    Re: #37
    Even so, at least put some thought into it.
    White, pink, and green were all open, and there's no way Murata should've gotten pink.
    Light blue was available too.
    39AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:50
    Itsuki-chan would've been fine with orange.
    62AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:09
    Re: #57
    She's one of the newer "photo-ready" members (moreshin — fan slang for someone who always looks great in pics), so I wouldn't know about that.
    69AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:11
    Re: #62
    A genius comeback — even if it's obvious you don't actually care about Tsubaki and are just butting in, you can always pin it on a Juice=Juice fan.
    70AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:18
    Orange Tayu
    https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20260831/21/tsubaki-factory-new/a7/85/j/o1080144015817671970.jpg
    Pink Lesser
    https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20260914/21/tsubaki-factory-new/67/d4/j/o1080144015822087548.jpg

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    “Member color” is a custom within Hello! Project and idol culture more broadly, where each member is assigned an official color used for goods and penlights. It’s often decided simply by whichever color happens to be open when a member joins, and the member’s own preference isn’t necessarily the priority. In the thread, opinions split between whether a color actually suits a member’s skin tone and overall vibe, and the more cynical view that colors are just assigned based on whatever’s available — both are ultimately speculation, since the agency has never published its actual criteria. Pink is considered a popular color, which means candidates for it often overlap, and cases like this one — where several members who joined around the same time end up with near-identical colors — have repeatedly become a point of debate.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “What kind of taste does an agency have, giving pink-toned member colors to both Shimoidani Yukiho and Murata Yui?“

  • Sydney Sweeney’s Nearly Nude Gambling Ad Sparks Backlash — Female Athletes Fire Back

    US sports-betting startup Novig released an ad on September 9 featuring actress Sydney Sweeney appearing nearly nude, urging viewers to use the app to bet on NBA and NFL games. In response, female athletes — led by former US collegiate gymnastics champion Gracie Kramer — have been posting photos of their own trained bodies on social media in protest. On 5ch threads, defenders ask, “Why is this a problem when nobody’s actually harmed?” while critics argue that “selling women’s sports through the male gaze is a step backwards” — and the discussion eventually spiraled into comparisons with other actresses’ looks.

    Sydney Sweeney, the actress who seems to land in controversy again and again, is facing fierce backlash once more over her latest ad.

    This time the spark was a campaign ad released on September 9 (local time) by Novig, a new US sports-betting app. In the video, Sydney appears nearly nude, strategically covering herself with a basketball and a football while striking provocative poses and urging viewers to use the app to bet on games like the NBA and NFL. One shot shows a topless Sydney covering her chest with her hands, looking into the camera and saying, “Just you, your opinion, and the sport.”

    The ad has sparked outrage, particularly among female athletes. Gracie Kramer, a former US collegiate gymnastics champion, posted footage of her grueling training and competitions to Instagram, pushing back with, “I don’t know what Sydney Sweeney is doing, but this is what women in sports actually look like.” She added angrily, “Watching women’s sports get sold through the male gaze feels like a huge step backwards.”

    Source: elle.com / Original article here

    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:45
    Re: #1
    What's Sydney Sweeney's equivalent in Japanese-actress terms? Someone like Haruka Ayase?
    79AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:19
    Re: #3
    Among the young-to-mid-career crowd, someone who's already lead-role famous —

    Riho Yoshioka.
    111AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:31
    Re: #3
    Dan Mitsu, back when she was popular. (a Japanese tarento known for her sex-symbol image)
    4AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:45
    Sydney's happy — she gets paid. The guys are happy — they get to see her naked. Nobody's losing out here, so what's the actual problem?
    6AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:46
    Isn't Sydney Sweeney the one who's always got her nipples showing through her clothes?
    8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:46
    Still, everyone secretly loves how Sydney never wavers from her provocative "bad girl" brand.
    9AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    Re: #1
    She totally ripped off Yasumura's bit — she should've said "don't worry!" too. (Hikaru Yasumura is a Japanese comedian famous for a nude-look pose routine where he shouts "Anshin shite kudasai!" — "Don't worry!" — before revealing he's wearing underwear)
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    This whole pile-on-and-attack mentality is the actually creepy part.
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    Re: #1

    12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    Honestly, the bigger problem is that gambling apps like this are allowed to exist openly at all.
    17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:50
    Plenty of athletes stripped down for Sports Illustrated before — complaining now just because the politics are different is pathetic.
    20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:52
    People don't complain about what was said. They complain about who said it.
    21AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:52
    > Athletes are spreading protest by posting photos of their training and toned bodies on social media.

    Is that actually a protest though?
    24AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:53
    I figured she was young, but she's already 29…
    25AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:54
    Re: #4
    It devalues sports, plain and simple. There's just not enough respect for sports here.
    26AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:54
    What is this — isn't she the Lingerie Football League girl?
    27AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:54
    She's always causing an uproar by flashing her nipples at events, isn't she? Guess that's just her whole shtick.
    40AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:59
    Re: #27
    Ah, so this is just her usual thing.
    28AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:54
    What's even wrong with it? It's no different from bodybuilding. The only people criticizing it are jealous old ladies who can't stand seeing a great body.
    31AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:56
    Wait, so does that mean lingerie football should be banned too?
    32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:56
    Tried image-searching "Sydney Sweeney nude" — not bad at all.
    37AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:58
    Guess she's a modern-day sex symbol. And only 5'3" (161cm) too.
    38AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:59
    This woman is basically the Marilyn Monroe of the Reiwa era. (Japan's current imperial era, since 2019) No matter how much backlash she gets, she sticks to who she is — respect.
    41AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:59
    She's cute enough that she wouldn't even need to strip to get by.
    55AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:08
    She's basically the blonde bombshell made flesh.
    68AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:13
    Now that social media makes everything visible, that old idolization of white people's looks isn't what it used to be lol. I honestly think that's part of why Hollywood movies have been struggling lol.
    92AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:24
    She showed her boobs in that Amazon Prime movie, The Voyeurs — they were kind of saggy. Then I thought she looked a bit like Itano, and now I literally can't unsee it lol. (Tomomi Itano, a Japanese idol/singer, former AKB48 member)
    102AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:28
    Well, in this whole "willing to strip" lane, she's number one, I'll give her that — can't speak to her actual acting career though.

    Emma Stone's another one getting hyped a ton lately with that same kind of face. Personally, not my type at all.

    Background and Key Points of Debate

    In the US, sports-betting apps have rapidly gone legal and mainstream in recent years, fueling an escalating arms race of provocative celebrity-driven ads. Sweeney has repeatedly courted controversy before — including her American Eagle jeans ad — and this latest campaign follows that same pattern. The thread split along two lines: one side prioritizes individual freedom, arguing “she agreed to do it and nobody’s actually harmed,” while the other argues that “framing female athletes’ hard work in the same sexualized terms devalues sports” — a divide that doesn’t reduce to a simple pro/con split. It’s also worth noting that the athletes’ objection isn’t to nudity itself, but to sexualized imagery being used in the context of women’s sports specifically — a distinction the original article emphasizes as well.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Sports Sokuhou+) thread “[Actress] Sydney Sweeney sparks backlash over provocative nude sports-betting ad — Olympic athletes among critics.”

  • Sony’s ‘Death Stranding 2’ Named for the Japan Game Awards — But Sony Skips Its Own Ceremony

    A thread reporting that Sony’s “Death Stranding 2” had been named in the Japan Game Awards selection lit up 5ch’s Hardware/Industry (“Geha”) board. Early on, posters jabbed at the fact that Sony itself was absent from the award ceremony, and questioned whether this was actually the top “Grand Award” or just one of the “Award for Excellence” picks. Some compared the win counts between Nintendo’s “Pokémon Bananza” and various Sony titles, and the conversation soon drifted into the circumstances behind director Hideo Kojima’s departure from Sony.

    1AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:28
    Tough luck, Nintendo fanboys ("Nishi-kun," a mocking nickname for Nintendo diehards)
    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:28
    And yet Sony itself was a no-show lol
    8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:30
    Re: #3
    The "chameleon" skipped it too (unclear who's being referenced, but implies someone who keeps changing their stance)
    4AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:29
    Winning an award right after cutting ties with the guy is kind of messed up…
    Is that really okay?
    5AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:29
    Wait, why hasn't the "don't make garbage threads" guy shown up for this one?
    7AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:29
    Doesn't this make "Trashtation" (a mocking nickname for PlayStation) look stupid? 😭
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:30
    Juji's (Sony exec Toshimasa Jūji) gonna blow a fuse again over wasting money on this
    15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    Even recreating KONAMI's playbook down to this detail… (a jab referencing Kojima's infamous falling-out with Konami)
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:34
    Isn't this an Award for Excellence, not the Grand Award? Apparently there are 12 of them
    17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:40
    From where the barriers stand, Kojima's already the enemy, isn't he (original phrasing is ambiguous)
    18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:42
    Whatever logic led to abandoning Director Kojima, it's just stupid
    19AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:43
    Ghost of Yōtei won one too, didn't it?
    Sony really is strong when it comes to award season
    20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:44
    Nintendo
    Pokémon Bananza
    Sony
    Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yōtei

    Tied for now, I guess
    22AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:44
    The only thing anyone talked about was Pekora (VTuber Usada Pekora) showing up — never once heard whether the game was actually good or not
    23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:45
    The Grand Award's gonna be either "Poko-a Pokémon" (nickname for Pokémon Bananza) or Splatoon Raiders,
    or maybe Resident Evil Requiem.
    But Raiders is excluded because of the eligibility period,
    so it's probably going to be Resident Evil Requiem
    25AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Re: #1
    No way a piece of garbage like Death Stranding 2 wins an award…

    Where the hell does my Poko-a Pokémon rank, idiot
    32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:55
    Everyone was bashing Death Stranding 2 so hard these past few days — so why?? 😭
    34AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:56
    The PlayStation fanboys ("Goki," a derogatory term short for "cockroach") who voted for Death Stranding 2 are probably regretting it now
    38AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:57
    PlayStation fanboy: "I don't know what face to make right now" (a well-known meme line)
    40AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:58
    Don't forgive SIE for cutting ties with "Kojikan" (Director Kojima) after he made a game good enough to win the Japan Game Awards
    42AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:00
    So where is the man who made this wonderful game, and what's he up to now?
    43AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:00
    Death Stranding 2 won the award, and yet he ran away from Sony
    46AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:01
    Calling something "sad news" when nobody even cared about it in the first place — not sure what I'm supposed to do with that
    47AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:01
    "We don't need you, lol, bye-bye lol"
    "It's the Game Awards!"

    This is basically a comedy skit
    59AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:07
    If Death Stranding 2 deserves the Grand Award, then Tamagotchi should've won it three times over
    79AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:21
    Re: #59
    Oh right, didn't it lose to Tamagotchi? lol
    66AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:16
    Nice timing lol
    73AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:18
    Re: #66
    If they're doing this as a joke, that's impressive. Way too much of a public humiliation
    75AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:19
    Here comes a Nintendo fanboy ("Nishi-kun")
    80AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:21
    Re: #75
    I'm telling you to drop the "Nintendo" stuff, and you go and call him "Nishi-kun" — your Japanese is terrible
    84AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:25
    Director…

    86AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:25
    The silence is hilarious
    89AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:27
    Re: #86
    It's painfully obvious who this is aimed at and what it's trying to say, lol 🤗
    94AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:32
    Re: #86
    Wonder how he's feeling right now
    96AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:33
    Re: #86
    Even without a word, the message comes through loud and clear, lol

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    The Japan Game Awards are announced alongside the Tokyo Game Show, using a two-stage system: roughly ten titles are first named “Award for Excellence” winners, and one of those is then chosen as the single “Grand Award.” As pointed out in the thread (e.g., >>16), some posters flagged that this might be an Award for Excellence rather than the Grand Award — based on the thread’s posts alone, it can’t be confirmed whether Death Stranding 2’s honor here is the Grand Award or just one of the Excellence Award picks. Some also speculated that, due to the eligibility window, newer Splatoon titles may have been excluded from consideration — a reminder that the casual “how many wins for Nintendo vs. Sony this year” tally is being made without a clearly agreed line on which titles even qualify. Many posts also touch on Hideo Kojima’s relationship with Sony, but comments about his contract status after going independent, or his ties to Microsoft, are largely fragmentary speculation rather than confirmed fact.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “[Sad News for Nintendo Fans] Sony’s Death Stranding 2 Makes the Japan Game Awards!“

  • Rio Sakurai’s Birthday Event Tokyo Show Announced — 5ch Reacts: ‘Probably a Dump of a Venue Like the Ranma One’

    On September 15, 2026, details were announced for the fan-club-only birthday event of Morning Musume。’26 member Rio Sakurai. The Tokyo show will be held at NEW PIER HALL in Takeshiba on November 10, with two performances priced at ¥4,700. Details for an Osaka show (YES THEATER, November 16) were released at the same time. Rather than focusing on what the venue actually offers, the thread zeroed in on the seating layout shown in the sample image on the official site, with comments like “You can’t see from either side” and “It’s flat, so it might be hard to see” sparking comparisons to other venues used in the past, like Yamano Hall.

    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:00
    Morning Musume。'26 Rio Sakurai Birthday Event (Tokyo)
    ●Performer: Rio Sakurai (Morning Musume。'26)
    ●Venue: NEW PIER HALL (Tokyo)
    ●Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
    [Show 01] Doors 16:20 / Start 17:00
    [Show 02] Doors 18:50 / Start 19:30
    ●Seat types: General seating, Elementary school seating (all reserved)
    ●Ticket price: ¥4,700 (tax included)
    ●Purchase limit: 1 general seat and up to 2 elementary school seats per show
    82AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:55
    Re: #3
    What is this venue…
    Like last year, Rairii's (Rio Sakurai's nickname) Morning Musume birthday events always seem to end up at some odd venue
    4AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:00
    Notice: FC pre-sale opens for "Morning Musume。'26 Rio Sakurai Birthday Event in Osaka"
    https://www.upfc.jp/helloproject/news_detail.php?@uid=K3vi9AiyxUHymirM
    5AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:01
    Morning Musume。'26 Rio Sakurai Birthday Event in Osaka
    ●Performer: Rio Sakurai (Morning Musume。'26)
    ●Venue: YES THEATER (Osaka)
    ●Date: Monday, November 16, 2026
    [Show 01] Doors 16:00 / Start 16:30
    [Show 02] Doors 18:00 / Start 18:30
    ●Seat types: General seating, Elementary school seating (all reserved)
    ●Ticket price: ¥4,700 (tax included, fan club special price)
    ●Purchase limit: Up to 2 tickets per show
    8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:02
    So it's a venue that's half-flat and wide rather than deep…
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:04
    The capacity of NEW PIER HALL in Takeshiba is up to 796 seats for live events (with rollback chairs etc. fully deployed).
    20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:09
    Re: #10
    I doubt they'll line up chairs all the way to max capacity
    You can't see from either side, and even the official sample shows seats cut out
    28AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:12
    Re: #20
    So this light-blue area is the flat section? Not exactly a venue to get excited about
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:04
    Annoying that the Osaka show isn't back-to-back with the concert
    12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:04
    Oh right, you can walk there from Hamamatsucho Station
    13AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:05
    Like Shintoshi Hall, they probably won't line chairs all the way to the edges, right?
    Capacity can be adjusted by how the chairs are arranged
    14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:05
    They used this place before for Kawamura's birthday event, I think
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:07
    If there's no nighttime meet-and-greet (nikai), this is basically on par with Okamura Homare's or Gotou's events
    Not bad at all
    17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:07
    Is NEW PIER HALL a venue like Yamano Hall?
    18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:07
    Nearest station is Takeshiba Station on the Yurikamome line
    You can also walk there from JR/Tokyo Monorail Hamamatsucho Station, or Toei Asakusa/Oedo Line Daimon Station
    19AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:08
    2026
    NEW PIER HALL 【795 seats】　

    2025
    Shibuya Culture Central Owada, Sakura Hall 【735 seats】
    22AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:10
    So it's a flat venue with a raised section only at the back, like the good old Yamano Hall?
    23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:10
    Wait, a Tokyo show? Oh, turns out they're doing Osaka too
    25AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:11
    Didn't they use this venue for an ANGERME single-release event before?
    26AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:12
    Won't know for sure until the day of, but if seat numbers go up to 40 across, does that mean it'll match the official seating chart?
    29AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:13
    If they're doing Osaka, make it the day after the concert already
    30AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:14
    31AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:14
    If you're scared of losing the lottery and try to get in on points instead, could you end up stuck in the back row of the flat section?
    32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:14
    Come to think of it, this year they've also used this place for "Ocha no Chocolate" (an event/segment name) — wonder if footage of that's floating around somewhere
    40AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:18
    This venue's just as crappy as the Ranma one
    53AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:27
    Re: #40
    Definitely worse than Ranma
    It's 4 rows deep, and if someone about your height is sitting in front of you, you can't see the members at all
    42AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:19
    @
    > *This performance is not eligible for resale.

    Having a disclaimer like this makes me think they're planning to make the resale system a permanent fixture going forward?
    Mainly for concerts, maybe?
    44AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:22
    Re: #42
    So far MOALA's only been used for big venues, but I wonder if they'll start using it for regular shows too
    Sounds like FC events are just going to stay like this though
    52AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:27
    Re: #42
    Never noticed this until now, but
    that disclaimer's been added since the BEYOOOOONDS Okamura birthday event announced on 9/9
    43AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:20
    The stage is way too low lol
    People in the back won't be able to see a thing
    45AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:22
    Guess they'll do "Sakurai no Shirabe" (a solo song, likely a pun on her name) seated then
    46AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:23
    Osaka's got YES Theater, reliably tiered seating
    47AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:23
    They should just use MOALA, same as the big venues, for FC events too
    51AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:26
    The corner where they play song intros/clips for you to guess will probably be a seated segment
    54AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:28
    If it's mostly talk segments with only about 4 live songs, maybe being buried in the crowd is still bearable?
    66AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:44
    They really dug up a place just like Yamano Hall lol
    67AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:45
    Re: #66
    Last year both shows had a second (meet-and-greet)
    74AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Re: #66
    Pretty sure they used it for Kawamura's birthday event
    76AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Re: #66
    UP-FRONT has used it a few times
    At the 2019 Fukutake event it was 4 rows deep, and if the person in front was about your height and stood up, you couldn't see anything

    Background and Talking Points

    The “birthday event” discussed here is a small-scale, fan-club-members-only show, held separately from concerts as a recurring event built around an individual member. The “not eligible for resale” note that caught the thread’s attention reportedly started appearing with the September 9 announcement, according to one reply — suggesting the resale system may be becoming permanent, though no official explanation has been given yet. As for the seating layout, most of the discussion is speculation based on the sample image posted on the official site; the actual arrangement won’t be confirmed until the day of the event. Opinions on the venue split largely between fans used to flat-floor venues and those used to tiered seating, since their standards for “how well you can see” differ — making it a debate that doesn’t reduce to a simple good-or-bad verdict.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello Project) thread “★Fan Club Members Only Event★ “Morning Musume。’26 Rio Sakurai Birthday Event” Tokyo Show Confirmed!“.

  • JASDF Global Hawk Loses Contact Off Tottori Coast — Wreckage Fragment Found

    On September 15, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s unmanned reconnaissance aircraft “Global Hawk,” flying off the coast of Tottori Prefecture, lost communication mid-flight, and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft spotted what appears to be a piece of the fuselage. The Air Staff Chief stated that the aircraft “was not on a training mission” at the time contact was lost, and since the nature of the mission hasn’t been disclosed, 5ch threads lit up with speculation over whether this was a simple accident or the result of some kind of interference. Some users also raised concerns about the aircraft’s steep price tag and the impact of potentially losing one of the JASDF’s three Global Hawks.

    Sep 15 (Tue), 17:00 JST

    TV Asahi (ANN)

    A Japan Coast Guard aircraft has found what appears to be part of the JASDF’s large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft “Global Hawk,” which lost communication while in flight, off the coast of Tottori Prefecture.

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

    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:31
    No idea how much one of these costs, but probably more than my life, huh?
    Sorry for still being alive.
    18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    Re: #10
    About ¥20 billion a unit, but initial setup costs piled it up to ¥30 billion.
    21AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    Re: #10
    Saw a post somewhere saying it was ¥20 billion.
    34AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:35
    Re: #10
    Don't worry, they're doubling the defense budget anyway.


    Takaichi administration weighs raising defense spending to 3.5% of GDP — fiscal management tested by U.S. pressure

    Japan considering new mid-term target in step with U.S. allies — South Korea at 3.5% over 10 years
    Japan has signaled to U.S. officials its intent to sharply increase defense spending — sources

    https://www.bloomberg.com/jp/news/articles/2026-09-15/TL127GT9NJLT00
    20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    "Not on a training mission" — so was it shot down during a recon run?
    27AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:34
    Re: #20
    Taken literally, that's exactly what it sounds like.
    165AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Re: #20
    Wonder if they scrambled jets.
    44AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:36
    Ground SDF: tank explodes
    Maritime SDF: helicopter collision
    Air SDF: Hawk goes missing
    62AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:37
    Re: #44
    And Takaichi's still out here picking fights with China through all this.
    46AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:36
    If they announce a cause, it crashed.
    If it stays a mystery, it got shot down.
    49AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:36
    (continuing from the source)
    > Regarding the circumstances when communication was lost, they said it "was not during training."


    If it wasn't training and it wasn't a real mission either, how does that even happen?
    273AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:09
    Re: #49
    The Ground SDF once had a guy straight-up steal a plane and fly off in it.
    51AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:37
    If it's not the 'training' kind, is it the 'combat' kind? (a pun — 訓練中, "mid-training," sounds like 訓練厨, "training nerd")
    61AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:37
    I don't really get what they mean by 'not during training.'
    They didn't need to say that, did they?
    I don't think the SDF was ever obligated to account for every single move it makes.
    113AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:43
    Re: #61
    It's basically 'read between the lines.'
    This one's getting shot down, I guarantee it.
    141AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    The SDF only has 3 Global Hawks total.
    Was wondering what they'd do after losing one, and then I found out
    the U.S. military apparently plans to retire all of its Global Hawks by the end of 2027.
    Guess Japan could just buy a used one off them?
    163AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Re: #141
    That's an outdated junk recon plane.
    Why would you pay money for something the U.S. military is throwing out?
    173AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:51
    Re: #163
    Honestly wouldn't put it past the Japanese government.
    183AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:52
    Re: #163
    "Operation Tomodachi" all over again (the 2011 U.S. military relief effort after the Tohoku earthquake, used here sarcastically).
    144AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:47
    It's basically a flying radar station, right?
    So don't they already know exactly what happened?
    154AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:48
    Re: #144
    I mean, if they didn't even know, what was the point of having it up there…
    166AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:49
    Re: #144
    If they knew it was enemy action, Komatsu Air Base would be scrambling like mad right now.
    174AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:51


    Someone posted this in the last thread.
    Looks pretty likely someone deliberately took out the 'deadweight.' Some clever people out there.
    210AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:58
    Re: #174

    Ah, the one that had fake info baked into it.
    218AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:00
    Hope it's not just operator error lol
    https://news.ntv.co.jp/gimage/n24/articles/180a4d42a1bb4ab0bb7e6d2918d4a997/f48c54fd-4a89-4850-bd69-e73a2bd095d3.jpg
    237AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:04
    This is the kind of thing that starts wars.
    242AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:05
    Re: #237
    No way our conflict-avoidant nation would ever admit it got shot down.
    248AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:06
    Re: #237
    Bring in the Lytton Commission already (the 1932 League of Nations panel that investigated Japan's invasion of Manchuria).
    258AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:07
    Re: #237
    Honestly, most Japanese people care more about cheap high-spec Chinese phones and Chinese mobile games.
    Nobody wants a war.
    262AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:08
    Everyone in that unit should be ready to fall on their sword over this.
    270AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:09
    Re: #262
    Nobody ever takes responsibility — that's Japan for you.
    283AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:11
    The aircraft is way bigger than you'd think.
    https://tadaup.jp/9o2hHEmK.jpg
    292AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:12
    Re: #283
    Pretty cool-looking, not gonna lie.

    Background and Key Points

    The Global Hawk is an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft capable of long-duration, high-altitude flight, and the JASDF keeps three of them stationed at Misawa Air Base. It’s a pricey piece of kit, reportedly running over ¥20 billion per aircraft, so the possibility that one has now been lost carries real weight from a defense-budget standpoint. The Air Staff Chief’s pointed remark that the aircraft “was not on a training mission” fueled speculation about the mission’s purpose and the cause of the incident, but as of this writing, the actual cause of the communication loss remains undisclosed. Whether it was an accident, a mechanical failure, or an external factor will have to wait on further investigation — the “it was shot down” theories floating around the thread remain unverified speculation. Some posts claimed the U.S. military is retiring its Global Hawk fleet, but that’s a forum comment, not something confirmed in the article itself.

    *This article excerpts and summarizes the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “[Live Update] JASDF “Global Hawk” Loses Communication Off Tottori Coast — What Appears to Be Aircraft Debris Found; Air Staff Chief: “It Was Not During Training”.”

  • Okamura Homare Appears Live on Radio Nippon’s “60TRY-bu” — 5ch: “Oh, they’ll roast her with brutal honesty”

    Morning Musume。’26’s Okamura Homare appeared live as a special pinch-hitter host for three hours starting at 6:00 PM on September 15, 2026, on Radio Nippon’s “60TRY-bu.” That day’s guest was Yoshida Rion, with a listener-message theme calling for “funny stories” and “questions for Okamura Homare,” plus a solo relaxed-talk segment with Okamura starting at 6:30 PM. On 5ch’s live-commentary thread, real-time reactions piled up alongside official broadcast announcements from Twitter/X, with posters especially fixating on Okamura’s reaction whenever the nickname “Rairii” came up, as well as brief comments about her exchanges with host Tsuchiya Hayato.

    Okamura Homare *appearing live as a special personality.

    Radio Nippon (Yokohama 1422kHz/92.4MHz)

    🚀🌻🎸60TRY-bu 🚀🌻🎸

    Source: radiko.jp / original article here

    6AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:31
    @tsuchiya_nnm45
    It's Radio Nippon's "60TRY-bu" today from 6 PM! This Tuesday's special pinch-hitter is Morning Musume。'26's Okamura Homare-chan, live!

    Guest:
    【Yoshida Rion-san】

    Today's theme — send your messages of support or questions for our guest to:
    ✉[email protected]
    #try1422

    http://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSPaFrLbsAA-J3k.jpg:orig#.jpg
    http://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSPaFrLaUAA5f_I.jpg:orig#.jpg
    4:26 PM · Sep 15, 2026
    7AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:31
    @tsuchiya_nnm45
    And continuing today's Radio Nippon "60TRY-bu" with Morning Musume。'26's Okamura Homare-chan!

    8:30 PM~
    It's ONE LOVE ONE HEART's #FujisakiAoba-chan's solo talk segment, "Fujisaki Aoba's Try Everything!" Get ready for some addictive talk.

    Today's theme, messages of support for our guest, etc.:
    ✉[email protected]
    #try1422

    http://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSPah45bwAEDcv0.jpg:orig#.jpg
    http://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSPah4wa0AA__4D.jpg:orig#.jpg
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    4:27 PM · Sep 15, 2026
    10AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:06
    Doesn't the Musume。staff even retweet promo posts like this?
    11AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:21
    @MorningMusumeMg
    Live broadcast today 6:00–9:00 PM
    Morning Musume。'26's Okamura Homare
    appears on Radio Nippon's "60TRY-bu" 🌼

    Please tune in!

    #try1422 #土谷隼人
    #morning1422
    #モーニング娘26
    #morningmusume26
    #ハロプロ
    #Helloproject

    http://x.com/try1422/status/2096997933908697289
    http://pbs.twimg.com/media/HRoIbNKaEAAaRMJ.jpg:orig#.jpg
    5:06 PM · Sep 15, 2026
    13AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:32
    Wait, is it Morito On again?
    Thought she was just supposed to be filling in — I'm confused
    14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:38
    🚀🌻🎸60TRY-bu 🚀🌻🎸
    @try1422
    "60TRY-bu" September 15 (Tue)
    Tonight's message themes are:
    ① "Everyone's funny stories"
    ② "Questions for #岡村ほまれ (Okamura Homare)" 🌻
    #try1422 #モーニング娘26 #土谷隼人 #morning1422
    15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:47
    @try1422
    <Live broadcast for 3 hours starting at 6 PM!>
    Today's ✉ themes
    ① Everyone's funny stories
    ② Questions for #岡村ほまれ (Okamura Homare) 🌻

    We're giving away show stickers autographed by Tsuchiya & Okamura to 2 lucky winners 🎁
    And we'll call 1 winner live during the ending segment ☎
    Please send your postal code, address, name, and phone number!
    ✉[email protected]
    #try1422
    5:39 PM · Sep 15, 2026
    20AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:02
    Funny how not remembering this stuff is exactly what lets you say it so confidently
    23AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:02
    Homatan visibly bristles the second someone brings up Rairii's name
    25AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:03
    Speaking of Rairii, there was just a bar-event announcement, wasn't there
    28AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:04
    Does Tsuchiya always do this same bit?
    Last time I listened he was doing the same kind of routine — like "what about Kamiko?" or "what about Nakkii?"
    30AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:05
    And yet he doesn't even know Rairii is into architecture?
    32AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:06
    Bring up Rairii and — boom 💣
    33AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:06
    That "send us your funny stories" bit — wasn't that the same thing they did at the Nagoya event?
    34AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:07
    Homatan's purikura (photo-sticker booth) story
    Homatan lecturing everyone
    48AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:14
    Yoshida Rion and Sasaki Rikako follow each other, don't they
    51AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:15
    Homatan's great at getting teased, good character for it
    57AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:18
    Isn't Homatan from an old downtown neighborhood?
    59AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:19
    First time I've heard Homatan talk with her voice raised like that the whole way through
    61AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:20
    Homatan's bright laugh and speaking voice are made for radio
    65AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:22
    I got a call too, claiming fraudulent use on my Rakuten Card
    66AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:23
    I constantly get scam emails claiming my Sumitomo Mitsui Card was used fraudulently
    76AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:30
    Re: #66
    They land on the email address I use for Amazon, ANA Mileage,
    and Asahi Beer's newsletter
    67AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:25
    Her way of speaking today is polite and cute
    69AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:28
    Homatan's been saying forever that she wants to get pranked (on a hidden-camera segment)
    77AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:30
    Re: #69
    That's because Yokoyan wanted to become one, through a Morning Musume。prank segment
    80AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:32
    This doesn't really feel like "Okamura Homare's Relaxed Talk"…
    83AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:32
    Tsuchiya's pretty persistent too, huh
    Well, if there's time for it I guess it's fine
    86AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    Does she still come off as a newbie?
    Well, she does have a baby face
    87AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:33
    http://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSOoLlPbcAEHfax.jpg:orig#.jpg

    Her batch-mates are working hard too
    89AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:34
    Her laugh sounds so young lol
    I'm fully looking at her like an old auntie now
    114AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:39
    Doesn't Homa get an upset stomach?
    118AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:40
    Re: #114
    Homatan runs hot and sweats a ton, that's why
    149AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:07
    There was that time on Rimi-sta when she couldn't read "Todoroki" and had a hilarious back-and-forth about it with Yokoyan
    153AnonymousSep 15, 2026 19:10
    Re: #149
    She read it as "Ton-tonriki"
    and "shinsen-saikuukou," huh (butchering the readings of 等々力/Todoroki and what looks like 新千歳空港/Shin-Chitose Airport)

    Background and Talking Points

    “60TRY-bu” is a weeknight-evening program on Radio Nippon (JORF), and on this occasion Okamura Homare appeared live as a special pinch-hitter host. As comment 13 — “Wait, is it Morito On again? Thought she was just supposed to be filling in — I’m confused” — shows, even listeners themselves often can’t tell who’s the regular host and who’s standing in, making the show’s lineup hard to follow without background knowledge. The thread centers on live commentary, alternating between official announcements from the show’s X (Twitter) account and posters’ running reactions to what’s being said on air. Rather than her rapport with guest Yoshida Rion, what draws the most attention is Okamura’s reaction whenever the nickname “Rairii” comes up — though the thread never explains who this refers to, which is hard to parse without familiarity with Hello! Project’s insider nicknames. The late-thread detour into scam emails impersonating credit-card fraud alerts is a typical live-thread tangent and should be read as unrelated to the actual broadcast content.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “■ Okamura Homare ■ Radio Nippon “60TRY-bu, Guest: Yoshida Rion” ■ 18:00–21:00 ■“.

  • 37kg Woman’s Claim ‘I Could Beat an Average Man at Wrestling’ Splits Opinion — 5ch: ‘One Grab of the Collar and It’s Over’

    A post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming, “I’m 154cm and 37kg, but since I do wrestling, I could beat an average man as long as the size gap is within 30kg,” was picked up on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G board. The poster included a photo standing next to a 102kg man to argue that weight alone doesn’t tell the whole story. The thread brought up real Olympic champions like Tadahiro Nomura, Saori Yoshida, and Kaori Icho, discussing how a difference of just a few kilograms can decide a match in weight-class combat sports, as well as the differences between a street fight and a sanctioned bout — opinions were split over whether technique or sheer size advantage would win out.

    3AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:43
    I don't really know much about this, but if there's like a 30kg difference, can technique actually make up for that?
    8AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:45
    Re: #3
    No way. In combat sports, even a 3kg difference changes your weight class.
    9AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:45
    Re: #3
    There was that viral story in the UK about a junior high girl who'd been doing jiu-jitsu for years — she got attacked out of nowhere by some huge guy, broke his ankle with a jiu-jitsu move, and he ended up getting arrested.
    14AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:47
    Re: #3
    Maybe some other sport, but of all things, wrestling? No chance.
    12AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:47
    Re: #9
    Huh, so jiu-jitsu really is the strongest on the street after all.
    15AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:48
    Re: #12
    On the street you'd just get body-slammed and killed, so no chance.
    17AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:50
    Re: #12
    In competition maybe, but in an anything-goes street fight, dropping to the ground right away? Fighters keep saying over and over that's just idiotic.
    16AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:49
    That's technique meant for taking the back or pinning the shoulders down, though…
    18AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:51
    Re: #16
    You could hurt someone if you wanted to, but that takes power too.
    21AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:53
    Tadahiro Nomura (162cm, 57kg, Olympic judo champion): "I don't feel like I'd lose a street fight lol. In a fight, they'll grab your collar first, right? Then it's over in one move lol."
    22AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:53
    Re: #21
    Nomura was probably around 70kg naturally back when he was competing, though.
    24AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:54
    Re: #21
    Exactly this. Judo really is the strongest standing style — it's the first thing police learn, after all.
    100AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:43
    Re: #21
    Would he still be fine even against someone swinging a nail bat?
    26AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:55
    Re: #17
    Jiu-jitsu barely teaches standup at all — everyone just wants to go to the ground, which is pointless.
    30AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:57
    Re: #26
    They do teach it — that stuff starts from a standing position too.
    35AnonymousSep 15, 2026 16:59
    Just to be clear, it's only because of this size gap that I couldn't win. Against someone closer to an average man, I could still take them down if I wanted to, since I do wrestling. People tend to judge by weight, but I'm not exactly easy to just pick up either.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HSMbSe6aAAAiXvZ?format=jpg&name=4096×4096
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    ◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
    　　27 years old, 154cm, 37kg
    　　　　　　⇑　　　　　　𓅓 × 𓃰
    　　　　　　⇓　　　　　 ⇨ 𓂜
    　　15 years old, 179cm, 102kg
    ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢
    42AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:02
    Re: #35
    Plenty of average guys are around 100kg too though?
    38AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:01
    I don't feel like I'd get knocked down by a 37kg 5th grader tackling me — can arm strength and grip really change that much?
    41AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:02
    Re: #38
    Isn't it about technique though? Like if a 37kg weight suddenly got attached to some part of your body, you'd fall over, right?
    44AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:04
    Re: #38
    Maybe there's something like skillfully grabbing one leg to throw off your balance, but after that she probably couldn't do anything.
    65AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:16
    Sara Dosho and Yusho Kagami

    67AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:17
    Re: #65
    Ah, this is a case where 90% of the guys on this board couldn't win.
    70AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:21
    Re: #65
    Honestly, I don't feel like I could win lol
    69AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:19
    Re: #48
    Fat guys are actually strong in fights. It's basically like they're living with a 50kg weight strapped on all the time.
    81AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:34
    Re: #69
    Only if they can take it off before the fight… 🥺
    102AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:44
    Re: #69
    Big guys who actually train — judo club, rugby club, sumo wrestlers — those guys are genuinely strong.

    But your average out-of-shape otaku fat guy is genuinely weak… A big guy who doesn't play any sport has no stamina or fighting spirit, they're out of breath in like 10 seconds. Just supporting their own body weight is already their limit.
    73AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:25
    Even Saori Yoshida said back when she was active that she wasn't sure she could beat a high school boy.
    74AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:28
    Re: #73
    Yoshida's actually pretty small, you know. If it were Kaori Icho, an average guy probably couldn't beat her.
    90AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:37
    Re: #73
    It's not that she 'wasn't sure' — there's just no way she'd win.
    94AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:41
    Re: #73
    That's assuming the high school boy also does wrestling, though.
    76AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:31
    Additional explanation

    Just to be clear, it's only because of this size gap that I couldn't win. Against someone closer to an average man, I could still take them down if I wanted to, since I do wrestling. People tend to judge by weight, but I'm not exactly easy to just pick up either.

    x.com/water19xjp/sta…

    107AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:45
    If she really thinks she could win, she should try entering the UFC.
    115AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:49
    Re: #107
    Do average guys even compete in the UFC?
    121AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:53
    Re: #107
    Is there even a weight class that light?
    113AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:49
    You guys couldn't even keep your stamina up for 20 seconds lol. How exactly are you gonna beat someone who does wrestling or jiu-jitsu, you idiots.
    116AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:51
    Re: #113
    Just pick her up, powerbomb her onto the asphalt, and it's over. 3 seconds, tops.
    119AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:52
    Re: #113
    What do you mean can't last even 20 seconds lolol. Even a NEET could last a few minutes at least.
    120AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:53
    Re: #109
    90kg isn't as fat as you think. To be precise, that's 180cm/88kg — an ordinary middle-aged guy who goes to the gym and plays futsal once a month.
    141AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:58
    Re: #120
    If he's got low body fat at that size, that's already way outside the average build anyway; and if he's got a soft, out-of-shape build instead, he probably has no stamina either.

    Also, futsal wrecks your knees, so he should quit that. I used to be in the soccer club and have done karate ever since — once you hit a certain age, if you don't cut weight, moving hard will blow out your knees or ankles.
    150AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:00
    Re: #141
    Blowing out your knees is just the beginning — I've torn my ACL in both knees.
    151AnonymousSep 15, 2026 18:01
    Re: #141
    He's obviously just an average guy, however you look at it. If that's not "average," then what the hell am I lol. There's no way I could run a marathon, but at the gym I run 12km/h for 30-40 minutes. My knees and back are totally fine.

    Background and Key Points of This Debate

    Weight classes in combat sports are built around the idea that even a few kilograms of difference can drastically shift the balance of advantage, and the point raised on the thread — “even a 3kg difference changes your weight class” — is grounded in that very system. That said, the original poster herself limited her claim from the start to opponents within roughly a 30kg gap, saying she couldn’t win against anyone heavier than that. The comparison that came up later in the thread, against a man over 100kg, may actually fall outside the “average man” range she originally meant. It’s also worth noting that Olympic gold medalists like Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho tend to be smaller in build than the average woman, which makes it hard to judge real fighting ability from body weight numbers alone. The difference between a sanctioned match and a street fight — no rules against fouls, hard pavement, the risk of bystanders jumping in — is a point combat-sports veterans often raise too. Ultimately, there’s almost no real-world precedent testing whether technique alone can overcome a large size gap, so it’s worth keeping in mind that this whole debate remains speculation on the internet.

    ※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “A 37kg woman says, “I do wrestling, so if I wanted to, I could beat an average man”.”