Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

A thread titled “Successful creators have been succeeding since childhood” has been gaining traction on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” (anything-goes live board). Starting from the premise that only a tiny fraction of creators ever make it big, posters are divided over how talent relates to age. Against the anecdotal claim that “your sensibility declines once you’re past 30,” a string of rebuttals followed, arguing that people are just “covering for lost sensibility with technical skill” and that “even people who look like late bloomers had already accomplished something in their 20s.” The discussion also raised a distinction between the “genius type,” judged purely on their own sensibility, and the “logic type,” who work to meet a client’s requests — turning it into a debate that simple talent-based arguments can’t fully settle.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Successful creators have been succeeding since childhood.”

A post on 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board described how, three days after putting one medaka (a small Japanese rice fish) and one white cloud mountain minnow (a small hardy minnow, called akahire in Japanese) into a tiny 3-liter tank, the water started to smell. The tank doubled as a plastic case normally used for keeping insects, with no filter or aeration installed. White cloud mountain minnows naturally prefer to swim in groups of three or more and are generally said to need at least 10–12 liters even in a small setup, so the thread argued over how much water was actually needed, how much waste the tank could handle, and whether a filter was necessary. In the end, the poster decided to move the fish into a 24-liter tank.

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “Results of Putting One Medaka and One White Cloud Mountain Minnow into a Tiny 3-Liter Tank lmaooo“.

A thread titled “I don’t have shoes for rainy days,” posted on 5ch’s Hello! Project board, sparked a wide-ranging discussion about what to wear on wet-weather days. Solutions varied widely: some just spray waterproofing on their everyday sneakers, others keep stylish rain boots or Gore-Tex-equipped boots on standby, and still others simply don’t mind sandals getting wet. The question of how office workers handle rainy days also stirred debate, pitting those who say people still commute in leather shoes against those who insist sneaker commuting, even with a suit, is now the norm — highlighting just how varied people’s approaches to rainy-day footwear really are.

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “I Don’t Have Shoes for Rainy Days lol.”