Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

In VTuber concurrent-viewer-count (“dōsetsu”) rankings, Usada Pekora — long considered a top-tier performer — has increasingly found herself trailing Sakura Miko and Ōzora Subaru, sparking discussion on 5ch. Some posters admitted “Pekora and Sakura Miko are about the only names I even recognize,” while others offered a sharper take: “being in the rankings doesn’t mean the stream is actually good.” Meanwhile, a comment claiming “Miko and Subaru seem to run things now” drew some agreement, with opinions split over whether raw concurrent-viewer numbers really reflect a stream’s quality.

4AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:43

I know Pekora and Sakura Miko, that's about it

6AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:45

Apparently Sakura Miko and Ōzora Subaru run the show now

7AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:46

The Sakura Miko I know

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Usada Pekora, the “Queen of VTubers,” Defeated by Sakura Miko in Concurrent Viewer Rankings.”

Yonsentoshin’s Takumi Goto revealed he’s in dire financial straits while discussing the group’s future with his partner, Ryota Ishibashi, in a segment on their official YouTube channel. According to a Yahoo News report on the 3rd, Goto said he had quit a gym he used to attend because he could no longer afford the membership. On 5ch, many took the explanation — that TV appearances, live bookings, and YouTube revenue were all scarce — at face value and used it as a springboard to preach the importance of asset management, while others were skeptical he could really be that hard up given how much he used to earn, splitting opinion on how to read the confession.

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Comedy trio Yonsentoshin updated their official YouTube channel by the 3rd, and in it, Takumi Goto (29) revealed he’s facing serious financial difficulties.

The video was part of a segment where he discussed the group’s future with his partner, Ryota Ishibashi.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “Yonsentoshin’s Goto Reveals Dire Financial Struggles — Quit His Gym Because ‘I Couldn’t Afford It Anymore’.”

Tokyo’s “Curry Expo,” opening September 11 at Shinjuku Ward’s Okubo Park, has announced that “Kaniwo,” the restaurant run by chef Komeo, will no longer be taking part. At the Azabu-Juban Summer Festival held on the 22nd and 23rd of last month, customers who ate Komeo’s “chilled crab ramen” reported food poisoning symptoms one after another, and Minato Ward has confirmed the cause as Salmonella food poisoning. The ward issued Komeo’s restaurant, “Kappo Komeo,” a seven-day business suspension order running from September 3 to 9. On 5ch, opinions were split over whether the cause lay in the ingredients or in staff hygiene management.

On the 3rd, the “Tokyo Curry Expo” — running from the 11th of this month through the 7th of next month at Shinjuku Ward’s Okubo Park — updated its X (formerly Twitter) account to announce that “Kaniwo” would be withdrawing from the event.

“Kaniwo” is run by Komeo, a chef who rose to fame after appearing on the one-minute knockout fighting tournament “BreakingDown.” The restaurant had been scheduled to serve “Crab Curry THE CURRY” at the event. However, at the “Azabu-Juban Summer Festival” held on the 22nd and 23rd of last month, a string of customers reported food poisoning symptoms. On the 3rd, Minato Ward announced it had confirmed the cause as Salmonella food poisoning traced to the “chilled crab ramen” sold by Komeo’s restaurant, and issued a seven-day business suspension order — effective that same day through the 9th of this month — to Komeo’s restaurant “Kappo Komeo.”

The Tokyo Curry Expo account stated: “In light of announcements from the relevant authorities regarding the food poisoning incident at the Azabu-Juban Festival, we have decided to cancel Kaniwo’s planned participation in the Tokyo Curry Expo.” It added that “Spice and Vegetable Yumemin” would appear in its place.

Source: sanspo.com / Original article here

16AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:10

I really wanted to try that chilled crab curry…

18AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:10

What I actually want to know is whether Minato Ward had even approved the chilled ramen in the first place.

19AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:10

And after all this, the crab ramen shop Kaniwo is apparently still open for business as usual.

24AnonymousSep 3, 2026 22:11

🍛 Guess it's becoming a 'hand-mixed curry' contest lol

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Tokyo Curry Expo announces Kaniwo’s withdrawal after food poisoning at Azabu-Juban Summer Festival.”

The in-game band Poppin’Party from the smartphone game ‘BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!’ covering the song ‘Moré! Mi Amore’ became a hot topic on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Fans noted the voice cast reportedly got genuinely hyped during the live stream, and the thread also re-introduced the five voice actresses behind the band — including Megumi as Kasumi Toyama and Sae Otsuka as Tae Hanazono. Discussion ranged from whether the song choice really suits Poppin’Party, to the observation that a lot of the cast are Hello! Project fans themselves, to the eye-popping figure that gacha sales for August alone hit ¥148 million — pushing the thread from song-choice debate all the way into revenue numbers.

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread ‘BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Covers ‘Moré! Mi Amore’ wwwwwwwwww‘.

Rapper Ryofu Karuma wrote a piece for Yahoo! News tackling the “card shop stench problem” that’s been making the rounds on social media for years. He described how some shops, fed up with the pungent odor given off by players crowding card shops and dueling spaces, have taken to posting signs urging customers to mind their smell — and dug into just why players end up smelling so bad. On 5ch, commenters offered theories ranging from unwashed clothes (rather than body odor itself) to sweaty palms from gripping cards during matches, with opinions split on just how serious the problem really is.

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The card shop stench problem has been a recurring topic on parts of social media for several years now. Fed up with the pungent odor coming off the card players (not sure if that’s even the right term for them) gathering in card shops and dueling spaces, some stores have started putting up signs — or posting mentions online — urging customers to be mindful of their smell.

For someone like me who hasn’t touched a card game since collecting SD Gundam Carddass as a kid, this whole thing was a mystery — the kind of morbid curiosity where, instead of wanting to look at something scary, I wanted to sniff out something smelly. But it never went beyond speculation.

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

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Why Do Card Gamers Smell So Bad? Part of the Reason Rapper Ryofu Karuma Noticed.”