Japan Reacts

Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

  • Yokohama High advances to Koshien semifinals, coach rallies team with ‘Mo re! Mi Amore’

    Yokohama High School has clinched a spot in the summer Koshien semifinals, and head coach Hiroaki Murata revealed that he rallies his players before games by singing “Mo re! Mi Amore” on the team bus. On 5ch, comments were split between concern over how to balance this with the mourning mood following the sudden death of former coach Motonori Watanabe the day before, and excitement over the cheer song.

    Dancing Yokohama coach Murata: “I love ‘Mo re! Mi Amore’” — Summer Koshien

    <Team atmosphere is great>

    Well, I’m fighting right alongside them now too. Today again we sang the school anthem on the bus… and lately there’s been a “Murata Call.” So I sang and danced, right there on the bus.

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

    3AnonymousAug 18, 2026 16:40
    This is basically a social phenomenon at this point
    4AnonymousAug 18, 2026 16:41
    It'll be huge if Yokohama wins the whole thing
    5AnonymousAug 18, 2026 16:44
    Well, once you become the coach of a school this prestigious, you've seen every terrifying twist baseball can throw at you, so you're always carrying that 'never let your guard down' mindset
    6AnonymousAug 18, 2026 16:46
    The former coach just passed away, so it's wake mode right now — not really the time to be hyping up 'Mi Amore'

    Former Yokohama coach Motonori Watanabe dies — the legendary manager who developed Daisuke Matsuzaka and others, built an era with five spring/summer Koshien titles
    https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/highschool/news/202608170000461.html
    12AnonymousAug 18, 2026 17:11
    If Yokohama takes the title — Mi Amore! Champions!
    16AnonymousAug 18, 2026 17:41
    If you want to win it all,
    either the brass band plays 'Mi Amore' up in the Alps stands (Koshien's outfield bleachers),
    or the coach sings it on the bus to and from the game
    take your pick
    17AnonymousAug 18, 2026 17:46
    Jumped ship from Osaka Toin to Yokohama, huh
    18AnonymousAug 18, 2026 18:03
    Toin, just hand your band score over to Yokohama already
    19AnonymousAug 18, 2026 18:09
    Fun fact: Yokohama High School is basically located in Yokosuka
    20AnonymousAug 18, 2026 18:10
    Wait, is the Kanagawa Prefectural Police cheering for Yokohama High?
    21AnonymousAug 18, 2026 18:51
    If Hama-kou (Yokohama High's nickname) makes the final, we should probably go check out the Juice=Juice folks (a Hello Project idol group) too

    *This article is compiled as excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (Hello Project) thread “[Breaking] Yokohama High advances to the summer Koshien semifinals in high school baseball! [Mo re! Mi Amore].”

  • Honda Keisuke’s Referee-Criticism Post Sparks Controversy — 5ch: “Does He Even Have the Right to Talk Down to Players Like That?”

    Former Japan national team player Honda Keisuke quoted a post by J2 Iwata midfielder Inui Takashi criticizing referees, adding on X: “Once you get down to the Kanto League level, referees are nothing like that.” The remark appears to reference “EDO ALL UNITED,” the club Honda founded, which currently competes in the Kanto Division 1 League. On 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Breaking News+ board, comments calling for respect toward referees clashed with rebuttals arguing that criticizing the validity of a call shouldn’t be conflated with referees’ volunteer treatment. Some posters called for the introduction of AI referees, while others brought up the Shinohara Shinichi judging controversy from the Sydney Olympics.

    Honda Keisuke (40), who represented Japan at three consecutive FIFA World Cups, updated his X (formerly Twitter) account on the 18th. His comments about referees have caused a stir.

    Honda quoted a post by former Japan national team player and Iwata midfielder Inui Takashi (38), who had complained about the referee’s calls after a J2 match between Yokohama FC and Jubilo Iwata. Honda wrote: “Once you get down to the Kanto League level, referees are nothing like that.”

    He appears to have made the post because “EDO ALL UNITED,” the club Honda founded with the goal of winning the FIFA Club World Cup, is currently competing in the Kanto Division 1 League.

    Source: nikkansports.com / Original article here

    3AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:26
    They're cherry-picking the nice-sounding comments, but there really are refs who make bizarre calls lol
    5AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:27
    Don't complain at the J2 level
    It's on you guys for not adjusting to the refs
    Basically: if you don't like it, go play in J1 lol
    6AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:28
    If referees are getting properly paid and working as professionals, they should accept criticism too
    9AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:32
    Re: #6
    Apparently the replies are angry because Kanto League referees are basically volunteers
    7AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:30
    The replies to Honda's comment kind of don't make sense to me
    30AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:42
    Re: #7
    I guess it means he's a disrespectful idiot — "Ahondara" (a pun combining Honda's name with old slang for "fool")
    10AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:33
    Whether it's volunteer work and whether the calls are valid are two separate issues. Soccer fanboys ("saka-buta," a jab at obsessive soccer fans) are too dumb to tell the difference
    11AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:33
    Players should show more respect to the people who referee while holding down a day job
    13AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:34
    A: Whether the calls are valid
    B: Referees' pay and treatment

    Honda's criticizing A, so anyone bringing up B is just an idiot
    14AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:35
    They should hurry up and switch referees to AI already
    32AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:44
    Re: #14
    Don't you know AI is loyal to whoever trained it?
    15AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:35
    Wasn't VAR introduced precisely because referees kept blowing calls?
    16AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:36
    They all say "let me be the manager" but nobody wants to referee, huh
    Seriously, J.League guys should have to referee each other's games so they realize how hard it is
    40AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:52
    Re: #16
    They're the "me, me, me" type who's always pushing to the front
    They only want to do stuff like being a manager — things that put them in the spotlight
    17AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:37
    In any sport, an athlete who looks down on referees isn't top-tier
    20AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:38
    Being a volunteer doesn't excuse making bad calls
    Guys like this are exactly the type who'd bash the referees over the Shinohara case at the Sydney Olympics (the controversial 2000 judo officiating scandal)
    27AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:41
    Re: #20
    Whether it's a bad call and whether it's okay to mock the referee are different things
    Just protest the bad call, dummy — no need to look down on them just because they're a lower-league referee
    26AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:41
    Re: #1
    Bet you thought this was about Nishimura, didn't you! (the referee infamous for controversial World Cup calls) Who cares about that anyway
    28AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:41
    People who bash Japanese referees this much are the same type who bash Moriyasu (the Japan national team manager)
    Plenty of overseas referees are terrible too, yet these guys act like only Japan's level is low
    70AnonymousAug 19, 2026 21:46
    Re: #28
    I'm not bashing referees, and sure, I hype up Japan and Japanese people while trashing the West/China/Korea/Russia — but Moriyasu Japan gets criticized, or rather I'm just pointing out facts, because they didn't get results
    81AnonymousAug 19, 2026 22:05
    Re: #28
    The standards are different, that's why you get screwups like Nishimura
    Before talking about skill level, that gap never changes
    29AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:41
    To all Japanese referees out there:
    Low level cuts both ways — honestly, if anything you players are the ones who are still low level
    31AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:44
    Anyone who complains about referees is trash as a human being
    41AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:54
    "They're amateur referees, so don't complain about bad calls" is out of the question
    They're charging fans money, yet it's not holding up as a proper show
    46AnonymousAug 19, 2026 20:56
    Re: #41
    If we're saying that, it should be "players of your caliber have no business complaining to referees"
    That's spitting on the very structure of the sport
    54AnonymousAug 19, 2026 21:07
    The big difference with baseball is that it's basically machine-callable, so it's fair
    The strike zone, half-swings, safe or out — it all comes down to timing
    Soccer is ambiguous
    Like whether something's a foul or not
    63AnonymousAug 19, 2026 21:28
    Re: #54
    Uhh, this is home-plate umpire Shirai speaking (a nod to a viral clip of umpire Shirai's deadpan on-mic self-introduction)
    58AnonymousAug 19, 2026 21:18
    Either way, refereeing is just going to have to keep getting automated
    72AnonymousAug 19, 2026 21:48
    He got hyped up for a while, but Inui's basically just a soccer-obsessed kid who never grew up
    80AnonymousAug 19, 2026 22:01
    Re: #72
    That's exactly why he speaks his mind with no filter
    86AnonymousAug 19, 2026 22:17
    Honestly, are soccer players even in a position to talk that big anyway
    They're the ones pulling every dirty trick they can get away with


    89AnonymousAug 19, 2026 22:23
    Re: #86
    The one touching the face is in the wrong
    Touching someone's face is creepy

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Soccer] Honda Keisuke’s Referee Post Sparks Uproar: “This Comment Is Genuinely Unforgivable” / “You Can’t Even Play a Match Without Referees”.”

  • Endless opinions pour in about “professions I look down on” — 5ch reacts: “The poster’s own job is probably only a notch above it”

    A thread titled “Jobs I genuinely look down on” popped up on 5ch’s Live News board. Posters piled in with specific professions — septic tank pump-out workers, temp staffers, food delivery couriers — while plenty of replies turned the joke back on the OP: “The people looking down on these jobs are probably only a little better off themselves.”

    1AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:23
    Cleaners
    3AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:23
    Probably someone who makes short-form videos out of 5ch posts
    15AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:28
    A guy I know who pumps out septic tanks for a living used to get drunk and go, "Yeah, I do this kind of work, but at least I've got money… I really do…" all the time.
    I never meant to look down on him, but it made me wonder how many times people had said that kind of thing to him before.
    39AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:39
    Re: #15
    These days it's a rarity since sewer systems are everywhere now, but I heard from a waste collector that back in the day, doing house-to-house pump-outs used to get you juice and tips all the time.
    Apparently they could live off the tips alone and pocket their whole salary.
    17AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:29
    Low-paid middle-aged guys doing caregiving or customer service jobs
    25AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:32
    Re: #1
    Honestly, isn't it really about pride in the end? These jobs just don't look like they come with much pride, that's the thing.
    27AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:33
    Whoever's out there hawking those sketchy hair-growth or stamina supplements in YouTube ads
    28AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:34
    Whoever posted the "jobs I look down on" thread here probably has a job that's only a notch better than the ones they're listing
    30AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:35
    Food delivery, probably
    Nothing but social misfits doing that
    32AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:36
    Thought about it, but honestly nothing comes to mind
    Sex work doesn't even count as a profession since it's illegal — that's just antisocial types making money off a violation
    45AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:43
    Re: #32
    Sex work's been around since before the Common Era, though
    If anything, it's basically the default of human society
    34AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:37
    Well, YouTubers I guess
    36AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:37
    People who make video games and anime
    43AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:42
    Temp workers
    Why don't they have any drive to improve themselves? No wonder they can't become full employees
    46AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:44
    Not that I look down on them, but… drugstore clerks
    Six years at pharmacy school just to end up doing this? That's what I think
    50AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:47
    The guys hawking phone plans and water servers outside Aeon Mall — you can just tell they never really job-hunted properly
    51AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:48
    Re: #50
    It's basically no-degree-required work, but if you play it smart even as a plain door-to-door salesperson you can apparently pull in around ¥350,000 a month
    90AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:21
    Re: #50
    Seriously, they're way too pushy
    53AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:49
    Ever since I hit side-FIRE, I don't really look down on any job anymore
    If there's ever a job that's literally about scamming people out of money, though, I'll start looking down on that one
    56AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:52
    I basically don't look down on any job
    People who think they understand someone else's whole job just from the sliver they can see are creepy and arrogant as hell
    Even with the shadiest-looking jobs, I end up thinking "huh, I never would've thought of doing that"
    57AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:52
    Sketchy under-the-table crime gigs ("yami baito")
    People selling get-rich-quick info products
    YouTubers
    59AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:54
    Re: #51
    That's not really why they get looked down on — it's more that they drift into whatever pays decently without any real career plan
    60AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:55
    Re: #51
    It's like telemarketing — the smooth talkers land contracts and make good money, but to everyone else it's just a job that hassles people wherever they go
    62AnonymousAug 22, 2026 07:58
    Making inflammatory 5ch threads back to back, replying to yourself, then turning it into a summary post
    63AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:00
    Real estate agents pushing sublease schemes or junk properties
    66AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:03
    You guys don't look down on caregivers?
    73AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:07
    Re: #66
    We all end up relying on them eventually
    95AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:22
    Re: #66
    I'm a caregiver myself, and honestly I can tell the visiting families look down on us
    67AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:04
    It's not really about jobs — more like they look down on Japanese people in general
    70AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:05
    I look down on those shady-looking suits you see at family restaurants
    74AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:08
    No matter the job, I look down on any single man over 30
    91AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:21
    Re: #74
    By that logic you'd have to look down on anyone single without a partner, especially ones still living with their parents, regardless of gender — but that's off-topic here
    80AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:11
    I look down on convenience store clerks and caregivers and stuff, but I'm 41 and have literally never held a job 🥹
    94AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:21
    Re: #80
    Stay unemployed forever
    Just keep sinking down there
    85AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:15
    Not even a real job, but resellers/scalpers
    Zero productivity, wish they'd just get banned
    87AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:20
    Not sure it counts as a job, but YouTubers and influencers
    97AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:27
    Septic tank cleaners
    But I'm genuinely grateful for them
    99AnonymousAug 22, 2026 08:28
    Re: #97
    Septic tanks? What countryside are you even living in

    *This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Live News board) thread “Jobs I genuinely look down on lolololololololol.”

  • From Fan Devotion to McDonald’s Meals to Tora-san Talk: A Thread Gone Completely Off the Rails

    A thread that kicked off with the question “Are you guys into oshikatsu (fan-support activities)?” spiraled off in every direction from there — VTuber pics and clips, ribbing a poster who was quietly studying alone at McDonald’s, home-vegetable-garden advice, and a debate over the best entries in the Tora-san film series. Here’s a roundup of the delightfully chaotic vibe typical of the Nandemo Jikkyo board.

    4AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:33
    Do you guys do any oshikatsu (fan-support activities)?
    Here's mine


    6AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:34
    Laplus-tan 😅
    8AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:34
    Re: #6
    Geez lol, that's exactly why, man lol
    10AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:35
    Kanata-tan will be the judge






    This right here…… is a trap! 🙅
    31AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:37
    I'm at McDonald's right now — want me to post a pic for the first time in a while?
    32AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:38
    Re: #31
    Yes please!
    33AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:38
    Re: #31
    Nobody wants a photo of your McDonald's food
    36AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:38
    Re: #31
    [Sad News] A "weak man" (self-deprecating slang for a low-status, unlucky guy) gets publicly clowned just for studying at McDonald's!
    https://nova.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/livegalileo/1787384954/

    Wait, are you just ripping this off from that other thread?
    39AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:38
    Re: #33
    Oh, okay then. Later
    57AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:41
    Re: #39
    Sorry, I'm an idiot — I really do want to see it, please!
    78AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    Re: #57
    Sorry, I already ate it…….
    83AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    Re: #78
    Eating alone, lmao 🤣
    90AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:47
    Re: #78
    The edamame-and-corn side is so good
    59AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:41
    Re: #28
    Watch this one starting around 1:02:00
    [#FureLuna] We invited Fu-tan to the high-class Club Luna! 🍸✨ [#Himemori Luna / hololive]
    https://youtu.be/Z1GWnuOaZjA https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z1GWnuOaZjA/maxresdefault.jpg
    71AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:43
    Re: #59
    What exactly are you planning to do after getting Prea drunk?! 😡
    79AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    Re: #59
    Oof, rough one…lol
    68AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:43
    Re: #65
    They pulled out all of her teeth, huh
    72AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:44
    Re: #68
    Never seen that one 😥
    88AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:47
    Re: #72
    91AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:47
    Re: #88
    The really pitiful part is, it won't come out 🥹
    135AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:59
    Re: #88
    Please tell me the artist and title 😳
    74AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:44
    I finally got things cleaned up and now it might flood all over again
    Somebody help me out
    76AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:44
    Re: #74
    And what do I get out of it? 🤥💢
    77AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    Re: #74
    Honestly, it's probably not gonna rain that much today
    80AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    Re: #74
    Leave it to me
    98AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:48
    101AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:49
    Re: #98
    Just jump and dodge it
    114AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:54
    Re: #98
    Strike Shot
    116AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:54
    Thinking about starting a home vegetable garden — what should I grow?
    119AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:55
    Re: #116
    Bad time of year for that right now
    120AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:55
    Re: #116
    I'm growing grapes
    122AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:56
    Re: #116
    Bok choy's easy, go with that
    150AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:02
    Ooh 😍
    160AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:03
    Re: #150


    I'm fond of Mimimi too ("suko" = internet slang for "I like this")
    173AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:06
    Which entry in the Tora-san series ("Otoko wa Tsurai yo") is your favorite?
    Mine are #16 and #29
    176AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:06
    Re: #173
    The one where Keiko Takeshita plays the Madonna ☺
    183AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:08
    Re: #173
    The Ruriko Asaoka episode and the Kaori Momoi episode

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo board) thread “Weird Sweets, Strange Treats (・o・🍬)🏰.”

  • Is ‘Super Robot Wars F’ a Classic? 5ch Can’t Agree

    A poster on 5ch’s “Live Anything G” board, who bought both halves of the Saturn version of Super Robot Wars F for 500 yen total, started a thread asking “Is this really a classic?”

    Complaints piled up over the game’s unreasonable difficulty—low hit rates, long waits before enemies counterattack—while the discussion also branched into comparisons with other Super Robot Wars titles like AP, Masoukishin, and the Complete Box.

    1AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:31
    It's an ordeal from the very first stage…
    8AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:34
    Re: #8
    Went full confidence and just kept mowing down the whole enemy army solo forever.
    94AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:13
    Super Robot Wars F is a dud.
    The real classic is G Generation F.
    12AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:36
    Push through that and you'll become a true Winky-ist too (a nod to Winky Soft, the studio infamous for brutally hard SRW titles).
    28AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:43
    Re: #12
    Was it just normal for Heisei-era kids to grind through this kind of ordeal to play games?
    13AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:37
    Then you should just quit.
    19AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:39
    Re: #13
    I couldn't figure out how to play, so I looked it up, and apparently the Saturn version has a bug that wipes your entire save.
    I'm seriously considering just deleting my save and calling it quits.
    I bought both halves for 500 yen total though, so no regrets either way.
    14AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:37
    PS version? Saturn version?
    If you're on an emulator, just crank up the speed.
    30AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:43
    Re: #14
    Saturn.
    16AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:38
    It's just a game from an era when there wasn't much else around.
    40AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:48
    Re: #16
    Yeah, a game from back when the 32-bit console wars were raging.
    32AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    You could actually skip it, but apparently the developers left it in because they didn't want people skipping over what they'd worked hard to make.
    36AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:46
    Re: #32
    That's just ego talking!
    37AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:46
    Re: #32
    Then at least make the battle scenes smoother.
    The wait before the enemy's counterattack is way too long…
    33AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:45
    Survive hellish F, and true hell awaits you in the Complete Box.
    52AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:53
    Re: #33
    Complete Box is genuinely awful.
    EX is still okay, but the 2nd and 3rd games bundled in it have zero sense of satisfaction.
    42AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:48
    Not being able to skip animations—yeah, that used to happen a lot back in the day.
    45AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:49
    Re: #42
    Just having actual voice acting was enough to get everyone hyped back then.
    The same thing happened with FF's cutscenes too.
    51AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:53
    This is the only Super Robot Wars game I've ever played, and it was rough enough to make me never want to touch the series again.
    Your units get one-shot constantly, so you end up poking enemies from outside their range and save-scumming (リセマラ, reset-and-retry grinding) over and over until some 10%-hit-rate move finally lands. Truly miserable.
    53AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:55
    Re: #51
    Your memory must be fuzzy, because that situation doesn't add up.
    Even accounting for bad luck, that approach is just dumb.
    57AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:56
    Re: #53
    Sure, the early stages were still manageable — that was near the end of the Final Chapter (Kanketsu-hen).
    59AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:57
    Re: #53
    In F's endgame the enemies pilot some pretty broken machines too, so that's plausible if you're not using spirit commands.
    58AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:56
    Are there even any "classics" in Super Robot Wars?
    Aren't they all basically the same game lol
    68AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:01
    Re: #58
    Nope, none — the series has never even broken a million copies sold.
    64AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:01
    Build a level-40 character using resupply and repair, and things get a lot easier.
    74AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:04
    Re: #64
    Can't say yet about the difficulty curve — maybe it eases up as you go —
    but I was shocked at how strong the enemies were even on Stage 1, which is supposed to be basically a tutorial.
    65AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:01
    There's a PS1 game called Super Tokusatsu Wars that's even worse difficulty-wise —
    it strips spirit commands out of the Winky Soft SRW formula, resulting in absolutely fiendish difficulty.
    77AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:05
    Re: #65
    I remember clearing it somehow through sheer grit.
    72AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:04
    So which is it, really? If I'm playing one today, is the remastered Second Super Robot Wars Z about the best pick?
    80AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:07
    Re: #72
    Not sure if it's downloadable on consoles, but I'd recommend AP.
    Repeat playthroughs aren't too much of a pain either.
    78AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:06
    The fact that the highest-rated ones are the easier titles, like the Alpha series and MX, tells you everything you need to know.
    89AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:12
    Re: #78
    If it's a game about steamrolling everything with your favorite robots, then yeah, the easy, comfortable ones are better.
    And if what you actually want is a high-quality tactics game, you shouldn't be playing Super Robot Wars for that in the first place.
    84AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:11
    Honestly, these games are built around save-scumming.
    If someone can clear the whole thing without save-and-reload, that's genuinely impressive.
    95AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:14
    Re: #84
    Yeah, in F there are moments where you basically need Hot-Blood, Grit, or a Critical to pull through, so that's fair.
    Outside of that though I don't reload much.
    Though I guess some people hate the parry mechanic enough to reload over it.
    91AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:13
    AP's hit rates are garbage — it's even worse than F.
    103AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:19
    Re: #91
    Come on, F and AP are worlds apart in playability.
    Not sure why AP still gets called one of the harder entries in the series.
    92AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:13
    Even among Winky Soft games, F sold well enough that people still talk about how bad it is,
    but Shin Super Robot Wars barely gets discussed at all.
    96AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:15
    Re: #92
    Can't help it — when Shin does come up, it's for its memes, not its gameplay.
    99AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:17
    Masoukishin put real effort into things like hit rate changing based on unit facing and elevation differences,
    but somehow none of that effort translated into actual fun.
    104AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:20
    Re: #99
    Just stack Hot-Blood and Luck, dodge with Sixth Sense, wait for the follow-up window, and fire off the Akashic Buster. That's basically the whole strategy.
    107AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:23
    F isn't hard — it's just unfair.
    111AnonymousAug 22, 2026 18:27
    Re: #107
    Lately more and more people are throwing around the word "unfair" pretty carelessly.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Live Anything G) thread “I’m playing this thing called Super Robot Wars F — is it actually a classic?“

  • From Chiben Wakayama’s Championship to Mentaiko: A VIP Chat Thread That Rambled Wherever It Pleased

    On 5channel’s Newsokuvip (VIP) board, a thread started with a report on Chiben Wakayama’s championship win and then wandered—through Demon Slayer, mentaiko (spicy cod roe), cat islands, and the weather—with one VIPPER tirelessly replying to every tangent. The topics never connect, but the sheer rhythm of the back-and-forth, running from morning to evening, is what makes it worth reading.

    1AnonymousAug 22, 2026 11:38
    Me
    9AnonymousAug 22, 2026 11:50
    The official name is written 智辯和歌山 (with the old-style kanji for "ben") —
    looks hardcore strong just from that
    11AnonymousAug 22, 2026 11:58
    Re: #9
    Looks like it could be a character straight out of Demon Slayer
    34AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:24
    Hi there (*^^*)
    A bug flew in and I couldn't focus on the last batter (T^T)
    36AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:27
    Re: #34
    Now that you mention it, there was a dead fly in my room out of nowhere… never even saw it flying around though…
    38AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:28
    Re: #34
    Hi there, Tamako-chan
    Guess the bug wanted to watch Koshien too lol (Koshien = the national high school baseball tournament)
    42AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:30
    You spoiled it for me, so now I'm gonna wreck you
    48AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:37
    Re: #42
    Stop, I'm sorry!!
    45AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:32
    Re: #39
    Bon-chan reads a ton of manga too
    51AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:40
    Re: #45
    I've only read Miiyama
    52AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:47
    Turned out it wasn't an important spoiler after all
    Congrats, Chiben!
    54AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:50
    Re: #52
    Congrats, Uyu
    53AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:48
    Re: #51
    That story's kind of hopeless, isn't it…
    55AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:50
    Re: #53
    Yeah, because the outcome gets revealed right at the start
    58AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:53
    Thanks
    I'm not a fan of whipped cream, so I'll go with chocolate cake
    61AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:59
    Re: #58
    Chocolate cake works too!
    60AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:57
    Re: #55
    But I figured the boyfriend-type character was gonna get her, so I was surprised
    63AnonymousAug 22, 2026 12:59
    Re: #60
    Haven't gotten to that part yet
    68AnonymousAug 22, 2026 13:54
    Mentaiko is so good… so good…
    69AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:19
    Re: #68
    Perfect side dish for rice
    70AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:21
    Re: #69
    Fish roe can raise your risk of gout, so you can't eat it all the time, but it's incredible once in a while
    Just mentaiko, miso soup, and pickles, and somehow I'm completely satisfied
    71AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:23
    Re: #70
    I had eggs sitting in my fridge too
    72AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:25
    These eggs are 3 days past the best-by date, but they're fine if I cook them through, right?
    73AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:26
    Re: #72
    More than fine
    76AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:32
    Re: #75
    I just finished eating and already want more—now I'm thinking of making mentaiko for dinner too…
    80AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:44
    Re: #76
    The mentaiko boom has arrived
    101AnonymousAug 22, 2026 14:59
    You suddenly said you're coming to my place tomorrow, so I ended up cleaning until this crazy hour—it was actually fun, thinking back on my walk home today
    108AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:25
    Re: #101
    If it's a cute girl, sure
    103AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:01
    Kasa no Bon: "Bring it on! I'll be waiting with my fundoshi cinched tight!" (fundoshi = traditional loincloth, often worn for sumo)
    110AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:25
    Re: #103
    Guess sumo's fine then
    105AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:10
    Boiled up some Koukun sausages and dumped a ton of ketchup and mustard on them (Koukun = a popular smoked sausage brand)
    112AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:26
    Re: #105
    Straight to the coffin with that diet
    114AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:27
    I'll leave the coffin decorations to you
    Make it cute, okay?
    117AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:34
    Re: #114
    Got it, I'll put up some Chiikawa stuff
    116AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:29
    Get a photo of yourself doing a big cheerful "yay!" pose ready for your memorial photo
    119AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:34
    Re: #116
    I'll get it ready
    139AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:47
    Apparently if you're coming from Aichi, Sakushima is the closest cat island
    142AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:02
    Re: #139
    I actually went to the neighboring island recently
    146AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:43
    Somewhere in the Kinki region just got a normal 15 minutes of rain
    147AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:46
    Re: #146
    15 minutes of getting soaked ("nureba" usually means a steamy scene, so this is a cheeky double meaning)

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Newsokuvip) thread “That Boy Who Just Hit a Home Run lololololololol.”

  • Morning Musume’s ‘Homamei’ — When Will They Graduate? 5ch Users Can’t Agree

    On 5ch’s Hello! Project board, users have been debating when the duo nicknamed “Homamei” — which includes Morning Musume 15th-generation member Homare Okamura — will graduate. Specific guesses like “seven years from now” and “she won’t graduate until she’s 26” got thrown around, while others argued the pair should stick around a bit longer because the younger members’ singing just isn’t up to par yet. Opinions were sharply divided.

    1AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:38
    Morning Musume 15th Gen
    Joined Morning Musume on June 22, 2019
    Homare Okamura
    2AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:39
    Probably around seven years from now.
    6AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:42
    Re: #2
    Yeah, I'd guess about seven years too. We're going to keep seeing more Hello! Project members stick around until 28 or 29 from here on out.
    3AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:40
    Mei-chan's graduating next spring. My gut says Homare's going to leave over some kind of scandal.
    7AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:43
    Seriously, I wish Homamei would just hurry up and quit already.
    8AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:44
    She won't graduate until 26. The usual graduation age used to be 25, but thanks to all the senpai who overstayed their welcome, the unofficial retirement age has crept up to around 27.
    9AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:44
    Re: #1
    Ishida stuck around until right before turning 28, so that puts it about seven years out.
    10AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:45
    Homamei Heaven — Morning Musume is set to keep going like this for a few more years!
    11AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:45
    Homamei is probably the last generation I can still support at live shows.
    14AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:47
    Danbara and Inoue have contributed so much that nobody even brings up a retirement age for them, but the members with zero presence should still be made to graduate at 25 like everyone else.
    15AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:47
    If these two — the group's strongest singers — leave, current Musume is in real trouble. I think a dual-ace setup for a few more years makes sense, even though I oshi someone else.
    18AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:49
    The fact that Homamei gets treated as the dual ace shows how far Musume has fallen. They're losing to Ebamifu in pretty much every category, let alone Yumeriai.
    21AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:52
    Re: #18
    Can't be helped — Ishida stuck around and got pushed hard by management too.
    22AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:52
    Re: #18
    Angerme: Hanamocchi > Homamei
    Tsubaki Factory: Yuumarin > Homamei
    BEYOOOOONDS: Manoyuna > Homamei
    OCHA NORMA: Yonekubo > Homamei
    Rosy Chronicle: Hanayume > Homamei

    Way too weak.
    106AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:46
    Re: #18
    'Let alone' nothing — Ebamifu is an S-rank popularity duo.
    20AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:51
    She's 21 this year, so she's got at least four more years left in her. The 'COVID life-extension' era will finally wrap up by the time we get to the Homameiri generation.
    25AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:53
    I want these two at the center for at least five more years — pleeease.
    26AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:54
    Re: #25
    Five years seems doable. But it really depends on Yamazaki — she's been giving off signs she might quit.
    32AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:56
    I want them to go with a sound like 'Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago' or 'GO GIRL' (classic Momusu song styles). Once Oda and Nonaka graduate, I'm done chasing the Platinum era.
    33AnonymousAug 22, 2026 15:57
    Nonaka will probably graduate in spring or fall at 27, so it wouldn't be strange for anyone else to leave anytime after 28.
    44AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:08
    Re: #33
    Yamazaki will quit either at the same time as Nonaka or right after her. If Okamura graduates, Yamazaki becomes the oldest member left (the dreaded 'BBA'), and her pride — she's nicknamed 'Era' — won't allow that.
    40AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:04
    Homamei can actually sing, so they're fine. You can never have too many members who can actually carry a tune.
    42AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:06
    Re: #40
    Right, even more so than Fukumura.
    45AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:08
    Gen 15 got treated coldly for so long that they've earned the right to step into the spotlight now.
    55AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:15
    Re: #45
    They weren't treated coldly at all. Don't forget this is the generation that caused trouble for the whole group — remember the bus tour incident? Even when they do get chances, they never really carry it that far anyway.
    63AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:27
    Re: #45
    They're the generation that's been pushed by management from day one, more than any other in the last ten years.
    59AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:22
    Gen 15 has a good image though — they're not the type to overstay their welcome.
    65AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:27
    Re: #59
    Eight years in, and pushing aside both the graduating members and the rookies to hog the center spot — that's basically a repeat of the Fukumura era.
    73AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:46
    The "Panda-ēdā" era (obscure fan slang; exact meaning unclear)
    75AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:47
    Re: #73
    Does Panda-san have the resolve to accept the 'old lady' position?
    79AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:57
    Re: #75
    A bumbling-but-charismatic type, like Sato.
    105AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:46
    I don't really want to say this, but Gen 16 and 17 aren't much of a vocal force, so we need Homamei to stick around a bit longer.
    107AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:49
    Re: #105
    As for how Oda rates them: Inoharu > Homamei. What did you make of the song arrangement that made that so blatantly obvious?

    *This article is compiled and summarized from excerpts of the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “When Is Homamei Going to Graduate?“

  • Cool Japan Fund to Be Dissolved… Losses Hit ¥54 Billion — What Went Wrong?

    Reports say Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has begun coordinating to dissolve the “Cool Japan Fund,” which has supported the overseas expansion of Japanese anime, food culture, and other content. The fund’s cumulative losses have reached ¥54 billion, sparking debate on 5ch’s News Express+ board over whether its investments were sound, the circumstances of its founding in 2010 under the Democratic Party of Japan government, and its reputation as a landing spot for retired bureaucrats (“amakudari”).

    The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has begun coordinating to dissolve the “Cool Japan Fund,” which has supported the overseas expansion of Japanese anime, food culture, and other content. Its ballooning losses have reached ¥54 billion.

    [See in photos] Cool Japan Fund to be dissolved… losses hit ¥54 billion — were the investments appropriate?

    ■ “Cool Japan Fund” to be dissolved, with losses at ¥54 billion

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

    6AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:34
    50 billion yen, fine, I can live with that.
    The Children and Families Agency's 7-trillion-yen money pit is way worse and hasn't shown any results at all.
    9AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:35
    Re: #6
    Yeah, honestly, this is the one we could really do without.
    144AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:08
    Re: #6
    [Budget Request] METI to invest ¥7.7 trillion in AI, semiconductors, and other growth sectors [Flea Market★]
    https://asahi.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1787265626/
    206AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:31
    Re: #6
    The Self-Defense Forces still haven't even taken back Takeshima, you know.
    48AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:42
    Nobody's going to take responsibility for this.
    If you want them to actually feel it, the only way is to vote them out.
    62AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:46
    Re: #48
    No chance — their support base is corporations and wealthy asset holders.
    52AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:43
    You see a lot of armchair critics online saying 'they should've done it this way' only after a project's already failed — pure hindsight bias.
    But Nico Nico Douga and Cool Japan are cases where people were already calling them bad news at the time, and sure enough, they flopped.
    107AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:55
    Re: #52
    Was Nico Nico Douga really being called risky back then?
    It's past its peak and lost a lot of users, sure, but it hasn't pulled out or gone under — you can't really lump it in with Cool Japan, which just kept bleeding money.
    61AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:46
    Was this ever the kind of business that was going to turn a profit in the first place?
    At best, the only ones coming out ahead are the companies that actually own the content.
    101AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:54
    Re: #61
    If the point was just introducing Japanese culture abroad, then returns shouldn't have mattered — makes you wonder what they were actually thinking.


    In February 2010, under the DPJ government, the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters — headed by then-Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama — adopted the 'Intellectual Property Strategic Program 2010,' launching the government's full-scale push for the Cool Japan strategy and public-private support for overseas expansion.

    Background
    June 2010: The Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, headed by PM Yukio Hatoyama, adopted the 'Intellectual Property Strategic Program 2010.'
    Content: Positioned overseas expansion, localization, and IP utilization for Japan's pop culture and industries (anime, fashion, food, etc. — 'Cool Japan') as national strategy.
    Debate at the time: Early in the DPJ administration, plans surfaced for a national Media Arts Center (nicknamed the 'Anime Shrine'), but objections from the opposition, public opinion, and even within the ruling party over its budget and structure led to a rocky path and an eventual review.
    64AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:46
    The fund put ¥8 billion into Katana, the company running that JUNGLIA theme park.

    Thanks a lot, LDP.
    71AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:48
    Re: #64
    Guess milking the system (the so-called 'chu-chu scheme') really is the most efficient way to go.
    66AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:47
    With ¥50 billion, how much could they have paid animators instead?
    85AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:51
    Thanks to the Cool Japan Fund, tourist numbers to Japan exploded, though.
    93AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:52
    Re: #85
    No, they didn't.


    [Their heads are Cool-Crazy-Crazy Japan] (wordplay on 'head gone loopy' + 'Cool Japan')
    86AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:51
    The whole point was securing secondment slots and post-retirement landing spots for METI officials — those guys probably don't even care about the business itself.
    The original scheme was to turn investment targets into amakudari landing spots, but with losses piling up everywhere, that plan fell apart, which is why the fund became unnecessary.
    137AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:05
    Re: #86
    The retired baby-boomer/bubble-era bureaucrats who'd been parachuting into this thing all collected their full retirement payouts and stepped down one after another, before anyone could pin responsibility on them.

    Now that the old misers have finally cleared out,
    there's no reason left for it to exist, so they're shutting it down.

    Of course, there's also a theory going around that bureaucrats are timing this shutdown just to undermine the current administration.
    109AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:55
    Re: #66
    Each of them definitely walked away with several million yen.


    Cool Japan's ¥54 billion in losses is bad, but the Children and Families Agency demanding '¥7.8 trillion, hand it over!' is way worse.
    123AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:58
    Re: #109
    The Children and Families Agency's budget is really just funds reshuffled over from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and similar places.
    It's not like the budget actually grew because of the agency.
    133AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:04
    Re: #123
    If it's not actually doing anything, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare might as well spend it on something useful instead.
    146AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:09
    Re: #123
    The bad part is they went out of their way to create the Children and Families Agency just to make it easier to push budgets through.
    Same people, same places doing the milking either way.
    113AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:56
    ¥14 billion to a biofiber startup — what exactly is 'cool' about that?
    115AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:57
    Re: #113
    Honestly, investing in the textile industry in the first place seemed like a stretch to me.
    128AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:02
    I think the key to Japan's revival is boosting the budget for science, technology, and academic research.
    That's how you aim to bring back a technology powerhouse.
    The current government has this in its policy mix too, at least nominally, but it's Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People pushing it hardest.
    Not trying to promote him or anything, but if there's one place to focus, it's this.
    No more wasting budget on 'Cool Japan' slogans — this is the time for targeted investment.
    135AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:05
    Re: #128
    Japan's science and technology were never the problem — it's the neglect of patent protection that's why people say Japan 'has no technology.'
    147AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:10
    Re: #128
    Prioritize STEM, cut back on humanities/social sciences at private universities (budget for the STEM shift)

    ¥300 billion fund to support universities shifting toward STEM — 'more popular than expected,' though some projects stalled
    https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASTCV2D7GTCVUTIL02GM.html
    According to government sources, the Ministry of Education will add ¥20 billion to the fund for launching new STEM departments in this fiscal year's supplementary budget.
    The fund was created in fiscal 2022 with a total of about ¥300 billion, an unusual program that supports universities from the survey stage, even before a new department is finalized.
    Part of the remaining balance plus the increase — about ¥100 billion combined — will mainly go toward encouraging large private universities in major metro areas, which currently lean humanities-heavy, to shift toward STEM and blended STEM/humanities education.
    The Ministry of Education has set a goal of raising the share of university students majoring in science, engineering, agriculture, and health fields from the current 35% to 52% by 2040.

    National university operating grants: Ministry of Education requests ¥1.2 trillion, an all-time high
    https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA200LN0Q6A820C2000000/

    Up to ¥4 billion per school to expand STEM programs at urban private universities… Ministry of Education responds to future labor shortages
    www.yomiuri.co.jp/kyoiku/kyoiku/news/20251112-OYT1T50057/
    134AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:04
    Honestly, just deciding to shut this down makes it one of the better outcomes.
    They spent over ¥7 trillion setting up the Children and Families Agency
    and they're still planning more tax hikes going forward.
    At this point it looks less like an anti-declining-birthrate agency and more like a pro-declining-birthrate one.
    155AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:15
    Re: #1
    Takaichi's obviously going to take responsibility for this, right?
    156AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:15
    Re: #155
    It was Naoto Kan who set this up, though?
    159AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:16
    What on earth did those guys actually spend the money on?
    164AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:17
    Re: #159
    Their favorite hostess-club girl, or a luxury car, maybe?
    178AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:22
    Is the goal even for the government to turn a profit?
    If tax money gets spent and Japanese content ends up spreading around the world, isn't that the goal achieved right there?
    186AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:24
    Re: #178
    Even without tax money — actually, even with the government piling on regulations — the content industry spread around the world on its own strength.
    Politicians just jumped on the bandwagon afterward and took credit for it.

    *This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (News Express+) thread “Cool Japan Fund to Be Dissolved… Losses Hit ¥54 Billion — What Went Wrong?“.

  • Coke at Mt. Fuji’s Summit Costs 500 Yen — 5ch: “It’s Pricier Than Tokyo Dome, Yet All Anyone Talks About Is Shipping Costs”

    The steep prices at the vending machines and shops atop Mt. Fuji sparked a debate on 5ch’s Nanademo Jikkyo (“Live Commentary”) board. Against posters defending the prices by citing transport and labor costs, a wave of replies pushed back with concrete comparisons, like “Coke at Tokyo Dome is only 400 yen.”

    1AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:14
    Even factoring all that in, it's still a straight-up rip-off, you maggot.
    3AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:15
    Vending machines probably just charge the standard price, right? The bottled drinks are the expensive part though.
    23AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:19
    If it's too expensive, just skip buying it and carry up however much you need yourself.
    26AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:20
    Re: #23
    It's heavy, so hauling it up there is a pain!
    28AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:20
    If you set up shop in front of the Mt. Fuji vending machines and sold bottled drinks for 400 yen, you'd make a killing!
    Amazing.
    33AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:22
    Re: #28
    Nobody's buying a lukewarm Coke that's gone soggy in the drizzle.
    30AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:21
    OP's already gone, huh.
    35AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:22
    Re: #30
    Yeah, there's no way he can win this one.
    56AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:32
    Re: #30
    He's probably hopped on a plane and gone into hiding.
    42AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:24
    https://blog-imgs-47-origin.fc2.com/c/h/i/chikugogawa/IMG_051s.jpg
    They're hauling it up with stuff like this, so it really should be cheaper.
    45AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:25
    100 km— wait, I meant 100 kg.
    61AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:34
    Re: #45
    100 kg a load is pretty inefficient.
    51AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:29
    Eating out is a total rip-off too.
    Like, even on Marugame Seimen's monthly "1st of the month" discount days,
    their daily sales still aren't running at a loss.
    Meaning the business works fine even at that price,
    so the rest of the time they're just charging customers double for no reason.
    53AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:31
    Re: #51
    So it's like how some people would take a civil servant job for 3 million yen a year, yet they go and pay 6 million anyway — that kind of weird?
    57AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:33
    Feels like China would've already rolled out drone delivery for this.
    62AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:34
    Re: #57
    How many round trips is some underpowered drone gonna need?
    65AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:35
    Re: #62
    They can reach the summit of Everest in 8 minutes — this isn't the drone you're picturing.
    67AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:35
    Re: #62
    Update your drone knowledge, man.
    79AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:44
    But how come nobody complains about having to pay to use the toilets?
    80AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:45
    Re: #79
    Kamikochi has toilet attendants, but they barely let anyone in who doesn't look like a hiker — that's shady.
    83AnonymousAug 22, 2026 16:49
    When you're making Cup Noodles up there,
    does the water actually get all the way to 100°C?
    84AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:00
    Re: #83
    Does that really matter that much?
    90°C should be plenty.
    88AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:09
    Re: #83
    It boils at around 90°C up there, so it won't get any hotter than that.
    122AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:39
    Re: #83
    No way.
    Eating hard, lukewarm cup noodles and still going "so good, so good" — that's what mountain climbing is.
    91AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:11
    They've got to make all their money during the summer season, so they gouge as hard as they can.
    92AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:12
    Re: #91
    If you think that, why don't you do it yourself then?
    94AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:13
    Re: #92
    Because you can't open a new business there.
    The mountain huts in the national parks are the same — pure vested interests.
    99AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:16
    Re: #94
    So it's just sour grapes, then.
    96AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:14
    Coke at Mt. Fuji's summit → 500 yen

    Coke at Tokyo Dome → 400 yen

    If you're gonna bring up transport costs, you should be complaining about that one first.
    97AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:15
    Re: #96
    Coke at a live house venue is 600 yen…
    109AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:28
    Just come prepared in the first place.
    110AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:29
    Re: #109
    Aquarius is just too tasty, I end up drinking way more than I should 😭
    112AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:29
    Why is it okay for Mt. Fuji to mark up Coke and resell it at a massive premium?
    114AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:32
    Re: #112
    Is water from an oasis in the middle of a desert worth the same as water that comes out when you turn on a tap downtown?
    117AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:35
    If they drilled a shaft through the side of Mt. Fuji and sent supplies up like an elevator, they could probably get it down to around 400 yen.
    119AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:36
    Re: #117
    And who's paying for that construction, exactly?
    120AnonymousAug 22, 2026 17:36
    Re: #117
    How would they even recoup the cost?

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo) thread “Me: “Mt. Fuji’s vending machines are overpriced” Idiots: “It’s the transport costs~ the labor costs~”.”

  • Sony’s New Releases Score in the 80s on Metacritic but Player Counts Are Cratering — Marathon, Saros, and Tokon All Struggling

    Sony’s new releases this year — Marathon, Saros, and Marvel Tokon — all scored in the 80s on Metacritic, yet threads on 5ch’s hardware/industry (“Geha”) board have been buzzing about how fast they’re fizzling out. A post claiming the fighting game Tokon’s peak concurrent player count had dropped to just four digits within ten days of launch drew particular attention, stoking worries about next year’s lineup as well.

    1AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:33
    Aren't they all in trouble? 🤔
    2AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:33
    It's at the point where you'd think they're making garbage on purpose lol
    4AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:36
    Any game that lands in the 'Special Lineup' is basically guaranteed to flop.
    5AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:37
    At this rate every studio's probably getting shut down by next year.
    6AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:38
    Metascores: Marathon 82, Saros 87, Tokon 86 — all comfortably north of 80.
    16AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:42
    Re: #6
    Funny how you never hear any good buzz about them though. Are PS5 owners actually playing these?
    20AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:46
    Re: #6
    Does the Metascore even matter if PlayStation owners aren't buying the games anyway? They only judge by whether it's free or not.
    78AnonymousAug 18, 2026 22:26
    Re: #6
    This is exactly why you can't trust Metacritic — especially for PlayStation games.
    11AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:39
    Tokon's fine since Deadpool was the only thing that went viral.
    13AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:40
    Will 'Space Baldy' (forum nickname for an upcoming Sony sci-fi title) even make it out in time for a disc release?
    15AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:42
    It's basically just a list of names written in the Death Note called 'Special Lineup.'
    19AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:45
    Let's cut Tokon some slack…
    The game itself isn't bad.
    The PSN account-linking requirement on Steam and the lack of optimization are the downsides.
    Other than that it's just… not selling.
    49AnonymousAug 18, 2026 21:01
    Re: #19
    Those downsides are way too big to just brush off.
    50AnonymousAug 18, 2026 21:03
    Re: #19
    It's not just that it's not selling — the real problem is that day one was the peak, and the player count kept dropping all through the first weekend.
    97AnonymousAug 18, 2026 23:36
    Re: #19
    It's not terrible, but the systems feel way too rough compared to other fighting games.
    People are also starting to suspect input-related bugs, so they should fix that along with the PC optimization.
    Honestly, for a combo-heavy game, barely having working input buffering is a straight-up flaw.
    21AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:47
    For Sony, shutting down studios is more profitable than actually making first-party games.
    23AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:48
    [Sad News] Sony's Marvel fighting game Tokon sees peak concurrent players drop to four digits in under 10 days
    https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1786862471/

    Right now it's declining even faster than Marathon.
    28AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:49
    Re: #23
    Marathon is just boring, but this game is unstable on top of being boring.
    24AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:48
    There are still like 3 more games coming in the Concord series, can't wait. (sarcastic — Concord was Sony's live-service game pulled from sale shortly after launch)
    27AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:49
    Re: #24
    Seriously? lol
    25AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:49
    Hint: the Special Lineup.
    29AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:50
    Are they intentionally trying to make garbage games or something?
    31AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:50
    Re: #28
    Wasn't it something about the anti-cheat being incredibly resource-heavy?
    34AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:51
    Nice try, hater.
    2027 has 'Granny 20,' 'Blackout Dawn 2,' 'Space Baldy,' and 'PC Bank Heist' lined up, you know?? (mocking nicknames for anticipated Sony titles)
    53AnonymousAug 18, 2026 21:07
    Re: #34
    Lol, next year's lineup is already toast too.
    'Blackout Dawn' brings back memories.
    39AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:54
    Um… please don't forget about '4:LOOP'…
    It might be next year, but still…

    52AnonymousAug 18, 2026 21:05
    Re: #39
    It's Sony's Left 4 Dead knockoff, selling itself on having 'former Left 4 Dead staff involved.'
    Already sounds doomed just from that.
    40AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:55
    Nintendo: "Pokoa, Tomodachi Collection, Splatoon, Rhythm Heaven♥"

    Microsoft: "Forza Horizon 6😤"

    Sony: "A-aaaaugh😭"
    43AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:57
    Re: #40
    Lol
    Looking at this, everyone but Sony has a strong first-party lineup this year lol
    47AnonymousAug 18, 2026 20:57
    Re: #40
    The PS5 is the only platform with basically nothing people are talking about this year.
    48AnonymousAug 18, 2026 21:01
    Re: #40
    What even is this.
    76AnonymousAug 18, 2026 22:10
    Saros was actually pretty fun.
    77AnonymousAug 18, 2026 22:22
    Re: #76
    I'd like to know how it stacks up against other bullet-hell shooters like Luna Abyss, but you don't see many comparisons out there……
    Especially now that it's not such a rare genre anymore.
    84AnonymousAug 18, 2026 22:53
    Tokon's domestic marketing has been shockingly nonexistent.
    85AnonymousAug 18, 2026 22:54
    Re: #84
    Haven't heard the name 'Yuke's' in a while. (Japanese developer known for wrestling games)
    86AnonymousAug 18, 2026 22:57
    Sony just doesn't have the sense for making games.
    90AnonymousAug 18, 2026 23:14
    Re: #86
    Well… it's a company that makes Smash Bros knockoffs…
    So yeah, what did you expect.
    95AnonymousAug 18, 2026 23:35
    This is supposed to be the peak of the PS5's lifecycle, but ever since Monster Hunter it's basically been dead air.
    96AnonymousAug 18, 2026 23:36
    Re: #95
    That's because Square Enix and Capcom ran off to the Switch 2.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (“Geha”)) thread “This Year’s Sony Games: ‘Marathon, Saros, Marvel Tokon, Wolverine (planned)’ — Yeah, This.”