Category: News

Hello! Project idol Reina Uemura’s exchange with co-star Onoda, who asked her “Haven’t you been going to the gym?”, was picked up on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Uemura reportedly said, “I do go to the gym, but right now it’s just walking and running. I want to get into serious strength training and someday show off a ripped version of myself.” The thread mixed encouragement (“go for it!”) with jokes about future deadlift records and bodybuilding championship appearances, along with some wistful comments about her losing her feminine figure.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “[Sad News] Reina Uemura makes a questionable resolution: “I go to the gym, so I want to do serious strength training and someday show off a ripped version of myself”“.

Images of handwritten signage at Asian Games venues in Nagoya, Aichi, have been circulating online, and overseas reactions calling it “hilarious enough to die laughing” were reposted to 5ch. The thread quickly moved past the signs themselves and into questions about the event’s management — namely, why it ended up handwritten at all — with some praising a setup that didn’t involve ad giant Dentsu, and others questioning how a roughly ¥370 billion budget could produce this. Opinions split between those calling the handwriting a reasonable improvised fix and those seeing it as proof of sloppy advance planning.

34AnonymousSep 22, 2026 11:43

AI could've knocked out signs like this in seconds, so why…

45AnonymousSep 22, 2026 11:45

Re: #34
What, blow it up to whiteboard size and print it?

92AnonymousSep 22, 2026 12:03

Re: #45
Re: #34
Hand the job to some guy who says "just do it, it's easy" and he'll print the AI image on an A4 printer, it'll come out tiny, and people will complain anyway.

Or are you going to print it in sections and manually piece together something whiteboard-sized? That'd probably take like ten times longer than just writing it out by hand.

And obviously there was no way to pre-order proper printed posters from a vendor either, since the match pairings weren't finalized yet.

66AnonymousSep 22, 2026 11:53

This thread reeks of garlic 🧄. Somebody crack a window. (a jab implying Korean posters, since garlic is stereotypically linked to Korean food)

97AnonymousSep 22, 2026 12:04

Re: #66
Want some garlic with that?
(riffing on the famous ramen-shop line "Would you like garlic?")

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G board) thread “[Image] Korean commenter: “The Asian Games stadium signage is handwritten, I’m dying laughing lol”.”

A thread on 5ch’s Love Live! board titled “Confess whether you’re really a stan or a hater” got fans openly admitting which entries in the franchise they adore and which ones they can’t stand. The Love Live! series runs multiple groups in parallel — from the original μ’s to Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Liella!, and now the newest addition, Hasunosora Girls’ School Idol Club — which creates fertile ground for fans to split into “stans” and “haters” depending on which group they follow. The thread ranged widely, covering complaints about each fandom’s manners and the franchise’s business decisions, right down to comparisons of the casts’ looks.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “Confess whether you’re really a stan or a hater, since this thread’s gonna get deleted soon anyway.”

A thread on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G board claiming that “men who drive the Toyota Sienta are being mocked as losers” sparked a mixed reaction. The Sienta, a compact minivan with sliding doors, is especially popular with families raising kids, and many posters pushed back, arguing that “only people with families buy it, so if anything that makes them winners.” Others weighed in on the car’s design or reminisced about non-sliding-door models like the Cube and bB that have since disappeared from the market, turning the thread into a mix of genuine car talk and debate over whether the “loser man” label even makes sense.

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Guys who drive Sientas and the like get mocked by society too, lolololol.”

The YouTube “likes” count on I=LOVE’s (Ikoi-love) new single “Koi Hajimemashita” MV, reportedly at 100,000 as of September 19, later dropped to roughly 41,000 — sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Thread posters brought up YouTube’s system of retroactively “correcting” like counts once fake or repeated likes are verified against real activity, and fans of rival groups began accusing each other of padding their numbers. Some posts raised questions by citing view counts broken down by country, and the discussion drifted from simple fact-checking into a full-blown back-and-forth with no resolution in sight.

56AnonymousSep 22, 2026 08:17

Meanwhile, over in our camp
So proud right now
This is all 100% organic, right?

71AnonymousSep 22, 2026 08:25

Re: #56
That like count's way too high lol
There's a real chance they're doing it too lol

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “[Bad News] I=LOVE’s Latest MV Likes Slashed from 100K to 41K.”

Hello! Project idol Ruri Hiromoto, speaking fondly at a talk show during “Hiro Fes 2026” held in her hometown of Hiroshima about returning home after a long absence, sparked a debate on the 5channel Hello! Project discussion board over “which is the real river — Tokyo’s rivers or Hiroshima’s Ota River.” In the thread, some pushed back by naming Tokyo rivers like the Sumida, Tama, and Arakawa (“those are proper rivers too!”), while others defended Hiroshima by pointing to how the Ota River system branches like a web through the city center. Before long it had turned into a casual debate over what actually makes a river feel like a “real” river.

53AnonymousSep 22, 2026 08:04

Tokyo's got plenty of rivers too, I can't tell the difference from the Ota River

Hiroshima's Ota River


Tama River


Arakawa


Edogawa


Nakagawa

62AnonymousSep 22, 2026 08:12

Hiroshima's rivers

66AnonymousSep 22, 2026 08:14

Re: #62
Nice
the islands of the Seto Inland Sea

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Hello! Project board) thread “[Sad News] Ruri Hiromoto: “Tokyo has no rivers,” “Neither the Meguro River nor the Sumida River are real rivers — the Ota River flowing through Hiroshima is the real river”.”

A thread on 5ch’s freewheeling “Nandemo Jikkyo G” (general live-chat) board asked whether capitalism is simply too cruel, after the original poster watched Uber Eats and other delivery riders pedaling around town on their bikes. The poster floated “mild capitalism” as an alternative, but replies quickly pushed back, citing the realities of communist states and the inequality baked into American society. The discussion spread to historical points about how humans have traded and divided labor since the hunter-gatherer era, and speculation about whether AI will widen or narrow the wealth gap going forward. Opinions on delivery work itself ended up split right down the middle.

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Isn’t capitalism just too cruel? I can’t stand watching Uber riders on bikes.”

Yuji Oda and Toshiro Yanagiba co-starred in dramas like Furimukeba Yatsu ga Iru (If You Look Back, He’s There), and rumors of a rift between the two have persisted for years. Now Yanagiba himself has revealed the truth on a TV program. Back when he was a young actor, Oda reportedly pulled him aside during a scene and said, “Isn’t that acting wrong?” — and Yanagiba admits he held onto that comment for the entire run of the show. On 5ch, users weighed in with all kinds of takes, from anecdotes backing up just how obsessive Oda was about his craft (he allegedly had the final scene’s script rewritten) to stories about how sharp-edged Oda’s personality was back then.

*This article is compiled and summarized from excerpts of the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Yanagiba Reveals the Truth Behind the Rumored Feud With Yuji Oda: ‘Oda Told Me, Isn’t That Acting Wrong?’“

A thread titled “Osaka’s Ramen Game Is Too Weak” popped up on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyo G” board and sparked a lively debate. Posters brought up ramen scenes from all over Japan — Yamagata, Niigata, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hokkaido, and more — as they argued over just how good Osaka’s ramen shops really are. Some said “Osaka just has Kyoto ramen shops that expanded here,” or that chains like Kappa and Kamukura are satisfying enough, while others pushed back with specific shop names, highlighting just how divided opinions were.

89AnonymousSep 21, 2026 23:26

Oh, here's an Osaka ramen tier list for ya 💁‍♂

96AnonymousSep 21, 2026 23:29

Re: #89
The fact that Kamukura isn't on it makes it seem trustworthy

116AnonymousSep 21, 2026 23:36

Re: #89
Kadoya Shokudo is S-tier?! Lolololol
A tier list where Kadoya Shokudo is S-tier lol
I'll say this much, Kadoya isn't bad.
But S-tier? lol

119AnonymousSep 21, 2026 23:39

Re: #100
I want to try it once.
I like that style made for construction workers who sweat a ton on the job.

123AnonymousSep 21, 2026 23:41

Re: #119
I've had it, and it makes you go "this is all ramen really needs to be."

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Osaka’s Ramen Game Is Too Weak.”

A post that checked the train timetable based on the assumption “Nagoya’s a car-dependent city, so trains must run infrequently” became a hot topic on 5ch. In reality, Nagoya’s subway network — led by the Higashiyama Line — turns out to be quite well developed, undermining the simple idea that a car-centric city automatically means sparse trains. The thread saw detailed comparisons of service frequency with other cities like Tokyo, Osaka, and Yokohama, along with discussion of stations such as Fujigaoka and Gokiso and access to Chubu Centrair International Airport, with opinions split over just how good or bad Nagoya’s transit really is.

See the source for the image

Source: x.com / Original post here

11AnonymousSep 21, 2026 21:42

Nagoya's subway system is actually pretty well developed

26AnonymousSep 21, 2026 21:48

Re: #11
I don't know much about it, but is Gokiso supposed to be the liveliest area around there?

27AnonymousSep 21, 2026 21:48

Re: #11
With a subway network this convenient, saying you can't live without a car is being way too soft

38AnonymousSep 21, 2026 21:52

Re: #11
This shows Nagoya Station is actually stuck way out on the edge of the city

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyou G) thread “[Image] Me: “Nagoya? It’s car country so trains must be infrequent” → I checked the timetable and…“.