Category: News

A thread that started with the post “Anyone who travels alone is a loser” sparked heated debate on 5ch’s Newsspeed VIP board. The original poster argued that “traveling with others multiplies the fun,” treating solo travel as proof that someone has no friends. Solo-travel defenders fired back, saying “you can decide everything at your own pace” and “you meet new people on the road,” and the exchange quickly escalated. Before long, the thread drifted away from travel itself and into pointed jabs at each other.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsspeed VIP) thread “Solo travel? lolololol Traveling ALONE? lolololololol.”

When a thread starter on 5ch’s Newsokuvip board posted, “Isn’t CoCo Ichi kind of pricey for the quality?”, other users pushed back one after another with replies like “It’s cheap” and “It’s a place for broke people.” Those arguing back posted numerous images comparing prices and portion sizes with other chains like Matsuya’s gyumeshi (beef bowl), pointing out that the standard rice serving is 300g — double what beef bowl chains give you. The discussion eventually derailed from the price itself into a nitpicky argument over the definition of “topping,” and it dragged on without ever reaching a conclusion.

1AnonymousSep 11, 2026 14:09

What's with this total lack of anyone being on the same page here…

8AnonymousSep 11, 2026 14:15

CoCo Ichi is one of the cheapest restaurant chains out there
No matter how you look at it, I think CoCo Ichi has the lowest average spend per customer
It's one of the cheapest places to eat, so complaining about the taste is just wrong



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On top of that, the rice is 300g by default
That's double the rice in Matsuya's gyumeshi, you know?

CoCo Ichibanya is a place for broke people
It's wrong to judge a bottom-tier-priced place on whether it tastes good — that's a completely different value system

Despite being the cheapest, you get filled up on rice
It's a cheap place that leaves you satisfied

57AnonymousSep 11, 2026 14:40

You guys happily eat Coco's curry though (Coco's, the family-restaurant chain — different from CoCo Ichi)

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newsokuvip) thread “Me: “Isn’t CoCo Ichi Pricey for What You Get?” Mysterious Forces: “Must Suck Being Poor!!!”“.

According to the head of real estate agency R65 Fudousan, even a person in their 70s with roughly ¥160 million in assets has been turned down during a rental screening. Landlords tend to avoid elderly tenants out of fear of “lonely deaths,” dementia, and the hassle of clearing out belongings after death — meaning a fat bank balance alone doesn’t guarantee approval. On 5ch, this set off a wave of comments like “if they’ve got that much money, just buy a condo or house outright,” while others shared their own experience of being rejected by landlords over age when trying to sell their home and move into a rental. The thread turned into a broader debate over housing choices in old age.

According to Ryo Yamamoto, head of R65 Fudousan, there’s no clear age cutoff where rental screenings suddenly get stricter. Still, most people who come to him for help after being rejected are in their 60s, and there have even been cases of people in their 40s being turned down because of their age.

The main reasons landlords shy away from elderly tenants are worries about lonely deaths, the onset of dementia, and having to deal with the deceased’s belongings afterward. Even someone with more than enough assets can be rejected over these risks.

Yamamoto says there was in fact a case of someone in their 70s with about ¥160 million in assets being turned away. Applicants are often never given a clear reason for the rejection, but part of the problem seems to be that the rental agencies themselves have no track record placing elderly tenants, so vague unease keeps them from even making the introduction.

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

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “Landlord: ‘Even with ¥160 million in assets, old men are a no-go’.”

A thread on 5channel’s Newssoku VIP board saw a poster who works in delivery vent frustration about “customers who won’t enter their name or address.” The post described trouble delivering to customers who list only a nickname as the recipient on online orders, buildings with no name listed, and detached houses with no nameplate on the door. This drew a wave of pushback along the lines of “nobody puts up a nameplate these days,” while others shot back with “of course a house should have a nameplate” and “when several houses share the same lot number, delivery drivers can’t tell them apart” — showing just how much attitudes toward nameplates split along generational and housing lines.

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Newssoku VIP) thread “I’m an Amazon delivery driver and any idiot who can’t even enter their own name and address can just die.”

The Digital Agency announced on September 11, 2026, that its network systems had been accessed by an unauthorized outside party, and that the personal information of roughly 246,000 people — including the names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of government employees — may have been leaked. The agency says My Number data and financial account information were not included. On 5ch, threads shared information suggesting the breach was caused by the misuse of an account belonging to an outsourced contractor responsible for system maintenance, while other posters criticized the Digital Agency’s institutional setup and debated just how far the real-world damage from the leak might extend.

The Digital Agency announced on the 11th that its network systems, including work computers it operates, had been accessed by an outside party without authorization, and that the personal information of roughly 246,000 people, including the names and addresses of government employees, may have leaked.

The personal information that may have leaked included not only names and addresses but also email addresses and phone numbers. The agency says it does not include My Number data or bank account information.

The Digital Agency apologized, saying, “We are truly sorry for the great trouble and concern this has caused those involved.”

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

*This article is composed as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Absolutely Tragic News] Digital Agency Hacked, About 246,000 Pieces of Personal Info Leaked lolololol.”

A thread appeared on 5ch’s livestream-commentary board reporting that a streamer who claims to be a “short sleeper” had stayed awake for over 36 hours, sleeping a total of just one hour during that span. The result reportedly followed a declaration of “I won’t sleep on day two” after viewers accused the streamer of dozing off during a treatment the day before. While some in the thread called it “the real deal,” others raised a definitional objection — “isn’t being a short sleeper about needing less sleep per session, not about refusing to sleep at all?” — and pointed to past streaming stunts where people stayed awake for over a week, leaving the thread divided over what would actually count as "proof."

58AnonymousSep 11, 2026 09:48

Uh oh…

63AnonymousSep 11, 2026 09:49

Re: #58
Even just 4 hours without sleep is already pretty rough, honestly.

96AnonymousSep 11, 2026 10:03

Hori Daisuke's even written a book on this, so keep an eye on the eating streams too.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Good News] The Short-Sleeper Person Seems to Be the Real Deal After All.”

A thread on 5ch’s Hello! Project board heated up over whether wearing sweatpants and sweatshirts as everyday clothing is “uncool.” It started with comparisons to Heisei-era fashion, tracing how sweatsuit-style outfits spread over the past few years following the wide-leg pants boom of 2020–2021. Posters who seemed to be older argued things like “It’s ridiculous to ride the train dressed like you’re just popping into a convenience store,” while younger posters countered that “sweatpants are the mainstream look now,” with the argument dragging on into fine-grained disputes over color and fabric choices.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread 「[Sad News] Reiwa Women’s Fashion Under Fire for Being Uncool👩」.

An opinion that school PE class “is nothing but an hour of humiliation for kids who are bad at sports, and should be scrapped” went viral on 5ch. PE has long been a divisive subject — in activities like distance running and ball games, rankings and skill gaps are painfully visible, making it easy for less athletic students to develop an inferiority complex. In the thread, opinions supporting PE for its health and developmental benefits clashed head-on with those calling for scaling it back or showing more consideration due to the psychological toll, and the debate escalated into a broader question of principle: should the benefit of the majority take priority over the suffering of the minority?

45AnonymousSep 11, 2026 10:40

Everything's a learning experience.
If you get humiliated as a kid, you might grow up less likely to mock other people's failures as an adult.

54AnonymousSep 11, 2026 10:42

Re: #45
Isn't this just incredibly mean-spirited?

59AnonymousSep 11, 2026 10:43

Re: #45
You've probably never failed at anything in your life.
Laughing so hard your face scrunches up while turning someone's honest mistake, made while they were trying their best, into a punchline…

69AnonymousSep 11, 2026 10:45

You should get humiliated at least once.
Otherwise you end up like Re: #45 — a successful person who still gets a kick out of mocking other people's mistakes.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread ““For kids who can’t do sports, PE is nothing but the arrogant cruelty of humiliation, so it should be scrapped” — fair point.”

A scathing review posted on Steam for Square Enix’s HD-2D remake of “Torneko’s Great Adventure” has become a hot topic on a 5ch thread. The review cited complaints about the controls — frequent misinputs during diagonal movement and a multi-second freeze every time the player levels up — and argued that development should have been left to Chunsoft. The thread debated how involved series creator Seiichiro Nagahata actually is with the project, while some pushed back against taking a single review at face value.

※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Torneko Remake — Planning and Development: Square Enix.”

A poster on 5ch (Nyuusoku VIP), troubled by his relationship with his girlfriend, started a thread asking, “Was she after my money all along?” He says he covers all the date expenses himself and single-handedly plans and books their trips, yet he rarely gets so much as a thank-you or anything in return from her. The thread split between blunt replies telling him to “dump her already” and advice suggesting that “since you’re her first boyfriend, she’s probably just come to see you paying for everything as normal — try actually asking her for something and she might change.”

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nyuusoku VIP) thread “Is My Girlfriend Only With Me For…“.