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  • Palm-Sized Dinosaur Quiz Gets 5ch’s VIP Board Buzzing — ‘That’s What the Manual Said!’

    A thread popped up on 5ch’s VIP board with a photo of a palm-sized dinosaur figure and the question, ‘Can you guess what kind of dinosaur this is?’ The poster played a character voiced through the text emoticon ‘(っ´ω`c)’, kicking off a naming quiz where other posters threw out guesses like ‘Allosaurus’ and ‘some kind of Honehone Zaurus figure.’ The correct answer was ‘Fukuisaurus,’ and whoever got it right was even promised a handshake. From there, the thread drifted into casual chatter, with another poster showing up to do some palm reading.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:13
    (っ´ω`c) Can you guess what kind of dinosaur this is?
    2AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:16
    (っ´ω`c) Look, a palm-sized dino! Hehe, so cute

    6AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:22
    (´・ω・`) Junkosaurus (a jokey 'useless' pun on the dino name)
    8AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:22
    Re: #6
    (っ´ω`c) Boo
    10AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:23
    Re: #9
    (っ´ω`c) Boo
    11AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:23
    Re: #10
    Then what character is in Ecuadoru's profile pic?
    12AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:24
    Re: #11
    (っ´ω`c) Lotte
    13AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:24
    Honehone Zaurus (a skeleton-dinosaur toy line)
    16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:25
    Re: #13
    (っ´ω`c) Which dinosaur from the Honehone Zaurus line is it, huh? Huh?
    19AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:26
    Re: #16
    Fukuisaurus!
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:25
    (´･ω･`) It's an Allosaurus
    18AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:26
    Re: #15
    (っ´ω`c) Boooo
    21AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:27
    Re: #19
    (っ´ω`c) Correct!
    23AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:28
    Re: #21
    I got it right, so it's a handshake — waiting for Pomii-kun to show up.
    25AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:30
    Re: #23
    (っ´ω`c) Sure, I'll shake your hand

    27AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:30
    Re: #25
    I'll be waiting in Kanagawa, so hurry up
    24AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:29
    (´･ω･`) That's totally wrong!
    https://share.google/zl3ZMSzUyD0PrX6DW
    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:30
    Re: #24
    (っ´ω`c) Even if you say that… the manual said it was a Fukuisaurus…
    40AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:34
    (´･ω･`) You've already met your soulmate, you know
    44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:35
    Re: #40
    (っ´ω`c) Are you… a palm reader?
    41AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:34
    I googled Honehone Zaurus and found there's an Evangelion one too — that was actually pretty cool
    48AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:36
    Re: #41
    (っ´ω`c) Oh really, that's pretty cool — the skeleton look suits it
    43AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:35
    Re: #38
    (っ´ω`c) Oh, someone from Zama… so what are we doing in Kanagawa
    45AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:35
    Re: #43
    A handshake, duh!!
    46AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:35
    Can't beat Very Hard on event part two
    53AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:37
    Re: #46
    (っ´ω`c) Seriously? I don't remember struggling much… maybe your characters just aren't leveled up enough?
    47AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:35
    (´･ω･`) One more big turning point is coming your way
    56AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:38
    Re: #47
    (っ´ω`c) Really? When though… that's scary
    50AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:36
    (´･ω･`) Overall, you'll live a pretty happy life
    58AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:38
    Re: #50
    (っ´ω`c) Really? Well, that's good to hear
    52AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:37
    (´･ω･`) You'll probably keep having bad gacha luck too (gacha = the game's random loot-box draws)
    61AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:39
    Re: #52
    (っ´ω`c) I actually pulled a hit on gacha today though
    59AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:38
    (´･ω･`) I think that turning point will come within a few years
    64AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:39
    (´･ω･`) Well, everyone gets a lucky gacha pull sometimes
    67AnonymousSep 5, 2026 14:40
    Re: #59
    (っ´ω`c) Well, guess that makes sense at my age
    Re: #64
    (っ´ω`c) This is exactly why you can't trust fortune-telling!

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    On 5ch’s VIP board, threads where posters role-play as a text-emoticon (AA) character like ‘(っ´ω`c)’ — narrating events and chatting in the first person — are a classic genre; the appeal lies less in the content than in the snappy back-and-forth between posters. The answer to this quiz, ‘Fukuisaurus,’ is the genus name of a real dinosaur whose fossils were discovered and named in Fukui Prefecture, one of the names that symbolizes Japan’s dinosaur research. ‘Allosaurus,’ one of the guesses, is a different genus from North America, treated here as a wrong answer that just happens to sound similar. Once the quiz wound down, the talk drifted loosely into unrelated chatter — a promised handshake, a bit of palm reading — which is typical of the pacing in these AA-character threads. Note that the thread also included some exchanges poking fun at crude jokes and sexual orientation, which have been left out of this article.

    *This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Newssoku VIP) thread “(っ´ω`c) Pomii Rabokune Made a Dinosaur.”

  • Risa Ogata Suddenly Starts Hearting Fan Comments — A Desperate Bid to Stop an Exodus?

    Former idol Risa Ogata has been going through her YouTube comments hitting the heart button one after another, sparking discussion on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. Fans reacted with confusion — “It’s been two years of radio silence, why suddenly now?” — while others voiced worry over ticket sales for her upcoming shows: September 20 at Ebisu Garden Hall in Tokyo and November 3 at Gorilla Hall in Osaka. Having left her agency to pursue an independent artist career, the episode highlights just how hard it is for her to hold onto her fanbase.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:43
    391 Anonymous 2026/09/02 (Wed) 17:45:19.11 ID:DiuO/Rk40
    Maru-chan (fan nickname for Ogata)… thanks for hearting my YouTube comment 🥳🥳🥳
    392 Anonymous 2026/09/02 (Wed) 17:49:48.08 ID:HqSIQXUZ0
    7AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:47
    501 Anonymous 2026/09/04 (Fri) 22:36:51.92 ID:kB2pF4UN0


    502 Anonymous 2026/09/04 (Fri) 22:37:26.74 ID:Vt5J/pBY0
    What suddenly got into her?

    503 Anonymous 2026/09/04 (Fri) 22:39:11.55 ID:oOZp9m110
    Maybe she's panicking because Ebisu isn't selling
    10AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:53
    Two years of radio silence and now suddenly sucking up to fans? 🤔
    12AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:54
    ☾ September 20, 2026 (Sun) 17:00～
    ☾ Ebisu Garden Hall (Tokyo)

    ☾ November 3, 2026 (Tue, holiday) 17:00～
    ☾ GORILLA HALL OSAKA (Osaka)

    There's no way she fills those seats
    22AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:59
    Re: #12
    Gorilla Hall Osaka holds about 1,300 for a standing show
    Guess they'll space the folding chairs out nice and roomy
    Feels almost crueler that way, honestly
    42AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:15
    Re: #12
    Way too optimistic
    Her self-assessment is way too high
    13AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:54
    Doing stuff like this just makes it harder for new fans to get in — it backfires
    14AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:55
    Wasn't the whole point of leaving the idol agency for an artist career to avoid doing this kind of thing?
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:56
    We fans knew all along that going independent would mean she'd have to suck up to us even more
    16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:56
    She's not an idol anymore, remember
    17AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:57
    And up to now she'd only ever done Instagram Live for promotion
    18AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:58
    She'll probably start doing meet-and-greets (sesshoku)
    I bet she's realizing she can't keep this going without them
    23AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:00
    Has anyone who left their agency actually succeeded?
    27AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:02
    She's doing Ebisu Garden Hall?
    Bold move
    33AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:09
    Re: #27
    It'll be empty, for sure
    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:03
    Just put out a video begging fans to come back, saying you'll do anything
    30AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:04
    She just wants the prestige of having played a big venue
    Judging by her MV view counts too, she's clearly the type who likes to save face
    32AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:06
    Try setting your icon to a photo of Juju Asakura and leaving a comment
    35AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:10
    She should really start doing meet-and-greet events soon
    That alone won't be enough to keep fans around
    40AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:13
    She did walk back that weird image change, at least.
    41AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:15
    Her hair did look like yakisoba noodles for a while
    43AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:16
    Sayashi (Riho, another ex-idol) has weird hair color too, so it's fine
    44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:21
    She left on good terms, so interacting with the Tsubaki Factory members would at least give her some promotion
    46AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:23
    Re: #44
    She block-and-unblocked all of them already, remember
    51AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:30
    Even Liquidroom would be half-empty for her
    let alone Garden Hall
    52AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:32
    Cutting ties with Hello! Project fans was a bad move
    53AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:32
    There are a lot of OG (former idol) events happening these days, so she'll get buried if she doesn't promote herself
    57AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:40
    Gorilla Hall is the venue Tsubaki Factory uses for standing shows
    There's no way she fills it
    58AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:43
    If she wants fans to come back, there's a proper way to go about it, right?
    60AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:44
    Re: #58
    What exactly do you want from her?
    62AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:44
    Ogata shouldn't have quit
    64AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:57
    She was openly picking and choosing which fans to keep at one point, remember?
    She's the one who thinned out her own fanbase, so she should just accept it

    Background and Key Points

    Risa Ogata left the Hello! Project-affiliated group she once belonged to and now works independently as an artist without an agency. Unlike an agency-backed idol, going independent means she has to handle ticket sales and turnout herself, and this show is scheduled for Ebisu Garden Hall and Gorilla Hall Osaka. In the thread, some pointed out that the latter venue was previously used by another group for a standing-room show, raising concerns about turnout for a seated performance. It’s worth noting that whether the “likes” on her comments are really a countermeasure against fans drifting away has not been explained by Ogata herself — this remains pure speculation among fans.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from a 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread titled “Risa Ogata Suddenly Starts Hearting Fan Comments — A Desperate Bid to Stop an Exodus?.”

  • Juice=Juice’s Reiruru Wins Over Social Media at Hamada Music Festival — But Fans Split Over Her Singing

    Reiruru, the unit within Hello!Project’s Juice=Juice made up of Dambara Ruru and Inoue Rein, appeared on the music special “Hamada Music Festival” and won favorable reactions across social media, including TikTok. On the other hand, harsher comments reportedly turned up in the TV broadcast’s live viewer comments, and this split in reception became a hot topic on the Hello!Pro board of 5ch as well. In the thread, negative opinions like “she’s just a pretty face” and “her singing is bad” mixed with favorable takes like “their high notes complement each other well” and “this is just reality,” while posts comparing the vocal ability of other members besides Dambara and Inoue also piled up.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:17
    【DOMOTO (KinKi) / SMAP and other former Johnny's groups / BMSG / JDA (incl. solo) / MUCC / OOR / SPYAIR /】
    The girls of Juice=Juice sing way too well… they're so good it's actually funny. Typical Hello!Pro.
    【I want to always be wherever SixTONES ftr is】
    5AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:19
    Yeah, Reiruru beats Ebamifu after all
    Public attention on her is just on another level
    6AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:19
    Reirei is overrated
    She's just a pretty face
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:21
    Re: #6
    There are people who rate her highly — what's the point of arguing by your own standard alone?
    22AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:22
    Re: #6
    Thanks for the ruling that a "national treasure face" (a slang term praising someone's looks as treasure-tier) isn't overrated
    11AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:20
    Unfortunately she got absolutely trashed in the live comments though
    12AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:20
    Ruru's weak on the high notes Reirei's strong on, so their voices actually complement each other well
    18AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:22
    Re: #12
    Reirei's the one who can't hit high notes though
    14AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:20
    I thought the antis were the desperate ones, but turns out it's the fans obsessively spamming threads — that's desperate too lol
    17AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:21
    Re: #14
    That's because they want to hide that she was actually getting bashed lol
    Especially since it got exposed that Inoue can't really sing
    16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:21
    Reirei isn't actually that great a singer, but there's value in being able to sing that well with those looks
    Plenty of singers out there can sing well but aren't cute
    Plenty are cute but can't sing at all
    19AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:22
    And here comes an anti posting screenshots from the sacred ground of old folks — TV live-comments (lol)
    21AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:22
    Honestly I didn't think she was that good, but the bar's surprisingly low
    So it's true that regular people are more easily fooled by "acme" singing (a fan-slang term mocking breathy, forced high notes)?
    26AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:23
    Re: #21
    You old geezers are just twisted
    That's exactly why ratings from Ookami (the old-school Hello!Project fan forum) or 5ch can't be trusted
    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    Re: #21
    Go watch the video with Harami-chan first, then come talk to me
    23AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:23
    This is reality
    It's frustrating, but there's no helping that it's getting good reviews
    24AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:23
    I mean, it's already gone viral with tens of thousands of likes on TikTok, so that has way more reach anyway
    27AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    Saying "Hello!Pro is amazing" makes me cringe a little
    Reiruru is the cream of the crop even within the "village" (fan slang for the insular Hello!Project world)
    28AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    Re: #18
    Reirei's high notes are strong enough that she gets trusted with Takagi's fake/falsetto part on "Kono Sekai wa"
    30AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    Hello Pro Update-san, our top spreader of content, please do your thing
    31AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    Neither Dambara nor Inoue is actually good at high notes
    They're just forcing it out with breath power, which is why it's bad and gets called "acme"
    47AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:25
    Re: #31
    By the way, where is that actually being said?
    50AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:26
    Re: #31
    Arisawa's the one who really nails the high notes, right?
    32AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    Well, the original SPEED were "acme" singers too
    So it's a good fit
    37AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:25
    Re: #32
    The fact that people are still calling Dambara "acme" really shows how bad her singing is
    38AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:25
    Re: #32
    Hirose Kohmi too
    33AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:24
    This is exactly the kind of public opinion that hits hardest with the old guys on Ookami, and they're already mad lol
    42AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:25
    Though apparently "Moreme" (a nickname for the duo, playing on "photogenic/flattering") wasn't even recognized by the other performers
    57AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:26
    Re: #42
    Well, good that they finally got noticed this time
    44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:25
    You old geezers really are powerless
    Praise from young Johnny's fangirls carries way more weight
    49AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:26
    Poor anti, whose only comfort in life is copypasta and sockpuppeting
    56AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:26
    Re: #26
    I mean, that level is just normal for a Hello!Pro fan
    Both Dambara and Inoue haven't changed since before "Moreme"
    They did similar "acme" singing on a choir show too, and it wasn't well received
    Nobody's actually listening to the singing
    65AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:26
    Re: #56
    Funny that you think a choir show and the Hamada Music Festival have the same kind of profile or attention
    81AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:28
    If you blow hard into a recorder, it makes a high-pitched sound, right?
    Reiruru's singing is the same thing
    Everyone's free to like or dislike it, but it being bad singing is just a fact
    91AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:29
    Re: #81
    Blowing hard into it doesn't actually produce a high note though
    95AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:29
    Re: #81
    It's not really about whether Dambara and Inoue are good or bad — it's that the idol industry is so far gone (thanks to =LOVE, Kawara Lab, and the Sakamichi groups) that they end up looking like good singers by comparison
    So bashing Juice=Juice over this is missing the point
    88AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:29
    The high-note parts in Juice are handled by Inoue, Kudo, and Arisawa
    By the way, for low notes it's probably Endo and Kawashima
    99AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:30
    Re: #88
    Arisawa's strong on low notes too
    She's about the only one who can hit the lowest note in "Noctiluca"
    103AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:30
    It's seriously turning into something else
    "Body&Soul" got split between two of them and ended up like this


    Background and Points of Discussion

    The word “acme,” which came up repeatedly in the thread, is slang used among Hello!Project fans, often used mockingly to describe a singing style built on forcing out high notes with sheer breath power. The split in how people rated Dambara and Inoue largely comes down to a difference in taste over how that style lands on the ear. Another point of debate was the gap between the harsh reactions in the TV’s live comments and the warmer reception on social media like TikTok. Live-broadcast comments tend to be swayed by split-second impressions, and it’s common for perception to shift once clipped highlight videos start circulating afterward. This gap in temperature is also thought to reflect a difference between longtime fans and new viewers in how they interpret the word “acme” itself. It’s also worth noting that “Reiruru” is not a name for Juice=Juice as a whole, but the name of a unit formed by just two members, Dambara Ruru and Inoue Rein — a point that’s easy to misread, and it’s precisely because the unit’s makeup is so simple that the thread’s discussion expanded into comparing the singing ability of individual members.

    ※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Hello!Pro) thread “[Good News] Reiruru, who appeared at the Hamada Music Festival, ends up winning rave reviews just as expected.”

  • Beef or Pork in Curry? Kansai vs. Kanto Clash Online — “Why Settle for Pork? That’s the Real Mystery”

    A thread titled “Kansai people use beef in curry,” posted on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G (Anything Goes Live) board, sparked a wider debate over whether curry should be made with beef or pork. Team Beef argued that “beef is obviously tastier, so why settle for pork? It’s a mystery,” while Team Pork fired back with practical points like “curry roux brands such as Vermont Curry and Java Curry are seasoned assuming you’re using pork.” The thread veered into tales of beef-tendon curry curdling into a jelly-like mess, and even a detour into cultures that eat water buffalo instead of cow — turning into a wide-ranging chat that went well beyond a simple East-vs-West rivalry.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:06
    Curry's gotta be made with pork, right? 🥺
    2AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:06
    Bet this guy likes Gindaco (a popular but down-market takoyaki chain — code here for cheap taste) too
    111AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:35
    Re: #2
    Bet you eat soggy, awful takoyaki 🥹


    Foreigner: 'Osaka takoyaki sucks! Throwing it out! lol'
    114AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:39
    Re: #111
    Gindaco fanboy getting salty, lmao
    5AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:08
    There are beef days, pork days, heck even chicken days
    33AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:25
    Re: #5
    There's a seafood day too
    Sometimes I make it with surf clam
    Great umami and a nice bite
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:14
    Don't strain yourself, poor folks can just go meatless
    17AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:15
    Re: #15
    You mean like CoCo Ichibanya's watery, thin curry?
    24AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:20
    Bear meat's the real curry move
    https://image.rakuten.co.jp/kissui/cabinet/ht/ht01734_top2.jpg
    51AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:47
    Kansai curry uses cheap beef tendon
    55AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:49
    Re: #51
    Is beef tendon cheap in Kansai or something?
    53AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:48
    Reminds me of the time I tried making it with beef tendon — I skimped on the prep and the whole pot set like a jellied nikogori block
    54AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:49
    Re: #53
    Honestly, that sounds good in its own way
    62AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:55
    Isn't curry roux like Vermont Curry or Java Curry seasoned with pork in mind?
    Feels like it pairs better with pork than beef
    67AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:00
    Re: #62
    Not sure about Java Curry, but Vermont Curry probably does suit pork better
    Pork belly beats chunky block meat for it
    83AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:12
    Re: #62
    Probably just caters to whatever meat's easiest for most people to cook with
    63AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:57
    Beef is clearly tastier — why settle for pork? Beats me
    72AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:05
    Re: #63
    Curry's not exactly a fancy feast dish and people don't sweat the details, so the mindset is just to make it cheap
    65AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:58
    Can Kansai people only eat beef?
    Kind of sad, honestly
    69AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:01
    Re: #65
    Bet this guy likes Gindaco too
    68AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:00
    Cows are sacred animals, no way you'd eat them!
    70AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:01
    Re: #68
    Are you Hindu or something?
    73AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:05
    Re: #68
    They eat water buffalo instead
    76AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:06
    Beef in it, that's beef curry
    Pork in it, that's just curry rice
    Chicken in it, that's butter chicken
    77AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:07
    Re: #76
    Never heard of pork curry?
    That's sad
    78AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:09
    You're lumping all Kansai people together, but Tokyo betrays beef plenty too
    https://imgur.com/a/CwJ3IVj.jpg
    79AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:10
    You're piling on excuses, but basically you're saying life's rough enough that you're forced into tear-jerking levels of penny-pinching, is that it?
    80AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:11
    Re: #79
    So the whole 'Kansai takoyaki has to be cheap' thing is also about saving money, and deep down you'd rather eat the pricier stuff?
    85AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:13
    Re: #79
    More like, what are you even expecting from curry
    If you were blending your own spice mix from scratch and really into it, sure, nitpick the ingredients all you want, but come on
    81AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:11
    Quit talking about Kansai when you've never actually lived it, Osaka poser (エアプ, lit. "air-play" — someone faking firsthand experience)
    This is the real Osaka standard
    82AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:12
    Re: #81
    Beef curry topped with fried chicken, huh
    89AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:15
    Re: #81
    Wait, is that takoyaki on top? No way. You should just eat takoyaki on its own
    86AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:14
    This is the good stuff 😋
    88AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:15
    Re: #85
    Forget 'what are you expecting' — I'm asking why you'd deliberately pass up the option that turns out great with less effort and pick pork instead
    90AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:17
    Re: #88
    As long as you don't screw up the roux or spices, curry turns out fine no matter what meat goes in, so there's no real 'choice' to begin with
    93AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:19
    Re: #88
    Saying beef is unconditionally better than chicken or pork is really just personal preference at that point — but you do seem a bit more particular about it than most people
    91AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:18
    If you'd just said 'pork tastes better to me,' that'd be fine as personal preference, but the desperate excuses are kind of hilarious
    98AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:21
    Re: #91
    This isn't about Kansai people just preferring beef — it's that they're saying pork feels cheap and unpalatable
    The harder you push the beef angle, the more it makes me wonder why Kansai people are so desperate to reject pork
    96AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:20
    Re: #93
    I mean, if the comeback was 'Curry's nothing special! What about the spices?!' that'd be way too funny
    97AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:21
    Re: #96
    It's just personal preference, that's all

    Background and Key Points

    The “beef or pork in curry” divide is a classic topic that often comes up when discussing food culture differences between western and eastern Japan, with a long-standing pattern noted across dishes like nikujaga (meat and potato stew) and gyudon (beef bowl) of “beef in the west, pork in the east.” Even within the thread, one comment noted “there are beef days, and there are pork and chicken days too” (Reply 5), suggesting the split really comes down to individual households and personal taste rather than a strict regional rule. This particular debate mainly split over “why people choose pork,” with some citing cost (Reply 72) and others chalking it up to plain preference (Reply 97). What readers should be careful not to misread is that claims in threads like this aren’t based on any survey or statistics — they’re just a pile of individual anecdotes — so it would be premature to take “Kansai = beef, Kanto = pork” as a strict, clean-cut rule.

    ※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Kansai guy: ‘Curry’s gotta have beef, right?’ ← wait, what?“

  • Private Pharmacy Schools: ‘Tuition’s Sky-High and Your Odds of Becoming a Pharmacist Are Low’ — So Why Do So Many Students Still Apply?

    A thread on 5ch turned into a discussion of why private pharmacy schools keep filling their enrollment quotas despite high tuition and low national licensing exam pass rates. Data cited in the thread put private universities’ pharmacist national exam pass rate at 67.4%, lower than national universities’ 79.4% and public universities’ 82.9%, and noted that since the shift to a 6-year curriculum, total tuition at some schools now tops 10 million yen. Posters shared anecdotes claiming schools deliberately tighten graduation requirements to avoid producing students who keep failing the national exam, along with discussion of how entrance-exam difficulty has shifted over the years, with opinions split on whether the tuition is actually worth the qualification.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:46
    Huh?
    5AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:50
    The 6-year program is such bad value for money.
    If it were me, I'd go for the 4-year one.
    19AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:06
    Re: #5
    Nobody responding to this anymore really makes you feel the passage of time.
    9AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:53
    If the parents footing the tuition are rich, who cares?
    11AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:55
    Re: #9
    That's so unfilial, lol
    10AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:54
    It's basically the perfect calling for unfriendly, plain-looking girls who'd get screened out of humanities-track hiring for their looks and can't hack nursing because it needs people skills.
    12AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:55
    Re: #10
    What about unattractive guys?
    13AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:55
    Re: #11
    Private pharmacy school students might actually burn through more money than NEETs (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), if you think about it.
    14AnonymousSep 5, 2026 10:59
    National exam pass rates:
    National universities: 79.4%
    Public universities: 82.9%
    Private universities: 67.4%

    Apparently.
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:03
    Re: #14
    So one in three doesn't even become a pharmacist?
    90AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:34
    Re: #14
    Still more reasonable than those 'Let's aim to be a voice actor!' trade schools like Yoyogi Animation Academy, no?
    16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:04
    Wait, even at national/public schools 1 in 5 fails?
    31AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:10
    Re: #16
    Those ones probably wanted a research job from the start and never planned on becoming pharmacists anyway.
    21AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:07
    Why do you guys treat private pharmacy schools like some kind of enemy? Has nothing to do with your own lives, does it?
    28AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:09
    Re: #21
    It's a place only rich kids can afford, so I can't help getting jealous.
    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:09
    Re: #21
    They're just jealous.
    Even at a mid-tier-or-lower private university, these grads probably land way better jobs than humanities majors from similar-ranked schools.
    22AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:07
    Private pharmacy schools weed people out hard at year-advancement and graduation, so the real pass rate is even lower than it looks.
    Might be true at national/public schools too, though.
    25AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:08
    Re: #22
    What's the point of running a smear campaign like this?
    30AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:10
    The average pharmacist salary is something like 6-7 million yen a year.
    Meanwhile there are guys at regular companies pulling 9 million as a 35-year-old section chief, so you're all being way too hard on pharmacists.
    32AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:10
    Re: #30
    Show me a source.
    43AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:17
    Re: #30
    Isn't the average pharmacist salary not even that high?
    34AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:11
    Is it actually true that Kindai University pharmacy students are super popular with the opposite sex?
    36AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:12
    Re: #34
    Quit using mystery slang like 'Kin-yaku-sei' (Kindai pharmacy student).
    35AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:12
    That thing about pharmacies right next to hospitals — you can't pull that off unless the hospital's got its hand in it, right?
    37AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:12
    Re: #35
    It's wild how there are like 4-5 pharmacies clustered right next to a hospital.
    45AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:17
    Re: #44
    What was the entrance-exam hensachi (standardized difficulty score) like back in the day?
    49AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:20
    Re: #45
    Kyoto Pharmaceutical University was around a hensachi of 65 — a level where it was basically full of Kyoto/Tokyo University rejects, and the women there were pretty much some of the top academic performers in Japan.
    Kindai was around 60 too.
    Setsunan was just above 50, not a score just anyone could get in with.
    And Daiichi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, for example, wasn't bottom-tier ('F-rank') even back then — it had a real admission ratio, though it was famous for having the highest tuition in Japan.
    Of course there were also held-back students.
    That's roughly how it was.
    51AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:21
    Re: #51
    65 is way too high compared to now. What happened?
    55AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:23
    Re: #51
    It's because pharmacy schools popped up everywhere.

    Kyoto Pharmaceutical is only at 55 now, after all.
    56AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:23
    Re: #51
    When it switched from a 4-year to a 6-year program, enrollment quotas exploded.
    The long-established pharmacy schools used to have a hensachi near 60 back in the 4-year era, but now they're close to bottom-tier.
    64AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:27
    Living alone while attending a private pharmacy school ends up costing around 20 million yen total — that's insane.
    You could buy a house with that.
    67AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:28
    Re: #64
    Does it actually pay off once you become a pharmacist?
    68AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:28
    Re: #64
    You'd be better off just buying them a house.
    72AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:29
    Re: #64
    It was still more reasonable back when it was a 4-year program.

    For reference, you can look this up yourself, but back when I attended, Kyoto Pharmaceutical charged a flat 1.5 million yen a year with no sliding scale — 6 million total over 4 years, which was on the cheap side.

    Apparently Kindai and Setsunan Pharmacy already had a sliding-scale tuition system back then.

    Once it went to a 6-year program, I heard my old university now costs 11.6 million yen total.

    Places like this aren't somewhere a student from a poor family can go anymore.
    78AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:31
    It's probably 'Tsubo' types (2ch slang for people tied to the Unification Church) getting in through the back door.
    82AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:32
    Re: #78
    Even if they get in, they'll just flunk the national exam anyway.
    85AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:32
    Re: #78
    To answer seriously, backdoor admissions do exist.

    It's been a thing at private medical schools forever, so it'd be weirder if it didn't happen.
    Of course it exists at pharmacy schools too.

    But the one thing you can't backdoor your way through is the national exam.
    105AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:40
    It makes sense for wealthy families to have their daughters get the license as a kind of life insurance policy.
    Pharmacists are pretty popular in the marriage market too —
    maybe even more so than female doctors.
    107AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:41
    Re: #105
    Their families have deep pockets too.

    That's how it was with the people at my university — seriously, it was almost all kids from wealthy families.
    So going after a female pharmacist as a marriage prospect made sense.

    Regardless of what she's like as a person, of course.
    110AnonymousSep 5, 2026 11:43
    Re: #105
    Having a wife who can stably bring in 5-6 million yen a year is just too much of a blessing.

    Background and Key Points of This Discussion

    Pharmacy programs in Japan switched to a 6-year curriculum starting in the 2006 academic year, after which new pharmacy schools opened one after another nationwide, causing enrollment quotas to balloon and entrance-exam difficulty to drop. One reason cited for private universities’ lower national exam pass rates compared to national and public schools is that some private universities reportedly tighten grade-advancement and graduation requirements to filter out weaker students before they can sit the national exam — a ‘pass-rate management’ practice that overlaps with issues previously covered in the press. Total tuition varies widely by school, and since the shift to a 6-year program some schools now charge over 10 million yen. That said, the anecdotes shared in the thread describe specific universities’ internal circumstances secondhand, so the timing and details may not reflect the current reality.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Private Pharmacy Schools: ‘Low academic caliber. Low odds of becoming a pharmacist. High tuition.’ ← So Many Reasons Why.”

  • Luffy Gets Crushed Flat by a Hammer, Charges the Final Boss Mid-Grimace

    On 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G (“Anything Goes Live”) board, a single panel from the latest chapter of “One Piece” became a hot topic. A giant swings a hammer down, Luffy jumps in the way, and as he’s getting crushed flat — pulling an absurd face the whole time — he just keeps charging straight at the final boss. Confusion set in first, since the panel alone barely conveys what’s actually happening. From there the discussion snowballed into a debate over the artwork itself: some compared the rough, panel-skipping style to “Higanjima,” others got nostalgic for the careful, single-illustration artwork of early One Piece, and still others praised the new style for its brisk pacing.

    4AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:55
    Sorry, but I look at this and still have no idea what's going on
    9AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:57
    Re: #4
    The giant winds up a hammer swing at the enemy
    ↓
    Nika-Nika Luffy cuts in
    ↓
    Gets crushed flat and charges forward on the hammer's momentum
    38AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:11
    Re: #9
    That has to be the worst explanation ever
    97AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:56
    Re: #9
    Wild that this explains it better than the actual manga panel
    6AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:56
    WHAAAAAT?! He just charged straight in like that?!?!
    7AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:57
    Did Odacchi actually want to draw this?
    10AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:57
    Did he transfer to CoroCoro Comic?" (a kids' gag-manga magazine)
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:58
    This isn't even at the level of 'his skills are slipping' anymore
    16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:00
    This is the endgame for a manga that can't draw serious battles anymore and retreated into gag comedy
    17AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:00
    Reminds me of Zatch Bell
    Is that the vibe he's going for?
    19AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:00
    He's basically doing the same thing as this

    26AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:03
    Re: #19
    Honestly I think this is straight-up Higanjima now
    Like, *schlorp schlorp* (stabbing sound effect)
    22AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:00
    Man, you guys really love One Piece
    23AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:00
    24AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:02
    Higanjima draws way too many wasted panels
    Oda-kun has mobs explain things instead so he can skip the character motion — it's a bit different
    91AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:49
    Re: #24

    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:05
    Re: #24
    Higanjima's pacing is some of the best in the whole manga industry
    Have you even read it?
    32AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:08
    Re: #29
    No other manga is such a goldmine of wasted panels
    36AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:10
    Re: #32
    That's super clear though
    You instantly, intuitively get exactly how he fell
    37AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:10
    Re: #32
    This is way too satisfying to read
    44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:12
    So 'he's rubber, blunt hits don't work on him, he can't die' turned out to be dead serious
    50AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:14
    Re: #44
    Haven't seen that one in a while lol
    51AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:14
    Oda-kun…

    57AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:16
    ・It never ends, no matter how long you wait
    ・The world (territory) just keeps expanding instead
    ・The retroactive powers and settings keep getting more absurd

    Higanjima = One Piece
    63AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:18
    Re: #57
    The amazing thing about Higanjima is that it feels like rich flavor text meant to expand the world — that's all thanks to Koji Matsumoto-sensei
    It's not padding to drag things out pointlessly, it's more like a secret sauce aged and refined over and over
    The guy's just amazing
    58AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:16
    This is the kind of pace you need to keep things moving
    61AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:17
    Re: #58
    Cutting out the actual fight scene is honestly kind of genius
    64AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:19
    Getting stabbed by two swords that devour the sanity of the guy who created the world? No big deal apparently





    69AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:22
    77AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:30
    Luffy back then was a little dense, sure, but he could actually hold a conversation and had that manly, badass charm



    78AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:31
    Re: #77
    These days his main personality's been completely taken over by Nika, so…
    79AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:35
    The clarity and sheer impact of those early single-illustration panels is on a whole different level. Why didn't he just keep evolving that style?

    81AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:39
    Re: #79
    These days that sea king's eyeballs would be popping out with all the background mobs freaking out around it
    82AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:40
    Re: #79
    These days Makino would have her eyeballs popping out screaming 'WHAAAAAAT?!'
    114AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:19
    Re: #79
    Honestly this art is boring in its own way too
    102AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:05
    The eyeballs-popping-out thing gets bad reviews, so why does he keep stubbornly doing it
    104AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:06
    Re: #102
    Because he likes Tom and Jerry
    109AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:14
    Re: #102
    That's the classic mangaka disease of wanting to do the opposite of whatever readers react to
    103AnonymousSep 5, 2026 09:05
    It's because he doesn't have an editor like Demon Slayer's

    Background and Key Points of the Debate

    Since 2023, when Eiichiro Oda introduced Luffy’s new form “Nika” in “One Piece,” the artwork for battle scenes has leaned heavily into Tom-and-Jerry-style exaggerated, panel-skipping “toon force” expression. “Higanjima,” which the thread brought up for comparison, is a separate manga known for boldly cutting explanatory panels in favor of raw visual impact — pairing the two is actually a go-to comparison that shows up regularly in 5ch manga threads. The dispute splits over whether to read this shift in art style as “the inevitable evolution of expression that comes with going Nika” or as “a decline where the art gets rougher for the sake of pacing.” Many posts line up early-volume artwork against the newest chapter not out of simple nostalgia, but because the debate itself is really about how a character’s role and art style shift over the course of a decades-long serialization — context that’s easy to miss from the replies alone.

    ※This article excerpts and summarizes the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Monkey D. Luffy Gets Crushed Flat by a Hammer and Charges the Final Boss Mid-Grimace.”

  • Liella!’s “Sports Day” Event Fails to Sell Out a Single Show, Sparking Fan Worries Over Turnout

    A thread has popped up on 5ch’s Love Live! board over “Sports Day,” a fan event being held by “Liella!,” the new group from the Love Live! School Idol Project franchise. The event centers on competitions like a cosplay relay race, a “Love-ka” memory-matching card game, and tug-of-war, and complaints arose over the lack of any live performance segment. What’s more, with the event just a day away, not a single show had sold out — to the point where day-of tickets are even being made available. The thread saw a string of posts estimating attendance based on Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium’s seating capacity, and combined with forecasts of heavy rain on the day of the event, concern over turnout spread.

    1AnonymousSep 4, 2026 18:41
    ・Cosplay relay race
    ・"Love-ka" memory-matching game (a Concentration/pairs-style card game)
    ・Tug-of-war
    31AnonymousSep 4, 2026 18:51
    It's finally tomorrow…
    32AnonymousSep 4, 2026 19:10
    Even the "surprise" announcement got spoiled already.
    What even is this event…
    33AnonymousSep 4, 2026 19:33
    Re: #32
    Just the organizers scraping together some pocket change.
    35AnonymousSep 4, 2026 19:46
    If they'd added a live performance segment and shown a bit more skin, they'd probably have filled more seats.
    Such a waste.
    37AnonymousSep 4, 2026 19:52
    LOLOLOLOL

    2,409 — "Koi no Tutorial" (Love Tutorial)
    2,224 — "AZUNA"
    39AnonymousSep 4, 2026 20:11
    So in the end, not a single show sold out.
    40AnonymousSep 4, 2026 20:13
    Only people who are into the actual voice actresses (as opposed to the 2D characters) would bother going to a garbage event like this.
    41AnonymousSep 4, 2026 20:18
    For starters, the "upgrade" seats this time are only about 900 per team.
    900 × 3 = 2,700
    The rest comes down to how many regular fixed seats they can fill, but I doubt this event breaks 5,000 people per show.

    Wouldn't be shocked if they lose out in attendance to the "Ikizu Live" 2-day show at Musashino Forest (a snarky nickname some fans use for a rival Love Live! sub-unit's live shows).
    42AnonymousSep 4, 2026 20:19
    Apparently there's going to be disaster-level heavy rain the night after tomorrow — what are they gonna do about this?
    43AnonymousSep 4, 2026 20:20
    No live performance segment.
    No fan service either (fortress-level modest gym uniforms).
    Heavy rain in the forecast.
    Of course nobody's going.
    44AnonymousSep 4, 2026 20:34
    Seeing the original Love Live! franchise brought this low… even the sun must be crying.

    Sigh…
    46AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:02
    So it's basically a filter for sorting out the true diehards.
    Anyone who shows up to this would show up no matter what they did.
    48AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:25
    Re: #46
    I bet anyone paying for the upgrade seats for this would go to literally anything as long as they get to see the cast up close.
    They'd probably show up even for an event that's just a table and chairs on stage for a chat.
    47AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:24
    EMERGENCY SURPRISE GUEST!!


    H A N A M I Y A H A T S U N A


    Guaranteed sold-out ticket scramble incoming
    49AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:26
    On top of that, there's also suspicion going around that "Junpei" might be the one who planned this event.
    Better not get your hopes up too high.
    50AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:30
    Yoshihara has such a bad reputation, so why do they keep using him?
    Is it because he's a favorite over at Bunka Housou (a Japanese radio station)?
    51AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:33
    With Aqours, Nijigasaki, or Hasunosora, I can easily picture the members talking things over among themselves to make it more fun, or pitching ideas to the staff — but I just can't picture that with Liella!.
    Not saying they've done nothing, but still…
    52AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:37
    Sold out yet?

    Right after getting plenty of name recognition from big festival appearances and TV spots
    With guest support from Aqours and Nijigasaki
    Held at a single Tokyo venue
    Good access
    Capacity slashed hard to make room for the competitions

    Surely that's enough to fill it, right?
    53AnonymousSep 4, 2026 21:49
    Re: #52
    Their Spotify numbers are dropping instead of climbing, so it was all wasted effort.
    57AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:12
    Sagara: "Looks like there's day-of tickets too!!"
    61AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:40
    Threw together a rough attendance estimate.
    [Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium capacity]
    Arena: 4,000; 2nd/3rd floor stands: 5,000; max total 9,000.
    [Sports Day attendance forecast]
    Arena: 10 rows × 30 seats × 3 teams = 1,000
    Going by what I'm seeing on X, the stands look 60-80% full, so 3,000-4,000
    Combined, I'd guess 4,000-5,000?
    I also went to the Shinymas (Shiny Colors) sports festival, and I think this one's turnout is about the same ballpark.
    64AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:05
    Re: #61
    Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium has rentable movable chairs.
    The arena works out to 9 rows × 48 seats × 3 teams = 1,300 seats.
    https://x.com/umesan_0530/status/2095809881332920699?s=46
    62AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:41
    Now if Sports Day doesn't sell out, they can just pin it on the Nijigasaki fans. Lucky you, Pikaere lol
    63AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:42
    Well good for you, 5,000 suckers are showing up anyway.
    65AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:42
    Thread #171: Anisong Events With Dead-Empty Audience Seats
    https://medaka.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/asong/1787569724/
    67AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:58
    Re: #65
    Someone's bound to post venue photos, so we can work out actual attendance by taking the max capacity of 6,300 seats (1,300 arena + 5,000 stands) and subtracting the empty ones.
    66AnonymousSep 5, 2026 00:44
    Saturday's fine, but Sunday afternoon onward looks brutal with heavy rain.
    68AnonymousSep 5, 2026 01:01
    People have been joking for a while that they haven't even hit 10,000 total, but honestly nobody actually wants to know the real number.
    70AnonymousSep 5, 2026 01:07
    Re: #68
    But it's a fan meeting, so isn't it natural there'd be empty seats?
    They made it a Sports Day fan meeting instead of a concert specifically to cut costs, so a thin crowd is just par for the course.
    72AnonymousSep 5, 2026 01:11
    The reason Sports Day isn't selling out is that disrespectful attitude of not even putting the cast in proper (i.e. not-so-modest) gym uniforms.
    73AnonymousSep 5, 2026 01:40
    https://youtu.be/1P-Q9-xgU3Q
    ↑ This is what a Sports Day should look like.

    Those basketball-jersey-style gym clothes from Yuijo's Sports Day scream "ethics guardian" — like the staff personally made sure zero fan service would ever be allowed.
    75AnonymousSep 5, 2026 01:58
    For starters, it's insane they never even explained the origin of the "bu-bu-bu-bu, always throws right, sweet tooth" bit (apparently some in-joke/meme from the event that went unexplained).
    80AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:58
    Seriously, who out there is even asking for a Sports Day?
    If you're school idols, just do a stage show.

    Background and Key Points of This Topic

    Sports Day appears to be a fan-meeting-style event planned separately from any live concert, centered on participatory competitions like cosplay and games meant to let fans interact with the cast. The venue is split between limited-capacity “upgrade” (アプグレ) seats and general fixed seating, and posts estimating turnout based on that seating breakdown stood out in the thread. It’s not unusual in itself for tickets to a non-concert event to fail to sell out right away, but some pointed out that a song released the same day had been outpaced by other groups on the charts, and this was taken by some as a reflection of Liella!’s current standing in popularity. On the other hand, since Sports Day was conceived as a fan-interaction event rather than a concert, some in the thread cautioned that it would be hasty to immediately equate empty seats with declining popularity.

    *This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “[Sad News] The Sports Day Segment Is Awful ★2 [Pikaere].”

  • 160 of 500 Bowls Cause Food Poisoning: Backlash Erupts Over YouTuber Komeo’s ‘Death Crab Ramen’ Stall

    YouTuber Komeo served 500 bowls of “Death Crab Ramen” from a food stall, and 160 cases of food poisoning were reported, sparking a thread on 5ch. In addition to salmonella, the bacteria detected reportedly included Plesiomonas, typically associated with freshwater organisms, and photos circulated showing cardboard boxes stored inside the kitchen. The thread split between commenters slamming the sloppy hygiene management and those defending the stunt itself.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:44
    You'd actually want to eat that?
    4AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:48
    Only a 30% hit rate?
    Piece of cake to dodge.
    13AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:54
    Re: #4
    That's actually a pretty solid batting average, though (in Japanese baseball, hitting .300 is considered elite).
    5AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:49
    If you just think of it as that kind of product, it might actually be fun.
    6AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:49
    Factoring in the cases that never get reported, what's the real batting average here?
    8AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:50
    So he's doing the challenge of cooking without washing his hands after taking a dump and just mowing people down one after another.
    That's insane, gotta respect it.
    9AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:51
    It's kind of funny that footage of him messing with his phone in the kitchen just casually shows up.
    It's probably staged for the video, but even so, it's funny.
    10AnonymousSep 5, 2026 06:51
    I saw a post on X saying "it's the result of a challenge, so outsiders should shut up."
    But a challenge resulting in 160 knockouts is not okay.
    24AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:07
    A great man once said, "Small-minded people laugh at those who dare to challenge."

    ↑ Isn't that literally you guys?
    31AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:13
    Re: #24
    An intestinal tank that demolishes the stomachs of everyone who eats it.
    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:12
    I mean, 60% of people got to eat it just fine, so it's fine, right?
    32AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:13
    Re: #29
    Exactly.
    For some reason haters always pile on the slightest failure
    and never bring up the successes.
    111AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:17
    Re: #29
    Nobody's even debating whether it tasted good.
    33AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:16
    Which is worse — the "Death Muffin" from some event way back, or this Death Crab Ramen?
    34AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:17
    Re: #33
    Didn't the Death Muffin look so obviously dangerous that it ended up with zero victims?
    40AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:19
    Re: #33
    Wasn't there no actual pathogen even found in the Death Muffin case?
    44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:23
    The ingredients in the chilled ramen itself might actually be innocent here.


    https://x.com/MIKITO_777/status/2095793530950349104
    49AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:26
    Re: #44
    Apparently this outbreak involved not just salmonella but also Plesiomonas, a bacteria that spreads via freshwater creatures like eel.

    Oh…
    63AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:42
    Why is a guy like this working as a cook?
    He's the least suited person for the job.
    Forget being a professional cook, he's the type who shouldn't even be feeding friends in his personal life.
    70AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:49
    Well, he had cardboard boxes sitting in the kitchen.
    You're not supposed to bring cardboard into the kitchen — Komeo doesn't even know that basic rule.


    74AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:51
    Re: #70
    He's probably setting it straight on the ground too, and likely touching the ingredients and cooking tools right after handling the cardboard.
    82AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:55
    Re: #70
    Don't a lot of shops — ramen places included — actually keep cardboard boxes in the kitchen?
    Guess that's not allowed.
    77AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:53
    Ramen taking on the world.
    80AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:54
    Re: #77
    Ah, the ramen that knocked out 160 people.
    78AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:53
    I wonder if they even have a designated food hygiene supervisor — it's legally required, so a name's probably posted somewhere at least.
    83AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:56
    Re: #78
    There's probably some kind of hygiene manager paperwork, but that can just be filed under the owner's name or whatever.
    The problem is nobody's actually passing that info down to the staff.
    They're probably just thinking "Crab's so tasty, right?! Crab!" and nothing more.
    84AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:56
    This country went downhill the moment it stopped tolerating trial and error and started just sneering at everything instead.
    88AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:58
    Re: #84
    Of course it failed — he was trying in a direction he shouldn't have been trying in.
    94AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:01
    Re: #84
    Reminder: even trial and error has its limits.
    103AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:07
    Re: #84
    Personally I think the ramen stall was just too high a difficulty level, and I hope young people keep taking on challenges, learning from this failure.
    87AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:57
    Re: #82
    Boxes that held frozen goods get wet and breed bacteria there, and bacteria breed in the holes of the cardboard itself anyway.
    So when stuff arrives boxed, most places immediately move it into the freezer and fold up and toss the box.
    There are probably plenty of shops that keep them around just because they've got nowhere else to put them, though.
    But that's a violation as far as the health department's concerned — if they inspect, they'll flag it.
    91AnonymousSep 5, 2026 07:59
    Re: #87
    Whoa, TIL, thanks ("サンガツ" is 5ch slang for "thanks").
    93AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:01
    104AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:09
    Re: #103
    It's less a ramen stall and more just chilled ramen.
    I'm honestly impressed he thought he could pull that off.
    There's zero heating happening right in front of you.
    108AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:13
    Re: #104
    And on top of that, it's chilled ramen lol
    Way too much of a challenger spirit.
    No wonder it's wild.
    109AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:15
    Guess you actually can get a business permit from the health department for this.
    I've never even heard of a chilled ramen stall.
    113AnonymousSep 5, 2026 08:18
    Re: #109
    On paper, the basic format is just "this kind of shop will sell this kind of item, here are the details."
    In this case there was apparently some rule about heat treatment, but I think he got around it by saying the heating is done in-store and then it's chilled before being sold.

    Honestly it all comes down to paperwork in the end, so that part's pretty easy to clear.

    Background and Key Points of This Story

    Operating a food business in Japan requires a permit under the Food Sanitation Act and the appointment of a food hygiene supervisor, but meeting the paperwork requirements doesn’t guarantee that on-site hygiene practices actually measure up. In this case, critics pointed to the unheated, chilled preparation method and cardboard boxes left inside the kitchen, suggesting that holding a business permit is a separate issue from the actual hygiene standard in practice. On the thread, arguments defending the stunt with the view that “society has become intolerant of taking risks” ran alongside criticism that the scale of harm shouldn’t be downplayed — worth noting is that the discussion proceeded without clearly separating whether the stunt itself was appropriate from the separate issue of poor hygiene management.

    ※This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “Komeo’s Death Crab Ramen gave 160 out of 500 servings food poisoning lololololol.”

  • Father Dies Suddenly — Unemployed Poster Drinks Alone and Asks 5ch for Funeral Etiquette Tips

    The poster is a 29-year-old unemployed man, the youngest of six siblings. His 70-year-old father, whose dementia had been progressing, was hospitalized with aspiration pneumonia. When the news that he was in critical condition arrived over LINE, the poster was asleep and missed it — his father passed away before he ever saw the message. Still unable to process it, he posted photos of drinks and snacks while asking thread regulars for advice ahead of the wake the next day: could a Uniqlo suit stand in for mourning clothes? Where should he buy condolence-money envelopes and prayer beads? What’s the difference between a family funeral and a general funeral? Other posters also discussed inheritance procedures and voiced concern about the toll losing a longtime spouse can take on a surviving parent’s mind and body, while opinions split over the poster’s detached, matter-of-fact attitude.

    1AnonymousSep 5, 2026 02:54
    Cheers
    3AnonymousSep 5, 2026 02:56
    The booze tastes good
    4AnonymousSep 5, 2026 02:56
    That total sodium count looks brutal
    5AnonymousSep 5, 2026 02:56
    You're having way too much fun for someone whose dad just died!!
    7AnonymousSep 5, 2026 02:59
    Re: #4
    Gotta have snacks with drinks, it's bad for you otherwise
    Re: #5
    I don't even know what expression to make at a time like this
    12AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:01
    How old was your dad when he passed?
    And how old are you, OP?
    14AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:03
    Re: #12
    I'm fuzzy on it, but I think dad was born around 1954, so a bit past 70
    I just turned 29 recently
    15AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:04
    Hamburg steak's good
    16AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:06
    Re: #14
    Your dad went pretty young
    Are you the eldest son, OP? Did he pass recently?
    19AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:10
    Re: #16
    I guess 70 still counts as young these days
    My mom's about 10 years younger, around 60, so I hope she stays healthy for a long time yet
    I'm the youngest of six siblings
    He passed yesterday evening
    18AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:08
    Heard this from my family back home —
    he'd been declining fast over the past year or so, and the dementia had set in
    Got rushed into the hospital at the end of August
    Yesterday, while I was asleep, my sister and mom sent a LINE message saying he was in critical condition from aspiration pneumonia, that they were heading to the hospital, and to let them know if I wanted to come see him
    Apparently he passed before I even noticed the message
    20AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:10
    Re: #18
    The wake and the funeral are gonna be rough from here
    But first, a solo toast in his honor
    111AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:09
    Re: #18
    Breaking news like that over LINE — genuinely think that's what's wrong with the world these days
    They should've just called
    21AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:10
    So if it was last night, he only just passed?
    No use rushing now, but is it really okay to be drinking? Aren't you headed over tomorrow?
    27AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:15
    Re: #21
    Are funerals really that sudden a thing?
    Maybe I shouldn't have been drinking
    Re: #23
    Maybe it's in bad taste
    But I'm unemployed and was asleep in the middle of the day when he died, so I couldn't even be there at the end — at this point I kind of feel like it doesn't matter anymore
    I just feel bad for dumping all the hassle on my family back home
    23AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:12
    Come on, Tamura-kun, you shouldn't use a family member's death just to get attention. ("Tamura-kun" is a stock mocking nickname 5ch posters use for attention-seekers)
    24AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:13
    Re: #20
    🍻
    My sister messaged saying she's in the middle of handling the funeral arrangements and will be in touch again
    Would a Uniqlo Kando blazer and pants work as mourning clothes?
    Do I need to buy a black tie?
    25AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:14
    Re: #24
    Should be fine as long as it's all black, top and bottom, right?
    You'll also need a black tie and prayer beads
    Can't you get those at a 100-yen store?
    26AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:15
    Who's the chief mourner? If he was 70, probably your mom
    Being chief mourner is brutal
    Visitors keep coming to pay respects for a while even after the funeral's over
    You don't get the luxury of just sitting with your grief

    For me, it didn't really sink in that my own dad had died until after the one-year memorial
    35AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:21
    Re: #26
    Probably my mom, yeah
    You're right, it's definitely gonna be a lot for her
    But her LINE message had emoticons and emojis in it, so I honestly can't read how she's feeling
    Truthfully I'm not that sad myself, and after hearing how much of a burden caring for dad had become for the family, part of me is relieved that's over now
    But she was married to him for decades, so I really don't know how I should act around her
    28AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:16
    Given the times, probably a family funeral
    Being unemployed, there's an argument for not spending extra money
    But you really should own a proper black suit for occasions like this
    29AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:17
    Wear an actual suit, for your dad's sake
    Don't be a burden this one last time
    31AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:18
    Go with a family funeral and you actually end up with more individual visitors
    They trickle in separately over time instead of all at once
    Which means the condolence return-gifts can't be handled in one go either
    A big funeral is hard in its own way, but a family funeral has its own different kind of hassle

    Free trivia for you
    37AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:23
    Re: #28
    I'm flat broke, man



    Re: #29
    Yeah
    I really do mean it — thanks for everything, rest easy
    Re: #31
    Whoa, I see 😰
    40AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:26
    Re: #37
    Couldn't I just grab mourning clothes cheap at a secondhand shop or something?
    Or wouldn't one of dad's old suits work?
    As long as it fits
    44AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:32
    Refill
    60AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:43
    In my case, my mom passed away just two months after my dad did
    It was rough — there was so much I had no idea how to handle
    63AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:45
    There's still the inheritance paperwork ahead too
    You'll have a lot of forms to fill out and stamp with your seal
    69AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:51
    Re: #60
    That sounds really rough
    My parents are about 10 years apart and my mom still seems healthy, so I want to believe that won't happen to us
    Re: #62
    Some kind of Japanese curse variant?
    Re: #63
    I see,
    Maybe I should bring my registered seal along
    115AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:14
    Re: #60
    When you've been together for decades, losing one partner is a massive psychological shock
    A lot of people suddenly decline health-wise or just lose their will to live after that
    75AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:55
    But wait, thinking about it, isn't your mom the heir?
    So does that mean the paperwork is on her alone?
    76AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:56
    Re: #7
    I think it's fine to just laugh
    77AnonymousSep 5, 2026 03:56
    Re: #75
    Children count as legal heirs too, you know
    79AnonymousSep 5, 2026 04:00
    Re: #76
    Lmaooo
    Re: #75
    Apparently my sister said there's inheritance procedures to go through and she'd be in touch again soon
    Though I doubt there's much of an estate to speak of
    We couldn't even afford to put him in a care facility when we wanted to
    Personally I don't need anything so I don't care how it's split, but I guess I'll still have to sign off on something
    128AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:33
    Seriously, talk it over with your siblings and make sure someone's there for your mom
    That's what family is for
    129AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:34
    Watch out, the grief can hit you later
    For me it started hurting the moment he died, but I ended up bedridden after bringing the urn home
    134AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:39
    Re: #128
    Is that how it goes
    Re: #129
    No damage here, sorry to say
    Guess that's just the kind of person I am
    Re: #130
    Tru-🦀-ly (wordplay: たしかに/"indeed" split so the "kani" sounds like 蟹, "crab")
    137AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:40
    Re: #134
    It's not your grief that matters here, it's your mom's
    141AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:42
    Re: #134
    If you're a kidult still living at home (a "kodo-oji"), the damage hits way harder
    132AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:37
    During a funeral the family's schedule is so packed there's no time to actually grieve
    The reality of the death sinks in bit by bit afterward
    133AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:38
    Re: #132
    Seriously, this exactly
    136AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:40
    Still, aspiration pneumonia at 70 — was there some underlying illness?
    Missing teeth or something? Both care facilities and hospitals are usually pretty careful about that kind of thing
    143AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:44
    Re: #132
    Is that how it is
    Re: #136
    I think he still had his teeth
    But his dementia had progressed pretty far — apparently he was putting up serious resistance to my sister who was caring for him, almost to the point of violence
    Well, I don't really know, I'd have to ask for details
    And I'm the kind of person who decides it's fine not to bother asking
    135AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:40
    Would it be rude to bring castella cake (a sponge cake commonly given as a gift)?
    140AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:42
    Re: #135
    Nah, not really — bring something easy to snack on
    That kind of thing might go down easier for people right now
    144AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:44
    Re: #135
    Snacks and stuff like that will already be handled by the chief mourner or the siblings nearby, don't worry about it
    You're the unemployed youngest right now — just go empty-handed if you can
    148AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:49
    152AnonymousSep 5, 2026 05:51
    Re: #148
    Guess I was a fool for expecting a photo of you trying on the mourning suit

    Background and Key Points of the Discussion

    Aspiration pneumonia is a common cause of death among the elderly; as swallowing ability declines, and dementia makes patients more resistant to being fed or assisted with meals, the risk of aspiration rises further. The thread’s observation that “choosing a family funeral actually means visitors trickle in separately, which drags out the return-gift arrangements for condolence money” points to a practical burden — smaller in scale than a general funeral but more spread out over time — that only someone who’s been through it would think to mention. On inheritance, as one poster corrected another, many people mistakenly assume a surviving spouse inherits everything, when in fact children count as legal heirs too. Reactions to the poster’s detached, matter-of-fact attitude split between those who found it disrespectful and those who felt everyone processes a family member’s death differently — no consensus was reached either way.

    ※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nyuusoku VIP) thread “I’m unemployed but my dad died so I’m drinking — keep me company“.

  • New Home, 7 Months In: ‘Top-Tier Features’ Claim Splits 5ch — ‘Once Things Break, the Money Flies Out’

    A thread starter who built a new single-family home seven months ago touted its comfort by listing specific features: a dishwasher, whole-house air conditioning, a parcel delivery box, Ecocarat tile walls, a smart-key entrance, and an app-connected fridge and microwave oven. This drew pushback — comments like ‘rentals are comfortable too’ and ‘used homes are good enough’ — along with the observation that ‘the difference shows up around the 20-year mark,’ splitting the thread between those who valued new-build comfort and those focused on future repair costs. The thread starter also revealed that the home is actually a rental apartment building built as an investment, with the top floor set up as a penthouse where they live.

    1AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:48
    Seriously comfortable.
    3AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:48
    Rentals are comfortable too, though?
    4AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:49
    It's a new build, though.
    Used rental (lol)
    6AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:50
    Re: #3
    Well it might be comfortable, but the quality of each fixture is different, right?

    Re: #4
    It's new construction.
    Latest equipment.
    11AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:52
    Re: #6
    Be specific — it's the Reiwa 8 (2026) model, right?
    12AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:52
    Re: #6
    Be specific — it's the Reiwa 8 (2026) model, right?
    5AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:49
    Re: #3
    Secondhand plumbing, secondhand shoe cabinet
    Rental room (lol)
    76AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:15
    Re: #5
    Home is where you make it. Making fun of it is kind of low. Shows what kind of person you are.
    9AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:50
    What kind of features does it have? Be specific.
    14AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:53
    Re: #9
    Well, the features themselves are things every household has —
    it's just that mine are the latest versions, that's the difference.
    17AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:54
    Your answer to the question
    had no substance, that's how I know.
    19AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:56
    Re: #17
    For example, the kitchen is the latest Graphtect (LIXIL kitchen line) model.
    The range hood buttons are touch-panel style,
    the toilet has an auto-cleaning function, and the hallway has sensor lights.
    22AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:58
    Re: #17
    Also, a somewhat unusual one is the built-in hair dryer niche —
    having it as wall storage keeps things looking clean.
    The washbasin is Aica's Smart Sanitary, which looks stylish.
    The fridge is a Vegeta (Toshiba) and the microwave oven is an Ishigama Dome (Hitachi) — both connect to an app, which is convenient.
    23AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:00
    Re: #17
    Also, the entryway hall and the wall behind the living room TV use LIXIL's Ecocarat tiles (moisture-absorbing decorative panels).
    They absorb humidity and look good, so I really like them.
    The robot vacuum is an Anker Eufy e25 —
    it even does wet mopping, it's great.
    21AnonymousSep 4, 2026 22:58
    Well, of course it's nice — it hasn't even been a year yet.
    Things change all at once once you hit about the 20-year mark.
    26AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:01
    Re: #21
    Yeah, I guess that's true.
    I'll probably renovate at some point anyway, so I'll just redo everything at once then.
    24AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:00
    Dishwasher
    Bathroom dryer
    Carport
    20 seconds on foot from the car to the living room
    Whole-house air conditioning
    Parcel delivery box
    Don't have to worry about noise

    Seriously the best!
    28AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:02
    Re: #24
    That's the kind that, once it starts breaking down over the years, money flows out like water…
    So jealous of the rich.
    25AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:01
    Isn't the front door a card key?
    What, seriously?
    27AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:02
    Re: #25
    Of course the front door is a proper smart key.
    29AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:03
    Does the toilet flush automatically too?
    Guess it's not remote-controlled then.
    31AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:04
    Re: #29
    I said auto-cleaning, didn't I?
    If anything, there's no way a new build these days wouldn't have a remote-control toilet.
    32AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:04
    Oh, hot water comes out of the sink too, and there's bathroom heating?
    41AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:07
    Re: #32
    Bathroom heating in an age where whole-house AC is standard, lol lol LOL
    What era did you time-travel from? 😂😂😂
    44AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:08
    Re: #41
    My place has whole-house AC too, but the bathroom is freezing cold.
    In the dead of winter, bathroom heating is a must!
    51AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:10
    Re: #41
    Must be a cheap ventilation fan (lol)
    45AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:08
    Usually after a few months you start thinking 'ah, I should've done this differently here,'
    but if you're satisfied, that's great.
    56AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:11
    Re: #45
    If there's one thing I regret, it's that I should've put sensor lights inside the family closet.
    I'll probably do it eventually though.
    Other than that, it's not so much a regret as something I went in prepared for, but the windows are way too huge, so it was hot in summer.

    Re: #46
    Wait, you think these are optional extras?
    These days they're standard equipment you'd expect as a given.
    Well, except stuff like Ecocarat.
    46AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:08
    If it's an optional extra-cost item,
    that's the classic 'yes, it can be added' sales pitch, right? (lol)
    Yep, liar.
    47AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:09
    It's not really unusual these days, but I've also got a shoe closet and a family closet.
    57AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:11
    Re: #47
    Family closets are the best.
    Throw everything you don't want seen in there and the living room stays tidy!
    48AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:09
    Around 45 million yen excluding the land?
    60AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:12
    Re: #48
    My case is a bit unusual.
    Basically, I built a rental apartment building and made the top floor a penthouse to live in myself, so it's not really on the same scale as a regular house.
    59AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:12
    Built mine 20 years ago and nothing's broken, no deterioration either.
    Feel sorry for these old guys who don't know how far building materials have come.
    64AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:13
    Re: #59
    20 years ago was the era of insulation grade 2 or 3, wasn't it?
    97AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:25
    Re: #59
    You're the old guy who doesn't know about progress here…
    Trying to flex on people as an old-timer with a 20-year-old house, that's just sad.
    69AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:13
    Re: #56
    Those are downlights, right? You could just swap in sensor LED bulbs.
    102AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:27
    Re: #69
    By the way, my downlights use this for sensor detection, so I want to do the family closet the same way.
    94AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:23
    Do you really call an apartment building 'building my home'?
    Even with a pre-built house you wouldn't say you 'built' it.
    96AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:24
    Re: #91
    If it's for investment, wouldn't marketability take priority over your own ideal, meaning it's not actually comfortable? lol
    98AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:26
    Re: #94
    Like I said before, I built a new rental apartment building and made the top floor into a penthouse.

    Re: #96
    Investment like this is about going for income rather than capital gains.
    In other words, I have no intention of selling it anytime soon.
    100AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:27
    Re: #98
    Income, when you're living there yourself??
    105AnonymousSep 4, 2026 23:28
    Re: #98
    A penthouse, that's genuinely something to aspire to.
    Is the elevator shared with the residents below?

    Background and Key Points of This Discussion

    The “standardization” of housing equipment has been advancing year by year, and features like parcel delivery boxes, bathroom dryers, and highly insulated building materials are no longer unusual in new homes today. On the other hand, homes built 20 years ago were constructed to the standards of an era when insulation grade 2–3 was the norm, making a direct performance comparison difficult. It’s also worth noting that the thread starter is in an unusual position — having built a rental apartment building as an investment and living on the top floor as a penthouse — which differs from a typical single-family home purchase. Alongside envious comments in the thread, there were also concerns that “repair costs could pile up a few years down the line” and counterarguments that “rentals are plenty comfortable too,” so opinions on new-build features were far from unanimous. The fact that specific fixtures like Ecocarat tiles and sensor lights were named in detail also makes it useful as a firsthand account.

    ※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Live Whatever-Happens board) thread「7 months since building my home」.