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A thread went up on 5ch’s Love Live! board after the lyric video for “Ikizu Live”‘s new song was released. The original poster pointed out that even though things are supposedly “on a roll,” the view count isn’t climbing, and other posts piled on with complaints that Ietora’s voice wasn’t included and questions about why an anime adaptation still hasn’t been announced. Some speculated the real cause might be that Kimino-sensei’s original story still isn’t finished, while others recalled how the buzz fizzled out the same way after past live shows.

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “They released the Ikizu Live lyric video, so why isn’t anyone watching it?“

On September 20, MrBeast — the world’s biggest YouTuber with 517 million subscribers — released a video showing him building an entire village from scratch on empty land in Ghana, complete with houses, a school, wells, and farms, all in an effort to end the child labor rampant on the country’s cocoa farms. The project cost roughly 1.6 billion yen (about $10 million), and the video racked up over 39 million views in under a day. Reactions on 5channel were mixed: many were stunned and impressed by his enormous subscriber count and the sheer scale of the project, while others voiced skepticism about how much the aid would actually help, and a debate broke out comparing his spending to the charitable efforts of popular Japanese YouTubers.

On September 20, American YouTuber MrBeast (517 million subscribers) released a video titled “I Built A City To Save Kids From Illegal Labor.” The project set out to eliminate illegal child labor on Ghana’s cocoa farms by building an entire village from scratch on an empty field, at a total cost of about $10 million (roughly 1.6 billion yen). The video has drawn more than 39 million views in about a day since release.

MrBeast is known for large-scale projects like the reality show “Beast Games,” which offered a $10 million prize, and a game of tag in which he tried to evade 100 real police officers. He boasts the world’s largest subscriber count at 517 million. He’s also a dedicated philanthropist, and through his chocolate brand Feastables, he has repeatedly raised awareness of child labor in the cocoa industry.

This time, the project involved building an entire village — complete with houses, a school, wells, and farms — from nothing on empty land in Ghana’s Eastern Region. He opens the video by saying, “So many kids are being forced into illegal labor,” before declaring, “Over the past year I spent about $10 million to take on the biggest project (I’ve) ever done.”

Source: yutura.net / Original article here

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5channel (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread ‘MrBeast, World’s #1 YouTuber with 500 Million Subscribers, Builds Entire Village in Ghana for 1.6 Billion Yen — But Why?‘

On Nippon TV’s “Kazushige & Soshina’s Super Wide Show” (aired September 20), Kazushige Nagashima proposed tackling bear damage by culling wild boar, arguing that boars eat up bears’ food before the bears can get to it. The show also covered a Japanese black bear sighting on Mt. Takao and the emergency firearm hunt authorized by local officials in Maizuru, Kyoto. On 5ch, the show’s framing of the idea as something “no one has ever said before” drew heavy pushback — users pointed out that hunters and researchers have already been discussing this, while others argued the real drivers of increased bear sightings lie elsewhere, splitting opinion over how solid the proposal’s basis really is.

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Kazushige Nagashima (60), a former pro baseball player turned TV personality, appeared on Nippon TV’s “Kazushige & Soshina’s Super (Wide) Show” (Sundays 11 p.m.), which aired on the 20th. He put forward a concrete proposal for dealing with bear damage.

The show is a variety program in wide-show format. Nippon TV announcer Rina Sato (31) reported on the Japanese black bear sighting on Mt. Takao in Tokyo, as well as the appearance of what looked like a mother bear and cub in Maizuru, Kyoto, where local officials authorized an emergency firearm hunt allowing shooting at their discretion. She noted that the response had drawn more than 200 public comments.

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

*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Kazushige Nagashima: “No one has ever said this” — proposes a way to keep bears out of residential areas.”

Nippon TV announced the 16 schools advancing to the finals of the “46th National High School Quiz Championship,” sparking discussion on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports Breaking News+ board ahead of the broadcast on the night of September 21. Threads covered reactions to the show’s production choices, including the new collaboration stage with SixTONES, the fact that every Saitama Prefecture school was knocked out in the qualifying rounds leaving zero schools from northern Kanto, a rundown of notable alumni from competing schools like Shibuya Kyoiku Gakuen Makuhari and Asahikawa Higashi, and the show’s shift over the years from physical challenges to knowledge-focused questions. The thread’s main draw was the split opinion over the show’s question style and its use of celebrity talent.

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The “46th National High School Quiz Championship,” often called the quiz world’s Koshien, airs today, the 21st, from 7:00 PM to 9:54 PM on the Nippon TV network. Ahead of the broadcast, the 16 schools that fought through fiercely contested final regional qualifiers to reach the finals have been decided.

Source: oricon.co.jp / Original article here

*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[4ch] ‘High School Quiz Championship’ National Finalists Announced — New ‘Golden SixTONES’ Collab Stage / List of Participating Schools.”