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Daisuke Hori, known as a “short sleeper” who claims to sleep only 30 minutes a day, snored his way through roughly 30 minutes of sleep during a collaboration livestream with a masseur. He insisted it was a “microsleep” rather than actual sleep, but 5ch users split into two camps — critics saying “Is this the excuse Olympics?” and “Just admit you fell asleep,” versus defenders saying “It’s entertaining to watch” and “Pulling in this many viewers is a talent in itself.”

71AnonymousSep 10, 2026 15:58

Well yeah, a head spa treatment feels amazing

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (NanJ) thread “[Bad News] Daisuke Hori comes up with another outrageous excuse wwwww.”

A post on 5ch’s “Anything Goes Live” board sparked discussion after claiming that schools which disbanded their PTA saw field trips and sports days cancelled one after another. Commenters pointed out that PTA membership dues had funded things like tent setup for sports day and adult supervision on field trips, so once the PTA was gone, both the budget and the manpower disappeared, making the events impossible to keep running. Others argued that school events should be run by teachers alone, or that schools could simply switch to paying outside contractors. Opinion split between resentment over unpaid labor and acceptance of scaled-back events.

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (“Anything Goes Live” board) thread “A Mysterious Faction Says ‘We Don’t Need the PTA — Disband It’ → Here’s What Happened After They Did…“.

The announcement of a remake for “Romancing SaGa 3” got longtime series fans fired up on a 5ch (Livedoor VIP) thread. Topics included the strong reputation of the previously released “Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven,” and reports that the producer had shown enthusiasm for remaking 3 and 4 as well after 2’s remake launched. On the other hand, opinions on the character graphics were split — some said “the flat, same-looking faces bug me,” others felt “Harid’s design lacks any edge” — and fans traded views on the remake business model itself.

87AnonymousSep 10, 2026 10:16

The original story was what it was, so they're welcome to add as much extra material to it as they want

109AnonymousSep 10, 2026 12:06

Re: #87
Glad to hear they're restructuring the scenario

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Livedoor VIP) thread “The Romancing SaGa 3 remake is here, lmaoooooooooooo.”

Following an April amendment to the Road Traffic Act that requires drivers to maintain a set lateral distance when overtaking cyclists, reports have revealed that on Tokyo’s narrower streets, keeping that distance often means crossing the yellow center line that prohibits overtaking. In response, the Metropolitan Police Department has announced plans to repaint roughly half of Tokyo’s yellow center lines white. Reactions on 5ch split between criticism of officials for not foreseeing this contradiction before the law changed, suggestions that it would be simpler to just rewrite the rule’s wording than repaint the lines, and debate over whether cars or bicycles should be the ones adjusting speed and position.

Bicycle-Overtaking “New Rule” Sparks Wave of Traffic Violations — Metropolitan Police to Repaint Tokyo’s Yellow Center Lines “White” [Spotlight]

Alongside this April’s amendment to the Road Traffic Act, which set rules for how cars overtake bicycles, a Spotlight investigative report has found that a separate traffic violation is occurring: cars are crossing yellow center lines — which prohibit crossing over — in order to keep their distance from cyclists. Following this report, it has newly come to light that the Metropolitan Police Department plans to repaint roughly half of the yellow center lines in Tokyo as “white lines.”

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

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo G) thread ‘Police: “Sorry! We can’t overtake bicycles if the center line is yellow. We’re having them all repainted white! Really, so sorry!”‘.