Crane games are a staple of arcades. And scams.
Buying tickets for concerts is a staple of youth. And scams. And fake identities.
Japan uses too much plastic.
Kids are getting older younger.
It makes sense if you listen.
Be the best ninja.
Category: Podcast
NNJ 31: Love Live News
Love Live is an anime with a rabid fanbase. I didn’t bother to watch an episode as this isn’t about the anime, it’s about the real world that surrounds the anime. I still don’t know if Love Live is slang for cannibalism.
Some associated media:
The very necessary otaku dance example:
The vandalized manholes (make dirty joke):
復帰は難しくないでしょう。 pic.twitter.com/WiXuVadSE0
— 小澤 隆
沼津市議会議員 RYU OZAWA (@llllnumazullll) June 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/llllnumazullll/status/1004050235885215745
Our graduate friend.
NNJ 30: Trains Idols and Cheating
Trains, trains, trains.
How to chosoe the best way for you to be an idol so you can tell your fans you don’t want to see their faces and get away with it.
The government wants some fox news style biased reporting, I assume as long as it’s pro-them.
Finally, what is cheating? If you and 9 friends have Japanese girlfriends, 3 of you have been cheated on and probably didn’t know it.
Go here to name a train station.
Visit this news site for the butsukariya video.
NNJ 29: Drangonball AKB
A manga artist gets caught plagiarizing, AKB generates more garbage, not just their music.
There’s a castle controversy and lame pranks afoot.
Relevant media:
The cover drama
The university students who should have known better.
The AKB song mentioned within
The tweet about the actual garbage.
なんか、AKBの総選挙投票券のついたCDが既に大量に廃棄されてるらしい。
資源の無駄だし、CDなくして投票券だけ売るとかできないんか？
たしか、前も不法投棄でニュースになったりしてたと思うし…#AKB48世界選抜総選挙 pic.twitter.com/4ynLKHm0zm— 名前が決まらない (@gokkunsan) May 30, 2018
NNJ 28: Sniff Taro
Learn what not to do in a Japanese office, Find out that Taro is a dink, literally, that is said. Taro is a dink.
The steam platform decides that all the otaku are gross and takes away their stuff. Then we get into the exciting stuff, like international trade agreements, just like the first Star Wars prequel.
It all wraps up with a good old fashioned cop being dumb, or a dink, you decide.
NNJ 27: Kiss Nanpa Crow Yakuza
Some super scientific survey results, a Nanpa school that nobody should go to, which is all of them. We meet a crow and learn about the law. A man fakes his death and he learns about the law and finally a Yakuza clearly doesn’t understand the law.
The original tweet about the crow:
「窓 カラス」
カードを使って電車に乗ろうとしたカラス
連休かみさんが、東京で遭遇した出来事でした。笑 pic.twitter.com/Y2yDtOTae9— shoji (@kinoshi42155049) May 1, 2018
NNJ 26: Puro Creepy Guy Bull
What’s happening in PuroLand next month, and why.
The creepy dude report, in a serious way, and then in a not so serious way.
A quit follow up on some stories that refuse to die.
Then a big change in cow rights.
The images promised in today’s episode:
Some Hello Kitty scary food you can get next month, should you survive.
Seriously, this is Hello Kitty
Our public fetish friend who you can follow on twitter.
and his friend who you can’t.
NNJ 25: Scandal, Scandal, Scandal, drones and a scam
A conclusion to the sexual harassment scandal and the Vice Minsiter of Finance.
An almost sex scandal involving the Minister of Education, who should have known better.
Another sex scandal involving a boy band member who is 46, dumbass.
Also, some drones and a scam is real.
NNJ 24: Bomb Scare
A summary of some ongoing stories then a real happening from my life in Japan. No, trees did not try and kill me, that would be silly. It’s real life action and adventure told from a first person perspective.
Also, Korea annoys Japan.
Good times.
NNJ 23: Shoes, Sumo, Scandal and Society
A ninja, who never passed ninja class because he got way too focused on something else. A follow-up on the Sumo Vs Ovaries. Giant corporations trying not to kill their employees. The Finance Minister of Japan being a 5 year who has discovered his wee wee and a moral quandary of belief. There’s a lot there!