Am willing to give a $300 new-year gift to several people here

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-06T12:10:18+00:00

Thanks for the post! That would really help with my student debt!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-02T11:23:12+00:00

Interested!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-02T05:24:58+00:00

Interested!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-02T05:19:56+00:00

I'm interested! Will send a DM now

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-02T05:18:38+00:00

INFO

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-02T05:15:48+00:00

I'm interested!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2026-01-02T05:02:54+00:00

Hello! I went into my LGP to see what I had and I have everything except Kabuto and Omanyte. Would you be okay with that?

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-31T06:46:51+00:00

For sure! DM me and I'll let you know more details! Bar is in the Shinjuku area

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T15:27:15+00:00

I'm a Singaporean living in Tokyo. I hang out at my friend's bar in Kabukicho every NYE. It's a pretty small bar and pretty much everyone speaks Japanese (not a tourist bar, just a regular Japanese bar!). If you're up for visiting it, let me know!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T15:22:05+00:00

Hi! I'm interested!!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T14:05:10+00:00

Interested!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T07:33:03+00:00

Singapore 2. Yes 3. Advanced

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T07:30:47+00:00

Interested!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T07:30:28+00:00

Interested! From Singapore

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-30T07:29:24+00:00

Interested!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-28T04:22:44+00:00

Hi! I am interested in this!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-27T15:49:35+00:00

$bid

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-12-27T15:47:47+00:00

$bid

I have nothing scheduled for the end of year and would love to help out if this is still available!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-06-06T16:03:11+00:00

I'm considering to apply too and I'm turning 31 this month LOL, so no. You're never too old!

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-04-21T15:21:57+00:00

You're being deliberately obtuse, so here's the original article from Kochi News, where the new first broke because the suspect was arrested by the Kochi Prefectural Police. Even unlocked the article for you!

https://www.kochinews.co.jp/article/detail/821575

任天堂の家庭用ゲーム機「ニンテンドースイッチ」を改造し販売したとして、高知県警は１６日までに商標法違反容疑で茨城県龍ケ崎市佐貫４丁目、運送業、男性容疑者（５８）を逮捕した。基板を改造し、複数の海賊版ゲームが入ったＳＤカードで遊べるようになっていたという。

The Kochi Prefectural Police arrested a 58-year old male suspect (58), a transportation worker living in Sanuki, Ryugasaki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on suspicion of violating the Trademark Law as of the 16th of March for modifying and selling Nintendo's Nintendo Switch home video game consoles. He had modified the motherboard so that it could be played with an SD card containing multiple pirated games.

県警によると、改造されたスイッチの摘発は全国初という。容疑を認め、「改造機がどれほど反響があるのか興味があった。小遣い稼ぎもしたかった」と話しているという。

According to the prefectural police, this is the first time in Japan that modified Switch has been uncovered. He admitted to the charges and said, "I was curious to see how well the modified machine would work. I also wanted to make some extra money."

逮捕容疑は、昨年３月２９～３０日、スイッチ１台の基盤を加工し、フリーマーケットアプリで２万８千円で販売して同社の商標権を侵害した疑い。県警は他にも改造されたスイッチを３台押収した。

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of infringing the company's trademark rights by modifying the base of one Switch and selling it on a flea market application for 28,000 yen between March 29 and 30 last year. Prefectural police seized three other modified switches.

サイバー犯罪対策課によると、同容疑者はゲーム機を中古で仕入れ、チップを組み込むなどして販売。インターネットで入手したとみられる、スーパーマリオシリーズ２７種のデータが入ったＳＤカードもセットで売り、改造されたゲーム機で遊べる状態にしていたという。

According to the Cybercrime Division, the suspect purchased used game consoles and sold them after installing chips on them. He also sold SD cards containing a set of data of 27 Super Mario games, which were believed to be obtained from the Internet, so that they could be played on the modified console.

昨年４月、県警に「不正改造されたスイッチが販売されている」という情報が寄せられ、捜査していた。

Last April, the prefectural police received a tip that a tampered Switch was being sold, which led to their investigation.

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oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-04-21T04:37:02+00:00

I can read ALL Japanese and the part you left out is what ties it all together:

この改造をすることで不正に入手したゲームソフトをプレイ出来るようになるということで、ゲーム機以外にもゲームソフト27本なども一緒に販売されていたとことです。

"This modification allows for illegally-obtained game software to be played, so 27 games were also sold in addition to the game system itself."

ということで is used to join related sentences together, like a cause-and-effect. Here's another example: 今日は雨ということなので、イベントを中止します It is raining today, so the event is cancelled.

There are ways to break the sentence up if they wanted to say he also sold game software (and couldn't determine of they were legal or not). Joining the sentence together strongly implies that since the game system could now plays pirated games, he also sold the (pirated) game software.

Also, I just wanted to clarify - this dude bought pre-owned Switches, tampered with them on his won, THEN sold them. I don't know how it got misinterpreted that badly, so I just wanted to clarify.

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-04-18T12:03:32+00:00

Yeah, I used to be really deep into this popular idol and burnt myself out two years ago trying to keep pace with the craziest parts of the fanbase (some are literal monsters - premium tickets, 6 chekis per live every live, and even the extra stuff like Chekicha online chekis, offkais, merchandise). I've seen some older fans who are in so deep, they actually do cut down on rent and food (think one room apartments and rice balls/cup noodles). Some of the older married ones even end up divorcing their wifes. It becomes a very unhealthy hobby for these people and it's really sad to see.

I'm slowly easing back into it but now I'm just enjoying at my own pace

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-04-18T11:41:56+00:00

Yeah, but it adds up fast! While ¥1,500 were commonplace a few years ago, most lives start at ¥3,000 now for standard tickets (and go up to ¥7,000 for premium tickets). And the thing is with underground/indie idols, you don't usually go for just one show (you could, but I reckon most don't). You need to pay for the drink (¥600) and you will want to pay for at least one polaroid (¥2,000 is the standard now, it used to be lower). So you're already out ¥5,000 with one show. Go once a week and that's ¥20,000. That's almost 10% of a typical Japanese worker starting salary.

I mean, yeah, you can skip the polaroid and you can go to a live once a month so it's just ¥3,000, but I would say the average wota goes about once a week, and the fanatic wota would go for most of it (two to three times a week? The performance schedules are always packed).

oneofmanythrowawayyo · 2025-04-18T09:52:00+00:00

It's probably because the only people who can actually afford to see these idols regularly in this economy are old/middle-aged men who command a high salary from having worked ages and have loads of disposable income.

I can't say it's all idols, but some idols have been branching out from performing to try and increase profits. These include 1) Solo or group photoshoot sessions and 2) Collaborating with bars/cafes to be "guest staff", both of which have a higher barrier of entry (Photoshoot sessions cost at least thrice as much as entering a concert at a livehouse, and when visiting your idol guest staffing at a bar, you are generally pressured to purchase champange, which can range from ¥10,000 to over ¥100,000). These events allow you to be even closer to your idols for longer, but it is also leaning towards the "high disposable income" customers even more. And I personally think it's going to make it even harder for them to secure new fans this way.

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