Master Blaster

Writer / Translator

Master Blaster is the two-man translating team of Canada’s Steven Le Blanc and Japan’s Masami M, a pair who in addition to writing work are in English education and created the StudyNow app for Japanese students of English.

Together they have written somewhere around 1,500 articles for RocketNews24 covering such diverse topics as Chinese men selling sanitary napkins to each other and a Japanese guy dragging an ear of corn around the Tokyo train system. A few of these were actually good, but don’t take our word for it! Here’s what our beloved readers had to say:

“One isn't always in the mood for bold tastes. But when I'm in the mood for bold flavor I turn to you.”
“Stupid article. Who cares what the Japanese think it's cool. You don't call a monkey, "gorilla".”
“You know, this is about the most cogent explanation of how a turbocharger works that I have ever seen in the non-motorsports world.”
“Thanks for the article peter!”
“It's people like you who make exploitation possible.”
“It looks yummy and the story was great. Thank you for the smile.”

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Our reporter is willing to die on the pseudo-Italian restaurant Olive Hill

Saizeriwhatnow?

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Take a trip to Japan’s Dododo Land, the most irritating place on Earth

Have fun and feel annoyed at the same time!

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Ramen shop manager arrested for punching self in the face and pretending he was robbed

He should have punched harder and knocked some sense into himself.

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Ghost in the Sheel goes traditional with Japanese porcelain Tachikoma robots, only 50 to be made

Perfect with your other ornaments or as a stand-alone complex.

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Trouble making friends? Sticker collecting works surprisingly well

Good friends stick together.

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Japanese movie theater chain’s popcorn earns highest Grand Prix quality certification

Star-studded popcorn for star-studded movies.

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Japan’s got a subscription service for pillows with or without plastic tubes inside

Why own a comfy pillow when you can lease one?

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If you haven’t tried an antenna shop in Japan, you’re missing out

We found one antenna that gets a ten, uh…

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Japan is in the grip of sticker fever and no one is safe, including us

If loving stickers is wrong, then Japan doesn’t want to be right.

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Lawson convenience stores selling drinkable mapo tofu, spicy meat and tofu

But just because you say something is “drinkable…”

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All Lotteria fast food restaurants in Japan to close by the end of March

Lotteria is dead. Long live Zetteria.

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Time to open the final Village Vanguard Luck Bag of 2026, the magical girl Red Lucky Bag

Another year, another assortment of weird cushions…

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36th Annual International Snowball Fight Competition to be held in Uonuma this February

The quick and the damp.

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The Yellow Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard is so bad it may damage Japan-US relations

The opinions expressed in this lucky bag are the store’s personal views and don’t reflect those of our organization.

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One Piece teaming up with 5 NCAA basketball teams

It’s January, February, and March madness!

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Village Vanguard’s Blue Lucky Bag may have the most impressive piece of junk ever created

This toy may be both the greatest and worst thing ever made.

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Village Vanguard tries to tickle us pink with a Pink Lucky Bag

Our love-hate relationship with the popular store continues.

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Things get heavy with the Gold Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard

All that is gold does not glitter.

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The Purple Lucky Bag from Village Vanguard is an extra-large waste of money

It really puts the “fuk” and “u” back into “fukubukuro.”

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Village Vanguard’s most expensive Black Lucky Bag sets an ominous tone for 2026

I see a bag of goods and it’s all painted black.

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