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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Panasonic says to stop wearing socks while you sleep

I’m going to call Sony for a second opinion.

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Lawson convenience stores up-sizing several items by 47 percent, but for the same price, for February

The move is intended to provide relief from rising prices.

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Fun with Kaki No Tane rice cracker ice cream sandwiches【Taste test】 

Just when you thought ice cream couldn’t get any better.

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Black Thunder chocolate brings us the future of Valentine’s Day: Crabs!

And Crab Thunder is coming up with new and inventive ways to give us crabs.

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Nitori furniture store guard arrested for shoplifting from Nitori furniture store

Hard to find good help these days.

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Anti-insect laser gun turrets designed by Osaka University, expected to work on roaches too

You’ve never seen a bug zapper quite like this.

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Sickle-wielding attacker safely fended off by victim’s umbrella in Aomori

The umbrella is mightier than the sickle.

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Mr. Sato angers the potato gods of Kogane No Potatorado restaurant

Finally, a restaurant that uses the aesthetic of a used video game store.

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Check out this atago pear from Shimane Prefecture, weighing in at 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds)

This pear’s shape has gone pear-shaped.

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Okayama ninja video credited with drastically improving traffic manners

Is there anything ninja can’t do?

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Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

It’s the land of serial arresting.

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Exeggutor airplanes taking off from Solaseed Air in Miyazaki Prefecture, other Pokémon tag along

I only fly Exeggutor class.

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Octopus tentacle ear plugs coming to Japanese capsule toy machines

I’m a sucker for stylish ear protection.

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43-year-old bosozoku biker arrested for never growing out of his teenage riding style

No country for old bikers.

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Japanese makers of Tropicana fined 19 million yen for “100% Melon” juice with only 2% melon juice

Accountability never tasted so sweet.

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McDonald’s remixes Ado and Asmi hits along with the sound of their deep-fryer

A mouthwatering mix.

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Black Thunder to raise prices up to 35 yen (US$0.27) this March

Yes, that’s “to 35 yen” not “by 35 yen.”

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Curses for sale on Japan’s leading flea market site Mercari

Damnation delivered right to your door.

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Johnnys’ Jr. group leader makes breakthrough discovery in marine biology in downtown Osaka

You don’t get much more Japanese than an idol fishing for eel on the Dotonbori.

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Can our writers’ taste buds pick out the luxury kamaboko fish cake from these two?

Everyone’s loco for kamaboko!

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