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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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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Cup Noodle tries an authentic Jiro-style ramen, but something’s not quite right

Some assembly required.

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Japanese thug wear from Birth Japan perfect for those breaking bad next year

Becoming a Japanese street tough might just be the change of pace you need.

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Japan’s oldest largetooth sawfish in captivity back on display in Mie Prefecture

You say you saw fish, but have you seen a sawfish?

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Mr. Sato accosts award-winning actor Hideaki Ito【Interview】

Sato vs Ito: Requiem.

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Drunk cycling can result in an instantly suspended driver’s license in Japan

If you’re bad behind the handlebars, you’re considered bad behind the wheel here.

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Large amount of supposed human organs left in Osaka marketplace

One person’s trash is another’s nightmare.

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Black Thunder chocolate-bar-shaped fishing lures coming next year

All the fun of a Black Thunder bar, but with sharp hooks!

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Japanese woman mistaken for bear

With the right clothing anyone can bear a resemblance.

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Exhibit featuring cutting-edge smell technology held at Tokyo Skytree

Come take a whiff of the future.

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New line of Evangelion fishing lures and other gear released by Japanese maker Dress

Fish are in their sea, all is right with the world.

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Let’s visit a German castle… in Okinawa!

We go where washi dare.

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Japanese man who didn’t know how banks work defrauded out of 21 million yen

But now he knows, and knowing is half the battle.

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