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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Back to the Future burgers coming to J.S. Burgers Cafe for film’s 40th anniversary

The Power of Beef.

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Bonsai-tree-flavored gin on sale now

I think that I shall never see a drink as lovely as a bonsai tree.

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Horribly translated movie titles strike again on the Japanese release of Anything for Jackson

Anything for a buck.

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Osaka city employee suspended and demoted for verbally abusing boss

Great, just give him more bosses to abuse…

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Nearly 75% of store clerks in Japan feel stress from earphones on customers, according to survey

But earphones don’t stress people out; people do.

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7-Eleven showcases its newest robots for cleaning, stocking, and customer service

Can going robotic ease convenience stores’ profitability blues?

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Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo subway line to promote his newest album

The train line has nothing special to plug at the moment though.

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The curious case of the 7-month-old milk that tasted fine and didn’t make anyone sick

No one’s crying over expired milk this time.

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Food Triathlon eating challenge accepting all comers at Yamaguchi restaurant this autumn

A grueling challenge that requires you to be in peak eating condition.

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Contest underway for Pikachu Tokyo Banana 4-piece cushion set

You can only enter and hope this Pikachu chooses you.

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Bruno Mars to hold fireworks shows in Saitama and Osaka this November

Fireworks that are too good to say goodbye to.

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Cup Noodle releases extremely modified versions of their original flavors【Taste test】

Cup Noodle like you’ve never tasted before.

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4-meter-tall smooshy robot and friends coming to the Osaka Expo

Its four giant arms are all the better to hug you with.

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Astrologer arrested for running fake investment scheme worth approx. 2 billion yen

The stars were finally aligned against the scammer.

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Buying a Dream Candle to cheer up a lonely birthday in a gloomy hotel room

Add a touch of pyrotechnics to your special day.

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Dom Dom Burger releasing Power-Ranger-themed Super Sentai Burger

Try not to get any sauce on your spandex or rubber monster suits.

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Braving a Japanese national fireworks competition with 10x more people than the city population

Small town turns into major city for one night.

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Family Mart opens first clothing store in Tokyo

Even if you can take these clothes out of Family Mart, but you can’t take the Family Mart out of these clothes.

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Space pilot under attack turns out to be con artist who stole 1 million yen from Sapporo senior

That’ll be the last astronaut she’ll trust.

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Man who woke up with amnesia, a mohawk, and 600,000 yen in rural Japan may have found his home

His identity may have been found, but what happened is still a mystery.

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