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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Lighting up some luxury Japanese sparklers bought from a supermarket checkout

You’d be hard-pressed to find a better sparkler than these.

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Increasing number of Japanese people unable to squat like a yankee

Japanese people sitting more like Yankees than yankees these days.

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Morinaga releases “hunger management” drink that turns into jelly in your stomach

Hunger games in a can.

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Osaka man arrested for trying to rob woman with necktie that says “Police”

Suspect stands accused of impersonating the long tie of the law.

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Daiso to change Japanese closing-time music because foreign tourists aren’t taking the hint

This looks like a job for Semisonic!

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Fender releases Made in Japan Limited Cyclone with domestically made pickups

Get big in Japan with a Made in Japan.

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Lawson Store 100 starts their own free upsize campaign to match its parent convenience store

More for even less!

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Lawson to bring back 47% volume-boosted foods by insanely popular demand

Mark your calendars because this may go fast again.

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A wild trader appears in Sendai for Pokémon GO Fest 2024

Don’t be alarmed, he poses no threat outside of Pokémon stadiums.

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Japanese telecom giant to make AI filter to soften angry customers voices at call centers【Video】

New system lets AI take a piece of someone’s mind and passes on the rest to a human.

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Mitsubishi develops robot that solves Rubik’s Cube-style puzzle in 0.305 seconds【Video】

It’s literally faster than a speeding bullet.

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Himakajima: The Japanese island with one traffic light that only turns green once a year

In this town, green means its time to renew your Netflix subscription.

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Family Mart holds its first-ever Mint Chocolate Fair with 9 intriguing types of snacks

Great balls of chocolate-covered mint gummy!

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Kanagawa woman arrested for calling police 1,200 times in 8 days, saying “Merry Christmas, Die!”

I think she’s confusing Christmas with Easter.

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Czech Republic makes multi-eyed mascot friend for Osaka’s multi-eyed Myaku-Myaku mascot

So happy together…

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2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!

Spoiler alert for those who like capsule surprises.

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Does adding matcha to mayonnaise change the taste as much as the look?

Matchonnaise!

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Rage against the smoothie machine with this 7-Eleven drink hack【Taste test】

Not so smooth now…

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Kumamoto Governor embroiled in flower scandal

Governor Kimura was accused of dealing pot…s of flowers.

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We save money on crotchless jeans from Japanese brand Beams by making our own

Addition by subtraction.

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