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:

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“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.”
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“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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Japan’s Best Home Senbero: Costco brings a touch of health to drinking at home for under US$10

If there’s a wrong way to get drunk, we’ll find it!

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Play the meta capsule toy game at Japan’s second-hand stores for some real surprises

Join us for a little bit of toy archeology.

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Let’s make a giant soap bubble with Daiso’s Let’s Make a Giant Soap Bubble

Finally, a product that does what it says.

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ANA to auction off replica first class seat and real window frame from a Boeing 777

A rare chance to add a touch of first class to your home.

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Japan’s Best Home Senbero: Don Quijote sells booze and surprisingly good “sushi” for under US$10

This makeshift bar food will have our reporter battling windmills in no time.

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Korean style chicken, ginseng, and brown rice soup in a can coming to Japanese vending machines

Wholesome meals don’t get any more portable than that.

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The Mountain Has Moved capsule toys literally move mountains for your enjoyment

Just not in time for Mountain Day.

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Halloween “Black Pancakes” and “Bloody Tunnbrod” coming to IKEA stores in Tokyo

It’s a very IKEA Halloween in Japan.

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Super God Neiger of Akita helps kid get favorite soft drink with the power of customer service

Not all heroes wear capes. Some just wear pointy shoulder pads.

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Hedorah: King of the dust mops and more celebrate 50th anniversary of legendary kaiju’s debut

It can wipe out grime as easily as Hedorah wipes out people.

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We pop into Bear Paw Cafe in Osaka… Actually it popped out to us

An adorable way to help deal with complex problems.

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Apple pie ice cream bars arrive in Japan and they’re superb【Taste test】

We may have to start saying “as Japanese as apple pie bars” from now on.

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Russian defector claims to have swam for 23 hours to Japan because “sick of Putin admin”

There’s “sick of” and then “swim for 23 hours in the ocean sick of.”

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Japanese Scottish Fold Motimaru grabs Guinness World Record for most watched cat on YouTube

There can be only one.

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We take our Mega Las Vegas noodle show on the road and get back to nature

Ain’t no party like a Big Stream Somen Slider Mega Las Vegas party.

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VR photography exhibit held in virtual reality by Japan’s Virtual Rights organization

VR event was a virtual feast for the eyes.

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74-year-old Japanese politician starts Instagram account for open dialog about COVID-19

We shouldn’t rule out a milk crate challenge at this point.

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Japanese shipping giant planning to start autonomous cargo ships by 2025

A ghost in the machine ship?

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We hunt for a PS5 in a high-stakes capsule toy machine in Akihabara

Our reporter doesn’t have a problem though. He can stop anytime he wants.

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The Bank of Japan is really jazzed up about the new 10,000 yen bill

I guess if they were going to get excited about something, it’d be this.

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