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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Arashi’s greatest hits named world’s best-selling album of 2019

The veteran boy band becomes first Japanese artists to achieve such a ranking.

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Sounds like they were soft on cybersecurity, but seriously, folks… 

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Man who knowingly spread coronavirus to various bars in Aichi dies in hospital

A reminder of how serious this disease can be.

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Taiwanese sports channel airs anime Slam Dunk in place of cancelled NBA games

We interrupt this NBA shutdown to bring you a very important anime.

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Japan’s Eel Pie manufacturing sector hit hard by effects of COVID-19

Unagi Pie is one of many Japanese cultural treasures struggling under the pandemic.

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Osaka man reserved and cancelled 1,873 seats at two baseball games to get more space for self

He was also arrested for it, lest anyone get any ideas.

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Japanese adult video company offers 200 free movies as pandemic support, site crashes same day

They say it’s good for the immune system.

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Japanese store curses toilet paper supply to protect it from thefts

Stealing toilet paper is an evil that can only be undone by a greater evil.

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Chinese cosplayer rigs DIY Death Stranding carrier for his baby

Do not try this at home.

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Confirmed coronavirus patient in Aichi told to go home, goes bar hopping instead

I’m sorry sir, you have a highly contagious and deadly pathogen. Now get out of here you little scamp!

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100-yen store Daiso teaches us how to make our own cloth face masks

Give a person a mask and they’ll wear it for a day, teach a person to mask and…uh.

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When life hands you a crappy UFO catcher prize, make a tricked-out crappy UFO catcher prize

Our writer’s giant, flashing piece of hard candy is a triumph of the human spirit.

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Age-ravaged Mr. Sato seeks beauty help from Lift Up Trainer Buru Buru Buru Ko

Mr. Sato shoves vibrating plastic lips in his mouth in hopes of reclaiming his youth.

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Black rain falls over parts of Saitama Prefecture

This is fine. Everything’s fine.

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Japanese truck driver steals 5,800 bicycle seats over 25 years “for fun”

We all have our vices.

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Perfume fans insult Perfume by being angry at celebrity who didn’t really insult Perfume

Either that or this was sarcasm on an unheard-of scale.

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Japanese public intoxication on parade in new line of capsule toys

You know, for kids.

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Inventor of the Konami Code Kazuhisa Hashimoto dies at 61

Golden-age Konami programmer left an indelible mark on gaming and digital entertainment.

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Fisherman attacked by wild boar jumping out of the ocean, defeats it with bare hands

Boars can do that apparently.

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Dark ale made with crickets coming to Shibuya this March

Insects aside, it’s just nice to get more variety in the dark ale market in Japan.

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