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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Trying Family Mart’s Alternative Seafood Rice Bowl made with 5 imitation toppings【Taste test】

A taste of things to come?

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Tempura Black Thunder chocolate bars on sale in Shinjuku from now till Valentine’s Day

Black Thunder is all about giving.

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A few snags don’t stop the satisfaction of this used shonen manga lucky bag

The bag itself even has its own redemption arc.

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Japanese convenience store Lawson brings back 47-percent product-sizes increases, no extra charge

It’s convenient relief.

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Nissan develops robot to calm babies during car rides

Boasts peak peek-a-boo efficiency.

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Guy next to infamous Japanese fugitive on wanted poster arrested thanks to media coverage

The suspect’s photo was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Junior high principal in Hyogo fired for stealing seven half cups of coffee

One sip over the line, sweet Jesus. One sip over the line…

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Tokyo to be treated with too many tantalizing ehomaki sushi rolls this Setsubun

You name it, they got it rolled up in rice.

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Matcha strawberry daifuku from Hatoya really lets the green tea shine in more ways than one

We try one and other items from the limited-time booth in Shinjuku.

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Our “Dark Curry” puts the luck back into potluck with a curry of unknown ingredients

We once again dabble in the dark culinary arts.

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A look inside Amazon Japan’s lowest-rated lucky bag

If you buy one, don’t forget to adjust the knob.

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Yoshiki auctions off beloved crystal piano to support Noto Peninsula earthquake victims

It’s the end of a crystal era.

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Tokyo Government to release official dating app

Love, Tokyo style

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Nerunerunerune candy designed for taking medicine wins top honors at product awards

A spoonful of Nerunerunerune helps the medicine go dowowowown.

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We earn enough EXP to get a Final Fantasy fukubukuro from Square Enix

Ikuna gets the limit break of lucky bags.

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Our Japanese writers were taken to a mystery destination for their year-end party

You can’t spell “mystery” without a “mys.”

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Can our writer get lucky with a lucky bag of outlet sexy underwear?

Great deals on butt floss to be had this holiday season.

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We uncover the dark and disturbing secret behind Mr. Sato’s happiness at 50

We all have our own ways of coping with life.

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We stay out of the cold and sumo wrestle with another man pressed tight against our backs

Mr. Sato x Yoshio: The New Empire

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Osaka Ohsho’s Food Loss Reduction Eco Lucky Bag a sleeper hit of 2024 fukubukuro season

It’s some no-frills food and fun.

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