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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Posted by Master Blaster (Page 87)
But does it really capture the feeling of smashing through a piece of neoclassical architecture?
Perspectives are a tricky thing leading up to the production of One Thousand Paper Cranes.
JR Tennoji Station musically invites you to board one of their trains bound for the…ChAOs ReAlM‽
Combos including sweet beans & chili powder, chocolate and potato make Mr. Sato wonder if he’s just getting too old for this.
Tokyo governor sends clear message never to vandalize…unless you’re the toast of the art world.
Residents live in mild fear of the gang and hope their daughters never bring a Bad Lobster home for dinner.
Chili peppers, pickled ginger, and potato do battle with anko, mayo and chocolate inside these seemingly hard-to-stomach combos.
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