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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Many are calling this a “high-performance” product even though it’s apparently terrible at drying dishes.
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If an interplanetary warlord can’t land a job in this economy what hopes do the rest of us have?
Join us as we attempt to unravel the cultural enigma of the chicken-eel that goes “Mooooooo!!”
While the “Kanno Mille-Fueille Set” may sound dainty, this mountain of meat from Tonkatsu is a Drink is anything but.
After using his martial art skills to survive a bear attack, Hiroto Miyagawa’s real nightmare has just begun.
It was a good thing the suspect had decided to become a cop, because he doesn’t seem to be a very good criminal.
Our skeptical writers wonder if the combination of singing and elevating is a winner or a bust.
Next time someone rides a tiny scooter through a typhoon to bring you a filet-o-fish, don’t forget to request your free smile too!
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