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Overachiever Lunch Boom: 'Deep-Fried Lithium Batteries' Prioritize Voltage Over Satiety

Overachiever Lunch Boom: 'Deep-Fried Lithium Batteries' Prioritize Voltage Over Satiety

A new menu that generates electricity from stomach acid has debuted for elite professionals who grudge even the time spent eating. For three hours after the meal, their eyes glow like high beams, enabling overtime work without office lighting. While highly convenient, a growing number of cases have been reported at airport security checkpoints where passengers themselves are treated as "hazardous materials."

Translations: JA
Packed Trains Introduce 'Ranks': Black Belts Slide into Gaps via Body Isolation, Novices Stranded on Platforms

Packed Trains Introduce 'Ranks': Black Belts Slide into Gaps via Body Isolation, Novices Stranded on Platforms

As a last resort to ease congestion, railway companies have established the 'Commuter Dojo.' The battle at the doors requires keirin cycling line tactics, while moving deeper inside requires street dance body isolation. Yesterday, an assistant instructor-class office worker endured a sudden stop using nothing but core strength without holding onto any straps. Meanwhile, unranked ordinary passengers are voicing despair: 'It's just a physics engine bug' and 'There's no space to board.'

Translations: JA
All-Nighter Subscription 'Vocational Student Simulator' Hits Jackpot with New DLC 'Job Hunt Wipeout'

All-Nighter Subscription 'Vocational Student Simulator' Hits Jackpot with New DLC 'Job Hunt Wipeout'

A kit designed to let users safely experience deadline-induced palpitations and caffeine overdoses. In response to expanding services, updates now include a VR instructor delivering soul-crushing remarks like 'you have no talent' and a feature that deletes unsaved data. Bored salarymen seeking escape from peaceful lives bought it in droves, but due to incorrect realism settings, half of the users are now plagued by hallucinations of student loan repayment notices in their everyday life.

Translations: JA
Paying Admission to Fight for 'Overtime': Memberships for Reverse-Employment Theme Park Sell Out Instantly

Paying Admission to Fight for 'Overtime': Memberships for Reverse-Employment Theme Park Sell Out Instantly

"Labor is the ultimate entertainment." Elderly customers are flooding in, paying admission fees to bid on 30-minute shifts at a convenience store cash register. The "unreasonable complaint handling" option is the most popular, and the situation has escalated to the point where actual 'black companies' have filed a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission, claiming that their 'customers' have been stolen.

Translations: JA
Healing 'Aurora Humidifier' Particles Revealed to be 'Multi-Colored Mold'—Allergy Sufferers Rave: 'It's Beautiful Enough to Cry'

Healing 'Aurora Humidifier' Particles Revealed to be 'Multi-Colored Mold'—Allergy Sufferers Rave: 'It's Beautiful Enough to Cry'

It was discovered that a 'bio-projection function'—which shines LEDs on bacteria inside the water tank to disperse them—was unintentionally built into the product. Although shared widely on social media as 'looking like a cosmic nebula,' the manufacturer apologized, calling it 'simply a lack of cleaning.' However, users are refusing to clean their devices, calling the mist 'so mystical it makes you cough,' sacrificing their lungs in the pursuit of the perfect social media post.

Translations: JA
Cheap '16GB Edition' Smart Fridge: System Data Physically Crowds Out Shelves

Cheap '16GB Edition' Smart Fridge: System Data Physically Crowds Out Shelves

The standby station for the 'Snack Prevention Drone' occupies 90% of the interior, leaving only enough space for a single juice box. When users try to add groceries, a voice announces 'No storage space available. Please delete unnecessary vegetables,' and the items are forcibly ejected. Experts see this as an 'intentional design' to push users to pay for premium models.

Translations: JA
Ham Vanishes from Department Stores: 'Paulownia-Boxed High-Octane' Reigns as Year-End Gift King

Ham Vanishes from Department Stores: 'Paulownia-Boxed High-Octane' Reigns as Year-End Gift King

In response to soaring crude oil prices, a long-established department store has released a "Special Selection High-Octane Assortment." The ham section has been renovated into a gas station. The number of households displaying the fuel on their family altars, claiming it's "too wasteful to burn," is surging, and honoring ancestors with the scent of gasoline instead of incense is becoming the new norm of the Reiwa era.

Translations: JA