Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 27, 2026)

Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I saw &TEAM! TWICE! And they were so close, and they totally looked at me, and they were amazing and perfect and so unbelievably cool and funny and charismatic and and and they let us film one song and also the encore where they walk around and wave and stuff and I will never recover. I can’t believe I get to see them one more time in a month. 😭

Because they said we could film one song, and my seat was so close on the second day, I felt like I should try to capture it. I wasn’t really looking at my phone because that would be such a waste (I had to see Fuma with my own eyes for as long as physically possible, not letting a phone get between us!) but it still turned out pretty good. Very funny thing is that Maki completely unzipped his shirt at one point and I didn’t even notice until near the end of the song because it really takes A LOT to get my attention away from Fuma 😅

I’ll be asleep when this goes up, but I have so many pics and fun things to share! I’ll try to post some when I wake up. 🥰 I hope everyone is having a good week!

And, as always…

What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately?

Happy Wednesday! 🐺