Japanese X user Yoru (@wuthering_enbu) said his mother dropped his gaming PC and Nintendo Switch 2 into a bathtub after deciding he had no friends at university. In his telling, she pinned it on gaming and yelled, "It’s because you do nothing but play games." The post took off fast, pulling in more than 5.4 million views and around 50,000 likes in under a day.
User says his PC and Switch 2 were left in water
By his account, the gaming PC was worth ¥360,000, and a Nintendo Switch 2 went into the tub too. Yoru said he barely knew how to explain what had happened and that he felt like crying. He also said his mother was shrieking that his communication skills were abnormal.
The Japanese text he posted said: "My mother realized, apparently, that her son doesn't have a single friend at university, got angry and shouted, 'It’s because you do nothing but play games!' and sank my gaming PC (¥360,000) and Nintendo Switch 2 in the bath. I don’t even understand what I’m saying myself, but my mother is screaming about how abnormal my communication ability is. I want to cry."
He estimated the devices were submerged for at least 50 minutes
In replies to other users, he said neither device had any waterproofing. His cautious estimate: they had been sitting in the water for more than 50 minutes. At that point he had not tried turning either one on, but he said he thought both the PC and the Switch 2 were already dead.
Some users told him not to power on the PC and to let it dry for about a month before even trying. He said he would. Later, he posted that he already knew the Switch was beyond saving. The PC, though. He said there might still be a chance if it stayed unpowered and was dried out as is.
He said his data had been backed up in August
Yoru said he had already backed up all his data to an external hard drive in August. He also said he "probably" pays for a Windows cloud service that costs about ¥2,000 a month, so the backup data was not lost with the hardware.
He said the "no friends" claim only applied to his current university
When one user asked whether he really had no friends at all, he pushed back. He said he does have female friends, but he had not told his parents about them. What he had told them was that he had no friends. He added that he has no friends at the university he is currently attending, but he did have friends in middle school, high school, and at a university he had previously graduated from. He said he thinks his parents are worrying too much.
The report also said he had previously mentioned graduating from a university science and engineering program, which led to the inference that he is likely in graduate school now.
He said his grandparents pay his graduate school tuition
Some users said this was serious enough for court. He replied that his graduate school tuition — ¥6 million per year — is being paid by his grandparents, so he "can’t say anything." And he said that even if he bought another computer, it would probably get treated the same way, which means he cannot buy a new one.
No photos or third-party confirmation were provided
Right now, the claim rests only on the user's own account. The original post included no photos. No third-party confirmation was provided either. Going by his version, a ¥360,000 gaming PC and a Switch 2 were submerged for at least 50 minutes.