Young Version — August 1999
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The August 1999 issue of Young Version explores drift setups versus grip tuning through 22 shop demo cars, including S15 Silvias from Mine’s and Kazama Auto. Features cover front-wheel-drive builds taking on high-powered 4WD rivals, choosing a first drift car, and reviving a used AE86 Trueno on a ¥1 million total budget. Suspension fundamentals, engine-oil selection, rotary maintenance, new-parts tests, and reports from Hiroshima and California round out this look at Japan’s late-1990s tuning scene.
242 available scans from Young Version — August 1999, in right-to-left reading order. Japanese OCR and English translation drafts are available throughout. Drafts have not received exhaustive image proofreading; unreadable source remains recorded in the archival data.
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4050N
Banknotes
¥5
Man
Ten-thousand yen
Marriage
Lover
Romantic partner
Money luck
...!!
...did!!
...obtained!!
A winning streak at gambling!!
Bringing happiness...
Bringing good luck
Good-luck key holder
...succeeded!!
An exclusive mining agreement has finally been signed!!
The long-awaited third release is now on sale!! Orders are already pouring in!!
...following the report, it spread explosively across the United States even before its presentation at the International Academy Mineral Research Forum...
Emil Power, unprecedented on Earth and groundbreaking in human history, was revealed in a scoop report by the American media...
...causing a sensation. Our company, the 'originator' of the Emil stone, is based in California...
An exclusive agreement with the rapidly growing Silicon Valley venture company Frederick Murdock...
...powerfully (about 1,600 times that of ordinary power stones)...
...we succeeded in securing sales and mining agreements!! However, Emil Power acts so...
...regarding sales in Japan, we received a warning from a government agency...
...but after years of negotiations, we finally reached a simultaneous worldwide release.
From rock bottom...
...including stories such as 'From crushing debt to millionaire overnight' and 'A winning streak at gambling'...
During the first and second sales, our inventory sold out in just one week!! Then...
Millionaire
... 'winning streaks,' 'suddenly getting a woman,' 'one hundred hits out of one hundred with the woman I was pursuing,' and so on...
More than two million letters describing happy experiences and expressing gratitude poured in, and the warehouse...
... (41), wife Akemi (38), father Koichiro (71), and front row, eldest daughter Asuka...
October 18, 1998: In the living room of their newly built luxury home!! The family of six poses in front of ¥460 million!! From left in the photo: mother Mas...
▲ An unprecedented boom in Europe and America!!
A succession of happy experiences with Emil Power!
...we were unable to meet your requests and apologize for the inconvenience, but thanks to the efforts of our local staff in mining...
...the warehouse filled up. Because inventory sold out, customers' requests to buy...
... (age 7), eldest son Kota (age 9...)
A dramatic reversal from crushing debt, fleeing in the night, and the brink of a family suicide!!
▼ Climbing a steep cliff to reach the mining site
First public reveal!! Our exclusive mining site!!
...the third shipment has now arrived. Please take this opportunity to experience Emil Power for yourself.
The Koichi Suhara family, residents of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
...and left us that way. With no time to despair, I looked for work; we were barely covering living expenses with my wife's part-time wages.
The recession hit, and the company I trusted went bankrupt. The collapse of the company to which I had devoted my whole life plunged our family of six into hell...
(Restricted area; entry prohibited to anyone other than our company)
...I thought it was a bad idea, but I went to a consumer-finance lender anyway. Before I knew it, I owed ¥9.5 million to 18 companies, and the collectors were relentless...
My wife, who worked tirelessly with little sleep while caring for our young children and elderly parents, was hospitalized with uterine cancer... If I took that step, it would be the end...
...a groundbreaking force, unprecedented on Earth and in human history...
...a rare Emil stone with extraordinary power...
Tibetan Plateau
People's Republic of China
...with tears in her eyes, she handed me the advertisement that had been by her pillow and the small coins she had saved. The moment I got the Emil...
...eventually I fled in the night. Driven to desperation, I lost control and, late at night, put my hands around my sleeping daughter Asuka's neck, intending to end our whole family's lives...
...I tried to find a way. Then my daughter, who had been asleep, opened her eyes and said, 'Dad, if you use this money to buy Emil, you'll be happy.'
...stone. The mining work takes place in Nepal...
The mysterious Trans-Angkor region on the India–China border...
...I intend to live that way. (For publication in this ad, with Mr. Koichi Suhara's permission, we have shortened the text slightly while preserving the original as much as possible.)
After winning the lottery, I—a complete amateur—went on to achieve unbelievable success in stocks and commodities!! In no time...
...in no time, I had obtained an enormous amount of money unlike anything I had ever seen. I will never forget my daughter's tears that night, and I intend to live...
...local staff work in the harsh conditions of the Trans-Angkor region...
...local company staff are escorted by soldiers...
...staff work day and night.
India
Mysterious Trans-Angkor region
October 1998: In front of the luxury home purchased with cash
November 1997: In front of the apartment where we fled
August 1996: In front of the used house we purchased
We have absolute confidence in the power of the Emil holder...
...but if you do not feel a satisfactory effect...
90-day free-trial guarantee
We will refund the full purchase price (please cover shipping only).
A huge winning streak at the slots day after day!!
Noriko Yokose, age 19, university student, resident of Suginami, Tokyo
What prompted me to buy the Emil holder was that it had become popular at the W University I attend, and above all...
I had seen Tomomi, from the same club, make a lot of money right before my eyes at pachinko and horse races. When it arrived...
In just two months after buying Emil...
Just one year after buying a home, Mr. Koichi...
In the seventh year of our marriage, we bought a used home with a 30-year mortgage...
On the day it arrived, I went for the first time to a nearby pachinko parlor called Ogikubo Kaikan. By chance I sat at a slot machine...
...and the slots were a huge hit!! I made ¥80,000 in three hours. After that, I went to Ogikubo Kaikan every day...
...we had just paid it off, and bought a 150-tsubo mansion in Yokohama!!
...a luxury home!! How much is in the bank now...?
...only nine months. After paying off the debt...
...the major construction company where he worked, Kogyo, went bankrupt...
...I even considered ending our whole family's lives... We could not afford to buy a kimono...
...bankruptcy. I borrowed from consumer lenders and fled in the night.
...our long-awaited detached house...
...we bought a home!! Koichi's work was also...
going well, and our family was happy!! Simple joys...
...even when I spend money, it never seems to run out. I can't stop laughing.
Astonishingly, I made ¥3.7 million in two months!! I did not lose once. During summer vacation, Tomomi and I went on a long-dreamed-of trip to Europe...
We enjoyed ourselves in style. I could never have afforded this kind of luxury while working part-time... In fact, during winter break I am planning a trip to the U.S. West Coast...
...a total of ¥460 million!! Now the whole family...
...every member wears Emil close to their body at all times!!
...wearing it close to the body!!
...we could not even afford to dress our child...
Shichi-Go-San (the children's coming-of-age celebration).
...celebrating with nothing but a Chitose candy stick...
...it seemed to be going well, but...
Just as we were beginning to get back on our feet, everything seemed to be going well, but...
'I got my hands on a fortune!' 'I found a woman!' 'My family became harmonious!' and more—since sales began in Japan...
Joyful stories of happy experiences arrive every day. From among them, due to space limitations, we introduce four people...
...too amazing...
Winning streak...
We selected these stories and present them with each person's consent.
Shinichi Okada, age 28, unemployed, resident of Arakawa, Tokyo
A winning streak!! I became the king of gambling!!
...and walked away with more than ¥150,000 in cash.
In about four hours, I had seven full trays of coins!!
The pachinko parlor Ogikubo Kaikan is a two-minute walk from the south exit of JR Ogikubo Station.
Pachinko parlor Ogikubo Kaikan, slot machines...
As soon as I began carrying the Emil holder...
Suddenly, luck turned my way. Whenever I bet on horse racing, I won again and again...
For 28 years people made fun of me without stopping—my life was unbearably miserable...
Photography inside pachinko parlors is normally prohibited, so we negotiated with the company before taking these pictures.
Holding the Emil holder in her left hand, smiling...
Noriko can't stop smiling.
With practiced ease, I cashed in the overflowing trays...
...and a jackpot!! The coins totaled an astonishing 7,768!!
It is 2:00 p.m. Today, what will happen...
A string of jackpots!! Our reporting staff were...
At the parlor, the moment she sat down today, a feverish streak...
I won the long-dreamed-of high-odds trifecta, and before I knew it...
My starting stake was only ¥9,500. And in just two months!! A woman...
...the gambling money I earned came to ¥74.6 million!!
...and took the photographs.
...five full trays!! Noriko looks relaxed...
...left speechless!!
Women, women, women!! I was having sex nonstop!!
May 9, 1998, at Tokyo Racecourse
With the Emil holder, I found the woman I'd dreamed of...
...I plan to continue doing that. Actually, on the 11th next month I'm going to Las Vegas to try my luck...
...I could have sex with three or four people as much as I wanted!! I quit my newspaper-delivery job and made a living from gambling...
Noriyuki Sato, age 26, company employee, resident of Fukuoka Prefecture; EK-3 / love, money luck, love, money luck
I had never had a girlfriend in my life, but after buying the Emil holder, women started flocking to me...
Shinichi is thrilled, holding his winning high-odds ticket.
...I will place the order. Please send the Ishur, Twin Dolphin, and Crest designs...
Please send all stones for money luck as soon as possible. I will report the results later. Thank you.
...and honestly, I'm amazed. A receptionist at a client company who had never paid me any attention agreed to have a meal...
...I was invited, and that very night we went to bed together!! We kept at it until morning. Since that day, the woman I had been pursuing...
12-139.500
By now I had narrowed it down to three women: M, the most beautiful; K, who was great in bed; and S, the heiress. I was having sex with them...
Women come up to me themselves. At one point my cell phone rang nonstop!! Now...
...the hostess at a cabaret club I'd had my eye on, and a female university student who happened to sit next to me at a bar...
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☆ One ☆ ***
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Even that is amazing, but I've also never lost at mahjong, pachinko, or horse racing!! Now I wonder what will happen next...
...I lead a problem-free life every day. My money luck feels like it's rising, and all I have is the allowance I get from S...
...something I had always wanted to try at least once in my life...
¥3,000
¥26,390
Rikka Stakes
Trifecta: 3
6-7
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...but it's true. My life as an ordinary salaryman changed with a single key holder...
I can't believe my life changed so much because of one key holder... I am full of gratitude to Emil.
...I was excited. You might think, 'That can't be true,' but...
Shinichi's dream: 'a gold bath, threesomes...'
...I had saved all my money for this day...
...photographed at a first-class hotel in Tokyo.
The winning high-odds ticket proves it!!
With a starting stake of ¥9,500...
...to ¥5,626,850!!
Horse race 12: ¥359,230
We offer a 90-day free-trial guarantee, but please refrain from returning the product after your wishes have been fulfilled.
Our company declines gifts of money or goods from people who have had happy experiences or achieved their wishes.