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A whole new way for one of Japan’s favorite chocolate snacks to look tasty.
Sake and sushi Kit Kats among those joining the family.
If there’s any trend our posts in the past couple of years have shown, it’s that the Japanese can and will personify absolutely anything.
Just what on earth will toy manufacturers think of next? Sure, we can understand the charm behind cat sushi figures, but really now, are swimsuit-wearing, anthropomorphized figurines of famous kaijū (monsters) designed to look like beautiful girls completely necessary?
Yet oddly, we find ourselves wanting to decorate our office with them…
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