Tuesday, March 16, 2021

(2319) In a country were manga...

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 ...have been used everywhere except banknotes, saying that "Kimetsu no Yaiba" (鬼滅の刃) is a phenomenon means it really is. The series, combining swordsmanship, demons and early 20th century aesthetics managed in just four years to get in the same league of success with "Naruto" or "Kochikame" that have been around for decades and, of course, to be used in countless completely unrelated items -here, on surface disinfectants (Covid etc), probably on the assumption that if they heroes can annihilate demons the can surely manage viruses. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).


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