You see them in anime. You see them in manga. And yes, you see them in video games. Octopus tentacles are, and have been for centuries, common tropes.
https://lastchance.cc/gal-gun-in-three-words-tentacle-monster-orgasm-5889839%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
But in Japan, octopus are not just creatures that pop up in popular culture, they are creatures that pop up on the dinner table. Japanese fishermen catch the cephalopods using lures and nets.
https://lastchance.cc/whats-up-with-the-tentacles-5655761%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
One Japanese fisherman, however, uses something quite unusual.
Apparently, a trawler in Akita Prefecture is using anime figurines, such as Gundamâs MS-06 Zaku II and Neon Genesis Evangelionâs Rei Ayanami, as lures to catch the mollusks.
âAh, yes, tentacle play,â wrote one commenter on bulletin board 2ch. âI see.â
Others were completely bewildered, wondering the hell was going one, while some called this a âyaraseâ or âfaked situationâ. Sometimes things on Japanese TV are apparently phony. Other times, they are horrifyingly real
https://lastchance.cc/return-of-the-pee-bottle-guy-and-fishy-tv-reporting-5496156%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The clip originally appeared on Japanese morning TV show, Zip. I was once interviewed for Japanese morning televisionâthis same networkâand that was real. Then again, I wasnât talking about catching seafood with anime figurines.
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