r/drama: /r/drama's spirit animal Grape-kun the Penguin does a sudoku to meet his 2D waifu on the anime plane

The character, called Hululu, was placed in the penguin enclosure at Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture as part of a limited-time promotion for the anime, which saw other anthropomorphised animal characters from the series scattered throughout other areas of the zoo as well.

"The Humboldt penguin Grape-kun passed away yesterday. Sincere thanks to everyone for supporting him until now. Thank you also to Hululu, who watched over him until the very end. And thank you, Grape-kun, for all this time. Rest peacefully in heaven."

Given the high-profile nature of their relationship, it's highly likely that the zoo will hold some sort of memorial or event in honour of their memory, and while we wait to hear what will happen to Hululu in the wake of her partner's passing, we send our condolences to her and Grape-kun's friends at Tobu Zoo.

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1 CIRCLONT6 2017-10-13

bad bot

faggot

1 Ed_ButteredToast 2017-10-13

Don't bully him you meanie!

1 CIRCLONT6 2017-10-13

Oh hey ed, how's it goin?

1 aqouta 2017-10-13

Grape is alright with me. Shine on your glorious bastard.

1 VIOLENT_MONKEY_ANUS 2017-10-13

hululu isnt even that good

1 DivinePrince2 2017-10-13

If I recall right, Hululu is from a series called Kemono Friends. All the characters are personifications of various animals, and it's an educational for kids to learn about them - so lately you can see a lot of the characters if you visit zoos in Japan.

1 Peetrius 2017-10-13

Wouldn't anthropomorphic be the correct term here?

1 DivinePrince2 2017-10-13

yeah. but I forgot about that word.

1 ikitomi 2017-10-13

It wasn't educational

It was a late night anime (it airs at midnight) to promote a bushiroad mobile phone game that had already bombed and been shut down by the time the show aired.

This meant the anime contract for it that still existed got sent to a pathetically small studio by kadokawa on a pathetic budget. They proceeded to make a hilariously dumb and absurd show that actually drains your IQ while watching, the opposite of an educational show. After its success they put pictures of the characters in some zoos as a promotion, which was where this happened.

Then there was the thing where they tried to corporate sabotage the director of the 12 person studio that made it because they realized it was worth money.

1 DivinePrince2 2017-10-13

Jesus Christ you're salty.

1 ikitomi 2017-10-13

Dude I love the show, but it made me lose my mensa membership and now I don't get rick and morty.

1 google_chan 2017-10-13

Did you watch more than maybe 2 episodes?

1 freet0 2017-10-13

Is it bad that this is causing me more emotional pain than the vegas shooting?

1 poctakeover 2017-10-13

vegas was just a bunch of white people lol

1 NationalDenbt 2017-10-13

I can identify and empathise more with a penguin who just wants to be with his anime waifu than I can a random group of 50 normies who's only shared trait is that they like shit music.

1 shanewater 2017-10-13

Yes, you're empathising with a fucking weeb over some normies.

1 poctakeover 2017-10-13

masaka~😭

1 Pepperglue 2017-10-13

There is no drama. Where's the drama promised to me?

I still like the story though. Sort of sweet and sad.

1 CC3940A61E 2017-10-13

1 Thhueros 2017-10-13

Death to anime

1 weniscommander 2017-10-13

Arabic probably has the best insults and curses out of any language tbh.

1 BynnTheBreaker 2017-10-13

RIP ;_;

1 grungebot5000 2017-10-13

1 DoubleCheekedUp 2017-10-13

PIG

DISGUSTING