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The boyfriend has been fanatically scouring our sunny island for a plushie of Domo Kun.

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Domo Kun was born in 1998 by the Japanese Television Broadcast Network, NHK, as a mascot to promote their channel and programmes.  (Read more about it’s history here.)

I don’t really understand its appeal, but there must be something in the combination of a brown, fuzzy monster with no nose that only says “Domo” (which means ‘hello’ or ‘thanks’) that works!

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The boyfriend seems compelled to laugh every time he sees this image (above).

Which is often, since its his computer wallpaper!!! And my response to him is simple: (-_-) [can you sense my enthusiasm?]

But just out of curiousity, I thought I’d try to find a plushie for him or at least narrow down the locations on our little red dot where this elusive brown monster might reside. While on this noble but unsuccessful quest, I did however come across this…

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hahas.