You know what we haven't had on this blog for some time? We haven't had a special feature since Ghibli Week. With the end of the year quick approaching, there's not that much time left to squeeze one in there, so I'll go out with a bang! Earlier this month, a new episode of an anime I was fond of was released as a collaboration with JRA (or the Japan Racing Association). Yes, it's an Osomatsu-san feature! (I say week as a guideline only because I will more than likely live up to my blog name)
Osomatsu-san, or Mr. Osomatsu (おそ松さん) is a gag anime released late 2015, which was based on an earlier anime, Osomatsu-kun (おそ松くん), which was based on a comedy manga strip of the same name which was serialised from 1962 to 1969. Trust me, it'll all make sense.
Osomatsu-kun was written by Fujio Akatsuka who is considered to be one of the most successful gag manga writers, and the series follows the exploits of the identical sextuplet brothers (in birth order): Osomatsu, Karamatsu, Choromatsu, Ichimatsu, Jyushimatsu and Todomatsu. A running gag in the manga was the inability of the characters to tell the brothers apart. Later in the manga, the series begins to revolve around supporting characters due to their popularity. (read more about it here)
Skip ahead to 2015, which would've been Fujio Akatsuka's 80th birthday, and the sextuplets are all grown up. Osomatsu-san is set roughly 10 years in the future from Osomatsu-kun (except in a modern setting), the brothers have grown up into NEETs (Not in Education, Employment or Training) and each has a more defined personality.
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| (source) From left to right: Osomatsu, Karamatsu, Choromatsu, Ichimatsu, Jyushimatsu, Todomatsu |
There are several tie-in games, one of them being おそ松さんのへそくりウォーズ～ニートの攻防～ which is somewhat translated to Osomatsu-san Money Wars~ When NEETs Attack~, but is better known as Hesokuri Wars. (if someone who knows Japanese can translate this better, please let me know in the comments!) The game is styled like a tower defense game, where you send your army of sextuplet brothers towards the opposing base whilst simultaneously defending your own. A large part of what keeps me playing this game is the availability of different costumes for the characters, available through a 'gatcha' system.
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| (source) This game is absolutely terrible and I love it so much. |
If you've ever been to Asia, more than likely you've seen a gatcha machine, or capsule machine (or gashapon/gachapon), which spits out a toy in a plastic ball-like container when you feed it a coin. (they can also be found in some shopping centers over here). It's completely random, which when applied to a game where you have to spend limited in-game currency to 'roll' the gatcha, can end up being extremely frustrating. With six main characters each having a unique costume based on a theme, these are known as a 'set', and the theme ranges from their normal appearance, to specific episode skits, to riffing on magical girls, to the current in-game event of 'dark santas'.
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| (source) Must. Collect. Them. All. |
One such set is the Sweets Set, where the brothers are dressed up as chefs with their own unique desserts, and yes, you've probably guessed by now, I'm going to recreate all of the desserts that you see before you! And even better news, I've covered all the context in this post, so we can get straight to the good stuff in the main ones! Just in case the pictures aren't loading, this is what you can expect:
- Osomatsu's Pancakes
- Karamatsu's Float
- Choromatsu's Cheesecake
- Ichimatsu's Mousse
- Jyushimatsu's Parfait
- Todomatsu's "Fromage"
(I'm about 99% sure that fromage is cheese, so I'm going to use artistic license with that one.)
Happy slothing!!
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