These Rice Balls Style Japan’s Cutest Bird as an Anime Delinquent

Japan is acknowledged for its society of cuteness, and it goes outside of style and leisure. Kawaii culture has also seeped into the country’s food items. Thanks to Twitter consumer boku shima enaga (aka @every day_simaenaga), we get a flavor (no pun supposed) of lovable onigiri (rice balls) made to look like a delectable gang of delinquent birds.

This charming assortment of savory snacks is inspired by two independent staples of Japan: the long-tailed tit (or shima enaga in Japanese) and yankii (the “delinquent youth” trope generally highlighted in Japanese faculty anime and manga, who are characterized by their pompadour hairstyles). The extended-tailed tit is a small, fluffy white fowl that life on Hokkaidō, the country’s second-major island. The minor birds are just 12 to 16 centimeters in length, half of which is their tail. Their pure-white fronts make them search like cotton balls, traveling through the snow.

By virtue of their cuteness, the birds have a large amount of supporters. Boku shima enaga posts day by day very long-tailed tit content material, from photographs of the hen to cute food items, merchandise, and crafts encouraged by it. Just about every of these onigiri, sometimes referred to as yankii sushi, search like a lovable reimagining if the delightfully rotund minor birds but with a wild “hairstyle” produced of sausage, shrimp tempura, salmon, eggplant, or some other edible strip of foodstuff. The nori (seaweed) wrapped about the sides double as the bird’s wings and the yankii’s jacket. Chat about cute with an frame of mind!

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These lovely onigiri (rice balls) are the ideal blend of “tough guy” and “super adorable.”

They’re impressed by two icons of Japanese tradition: the tiny shima enaga fowl and yankii (juvenile delinquents normally showcased in Japanese university anime and manga).

The shima enaga (long-tailed tit) seems to be a large amount like a rice ball, and is not a great deal even larger.

🍙 pic.twitter.com/lBzDrq5yUP

— ぼく、シマエナガ。 (@each day_simaenaga) July 18, 2022

Yankii people are normally distinguished by their pompadour hairstyles.

Yanki/Yankii (pronounced like “yankee” in english): A juvenile delinquent/rebellious youth. Famous illustrations include Yusuke Urameshi from Yu Yu Yakusho and Jotaro Kujo in JoJo’s element 3. pic.twitter.com/ZHREmbp8D3

— Sen Anakara || VtuberEN || Ghastly Cat Boi (@AnakaraSen) July 22, 2022

To recreate the edible hairstyles, Twitter consumer boku shima enaga makes use of anything from eggplant to sausage to shrimp tempura.

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All images by way of @day by day_simaenaga.

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