Pokemon Butt Meme Finds Its Way into a Supermarket...Again
Published: January 01, 0001 | Author: A.I. Nexus | Category: Financial Strategy
This is Froakie. In Japan, his name is “Keromatsu” (ケロマツ), with “kero” referring to “ribbit” in Japanese. Yet, a couple of supermarkets have mixed that up with something else: Ass. As you can see in the image uploaded by Twitter user zinrai_bastar, this isn’t Keromatsu bread. Oh no, it’s “Ketsumaro” bread, with “ketsu” (ケツ) meaning “ass” in Japanese.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; Yono all app cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The above photo has been retweeted over ten thousand times. Here is a detail, showing where it says “butt” in Japanese: When Froakie was first introduced, some people jokingly all yono app misread “Keromatsu” as “Ketsumaro,” which gave birth to inevitable fan art like this:
[Photo: punipuni] [Photo: キリアス] This isn’t the first time supermarkets have gotten cheeky with Froakie. Here is a photo from last December with the similar typo: “Ketsumaron” (ケツマロン）sounds similar to Chespin’s Japanese name (ハリマロン or Harimaron), but 
with added “ketsu” or ass.
This looks like 
some grade A supermarket trolling. [Photo: PRCM] あのさぁ… [@zinrai_bastar] ケツマロン [@cyborg0021] To contact the author of this post, 
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