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The giant baby commands you to complete your census form

September 28th, 2005 by Roy Berman		 Mutantfrog

During our private correspondence, Saru posed the question “Dear God, must everything be an attempt at cuteness in Japan?”

I think that Census-kun would agree with me that the answer is a resounding “yes”.
census-kun

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    • One Response to 'The giant baby commands you to complete your census form'

    1. Mutant Frog Travelogue » Blog Archive » Beneath Japan’s Cuteness Says:
      September 29th, 2005 at 9:17 am

      [...] Yesterday Roy posted on Census-kun, the Giant Baby whose cuteness will compel all ethnic Japanese (and from the look of things, quite possibly Daniel Carl) to participate in counting Japan’s declining population, which is expected to peak at 127.74 million in 2006. [...]

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