The moving story of the penguin with a broken heart, who fell in love with a cardboard anime
The case of a penguin who, as everything shows, has fallen madly in love with an anime heroine made of cardboard, has caused a sensation but also great emotion in the users of social media in Japan and not only.
The “love” penguin is called Grape, belongs to the species Humboldt and lives in the Tobu Zoo in the city of Miyashiro. Recently, a paper image of Hululu, a character from the Kemono Friends series designed to look like the Humboldt Penguin, was placed inside the Penguins’ space. The move was made in the context of the zoo’s collaboration with the Kemono Friends series.
Very soon the people in charge noticed that Grape was standing in front of Hululu for hours to look at her and realized that the little penguin had probably started to fall in love with her. And if this sounds romantic, unfortunately the rest of Grape’s story is not at all, since in the past he has experienced a great love disappointment that broke his heart.
Ten years ago, when Grape first came to the zoo, he mated with Midori. But one day Midori abandoned him for a younger penguin. Ever since he left, Grape has become increasingly estranged from the rest of the team and wanders around relatively sadly.
Although it is difficult to say for sure what exactly Grape’s feelings are about the Hululu paper, the staff say with confidence that his habits and behavior in similar mating and nesting cases indicate that if nothing else he is great. her admirer.
“ Grape started going to that spot right after the paper figure was placed. “The only thing for sure is that he goes there because something attracts him,” say the officials.
Last weekend, the actress who lends her voice to the heroine Hululu, visited Grape and they took a photo together.
The original love story, especially because it is one-sided and unfulfilled in nature, has moved and inspired, of course, many people, and many sketches depicting the paradoxical couple in fantastic conditions, who could be together and happy.
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