Summary
Have you ever wished you could be an anime character? How about a member of the Straw Hat Pirates? What aboutMonkey D. Luffy, the pirate captainfromOne Piece? If you answered yes to any of these questions, well, you’re able to get one tiny step closer with this new product released from Japan. It is the kitchen essential you never knew you needed for your otaku life - a meat fork!
This newly released item is a white fork that is shaped like a comical white bone. It can be inserted into the end of a piece of meat, which gives the real meat the appearance of having an over-sized bone sticking out of it. ForOne Piecefans, the meat becomes instantly recognizable as the style of meat that Luffy himself is so famous for eating! The pirate captain loves to eat a huge chunk of meat right off a giant bone, and now you may come as close as possible to that in your home.
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The product is actually a high-quality kitchen item made by the brand “made in TSUBAME,” which comes from Tsubame City in Niigata, Japan. It’s name 燕三条マンガ肉の骨, which roughly translates to the “Tsubame-Sanjo Manga Meat Bone,” and while itmay look like a joke item, it is far from it. It even comes with a certification by the Niigata Prefecture Tsubame Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s “Made in Tsubame” Examination Committee.
The idea behind the Manga Meat Bone was to make a bridge between the anime world and the real world. The creators behind the product said that they modeled it after the bones of a red fox or coyote, which look the most like the bones depicted in animation. They were careful to tread the line between it looking too comical and silly, and looking too realistic, which would be creepy. The middle line between the two is where the Manga Meat Bone comes from, letting peoplefeel like a manga characterwhen they cook and eat meat.
Plus, the Manga Meat Bone comes in a pack of two which connect to one another when needed, and can be used to stab not just one end ofthe chunk of meatbut both ends! It also comes with a protective case that still looks like a bone, but can keep the fork safe between uses. It is made from aluminum and silicon, and is even safe to be used while cooking the meat. And at a cost of just 2,500 yen ($17 USD), it is pretty affordable, too.
This is actually the second Manga Meat Bone product that made in TSUBAME released, but the previous one required 1kg of meat to make it work. That was not received well by many people, who claimed it was too big for individual use. Thus, this new product was born, which can let an ordinary person become something extraordinary - a manga character like Luffy, enjoying a huge piece of meat on the bone!
