Japari Bun
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Japari Buns (Japanese: ジャパリまんじゅう Hepburn: Japari Manjū), often shortened as Japaman (Japanese: ジャパまん Hepburn: Japaman), are a food item found in Japari Park. They are a form of manjū, stamped with the Japari Park logo or another symbol and found in a wide variety of colors and flavors, which were once provided as a food option for park visitors and Friends alike. They would later become the primary form of sustenance for Friends, after the Cellien invasion left them isolated from humanity.
Overview
Japari Buns are Japari Park's take on manjū: a soft flour-based pastry, featuring a Japari Park logo on the top and a dotted line around the outer edge, surrounding a particular inner filling. They are intended to meet the nutritional requirements of Friends, regardless of their original species' typical dietary habits, but still come in a great variety of flavors to meet their individual palates; known varieties include carrot, chocolate, curry, and atypical flavors such as rose. Even with unique tastes in mind, it seems the vast majority of Japari Buns suit the tastes of most all Friends, as the pastries are frequently shared among different species with little fuss made over flavor or content. Japari Buns are also found in a wide variety of colors, typically being one or two hues of the same singular color; notably, these colors do not typically indicate the flavor of the bun's pastry or filling. Both aforementioned ideas are aptly demonstrated in European Hare's Character Quest in the original Kemono Friends mobile game, wherein Serval instantly became hesitant to eat a limited-supply bun she had initially been excited for upon learning that it is carrot flavored. While the buns are typically eaten as they are, various forms of preparation have been practiced; for example, Mirai suggests roasting the buns in Arctic Hare's Character Quest.
Despite their popularity with Friends, Japari Buns have not always been such a major facet of the dietary plans of Friends; there is no evidence that Japari Buns existed at all in early Japari Park, as their first appearance was in the chronologically-subsequent Nexon Game. By the time of the game, their popularity had grown to the point that they were a meal staple for Friends, though not a necessity; a dependency on Japari Buns would only come about by the time of the original anime, as with few other options left for food, Japari Buns became the most important food source in the Kyōshū Region, especially for Friends with particular dietary needs not easily met by what food is naturally available or able to be scavenged. At this point, Lucky Beasts would become instrumental in the survival of the region's Friends, as the lack of humans and the loss of knowledge on cooking and meal preparation made it difficult for most Friends to prepare anything quite as nutritionally-efficient as a Japari Bun.
The sector of the Kyōshū Region where the Japari Buns are made—an island in the middle of a large lake— is very closely protected, and it can be assumed the same is true for all Japari Bun manufacture sites. During the audio drama, the third generation of PPP infiltrated this area to find Buns for Kaban's upcoming journey, and were quickly swarmed by potentially hundreds of Lucky Beasts protecting the supply. These Lucky Beasts are also noted to be seen throwing the Buns onto a tree of some kind; though presumably related to storage, the exact nature of this tree is left ambiguous.
History
Video Games
In Kemono Friends (2015 Mobile Game)
In the original mobile game, the abbreviation Japaman (Japanese:ジャパまん) is often used rather than the full name of Japari Manjū. Their design is simpler than later renditions of the snack would be, being wholly mono-colored with a small, dark Japari Park logo stamped atop the bun.
Japaman are treated as a food of taste, valued more as a tasty snack than a necessity in day-to-day life; Cellval's theft of one of these pastries from Caracal's cache is an important trigger for the events of the main story. In game play, Japari Buns appear as one of the items that can restore the player's stamina.
In Kemono Friends Pavilion
In Kemono Friends Pavilion, Japari Buns are a major focus of many of the KemoTalks in the game, and are used to attract Friends to the player's Pavilion. There are two types: a standard Japari Bun and a special Japari Bun, the latter of which becomes available when a player watches an advertisement.
In Kemono Friends FESTIVAL
Japari Buns sometimes appear on the battlefield as an energy/HP recovery item for Friends.
In Kemono Friends Picross
A 10x10 Picross puzzle depicting a blue Japari Bun can be played in Kemono Friends Picross.
In Kemono Friends 3
A variety of Japari Buns appear in Kemono Friends 3, serving in game play as consumable items that award EXP to Friends that consume them. A total of nine colors of Japari Bun are available: six to grant bonus EXP to Friends of each of the six attributes, with a corresponding color and logo stamped atop each type of Bun, and three additional colors— brown, gold, and rainbow— providing an EXP bonus for Friends of any attribute, with a Japari Park logo stamped on top.
Small all-attribute Japari Bun.
Medium all-attribute Japari Bun.
Large all-attribute Japari Bun.
Active-attribute Japari Bun.
Carefree-attribute Japari Bun.
Friendly-attribute Japari Bun.
Funny-attribute Japari Bun.
Lovely-attribute Japari Bun.
Relaxed-attribute Japari Bun.
There are also Photos of Japari Buns that can be used to upgrade the levels of other Photos, being found in 2-star rarity (featuring the brown all-attribute Japari Bun) and 3-star rarity (featuring the gold all-attribute Japari Bun).
In Kemono Friends Kingdom
Following naturally with the manjū in Japari Park being called Japari Buns, the manjū seen in Kingdom are referred to as Kingdom Buns. It is not known if the composition of Kingdom Buns greatly differs from Japari Buns, if it all. Similarly to Japari Buns in the continuity of the 2017 anime, Kingdom Buns are a staple food source for Friends and are produced and delivered by Lucky Beasts. While knowledge of culinary arts is better-preserved in Kingdom than in other post-human Kemono Friends media, allowing for Friends to cook meals in times of Kingdom Bun scarcity—as demonstrated by the hosting of a potluck in the Rabbit Hero & Exquisite Feast event story— using food resources in this way is generally a last resort; additionally, as seen in Plains Zebra's Comments Board story, hunger can still result among Friends who are not adept at meal preparation.
In game play, like in Kemono Friends 3, Kingdom Buns are used to boost the EXP of Friends; unlike in Kemono Friends 3, there are not unique Bun types for the unique Friend attributes present in Kingdom. A Kingdom Bun also appears in Humboldt Penguin's sprite's Miracle attack animation.
Animanga and Stage Series
In Kemono Friends (2017 Anime)
The 2017 anime marked the debut of the modern Japari Bun design. When hiding them in the sand or transporting them, they are depicted as protected by a white wrapper.
The audio drama provides a brief description of the process of manufacturing Japari Bun, as mentioned above.
In Chokotto Anime Kemono Friends 3
Japari Buns appear in some of the Chokotto Anime shorts serving as tie-ins with the Kemono Friends 3 mobile game.
In the Stage Series Plays
In the first stage play, Japari Buns appear as a commonplace meal, though in the second stage play their production would be impacted by the onset of cold weather in Japari Park, and in the third stage play, Japari Buns are found to be smaller and more moist due to the further production impact caused by the destruction of essential solar panels.
Various renditions of a song called "Japari Bun Rap" appear across the stage plays, with a normal version performed in the first stage play, a hyper version in the second stage play, and a medley version in the third stage play.
Real-World Merchandise and Promotions
Japari Buns have been used in promotions by the Kemono Friends Project, with Japari Bun-themed food being a staple of Kemono Friends promotions at eateries and Japari Bun-themed manjū being sold at Family Mart locations for a limited time period. In addition, the pastries are common accessories for Kemono Friends merchandise; examples include the Nendoroid Serval figure, which came with a Japari Bun part for those who pre-ordered from the Good Smile Online Shop, and the Nendoroid Japanese Crested Ibis figure, which comes standard with two Japari Bun parts: one for herself and one for the Nendoroid Kaban figure, with the intention of creating a scene of the pair eating together.
Trivia
- Celliens may be able to consume Japari Buns, as indicated when Cellval is discovered to have raided Caracal's hidden Japari Bun cache in the main story of the Nexon game. However, it is not strictly known whether they derive any nutrition from the confections, whether Cellval was actually interested in eating the bun or simply imitating what Serval would do, or if Cellval is an exceptional case of a Cellien being able to eat Japari Buns.
Gallery
Photo "Japari Bun Photo 2☆" from Kemono Friends 3.
Photo "Japari Bun Photo 3☆" from Kemono Friends 3.
Photo "Japari Bun Steamer" from Kemono Friends 3.
The completed Japari Bun puzzle from Kemono Friends Picross.
A Japari Bun, stored in its wrapper and sealed with tape, as seen in the original Kemono Friends anime.
The Japari Bun part that was given to those who pre-ordered the Serval Nendoroid from the Good Smile Online Shop.
| World of Kemono Friends | |||||
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| Major Characters | |||||
| Humans | Calenda • Hikari • Jinri • JSRT Captain • Kaban • Kako • Kyururu • Mirai • Nana • Park Founder • Towa • Haruka | ||||
| Friends | Serval • Cellval • Caracal • Kaban • Raccoon • Fennec Fox • PPP • Ezo Red Fox • Four Gods • Dhole • Meerkat • Short-Beaked Common Dolphin | ||||
| Other | Cellien Queen • Celliens • Lucky • Lucky Beasts • Lucky Beast Type-III • Star Beasts • Groups | ||||
| Locations | |||||
| Japari Park • Kingdom • Kyōshū Region • Riukiu Region • Park Central • Pavilion • Juuoh Park | |||||
| Objects | |||||
| Japari Bun • Japari Bus • Japari Line • Kemono Amulet • Lucky Beast • Patrol Plane | |||||
| Terminology | |||||
| Cellien • Friend • Beast • Sandstar • Cellium • Sparkle • Kemonoplasm • Kemo Harmony | |||||
| Useful Pages | |||||
| Introduction to Kemono Friends • List of Friends • Glossary | |||||