Japari Bun

Japari Buns (Japanese: ジャパリまんじゅう Hepburn: Japari Manjū) are a food item found in Japari Park. Japari Buns are a form of Manjū that were at one point provided as a food option for both park visitors and Friends alike, and later became the primary form of sustenance for Friends after the Cellien invasion left Friends isolated from humanity.

Overview
Japari Buns are a small pastry adorned with the Japari Park logo and a ring of dotted lines bordering the logo. The pastries are often colorful, with the primary color of the pastry on the top half and a lighter shade of said color making up the bottom half. Japari Buns are made with nutrition in mind, and are able to fulfill all the nutritional needs of Friends regardless of dietary habits. They also come in a variety of flavors, including ramune, carrot, chocolate, curry, and even odd flavors, such as roses. It is also shown that roasting Japari Buns is practiced, as it was suggested by Mirai in Arctic Hare's Character Quest. Despite this, it seems as if Friends will prefer Japari Buns that are flavored to their diet as an animal. This is demonstrated in European Hare's Character Quest in the Nexon Game, where instantly became hesitant to eat a limited-supply bun upon learning that it is carrot flavored, despite her initial excitement. However, it seems as if the vast majority of Japari Buns are suited to the tastes of all Friends, as they are frequently shared between Friends with little difficulty or fuss over flavor or content. In addition, the Buns can be eaten by Celliens, as displayed when was discovered to have stolen 's Bun in the main story of the Nexon Game.

In Kemono Friends Pavilion, the Buns are a major focus of many of the KemoTalks in the game, and are used during gameplay to attract Friends to the player's Pavilion. The Buns have even been known to prompt Friends to burst into song. However, despite their popularity with Friends, Japari Buns have not always been such a major facet of the dietary plans of Friends. The first-generation incarnation of was fond of meat buns rather than the pastries that her successors would be fond of, and there is no evidence that Japari Buns existed at all in early Japari Park, as their first appearance was in the Nexon Game. However, it is known that by the time of the game, their popularity had grown to the point that they were a meal staple for Friends, and by the time of the anime, with no other options left for food, the Buns became the most important food source in the Kyōshū Region.

At this point, the Lucky Beasts became instrumental in the survival of Friends in the region, as the lack of humans and the loss of the ability to cook or prepare foods made it impossible to prepare anything that served the needs of the Friends quite as well as a Japari Bun did. The part of the island where the Japari Buns are made is very closely protected, and it can be assumed the same is true for all Japari Bun manufacture sites. In the Kyōshū Region, the Buns are made in a lake area, with an island in the middle. During the audio drama, the third generation of PPP infiltrated the area to find Buns for Kaban's upcoming journey, and were quickly swarmed by potentially hundreds of Lucky Beasts protecting the supply. Curiously, it is noted that the Lucky Beasts were throwing the Buns onto a tree of some kind, presumably for storage, though the nature of this tree is left ambiguous.

In Kemono Friends (2015 Mobile Game)
In the story, it is treated as a food of taste. Cellval's taking of the Japari Bun from is an important trigger for the story. In the game system, it appears as one of the items that restore the player's stamina. The design is simpler than the design used from the 2017 anime. In this work, the abbreviation Japa-man (Japanese:ジャパまん) is often used rather than the name Japari Manju.

In Kemono Friends (2017 Anime)
Japari Bun, a major design used in many works, made its first appearance. As mentioned above, Japari Bun appears as a common meal in this anime. As a special case, it has been suggested that is offered a large amount of Japari Bun in return for the knowledge of building methods provided by.

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 Stage Series
In the stage play series, Japari Bun appears as a common meal, but in the second series, it is affected by the cold weather in Japari Park, and in the third series, it becomes smaller and wetter due to the destruction of solar panels.

A song called "Japari Bun Rap" also exists, with a normal version performed in the first stage, a hyper version in the second stage, and a medley version in the third stage's reenactment.

In Kemono Friends Pavilion
As mentioned above, it is used as bait to lure Friends to the area where the player observes them. There are two versions: a standard Japari Bun and a special Japari Bun. The special version becomes available when players watch the video advertisement.

In Kemono Friends FESTIVAL
As an emergency Friends' energy recovery item, it is sometimes placed in the respective battlefield.

In Kemono Friends 3
Appears as items for Friends to gain EXP. A total of nine colors of Japari Bun is available: six colors to match the Friends' attributes and three colors for all attributes.

In Real Life
Japari Buns have also been used promotionally by the Kemono Friends Project, with Bun-themed food being a staple of Kemono Friends promotions at eateries, and real-life Japari Bun themed manjū being sold at Family Mart locations for a limited time period. In addition, the buns are common accessories for Kemono Friends merchandise, such as the Nendoroid Serval figures coming with a Japari Bun part for those who pre-ordered from the Good Smile Online Shop, and another Bun part being included with all Nendoroid Japanese Crested Ibis figures.