{"id":1315,"date":"2009-10-01T21:46:34","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T02:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2010-07-06T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2010-07-07T03:05:10","slug":"the-quest-for-the-domo-kun-slurpee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"The Quest for the Domo-kun Slurpee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/59OhskCB4Ow&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/59OhskCB4Ow&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I recently read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2009-10-01\/1st-domo-stop-motion-webisode-from-7-eleven-posted\" target=\"_blank\">on ANN<\/a> that 7-11 had begun offering Slurpees and other products featuring NHK&#8217;s famous mascot, Domo-kun. Like any self-respecting otaku, I knew I had to see this for myself. After a protracted battle against my hikikomori nature, I managed to undertake the quarter-mile trek to my local 7-11 in search of the legendary Domo Slurpee. This is what I found.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(I apologize in advance for the crappiness of these photos. My camera kung-fu is not strong.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010037small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010017small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010024small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010014small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010031small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010030small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was all true! The Domo Slurpee really did exist! After I was finished weeping tears of joy, I quickly bought a Fuji Frost-flavored Slurpee and rushed back to the safety of my apartment. Fifteen minutes later, my stomach&#8217;s painful convulsions remained me why I gave up Slurpees a long time ago. It was worth it, however, to have Domo-kun&#8217;s frighteningly expressionless face gracing my humble domicile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i35.photobucket.com\/albums\/d199\/Darth_Xor\/PA010038small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently read on ANN that 7-11 had begun offering Slurpees and other products featuring NHK&#8217;s famous mascot, Domo-kun. Like any self-respecting otaku, I knew I had to see this for myself. After a protracted battle against my hikikomori nature, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/?p=1315\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[556,48,557,560,555,554,559,553,2193,561,558,188,95],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fandom","tag-7-11","tag-ann","tag-camera","tag-commercial","tag-domo","tag-domo-kun","tag-hikikomori","tag-photo","tag-ryoko","tag-seven-eleven","tag-slurpee","tag-video","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectharuhi.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}