Gikogurumi

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Gikogurumi are Gikos that wear costumes of fruit and other objects. There are many different types of them.

Gikogurumi often say some sort of pun/insult based on their costume. For example, the ones above are captioned "'もうね、アボカド''バナナかと'"/"'It's already an avocado''I think it's a banana'". This particular phrasing is funny because it looks like the charcters for "もうね、アホかと。バカかと。"/"Now, I guess I'm an idiot. Are you an idiot?"

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Banana Cat

A low quality image of a sad cat wearing a banana as a costume A low quality image of a sad cat wearing an apple as a costume

The more modern memes Banana Cat and Apple Cat are oddly similar to Gikogurumi. Is this just a weird coincidince? Or is there something embedded in the internet's collective unconscious that makes us instinctively want to see cats wearing fruit costumes? We may never know.

Gikogurumi Icons

This webpage is full of cute little pixel icons of Gikogurumis that you can use for your website.

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