During last month’s visit to Tokushima City (the capital of Japan’s Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku) I spent quite a bit of time in Tokushima Castle Park.
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Understanding “Chibi” With Hiro & Father Mateo
As used in anime and manga culture, “chibi” (ちび / チビ) refers to overly-cute or child-like drawings of characters from anime, manga, or other areas of popular culture. Chibi are often characterized by oversized heads, childlike features, and larger-than-normal eyes (though the latter is often true of anime styles generally, and is not unique to chibi). Hiro’s partner in crime-solving, Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo Ávila de Santos, is slightly older than Hiro, but looks similarly young in chibi form:
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