Jose Rizal Reference

Rizal is a pretty famous person. He's got a statue in Germany, several streets named after him, and pretty much every transcript record of Filipino students has his name mentioned on it at least once. Granted, we'd even call a sex position after him - getting Rizal'ed. ("Harap sa likod bago tirahin") Still, I didn't expect references of him on certain things.

Like anime. Not in another 10 years anyway, until the moonpeople run out of plots and start using harem-prone doctors who travel from country to country (i.e. Rizal).

That said, this anime has to be 10 years ahead of its time. Title: Bamboo Blade. An anime about Kendo - a sport which, by normal standards, is safe to classify as "not fucking related to Rizal at all".

Apparently, that's not enough to deter Japanese people from inserting something as random as Rizal's face (See photo below)


Episode 10 can be watched here. Skit starts at 20:20

Let's not be asking questions why, or how. I have no f'ing idea either.

Japan. Producing 90% of the world's most random shit. Since 1951.