The Rising Wasabi is a humor site in the vein of The Onion which pokes fun at Japanese society and the myriad ways gaijin try to navigate it; I find it most often hilarious. Their use of Kumamon in a recent fundraising ad caught my eye. I guess the idea is that, if you wire them money via Pay Pal, they’ll hand it off to Kumamon, who will run to the nearest conbini and bring back a few bottles of Asahi. That is not entirely unimaginable.
What’s more difficult to fathom is Johnny Depp shilling the same beer brand. Guess he needs the money, what with his recent divorce and cratered acting career. So here is the question: From whom would you prefer to receive an ice-cold bottle of Asahi, Kumamon or Johnny, and why? Please enter you answers in the comments section. - William