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In the world of Uma Musume, all of the horses are anime girls with horse ears instead. Thus, the kanji for horse only has two legs.

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[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the last one uses the character for "bamboo" (竹) to indicate the stilts

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

马 not getting changed too is a bummer lol

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

I wonder if anyone's made a compilation of all the kanji-based visual puns in anime and manga. I don't mean things like alternate character readings or even yuurei moji, I mean things like this, or entirely made-up kanji. I know that there are kanji design contests like this one here.