These Lovesick Penguin Has A Crush On A Cardboard Anime Lady

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  Meet Grape, an adorable Humboldt penguin that has lived at the Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Japan for about 10 years. When Grape first arrived, he was in a serious relationship with Midori, a female penguin, who broke his heart and replaced him with a younger v

  
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  But few months later, it seems like the sensitive penguin is ready to love again. The only problem is that his new love is an anime character from “Kemono Friends”, a Japanese media franchise created by manga artist Mine Yoshizaki.

  
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  Thanks to a collaboration between the show and the zoo, illustrated cutouts of Kemono's characters have recently been erected around the zoo

  
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  The lovesick grape stands by it for hours, waiting patiently for any love sign by his crush.

  
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  Grape’s story was published on twitter and touched the hearts of many who sent him few gifs and drawings

  
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