ふなっしー

Since i was a child, i was crazy (really crazy) about sailor moon and i would secretly buy all the stickers, cards available from the slot machines. Till now i still kept them in my home and whenever i see it now, i would feel guilty how much i spent on it. From then on, i become more practical and realistic in buying this type of stuff, i began to question myself when i am struggling to make a decision to buy or not to buy. "Do i need or want this? What purpose does it serve? Do i have space to keep it? Is it worth the money?..." By the time i finished answering all this questions in my head, 90% of the time i would have put the item back on the shelf. 

Last year, i began to notice a cute but Super noisy mascot (pear) character called Funassyi (ふなっしー) appearing on many Japanese variety shows. It was an unofficial character that represented its city of Funabashi city, Chiba, it was started by an individual citizen but was rejected by the official  local authority when it wanted to be approved as the official character. The local government must have been kicking themselves for rejecting it since it had become No.1 in popularity ranking and had earned so much revenue. Its was so hyper, happy and will do crazy stuff (like doing bungee jump and swimming on variety show, the way it speaks its super cute as well, it always end with nashii (なっしー!).
i cannot resist buying its related goods and my eyes will start shining when i see its product and start scanning around for more. I am still cautious buyer (don't worry, mum +p). 

Here's the 2 videos, if you wish to understand it in english subs, please enlarge the video and click on the cc icon on bottom right hand corner.

Funassyi introduction and being thrown easily by announcer

Super funny video which Funassyi being prank on