To buy Kuromi-themed items for DS (age 11)

[DietQueen2023]

DS has just turned 11. Loves anime and cats and Japan.

He’s recently discovered the show My Melody and Kuromi and has asked for some Kuromi-themed items for his room/stationery bits/etc and also to dress up as Kuromi for Halloween.

I’m happy for him to have all this but worried he will get teased?

I’m very much of the ethos let kids be kids so not sure if my perspective is skewed and I should be encouraging him to come out of his cute era now (sob!).

I am not an expert on this and have never heard of of Kuromi (but have just had a google). However Anime and Manga is generally considered very cool so it’s not like an 11 year old boy having an obsession with Tinkerbell or Bambi which may lead to teasing.

When my now 25 year old,and still anime/ manga obsessed son, was 11 he wanted to go to Comicon (which I had no knowledge of). He wanted to get dressed as the boy from Adventure Time which included a furry hat with ears. I was very concerned he was going to get laughed at or bullied and prayed we wouldn’t see anyone we knew on the way there.

My fears were then somewhat alleviated when I saw a 30 year old man on the tram wearing the exact same outfit! During the day we saw lots of adults wearing that outfit as well as other anime/manga characters and it was me who looked out of place in my conventional clothing!

I would let him have what he wants and see how it goes.

Kuromi is a rabbit that wears a black jester hat
Kuromi is the leader of a biker gang called "Kuromi's 5".
The members are also Sanrio characters,
The members are:
Nyanmi: A purple cat.
Wanmi: A pale orange dog.
Konmi: A white fox.
Chumi: A grey and white rat.
If that's what he is interested in that's fine

Kuromi is very popular at the moment and Kuromi items are all over the shops at the moment including primark, Asda and Argos are even selling duvet covers.

Perfect thanks everyone

If he like Kuromi, he may also like Gudetama. There was a series on Netflix, although whether it's still available I'm not sure.

His name translates to Lazy Egg and we think he's great!! He is a Sanrio character as is Kuromi.

I’ll look him up!