That said, on May 25 this year, a channel on YouTube called "Pigs that will be eaten in 100 days" began to update the video.
Just like the name of the channel, the shoveler was very direct, naming the mini pig born on February 27 this year "pork belly" (カルビ).
For most of the first time, the main content of the video was: "pork belly" eating, sleeping and playing daily.
"Pork belly" is pink and tender, looks quite cute, and lives a carefree and happy life every day.
Eat and drink every day, never worry,
There are meals, there are fruit snacks,
Drink milk, drink drinks,
There are also special people to help scrub the bath,
Help tickle,
Usually, I often go out for a walk and go to the beach,
Interact with the shoveler,
The shoveler is responsible for working to make money, and the "pork belly" is responsible for growing fat every day.
Eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, eating and drinking every day, "pork belly" should be unaware of the dangerous breath.
Seeing these scenes, some netizens began to speculate:
The shoveler should be joking, after 100 days, he will not really kill this pig that seems to be a pet and eat it, right?
Time passed, and as the "pork belly" grew up day by day, the video marked with the 100-day countdown gradually became realistic.
▼August 20 (Day 88)
The shoveler fed more food than usual, and the "pork belly" blossomed.
▼August 23 (Day 91)
Roast pork in front of the "pork belly", and the aroma of the roast meat tempts the "pork belly" to be impossible.
▼August 27 (Day 95)
"Pork belly" celebrates its half-birthday, and the shoveler personally arranges a celebration scene and makes a birthday cake for it.
The ingredients such as tofu, apples, bananas, cucumbers, and carrots in the cake are all foods that "pork belly" usually likes to eat.
▼August 28 (Day 96)
One last time whitewashed...
▼August 29 (Day 97)
The shoveler asked the audience: What kind of pork dishes do you like?
▼August 30 (Day 98)
Prepared a variety of delicious food, as a farewell to the "pork belly" ...
▼August 31 (Day 99)
The last night spent with "pork belly"...
On September 1, the "pig that will be eaten in 100 days" ushered in the finale.
As can be seen from the cover of the video, the pig is "gone" in a flash, and it seems that it is really gone.
In the video uploaded on the same day, the shoveler first put the pig into the bag,
Bring a car,
Then drive to a place that should be a slaughterhouse.
When it was time to return, the piglets, which had been processed, were packed and packed into a cardboard box.
When he returned home, the shoveler smeared seasoning on the whole body of the piglet and put it on the oven for processing.
After eating the roast suckling pig,
The shoveler came to the empty cage again and burned incense to bid farewell to the "pork belly".
However, some sharp-eyed netizens found that in the last two seconds of the video, there were subtitles flashing by - "this story is fictional".
Therefore, some people feel that the last thing to be eaten may not be the "pork belly" that has been raised for 100 days, but another piglet, leaving a suspense.
A, a 35-year-old shoveling officer, said in an interview with the media:
"The reason why we started this project of raising pigs and eating pigs is mainly to hope that through the video, more people can understand how to respect the life given to us food and eat it with gratitude."
For this finale, netizens commented on different views.
Some netizens said: "pork belly" has long become a family-like existence, right? Killing and eating your family and discussing the preciousness of life here is completely unnecessary!
"Although I do eat pork a lot, I still can't eat it for pigs that I raise and love like pets."
"Video bloggers are looking for higher views in order to earn higher revenue, which is the root of the problem."
"I also feel that it's not so much food education as it is a bad fun video that pursues clicks."
Although it is a fictional story in the end, since it is for food education, the most important part should be the slaughtering process.
Omitted the most important link, talk about what diet education. ”
Female anchor Yukari Oshima, fiercely criticized this project is not "food education" at all:
"Mini pigs were not primarily used for consumption, but as pets.
It was boring to me to pour out my emotions and raise a mini pig over 100 days and finally make it into a roast suckling pig.
I don't think these videos have a positive impact on kids. ”
On the other hand, some netizens said that sad tears flowed from the corners of their mouths:
"It feels sad, but it looks delicious."
"It's pathetic, but it must be delicious."
"I knew I shouldn't laugh, but I laughed..."
What do you think about this practice of raising pet pigs and killing pigs to eat meat?