The new mascot of the Japan World Expo has overturned again! A higher level of concentration in the underworld?

Tragic retribution! The Osaka Expo mascot has an accident again...

Everyone should have some understanding of the World Expo logo and the mascot "Maimai", which has been in turmoil since it was officially announced a few years ago, and has been complained about because the image is too underworld.

Who would have thought that after the release of the mascot "RENE" of the Czech Pavilion of the World Expo in the past two days, everyone found that they even used a similar painting style to make a netherworld CP with "Maimai"...?

This World Expo, shouldn't you Japanese make it a big gathering of mascots in the underworld...

(Caption: Japan Expo 2025 mascot on the left, 1970 Japan Expo mascot on the right)

According to the official statement, the design of the mascot RENE of the Czech Pavilion is inspired by the famous Czech product "Bohemian Glass". As one of the most popular Czech exports and souvenirs for tourists, Bohemian glass deserves its name.

(Schematic diagram)

But the question is... The final mascot doesn't have anything to do with Bohemian glass at all...

(What did you listen to, and you have to be unable to get along with your eyes in terms of design)

IN THE RELEASE ART, YOU CAN SEE A GLASS VERSION OF "RENE", WHICH MENTIONS THAT RENE WAS BORN IN A BOHEMIAN CITY WHERE GLASS IS PRODUCED, AND IS A SMALL CREATURE THAT IS FRIENDLY TO EVERYONE.

I wonder if this little creature would really be friendly if it existed in reality:

Netizens can't suppress the desire to complain and start to create passionately, imagine these two mascots running towards you in reality-

The oppressive power of the villain's image was full on the spot

As soon as the pixel art creation comes out, the weird smell of the ancient cult game is about to overflow the screen:

The 3D realistic wind modeling is to kill the game on the spot, and the horror level is completely next level...

The onlookers looked confused and complained mercilessly:

"Ahh The disgusting mascot character has been added again"

"Isn't that what bacteria look like under a microscope..."

"It feels like a human being has suddenly mutated for unknown reasons."

(Just say that nuclear radiation has mutated)

"Damn, SAN has dropped!!"

"That's exactly what it looks like in the Parasite anime."

"Why don't you do a few more similar ones and do a night walk of a hundred ghosts."

In addition to complaining, there are also enthusiastic netizens who try to save the mess and add some daily interaction to the pair of mascot friends, which makes them more cute and cute:

It can only be said that it has some effect, but not much... It's quite scary when you think about it...

Two years ago, the announcement of the World Expo mascot "Maimai" caused a lot of controversy, and RENE's follow-up appearance this time made many people directly have PTSD: This World Expo has made so many Cthulhu-style weird creatures one after another, and there will be no mysterious evil organization behind it, right?

After all, the "pulse" itself is already a bit overclass. When the mascot image was first announced two years ago, even the Japanese could not figure out what the final design of the 1,898 drafts was.

At the time, it was said that the blue body design of "Maimai" was inspired by the ever-changing blue color of water, responding to the "water capital". The head is equipped with the Osaka Expo's red logo "The Radiance of Life", and it becomes what you see now.

(EXPO LOGO: The Glory of Life)

But netizens obviously didn't buy it, and all kinds of weird creations crowded the Internet for a while:

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Although there are also cute second creations, they can't make up for the psychological shadow of Japanese netizens at all.

After the painting style of the logo and mascot is determined, even the relevant promotional materials also have the beauty of the restraint elements.

What's even more shocking is that when this thing goes to the real world, everyone finds that the degree of spiritual pollution is even greater than imagined.

After getting the official status, "Maimai" has been transformed into a huge sculpture:

Dolls of various sizes:

(I'm going to commit a secret when I pile it up)

and all kinds of peripherals:

If you watch TV, you can see it showing its face.

Attend various events and shake your little hands to brush your sense of existence.

Maimai has also been sent all over Japan to interact with each city's mascot:

After watching too much, I always feel that you are not dimensional creatures at all...

Under the active publicity, Maimai has become familiar among the masses, at least not as miserably as it was when it was first released.

Who would have thought that not long after settling down, there is now a mascot of the Czech Pavilion RENE, which makes people start to worry that the mascots of various countries will be this style of painting in the future...

But when I think that all this is happening in Japan, I feel that everything makes sense.

As a country that loves mascots, the Japanese have to design a mascot for various activities, cities, and scenic spots, and it has been rolled up to the extent that ordinary mascots cannot attract everyone's attention.

For example, Kyoto has made a mascot for its own Togetsu Bridge, indicating that the image is a mourning ghost carrying the bridge on its back, and it looks like a terrorist no matter how it is actually made...

Hokkaido's Hokuto City went even further, where they anthropomorphized sushi into a white mystical creature:

But the finished product is more like a giant cockroach, and the "rice grains" on its chest aggravate the nausea, and at a glance it looks like a dense collection of insect eggs.

Similar to the style of painting, there is also the mascot of Ibaraki, which looks like a mop from a distance, and has a kind of beauty with maggots glued to the whole body up close.

The mascot design is inspired by the local specialty, the larvae. What do you say... The inspiration is good, don't design next time...

Other bizarre designs include the Tokyo Poop Museum, a public welfare poop mascot that promotes peace of mind and smooth squatting, and a baron mascot for Hokkaido treasure hunts...

I can only say that after reading this, I suddenly felt that the mascot of the World Expo seemed to be acceptable (and there was none...).

Seeing that the World Expo is coming next year, I don't know what other "surprises" the Japanese have prepared for us. There is a lot of work, so let's get down to business first...

(Japanese media: The Osaka Expo has been criticized, with construction delays, increased costs, and heavy tasks in just one year)