Habanero-tan
 

Not sure, if this is belongs here but I think it'll probably more suited here than Media Centre.

Anyway, has anyone been reading the Habanero comic strips? Man they're hilarious! Apparently Habanero is a Japanese snack in Japan, and these comic strips are about Habanero-tan (a fan made mascot, like the OS-tans) and her experiences/promotion with/of the snack. It's one hilarious series, check out the links below.

Here's are a few to sample

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4199/st01e0bw.jpghttp://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3289/st02e5jb.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5441/st07e4do.jpg

Source: http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/...gallery02.html

Translated Strips:
http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/.../world01e.html
http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/.../world02e.html
http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/.../world03e.html
http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/.../world04e.html
http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/.../world05e.html
http://shigatake.web.infoseek.co.jp/.../world06e.html

No, I have absolutely no idea what this "Habanero-tan" phenomenom is.

._.

Habanero-tan isn't a stand alone phenomenon though, I mean there are infinite numbers of cutesy mascot out there for just about anything floating around 2ch (specifically the 自作絵, original images made by 2chan-ers) from time to times. And some of them seem to catch on. I am looking for pancake-tan right now, but those are hard to find. >.>

Haha,not so Subtle nod to the OS-tans. :D

I know this is an old thread but.. I've been looking for this for ages! I was able to read two strips (one was that nee-san strip) before but I have no idea what it is. Thanks for sharing.