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4 unusual facts about Bōshi


Bōshi

Yūko Tanaka as "Setsu Takemoto", an older lady living in Tokyo with her family, Shunpei's childhood friend, Goro's real mother.

Setsu had been physically weak since childhood, due to radiation exposure from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

Issun-bōshi

In the Final Fantasy series of video games, the "Mini" status ailment can be cured using a "Mallet".

This story can be found in old Japanese illustrated book, Otogizōshi, and has been various forms around the world and is similar to the tradition of Tom Thumb in English folklore.


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Basiswar Sen

In 1924 Sister Christine or Christine Greenstidel a direct American disciple of Swami Vivekananda had come down to India and took up her accommodation with Boshi.

Miyako Endō

Princess Peach, Toad, Morton Koopa Jr., and Wendy O. Koopa in Super Mario's Snow White, Super Mario's Momotarō, and Super Mario's Issun-bōshi, all three by the Amada Printing and Processing Company


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