Karintō
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In popular culture
- In Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice, police detective and forensic scientist Ema Skye constantly eats karintō on duty (the snack was localized as chocolate-flavored "snackoos").
- In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, karintō is stated to be one of Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu's favourite foods. The English release changes this to fried dough cookies, as karintō is not a well known food in the West.
- In Gosick, Kujo gives karintō to Victorique, who comments that they look like dog feces.
- In Jin (TV series), karintō is infused with vitamins to treat a reluctant patient.
- In Lycoris Recoil, karintō are a staple food at the dorm.
- In Mirmo!, karinto is Yashichi’s favorite food.
- In Magical Emi episode 34, karintō are featured as a snack a character spends the entire episode trying to conquer his fear of.
- In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba season 3 episode 1, Tanjiro is offered to snack on karintō by the village chief, Tecchin.[3]
History
Karintō's roots are unclear, with primary origination theories being either from around the Nara Period[4] or being derived from a Portuguese snack in a later periodScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. In either case it has been available from street merchants since at least the Tenpō era,[4] roughly from 1830 to 1841Script error: No such module "Unsubst"..