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Japan: "The Shocking True Form of Endometriosis!"

Xeni Jardin at 3:41 pm Thu, Feb 21, 2013

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Matt Alt in Japan says, "You just can't make this kind of thing up. Snapshot from the NHK health/medical show "Tameshite Gatten" last night. I think this answers the question of "is anything NOT kawaii?" once and for all." Official link. Also spotted on Sean Bonner's feed.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  • Shibi_SF

    I love the:  OK!

    • twianto

      :)

      That doesn’t mean everything’s alright. The word before the OK! (準備) means “preparation,” more or less. So when those cute little uterus cells say “準備OK!” they mean “Ready!”

      That’s Japanese English for you :)

      • Shibi_SF

        Omoshiroi!  *bows deeply*

  • capnmarrrrk

    Dammmmmn. If my wife knew Endo was so cute, maybe she wouldn’t have had that Hysterectomy last week.

    On a side note: it was done by a ROBOT! how BoingBoing is that?

    http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=KNHgeykDXFw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKNHgeykDXFw

  • orangedesperado

    Hmmm, without seeing the apparently amazing animation in its entirety I would say that illustration # 1 is either a fetus or a fibroid and # 2 is endometrial hyperplasia.

  • smut clyde

    #2 is scientific proof that a woman who uses birth control ends up with a uterus full of unborn, implanted embryos.

  • Bradley Robinson

    That’s the ugliest damn bong I’ve ever seen.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_2X6OHAN7GLVLAIP4QLECKD3NY4 morgane

    my uterus looks just like that!

  • ohnonichole

    The lovely j-pop idol Matsuura Aya revealed in 2011 that she was diagnosed with endometriosis and as a result, it’s brought quite a lot attention to the ailment in Japan: http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/08/matsuura-aya-reveals-she-has-endometriosis/

    Unlike many j-pop idols, Matsuura can really sing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-0IGrycvQ
    However, her quirky Ne~e will always be my favorite Matsuura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyVEcB1-j9Q