These zunda mochi Slimes are part of a tie-up between Kasho Senzan and GPS-based mobile game Dragon Quest Walk, and the sweets are available as a possible prize for completion of in-game quests in the Sendai area or for purchase through Kasho Senzan’s online shop (which is how we got ours).
This isn’t short for “Slime,” though, but a reference to S designating a high level of rarity or power in Japanese video games. You might also notice a colorful “S” in the upper left corner. A total of four illustrations are featured on the wrappers, representing different slime variants. Opening up the box reveals the individual Slimes/mochi cakes. …is a Slime version of Date Masamune, the local samurai lord known as the One-Eyed Dragon whose battlefield attire included an eyepatch and distinct crescent-ornamented helmet. Why eight? Because in Dragon Quest, when eight Slimes get together they can combine to form a King Slime, which is the species depicted on the front of the box. In Japan, though, where the Dragon Quest video game franchise is a pop culture institution, a resemblance between your desserts and capital-S Slimes, the series’ mascot monsters, can out smiles on faces and growling in stomachs.Īnd so it is that Kasho Sanzen, a Japanese sweets maker in the city of Sendai that’s been around since 1947, is selling boxes of sweet Slime dumplings.Ĭalled the Slime Behoma Zunda Mochi, the set consists of eight of the traditional sweets called zunda mochi, the representative dessert of Sendai and the surrounding Miyagi Prefecture.
In most countries, “Hey, this food looks like slime!” wouldn’t exactly be a selling point for a confectioner. Sweet edamame Slimes draw near to our stomachs as Dragon Quest teams up with maker of northeastern Japan’s most famous traditional dessert,
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