# Heartwarming story of the day. Penguin Grape-kun and his waifu **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-story-of-the-day-penguin-grape-kun-and-his-waifu/982837 "2023-04-18T07:18:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Didi44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-story-of-the-day-penguin-grape-kun-and-his-waifu/982837/1 "2023-04-18T07:18:52Z")
I heard this Youtube story today. The heartwarming story of Grape-kun and his waifu (anime wife). I don’t know if direct Youtube links still now allowed, but search or Whang! and _Grape-kun: The Penguin With the Anime Waifu - Tales From the Internet_ Here’s an article about Grape-kun: [The Sweet And Tragic Tale Of Grape-Kun The Penguin](https://www.ranker.com/list/grape-kun-the-penguin/laura-allan) I’m sure Whang embellished some of the the story, but from what I’ve been able to gather is true is that Grape-kun, a Humbolt penguin in a Tobu zoo in Japan was heartbroken when he was hospitalized and his mate, Midori, despite penguins usually mate for life, took another mate during his absence. Grape-kun was heartbroken (yes, animals definitely do become heartbroken!) until as a promotion, the zoo put up cutouts of characters from the anime _Kemono Friends._ The series characters are former animals turned turned human and in the Grape-kun’s habitat they they put up Hululu/Fururu, a former Humbold penguin. The zookeepers notice that Grape-kun because fascinated and infatuated with Hululu [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grape-kun](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grape-kun), spending hours staring at her and supposedly as stated by Whang, exhibiting a mating posture to her. When the promotion was over, they decided to leave Hululu with Grape-kun. In 2017, they planned a special exhibit of Grape-kun and Hululu, bu Grape-Kun began to lose weight and at 21, a grand old age for a penguin he was put to rest, with Hululu by his side. After this, one the illustrators of the manga and anime created an image of Grape-kun and Hululu which now stands as a cutout in at the zoo. > **["Kemono Friends" Illustrator Pays Tribute to Otaku Penguin](https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/10/14/kemono-friends-illustrator-pays-tribute-to-otaku-penguin)** > >   > As fans continue to mourn the passing of Grape-kun, a 21 year old Humboldt penguin at Tobu Zoo who captured the Internet's heart when he fell in love with a standee of Hululu from Kemon > This story is especially touching for me because one of my favorite Kpop idols is Kim So Hye, who believes humans evolved from penguins. Her fans are called Pengies and the company her parents created for her is called S&P (Shark & Penguin) because in her intro for the Korean reality show Produce 101\*, she dressed in shark pajamas. \*Produce 101 featured 101 female trainees striving to form the eleven member group, I.O.I. (Ideal Of Idols). Despite not being able to dance or sing at the beginning of the show, So Hye captured the audiences heart and ranked #5. Leading to every reality elimination show seeking the next So Hye! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-story-of-the-day-penguin-grape-kun-and-his-waifu/982837/2 "2023-04-18T13:05:46Z")
> [@Didi44](#): > > The zookeepers notice that Grape-kun because fascinated and infatuated with Hululu [Grape-kun | Know Your Meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/grape-kun), spending hours staring at her and supposedly as stated by Whang, exhibiting a mating posture to her. Again, something meant to be heartwarming just makes me want to lay down and cry. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartwarming-story-of-the-day-penguin-grape-kun-and-his-waifu/982837/3 "2023-04-18T16:25:08Z")
> [@Didi44](#): > > This story is especially touching for me because one of my favorite Kpop idols is Kim So Hye, who believes humans evolved from penguins. That’s ridiculous. Humans actually evolved from great auks. > **[Penguin Island (novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Island_(novel))** > > Penguin Island (1908; French: L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical fictional history by French author Anatole France. > Penguin Island is written in the style of a sprawling 18th- and 19th-century history book, concerned with grand metanarratives, mythologizing heroes, hagiography and romantic nationalism. It is about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed off the northern coast of Europe. The history begins when a wayward Christian missionary monk lands on the island and perce...