# Why I use Kikkoman™ brand soy sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365 "2002-12-28T15:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/1 "2002-12-28T15:07:09Z")
[Kikko](http://omgwtf.superlime.com/kikkomaso.swf) Man! Holy Shit! I thought “Yatta” was strange! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/2 "2002-12-28T15:13:11Z")
anybody want to deconstruct that thing for me? Especially the hanging cat and the big muscular soy sauce guy/thing with the naked girl? ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/3 "2002-12-28T15:30:08Z")
It’s obvious, isn’t it? Okay, so it’s not obvious. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/4 "2002-12-28T15:45:27Z")
Here’s the [English version](http://yoga.tripod.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso_e.htm) Kikko-Man is a superhero from a Japanese message board who uses soy sauce as a weapon. There was an earlier thread about him. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/5 "2002-12-28T16:30:40Z")
How…odd. I’m not sure the English translation help muched. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/6 "2002-12-28T16:31:51Z")
“help muched”? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/7 "2002-12-28T17:10:13Z")
It’s contageous! ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/8 "2002-12-28T17:26:36Z")
The english version did not kill the cat! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/9 "2002-12-28T17:31:10Z")
Some of the things we discovered in the earlier thread of Kikko-Man and other thoughts: The other two characters appearing with him are sugar and vinegar. Although they appear to be his assistants, he is beating them up early on. The chorus, “Show me, show you, Kikkoman, Kikkoman,” is a pun. “Shoyu” is the Japanese word for “soy sauce.” The hanging cat is another gag from the Japanese message board (although it has been changed in the film to him sulking recently, it seems). Kikkoman appears to be screaming at the poor cat to choose soy sauce over other condiments. Another change made to the film is the caption “Smoking is bad for your health.” This is useless, in my opinion. My interpretation of the scene was that Kikko-Man took his own comment that soy sauce can improve your health so seriously, he can do anything, even smoke, without any harm. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/10 "2002-12-28T17:34:24Z")
How come the cat doesn’t hang himself in the english subtitle version? And who are the guys with the cube and the yellow bottle on their heads? Not the ketchup or worcestershire sauce guy that get beat up by kikkoman, but the ones who fight alongside of him? Tofu-man and yellow sauce man? And who’s the babe in the sack with kikkoman? I must know! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/11 "2002-12-28T17:36:29Z")
Thanks mobo-san. But I still want to know about the babe. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/12 "2002-12-28T18:19:10Z")
I have now been told that the babe represents Worcestershire sauce. I still wonder about it, though. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/13 "2002-12-28T18:24:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lee \* > \*\*The english version did not kill the cat! \*\* It used to. Is the cat annoyed by Kikko-Man? I think so. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/14 "2002-12-28T19:04:15Z")
If I were a cat, I would be seriously annoyed by having soy sauce, of any brand, poured upon me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/15 "2002-12-28T20:26:45Z")
That wasn’t the cat that got the Kikkoman shampoo; it was the young man plagued by Bacteria. [Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=144891&highlight=Kikkoman) the other thread. – Ukulele Ike, strictly a **San-J** man ---
**Author:** ![Global\_Citizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Global\_Citizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Global_Citizen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/16 "2002-12-28T20:53:41Z")
1 block of tofu. A few drips of Kikkoman Soy Sauce. Place on a plate, and eat with a fork. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/17 "2002-12-28T21:24:00Z")
This goes to show you how carefully **Ike** reads his own forum. [Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=145690) a much more lengthy and detailed discussion of Kikkoman in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/18 "2002-12-28T21:35:24Z")
Yeah, well, that thread was started on November 22, while I was officially in mourning during the 39th anniversary of the JFK assassination. What were YOU doing diverting yourself with computer message boards on November 22? Interesting side-thought on the “Kikko-Man in bed with Worcestershire Girl” sequence. You guys all know that soy goes _into_ Worcestershire sauce, right? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/19 "2002-12-28T22:09:19Z")
Yea, I got that from the quick shot of them in bed 😉 , although in this case it might be more accurate to say that soy comes into Worcestershire sauce, doncha think? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365/20 "2002-12-28T22:19:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\* You guys all know that soy goes _into_ Worcestershire sauce, right? \*\* Not in any _decent_ worcestershire sauce recipes I’ve ever seen. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-use-kikkoman-brand-soy-sauce/145365.md?page=2)