Here in Seoul, we’re noticing a sharp decline in demand for characters making use of the clean, uniform line driven “dot x dot face kawaii form factor”. (Two dots, x mouth centered between.) A recent pow wow with the market makers of the space here solidified our findings. Korea is going through kawaii fatigue as much as it is “blind box toy” fatigue. W…
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