They Made a Duvet Stuffed With Men's Body Hair. It Worked.

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A 28-year-old man from Shiga Prefecture sent a request to Detective! Knight Scoop *(a long-running Osaka variety show where detectives investigate viewer requests, from heartwarming family reunions to completely unhinged experiments)* with a simple question: could a blanket stuffed with men's body hair replace a down duvet? He wanted to find out. The show obliged.

Detective Maeda Ken, who has developed something of a specialty in being assigned the show's most chaotic briefs, took the case. Staff collected hair from four hairy volunteers — legs, armpits, and yes, pubic hair — then headed to Kinki University *(a large private university in Osaka; its English name has caused the internet considerable amusement)* to recruit more donors. Ninety-five students stepped up. The collected hair was brought to a traditional futon artisan, who reportedly handled the delivery with the quiet dignity of someone receiving a cursed object. The resulting duvet was then slept in. By a human person.

The comments section, as you might expect, had thoughts.

Comments

Knight Scoop has a well-earned reputation for periodically producing scenes straight out of hell.

定期的に地獄絵図を生み出すことに定評のある探偵ナイトスクープ

Love when a genuinely serious guy comes up with a completely deranged idea.

真面目なニキによるイカレた発想好き

The stuff that looked like dead skin mixed in with the hair — I can’t. Too much.

毛の中に垢っぽいのがあるのが嫌すぎるw

Same, I physically looked away at that part 😂

私もそこキモすぎて目逸らしました😂

I fully expected them to clean or process the hair somehow before stuffing it in, and then they just… started dumping it straight in, and I lost it.

加工したり洗ったりするかと思ったら直入れし始めて笑った

Right?? Even the cute little bird feathers in regular down duvets go through serious washing and processing first lmaooo

ほんまや…キッツwww あの可愛い鳥の羽毛ですらがっつり洗浄加工するのにwww

The day a show like this can no longer get a segment like this greenlit is the day Japan is finished.

こういう番組、企画が通らなくなったら日本は終わり

Even with it getting greenlit, I feel like it’s already finished in a different sense.

企画が通っていても別の意味で終わってる気がする

The single most powerful show on television, having produced 95 freshly shaved Kinki University men in record time.

ツルツル近大男子95名を短時間で生み出す最強の番組。

In a week that’s 95 guys dealing with regrowth itch.

１週間したらチクチクする近代男子95人か

Guaranteed nightmares lmao

悪夢観るの確定で草

The prime minister comparison at 2:00 — absolute genius.

2:00 総理大臣のたとえが最高すぎる

Wait, so once that particular hair is detached from the body it’s totally fine to show on TV? lol

そこの毛って身体から離れたらテレビで放映しても問題ないんだｗ

It’s not the genitalia itself, so.

性器ではないからな

There’s kind of an established understanding that “hair nude” is safer than actual nude.

ヘアヌードはヌードよりセーフみたいな風潮あるし

Back in elementary school I got into a massive fight with a classmate over whether a body hair duvet was even theoretically possible, so I genuinely appreciate this segment closing that chapter.

小学生の時に同級生と体毛布団の可否を論争して大喧嘩したことあったから今回本当に嬉しい

The studio audio — women screaming and men laughing their heads off — the contrast is perfect lol

スタジオの声、女性の悲鳴と男性の豪快な笑い声のギャップ最高すぎるｗ

Kinke University students stepping up as expected — great sports, all of them.

さすが近毛大学の学生や！ノリが良い

The fact that the futon workshop basically treated the collected hair like a cursed artifact got me 😂

お布団屋さんで、集まった毛が呪物扱いされてて少し笑った😂

Him getting genuinely moved at 6:57 is sending me

6:57 感極まってるのホンマ草

Wait — 4 guys produced 10g but 95 guys only got 40g? How hairy were those first four guys??

なんで4人で10gで95人で40gなんや　最初の4人どんだけ毛濃いねん

This is capitalism.

これが資本主義です

University students these days probably shave or wax regularly, so they’d just have less to offer.

学生さんは普段も剃毛・脱毛してるでしょうからあまり毛がないのかもしれない。

Maeda’s word choices in this episode are on another level lmaooo

眞栄田のワードセンスがエグいwww

Stop calling each person’s shaved-off hair “per capita GDP” lol

剃り落とした毛のこと1人あたりのGDPって言うのやめろw

Imagine being a Kinki University parent, getting called by your kid going “Hey, watch TV tonight, I’m gonna be on Knight Scoop!” — and then this. 😂

近大生の親御さんがもしも、「俺テレビ出るから見て！ナイトスクープやで！」って言われて見たらこんな企画でビビったでしょうね😂

Watched the whole thing fighting off nausea while laughing. I genuinely almost threw up but it was also hilarious lol

吐き気を我慢しながら笑って観たいやマジで吐きそうやけどオモロい笑笑

“Is that a werewolf mom?” at 10:01 lmaooooo

10:01 「お母さんオオカミ？」wwwwww

Saw the title and thought “that’s a Grade 1 Cursed Object” (a term from the manga/anime Jujutsu Kaisen for the most dangerous supernatural artifacts), watched the whole thing, and my assessment did not change 😂

タイトル見て特級呪物じゃんと思って見終わった後も特級呪物だった😂

Detective Maeda putting his body on the line earns a lot of goodwill. The show needs people like him.

体張る真栄田探偵が好感もてる。こういう探偵貴重よね。

Of course it was warm. Obviously it was warm. Still funny though.

暖かいに決まってて草

All these men rallying together for one man’s dream — Japanese guys aren’t hopeless after all.

1人の男の夢のためにこれだけの男たちが集まった、日本男児もまだまだ捨てたもんやないね

All the men who donated their hair… they must be absolutely itching all over by now.

毛を提供してくれた男性の皆さん、、今ごろ、体中かゆくて、かゆくて堪らないでしょうね。

At the bare minimum, shower first!! lol

せめてシャワーしてからやれww

Everyone’s spirit and goodwill went into that blanket. Also it probably smells.

みんなの心でもちょっとくさそう

A masterpiece of a show that alternates between genuinely touching episodes and absolute degenerate content, keeping its viewers in a constant state of emotional whiplash.

感動回と変態回を交互に流して視聴者の情緒を著しく乱す神番組

My take

Is it too much to ask that they at least wash it first? Apparently, yes.

#Funny #Culture

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