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Tom Nook is a tanuki, not a raccoon

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Your favorite bell-hoarding digital landlord has a very surprising mythological background. Nook is not an actual raccoon, but a tanuki, a creature deeply rooted in Japanese folklore. Statues of tanuki usually feature massive, dragging scrotums to symbolize financial luck, which perfectly explains his ruthless capitalism.

Tom Nook is a tanuki, not a raccoon
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