Japan loves puns based on calendar months and days. August 2 is “Bunny Day” because writing that date in Japanese looks like ハニ (8/2), but add in a voiced marker, and you get バニー, Bunny! November has many of these punny days because the number 11 can look like and sound like いい (ii), which means “good.” November 8 will be for breast lovers because 11/8 can look like いいおっぱいの日 (ii oppai no hi, nice big breast day). What did artists and lovers of the female form decide to make of November 7? いいおなか (ii onaka, lit. good stomach) because the number 7 is なな (nana). Turn that into “naka,” and you have the “Nice Tummy Day.” Just look at the Twitter hashtag #いいおなかの日. That’s a lot of “nice tummies!”
Great Tummy Artists!
Nice Tummy Day can be more than one day because our favorite artists can make 11/7 a fun holiday all year round. Here are two suggestions, but there are more in the J-List store.
The artist Mignon is famous for drawing smooth, trim bellies, and J-List has his Wet Stomachs Collection book. You can quickly get your fill of nice tummies here!
Wet clothes are always an excuse for girls to remove their offending garments. Kantoku, also known for drawing cute girls in many different situations, has a water-based book like Mignon. See if you like the cute belly buttons featured in Water Underwear!
The fall anime season is well underway, so we already have fun examples of nice tummies. Some shows haven’t even broadcast their beach or hot springs episodes yet! Here are just a few examples! Ikenaikyo and Kimizero are ahead of the pack with beach and pool date episodes.
Can you think of others? Suggest some scenes in the comments below or online on Facebook, Twitter, or Discord.
