Disclaimer, I’ve only even seen hot dog octopuses in Anime and Manga.
Usually it’s just to be cute. In fact sometimes characters comment on how it’s childish.
I did try making them for my son once because they’re pretty adorable and he likes both hot dogs and sea creatures, and he thought it was lame at 5. At 7 he thought they were awesome.
Feels like Japan tried hard to make it as different as possible
Disclaimer, I’ve only even seen hot dog octopuses in Anime and Manga.
Usually it’s just to be cute. In fact sometimes characters comment on how it’s childish.
I did try making them for my son once because they’re pretty adorable and he likes both hot dogs and sea creatures, and he thought it was lame at 5. At 7 he thought they were awesome.
I had a plate of them at an izakaya once
I had octopus hotdogs in Kansas in the 80s…
Well, they had four legs but we called them an octopus.