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View all search resultsGarment factory flooded with Straw Hat Jolly Roger flag orders
Coordinating Politcs and Security Minister Budi Gunawan has threatened people flying the Straw Hat Jolly Roger flag with criminal prosecution despite there not being a clear legal basis to do so.
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Illustration of a pirate flag from the Japanese anime One Piece. (Shutterstock/Fahmi Syauki)
T
he pirate flag from the One Piece manga series has become a new trend to criticize the government’s performance ahead of the 80th anniversary of Independence Day on Aug. 17.
Such high enthusiasm has led to heightened orders for Dendi Christanto, the owner of Wik Wiki Apparel garment factory in Jati village, Jaten district, Karanganyar regency, Central Java.
Dendi has received thousands of orders for the Straw Hat Jolly Roger flag, flown by the Straw Hat Pirates, led by Monkey D. Luffy in the manga series, which has been adapted into an anime series, anime movies and a live-action movie.
“The trend started to pick up by the end of July. I could receive hundreds of orders a day from all over Indonesia," Dendi said on Monday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He said the trend started from social media posts which popularized the Straw Hat Jolly Roger flag as a form of freedom of expression and social criticism ahead of the Independence Day celebrations.
“One Piece is like the 'state of Konoha' and was just in time for the Independence Day,” Dendi said, referring to Naruto, another Japanese manga icon. “It was starting to get intense in end of July, so many people ordered the custom flag.”
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