

Fair, then Partly Piggy
Hare Tokidoki Buta
はれときどきぶた (1988)
Synopsis
Noriyasu appears to be a normal third-grader until he catches his mother reading his private diary. To unsettle her, he begins writing outrageous falsehoods—a giant snake lurking in the bathroom, eating pencils for dinner, and a downpour of pigs. To his amazement, these made-up tales actually come true, and everyone around him treats them as completely normal. The confusion escalates when Noriyasu tries his hand at being a newspaper reporter, publishing "fake news" that rapidly spreads across the neighborhood. The turmoil reaches its peak during a holiday filled with a cascade of pork-related disasters.












