JAKARTA – On Jan 21, Indonesian vice-presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka attended a televised election debate sporting a pin with the logo of the “straw hat pirates” from the famous Japanese manga series One Piece.
As the debate unfolded, the 36-year-old son of President Joko Widodo put on a jacket featuring the spiral symbol of the Uzumaki clan from the Japanese manga series Naruto. On the back of the jacket was the word “samsul”.
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