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Is Tom Nook a human man?

Human or not?

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he's a tanuki, aka a racoon dog

tanuki are more closely related to foxes than to racoons if I'm correct in saying?
 
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Timmy, Tommy and Tom Nook are all Tanukis, which if I remember correctly are a creature from Japanese (?) stories, myths or legends.
 
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I first saw him as a raccoon. Then I realized he's actually a tanooki, so no, I don't consider him a "human man"
 
This is the most 'kid friendly' version of the tanuki statue I could find. (very, very hard)

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Of course NA or EU won't explicitly stated he's a tanuki because those are native to Japan and they closely resemble our trash pandas aka raccoons. Most people would be "wats dat".

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"raccoon figurine" is the tanuki statue. ;)
 
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