

![Sheep!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QU6gI.jpg)

Are these sheep dolls mascots, or do they represent something in the series?
From the look of it, the blood (?) drooling from their mouths is like
Sakamachi Kinjirou's nose bleed.


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What do the sheep dolls represent in Mayo Chiki?


It's a mascot for the series. Subaru is a butler, and in Japanese, "butler"
([shitsuji](http://jisho.org/search/shitsuji)) and "sheep"
([hitsuji](http://jisho.org/search/hitsuji)) sound the same, making it a play
on words. The reason it is bleeding is itself a pun because a sheep bleats.


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In the original Japanese language of _Mayo Chiki!_ , **these sheep plushies
are known as "Silent Lamb" (沈黙ヒツジ).**

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LMUhBm.jpg)

The "Silent Lamb" card from _Precious Memories_ Trading Card Game

Not much information known regarding this thing other than it is Subaru's
favorite sheep character.

Judging from its name, fans theorized that it refers to [_The Silence of the
Lambs_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs_\(novel\))
which features a _cannibalistic_ character and a scene of _the protagonist's
childhood memory related to lambs_.


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