There are all types of hidden cute moments with Diana and Hugh in Capcom’s Pragmata. However some gamers have just lately noticed a Japanese comedy reference that Diana makes when dealing with the Globe REM collectable.
Pragmata sees you turn between house mercenary Hugh and his human child-like android companion, Pragmata D-I-0336-7, whom he dubs Diana, as they attempt to escape a lunar base overrun by a hostile AI. As you discover the bottom, you may gather REMs (Learn Earth Recollections), 3D holographs of things from again house on Earth you can give to Diana as presents to brighten the Shelter with.
The primary REM you come throughout is a globe. This unmissable merchandise comes with a Japanese comedy reference that eagle-eyed Japanese-speaking commenters on X have been mentioning (as noticed by Automaton). “It’s so over-the-top beautiful that it’s humorous, however it’s additionally hilarious as a result of abroad gamers received’t get the joke because it’s aimed toward Japanese audiences,” commented the poster under.
ゴージャスすぎておもろいけど日本向けで海外の人には伝わらんの含めておもろいなw#プラグマタ pic.twitter.com/Q8nA9nJS5j
— ぽど (@POTY0521) April 17, 2026
Diana’s globe spinning antics are literally a reference to a well known sketch by Beautiful, a Japanese comic who attire as an area pirate. Within the sketch, Beautiful acts out the state of affairs of being stranded on a mountain prime, along with his companion in hazard of succumbing to the chilly. He mimes making an attempt to shake his invisible companion awake whereas proclaiming “mada tasukaru” (“we are able to nonetheless make it/be saved”), earlier than dramatically spinning a globe and saying “Madagascar!” as his finger lands on the African nation. Madagascar is ‘Madagasukaru’ in Japanese, which type of seems like ‘mada tasukaru’- and this wordplay is the brief skit’s punchline.
Beautiful himself confirmed the reference in a latest tweet, sharing the clip of Diana spinning the globe: “Spin it spherical and spherical! Then level to Madagascar. I would like everybody to play Pragmata and expertise it for themselves.”
地球儀キターーーーーーー🌏🌏🌏🌏🌏
ぐるぐる回すんだ‼️‼️‼️
そしてマダガスカルを指で指し示せ🌍👈
みんなもプラグマタやって体感して欲しいね✨✨✨#プラグマタ #PRAGMATA https://t.co/QlFlYb7opM pic.twitter.com/vltS7bxAaA
— ゴー☆ジャス(宇宙海賊) (@Gorgeous55555) April 18, 2026
Gamers will discover (particularly in the event that they zoom in) that after Diana quickly spins the globe, her finger lands on the place Madagascar is positioned, prompting some Japanese commenters to say that they heard Beautiful saying the punchline in their heads.
Beautiful can also be a prolific gamer with an energetic YouTube channel the place he repeatedly discusses and performs video games, most just lately Koei Tecmo’s Deadly Body II: Crimson Butterfly Remake (in an official pre-release livestream), old fashioned Castlevania, and Resident Evil Requiem. In one other Capcom connection, the comic not solely livestreamed Monster Hunter Wilds but in addition appeared in a Japanese promotional video series for MHW, which had him operating round outdoors with a PS5 controller and battling superimposed monsters from the sport to introduce gameplay parts like the brand new Focus Mode. Subsequently, a Beautiful reference in Pragmata is one thing that gamers in Japan are prone to discover and get a chuckle out of.
This isn’t the one Japanese sport in latest years to sneak in a comedy reference aimed on the home viewers. Loss of life Stranding 2: On The Seashore contained a nostalgic Easter Egg homage to Japanese comedy troupe The Drifters, which might be stumbled upon when Sam is in a sizzling spring, of all locations.
Verity Townsend is a Japan-based freelance author who beforehand served as editor, contributor and translator for the sport information website Automaton West. She has additionally written about Japanese tradition and films for numerous publications.