Image : HikakinTVWhile hoarders have been causing toilet paper sell-outs in Japan, there has been a rumor that popular Japanese YouTuber Hikakin is to blame .
Images like the top screencap were widely tweeted, prompting people to criticize him for buying all that toilet paper.
“It’s all a misunderstanding ” Hikakin recently said, adding that the toilet paper was purchased long before it started selling out.
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“I have lots of toilet paper, but I don’t have any masks,” says Hikakin.