Enter the Wild World of Japanese Game Shows!

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Have you ever seen a grown man in a latex suit try to bite a shoe to see if it’s made of chocolate? Or a group of friends trying to stay silent in a library while being slapped by a giant foam hand? If you’ve spent any time on the weird side of the internet, you know that Japanese variety shows aren’t just TV, they are a high-octane fever dream.

From psychological endurance tests to gravity-defying slapstick, here are 10 of the most shocking and hilarious game shows that prove Japan is playing on a completely different level.