wtf is up w/ KFC?

So I thought it was just random when I found a Col. Sanders reference in the Ranma manga (w/ the Col. Sanders effect), but now I just found another reference in Negima. What the hell's going on. It seems that the mangakas all seem to think Col. Sanders is somehow connected to the supernatural (note the rumbling as Col. Sanders towers above the characters in the foreground). Anyone have any idea wtf is going on w/ this? I had KFC in Tokyo once, and it was fucking disgusting.


That said, it was not as bad as the baby sparrow on a stick I got outside Fushimi Inari in Kyoto. wtf? I know yakitori means 'grilled bird,' but come on.