 Complete the following phrase:  In an article published in The New York Times on 27 July 2021, Mike Ives and Hikari Hida commented that, despite the typical importance of mascots in Japanese advertising, the mascots have had a subdued presence at the Tokyo Olympics, commenting that the Japanese public is not really swooning over them either, according to fans and experts who study the countrys mascot industry. Ives and Hida described a common complaint being that the names of the mascots, Miraitowa and Someity, are difficult to remember. The article quoted a mother named Yuki Fuka, who commented, Within the whirlwind of all the Olympic controversy, I think the mascots were forgotten somewhere along the way ... The Games have just started and their existence is already an afterthought. According to Jillian Rae Suter, a professor of informatics at Shizuoka University, Theyre not hated, design-wise. They seem to be functional. They seem to be doing a good job ... But there doesnt seem to be a lot of passion for them. Because Miraitowa and Someity did not appear during the 