Why Are People Commenting 'Anti Spiral' On YouTube? The Anime Spam Comment Trend Explained

Videos and community posts across YouTube all seem to have one recurring comment lately, reading, "Anti Spiral."

The spam comment phenomenon slowly crept up to mainstream levels this week, making many curious about the trend's origin and meaning. Many know that Anti-Spiral is an anime and manga character, but many don't know why the powerful entity is being namedropped in comment sections, seemingly at random.

So, where did these "Anti Spiral" comments come from? Who started the trend and what does "Anti Spiral" mean? Let's explain.

What Is 'Anti-Spiral' In 'Gurren Lagann?'

The Anti-Spiral is one of the main antagonists in the anime and manga Gurren Lagann. The entity is a large black silhouette. Its size is unfathomable.

In the show's lore, the Anti-Spiral is the physical manifestation of the Anti-Spiral Tribe who ceased their own evolution by purging themselves of "Spiral Power." This will make sense if you're a Gurren Lagann fan.

@meech_scales People don’t get this #fypシ #foryou #anime #animethings #powerscaling #gurrenlagann #antispiral ♬ original sound – Meech Scales

Where Did The 'Anti-Spiral' Comments Come From?

The "Anti Spiral" comments on YouTube come from Power Scaling debates among anime and manga fandoms. These people always want to discuss who could beat Sukuna and ask, "But can he beat Goku?" until they run out of answers. (They never do.)

Anti-Spiral seems to be considered one of the strongest anime characters no matter who you ask, so when YouTubers would ask their followers power scaling questions, viewers would simply comment, "Anti Spiral," often omitting the character's hyphen.




What Do The 'Anti-Spiral' Comments Mean?

Over the past few weeks, Anti-Spiral comments have spread to posts unrelated to anime. For instance, sports pages that focus on basketball or football are finding themselves flooded with Anti-Spiral comments when they ask if LeBron James is the GOAT or not.

So, although the Anti-Spiral comments originate from anime and manga discourse, the meaning of the character's name has degraded overtime, just like the meanings of other spam comments.

Like, remember when people were spamming, "The Waffle House has found its new host?" That's another good example of a YouTube comment that got increasingly absurd and drifted far away from its spawn point.

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For the full history of the Anti-Spiral YouTube Comments, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's entry for even more information.