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"Did Nothing Wrong" Squad is a catchphrase used alongside collages that depict multiple villains from various media, usually manga, anime and video games, that are captioned "Did nothing wrong squad," "Did nothing wrong society" or in a similar way, referencing the Hitler Did Nothing Wrong meme. The memes imply that the characters depicted in the meme have not done anything morally wrong despite many of them having committed murder and other crimes.

Origin

On January 19th, 2015, Tumblr^[1] user erenisangry posted images of five anime characters: Shinichi Izumi from Parasyte, Eren Yeager from Attack on Titan, Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul, Ganta Igarashi from Deadman Wonderland and Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion, writing, "Did nothing wrong squad," a reference to the Hitler Did Nothing Wrong meme. The post (shown below) garnered over 32,800 likes and reblogs in eight years.

Spread

On May 14th, 2015, the Facebook^[2] page PsychoAlchemist posted the earliest found edit of the original meme, adding several additional panels. The post (shown below, left) gained over 60 reactions and six shares in eight years. On February 6th, 2016, the Facebook^[3] page Kenshi Chii posted another edit that received over 10 reactions and six shares and was widely circulated online (shown below, right).

On September 25th, 2017, X^[4] user @CatTheUndying posted a since-deleted meme depicting nine villainous characters, including Yoshikage Kira from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion and Griffith and Donavan from Berserk, captioned "Did nothing wrong squad" (shown below). On September 26th, the Facebook^[5] page Guts Is Berserk reposted the image, with the post gaining over 1,500 reactions and 400 shares in six years.

The image has been repeatedly updated with more and more characters in the following years. For example, on January 10th, 2019, 9GAG^[6] user yorozuya_member posted an expanded version that gained over 210 upvotes on the site in four years (shown below, left).

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