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Don't Say You Love the Anime If You Haven't Read the Manga
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About
Don't Say You Love the Anime If You Haven't Read the Manga is an image macro series in which pictures are jokingly depicted as anime and manga variations of each other, including religions, political ideologies and historical events.
Origin
On January 27th, 2017, Redditor ZherofyM8 posted an image macro featuring a Soviet Union flag next to the cover of the Communist Manifesto with the caption "Don't say you love the anime / if you haven't read the manga" to /r/FullCommunism[4] (shown below). Within two months, the post gained over 1,200 points (99% upvoted) and 50 comments.
![Flag of the Soviet Union / Communist Manifesto Don't say you love anime If you haven't read the manga Comiunist Manfies THE KARL MARX&FREDERICK ENGELS STERNATIONAL](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/225/d91.jpg)
Spread
The following day, Redditor Stanv13 submitted a version of the image with a map of the former Soviet Union juxtaposed next to the cover of the Communist Manifesto to /r/dankmemes[1] (shown below, left). Also on January 28th, 2017, Redditor MussolinisPasta posted a Bush Did 9/11-themed image macro to /r/dankmemes,[2] which garnered upwards of 930 points (95% upvoted) over the next two months.
![](https://i.redditmedia.com/kU1RuIhZyl2pwY7ZGoi3xuiy_ta1WLdaQje_cMhuxSk.jpg?w=720&s=560395bdd0a37b106e48ac1106416936)
![](https://i.redditmedia.com/vSh8jm1ua3gNy-bCqcEMiYWIav8bGAxviVKUl4VU-YU.jpg?w=640&s=02f0fc147d4714a44c45f6f985337890)
The following day, the Museum of Internet Facebook[3] page posted a picture of The Last Supper painting labelled as an "anime" next to a photo of a Holy Bible labelled as a "manga" (shown below, left). On March 4th, Instagram[5] user @uncle.meme.head posted a Diary of a Wimpy Kid-themed image macro, which received upwards of 8,400 likes over the next three weeks.
![](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/16298850_1053027608176375_3110168737494916598_n.jpg?oh=559171800b08a9407d0f656fc3d5f8b8&oe=5951B335)
![Diary of a Wimpy Kid If you haven't read the manga DIARY Don't say you love the anime WACOME TO THE NEXT GRADE LAR RODRICK RULES DIARY.Wimpy id 。DRICK RULES Jeff Kinhey IN THETES MARCH 25](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/228/497.jpg)
Various Examples
![Cat in the Hat Don't say you If you haven't love the anime read the manga MIKE MYERS THE CAT IN THE HAT THE CAT IN THE HAT ONLY」 Dr.Seuss NOVEMBER 21](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/242/d8c.jpg)
![Paul Blart: Mall Cop Don't say you love the anime If you haven't read the manga KEVIN JA ME S PAUL BLART HOLY BIBLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/243/3c4.png)
![Animated Stories from the New Testament / The Comic Book Bible If you haven't Don't say you love the anime NIMATED read the manga EST THE C0MIC B00K STORIESNEW EN Bread From Hoaven FULL COLOR eractive DVD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/244/08f.jpg)
![The Iron Giant / Bionicle Don't say you love the anime If you've never read the manga Part 1 of 3 JUNE 20m SIX Chet ONE DESTINY wvvw.bic r宜:IB.Ct"jrr,](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/245/e00.jpg)
![Bionicle Is Life don't say you love the anime If you haven't read the manga BIONICLE 9 LEGEND REBOR EGO](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/239/1ae.jpg)
![Michael Collins If you haven't Don't say you love the anime read the manga POBLACHT NA H EIREANN IRISH REPUBLIC me irl](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/237/226/be9.png)
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Reddit – only true anime fans will read manga
[2] Reddit – Edge Intensifies
[3] Facebook – Museum of Internet
[4] Reddit – Have you read the manga?
[5] Instagram – @uncle.meme.head
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Top Comments
Mameme
Mar 28, 2017 at 02:31PM EDT
Deadass
Mar 28, 2017 at 07:01PM EDT