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Ruby Dancing refers to a looped animation trend inspired by a dance move performed by Ruby Hoshino from Oshi no Ko. The character does a dance where she taps her cheek with her other arm held out in the opening credits of the anime's second season, with Oshi no Ko posting a transparent GIF version of the scene on X in early September 2024. The GIF inspired the Doodle Dance animation redraw trend featuring different characters doing the dance, with a GIF of Kita from Bocchi the Rock going viral in late September 2024.

Origin

Season 2 of Oshi no Ko was released on July 3rd, 2024. At approximately 1:04 during the opening credits of the anime, the character Ruby Hoshino can be seen dancing while tapping her cheek with one hand held out. The scene is shown in an upload by the Oshi no Ko YouTube^[1] channel.

On September 4th, 2024, the official Oshi no Ko X^[2] account tweeted out a GIF of Ruby Dancing with a white background behind her. The tweet gathered over 15 million views and 93,000 likes in a month.

Spread

Other animators and artists used the aforementioned tweet as inspiration for their redraws of Ruby Dancing. On September 5th, 2024, X^[3] user @Tetolisto posted a redraw showing Sparkle from Honkai Star Rail doing the Ruby Dance, gathering over 64,000 likes and 2 million views in a month.

On September 10th, 2024, X^[4] user @11922960_ze posted a GIF of Kita from Bocchi the Rock, gathering over 141,000 likes in three weeks.

On September 18th, X^[5] user @kurobikariBonm added a GIF of Hatsune Miku doing the Ruby Dance, gathering over 30,000 likes in two weeks.

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