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Frowning Kei refers to an image of Kaguya-sama: Love is War! character Kei Shirogane frowning. The image has been used online, primarily as a part of a multi-panel format along with another frame in which Kei has a neutral facial expression.

Origin

On June 13th, episode 10 of season two of the anime series Kaguya-sama: Love is War! premiered.^[1] In one scene of the episode, character Kei Shirogane is reminded of her promise not to drink juice at dinner, to which she reacts by frowning (still images shown below).

On June 13th, 2020, Redditor^[2] EpochYT posted a four panel meme highlighting the similarity between two frames from the scene and the NPC Wojak meme (shown below). The post received over 30,300 upvotes in /r/animemes in four days.

Spread

Starting on the same day, the format starting spreading in /r/animemes, with users imagining humorous dialogues between Kei and various characters. For example, a June 13th meme by Redditor^[3] Cultured-milk received over 25,500 upvotes in four days (shown below, left). A June 14th meme about PlayStation 5 console by Redditor^[4] isurvivor1 received over 15,600 upvotes in the three days (shown below, right).

I don't want to seem to fond of Onii șo l'll treat him harshly Isn't that just being tsundere?

In the following days, the format gained a notable presence online, primarily in the anime communities on Reddit and Facebook. In many examples, the meme format has been partially redrawn; for example, on June 16th, 2020, Redditor^[5] Roka-Chan posted a Fate/stay night version of the meme which received over 4,500 upvotes in one day (shown below, left). On the same day, Redditor^[6] KuroYatoriBoi posted a KonoSuba meme which gained over 9,800 upvotes in 12 hours (shown below, right).

Shirou. Pass me some rice. You already had 10 helpings.

THEN JUST LEARN OTHER TYDE OF MAGICS EXPLOSIONS ARE TIRING.. u/KuroYatoriBoi

On June 15th, Redditor^[7] Idaret posted a template for the format.

Various Examples

Onii-san, am cute? Yes, but you are more cute when you pout. I see. Crys

Iwish I had a boyfriend We're not blood related

OMove you Subaru-kun. love Emilia S 21 2 ) 24 u/thebiggestsadTM » 1 » *

R. We are re-releasing GTA V for PS5 Yeah, what about GITA VI though ৯ ১। R. R.

N NAXI Nii-san see what I can do with my eyebrows This is why mom left us

YOu HAVE TO LET ME GO, THE ACCIDENT WASN'T YOUR FAULT,

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External References

^[1] Wikipedia – List of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War episodes

^[2] Reddit – The resemblance is remarkable!

^[3] Reddit – It runs in the family

^[4] Reddit – Damn it Sony

^[5] Reddit – [OC] Hungry Seiba

^[6] Reddit – [OC] but explosions is life..

^[7] Reddit – [TEMPLATE] Kei Shirogane mad NPC meme

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