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Girl Crying Next to a Kissing Couple
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About
Anime Girl Crying Next to Kissing Couple refers to several artworks depicting the described scene which have been used in memes, often in a similar way to Distracted Boyfriend memes. While an artwork by artist Gurande gaining initial popularity in memes in May 2018, a second artwork by HIIRAGIRIN5, posted in February 2019, was used in a similar fashion starting in 2019.
Origin
On June 26th, 2016, Japanese artist Gurande posted an artwork depicting a dark-haired girl crying next to wall, with a kissing couple visible behind the corner.[1] The artwork gained over 1,500 retweets and 2,800 likes on Twitter in three years (shown below).
Starting in 2017, the artwork was used by Spanish-speaking users for object labeling memes. The earliest meme based on the image currently available online was reposted by Facebook page Mundo AniMetal on August 20, 2017 (shown below, left).[2] On August 21st, 2017, Amino user ECCHI MAN reposted another meme based on the image (shown below, right).[3]
Spread
On December 18th, 2017, an unknown 9GAG user reposted a version of the image labeled "Traps / Me / My Fragile Heteresexuality," with the post receiving over 400 points in two years (shown below).[4] On December 19th, 2017, Amino user LND reposted the image, with more reposts appearing on 9GAG, Reddit, Memedroid and other websites in the following months.[5]
On May 8th, 2018, Redditor hijklol100 posted a version of the meme which gained over 11,100 upvotes in /r/anime_irl subreddit in six months (shown below, left).[6] Starting in late May 2018, the image gained significant popularity as an object labeling meme (examples shown below, center and right).[7][8]
HIIRAGIRIN5's Version
On February 18th, 2019, Japanese artist HIIRAGIRIN5 posted an artwork depicting a similar scene, with a pink-haired girl holding a present in her arm standing behind a wall. The post gained over 2,800 retweets and 10,600 likes on Twitter[9] and over 8,200 likes on Pixiv[10] in nine monhts (shown below).
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External References
[1] Twitter β @gggrande's Post
[2] Facebook β Mundo AnimeYMetal's Post
[3] Amino β No F@$king way! I'll never abandon my waifu!!!
[4] 9GAG β My sexuality is confuse
[7] Reddit β Template would be great!
[8] Reddit β Anyone know if this is original artwork or if it's from something?
[9] Twitter β @HIIRAGIRIN5's Tweet
[10] Pixiv β η§γγγ γγͺγγ§γγγγ»γ»γ»γ»
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