![His Smile And Optimism: Gone His Smile And Optimism: Gone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/017/832/ibp3dxZy2Vys4F.png)
His Smile And Optimism: Gone
About
"His Smile And Optimism: Gone" is a reaction image featuring a screen captured image of Japanese video game television show host Shinya Arino, which is used to indicate a sense apathy or despondency.
Origin
On October 24th, 2007, episode 55 of the Japanese video game television program GameCenter CX[1] was broadcast, which featured host Shinya Arino playing the side-scrolling platformer game The Quest of Ki.[2] On February 29th, 2012, a 4chan user posted a screen captured image from the episode with the caption "His smile and optimism: gone" (shown below).
![Original Screencap ィの冒滁』に能匝 His smile and optimism: gone.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/708/590.png)
Spread
On November 3rd, 2013, Imgur[4] user PaperWarrior uploaded an image of a Japanese man holding his head titled "His smile and optimism: gone"" (shown below, left). On February 23rd, 2015, Redditor Dawk19 posted a screenshot of a green text story on 4chan titled "His smile and optimism gone" to the /r/4chan[5] subreddit (shown below, right).
![Imgur Post by PaperWarrior](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/953/309/616.jpg)
![Green Text Story ooAT&T LTE 8:22 PM O 26% 1 -, a boards.4chan.org Board/r9k/ - ROBOT9001 ▼ Settings Home Anonymous 02/22/15(Sun)20:17:18 No. 16606464 >>16606333 # >Friend has sleep over invites me and guys playing vidya having a good time decide to invite grills over 75 KB JPG tell bro to invite oneitis we're all smoking having a good time im too beta to make a move >bro gets drunk and makes a move instead one by one they all go into the bathroom and get sucked off >can't stand seeing my precious oneitis like that >go home cry myself to sleep >> 16606512# >> 16606557 # >> 16606566# Anonymous 02/22/15(Sun)20:17:20 No.16606468](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/953/308/3b1.jpg)
On February 24th, 2015, Twitter user @KapitanTripp[7] tweeted the expression. On April 2nd, FunnyJunk[6] user grimmwaters replied to a post with a picture of "Sad Keanu": along with the message "His smile and optimism: gone."
Various Examples
Numerous derivatives of the original image had been created over the years, with many based off characters from franchises like Kill la Kill, Shin Megami Tensei – Persona, and more.
![Her arms and optimism: gone 9 Her arms and optimism: gone.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/713/9df.jpg)
![05c.jpg His smile and optimism: gone.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/801/727/05c.jpg)
![His smile and speed: gone His smile and speed: gone.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/716/302.jpg)
![Junpei Smile And Optimism: Gone His smile and optimism: gone.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/950/718/78e.png)
![e55.png H.s smile and optimism 9 0ne](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/893/360/e55.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] TheTVDB – GameCenter CX
[2] Strategy Wiki – The Quest of Ki
[3] archive.moe – Earliest archive example
[4] Imgur – His smile and optimism: gone
[5] reddit – His smile and optimism gone
[6] Funnyjunk – Appearance on Funnyjunk
[7] Twitter – Appearance on Twitter
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