About

How I Feel In My Hometown or How It Feels In My Hometown refers to a TikTok trend in which users pair clips or images of familiar local locations in their hometown with edits of an anime character or other fictional character, accompanied by the caption or on-screen text "how I feel in my hometown."

The trend, which emerged in late August 2026 and spread over the following weeks, is typically used to express feelings associated with being back in or living in one's hometown, including awkwardness, boredom, feeling out of place, nostalgia or relating to a character from an anime or other franchise depicted in the memes.

Origin

The exact origin of the How I Feel In My Hometown trend is unknown, as no known originator has been identified. However, an early example was posted on August 30th, 2026, by TikTok^[1] user @xxlastunicorncat, who participated in the trend by sharing an edit of the character Marin Kitagawa from My Dress-Up Darling, featuring the Pacific Northwest and Midwest, receiving over 317,600 views and 86,100 likes in under three weeks.

Spread

On September 11th, 2026, TikTok^[2] user @rosstheboss28 posted a How I Feel In My Hometown Chainsaw Man edit featuring rural Tennessee, receiving over 395,800 views and 109,400 likes in about one week.

On September 12th, 2026, TikTok^[3] user @crux_x5 shared another example of the trend featuring Suguru Geto from Jujutsu Kaisen, receiving over 434,600 views and 121,900 likes in approximately six days.

On September 14th, 2026, TikTok^[4] user @jiminiemochioppa posted a How I Feel In My Hometown Jujutsu Kaisen anime edit featuring South Texas, receiving over 598,300 views and 188,100 likes in approximately four days.

On September 15th, 2026, TikTok^[5] user @maffichuu shared an Alien Stage edit participating in the trend, receiving over 294,700 views and 80,600 likes in approximately three days.

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