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Noko Shikanoko Entering a Classroom refers to a scene of the character Noko Shikanoko from Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan entering a classroom while breaking its door and wall due to her antlers. The scene grew popular among artists on Twitter / X in early July 2024 as a reference for fan art.

Origin

On July 3rd, 2024, episode 1 of Shikanoko Nokonoko Nokotan, titled "Girl Meets Deer," premiered exclusively on the streaming service ABEMA, and regularly in Japan on July 7th, 2024^[1]. In the episode, there is a scene when Noko, a.k.a Nokotan, enters a classroom as a transfer student, but gets stuck due to her antlers, forcing her to break both the door and the wall (scene shown below).

Spread

Starting in early July 2024, the scene gained popularity as a fan art reference on Twitter / X. For example on July 8th, 2024, Twitter / X^[2] user @MYVia_MOKOLS uploaded fan art of Nijika Ijichi from Bocchi The Rock!. The post received more than 19,000 reposts and 176,000 likes in four days (shown below, left). On July 10th, 2024, Twitter / X^[3] user @shutowl uploaded fan art of Hololive virtual YouTuber Ceres Fauna based on the scene. The post received more than 8,100 reposts and 66,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

On July 9th, 2024, Twitter / X^[4] user @OjisanGt uploaded art of Rin Shima from Yuru Camp that received more than 4,700 reposts and 30,000 likes in three days (shown below, left). On the same day, Twitter / X^[5] user @HimeHinghoi uploaded Shikanoko Nokonoko Nokotan fan art with a Dark Souls reference that received more than 13,000 reposts and 129,000 likes in three days (shown below, right).

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