
Ohayo, Onii-chan / Buff Weeb
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About
Buff Weeb is the online handle of TikToker and bodybuilder Pedro Beurlen, best known for his vidoes in which he, dressed in a maid costume, performs feats of strength, lip-synching the phrase "Ohayo, Onii-chan," Videos of the bodybuilder received viral spread online starting in February 2021.
Origin
On July 13th, 2019, bodybuilder Pedro Beurlen posted his first video on his TikTok account @buff_weeb,[1] a Storm Area 51 meme that received 17,000 views and 940 likes in two years.
On November 14th, 2020, @buff_weeb[2] posted the first clip in which he wore a maid outfit, doing JoJo poses (shown below, left). The video received over and 121,000 views and 20,600 likes in nine months. On December 8th, 2021, buff_weeb posted his first viral TikTok,[3] a WAP dance that received over 752,000 views and 140,000 likes in eight months (shown below, center). On February 12th, @buff_weeb[4] posted the first video that used the "Ohayo, onii-chan!" sound effect. In the video, @buff_weeb takes a door off hinges, flexes his right arm and lip syncs the phrase. The video received over 23.6 million views and 3.8 million likes in six months (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6895054911587847425
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6903955013165501698
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6928443280929672454
The origin of the sound effect is currently unknown. In late December 2020, the sound effect was used in a viral video of a middle-aged man utilizing Snapchat's cartoon filter (origin unknown, reupload shown below).[5]
Spread
In the following weeks, the video was widely circulated online; for example, a February 17th YouTube[6] reupload received over 4.2 million views in six months.
In the following weeks, @buff_weeb posted multiple videos styled in the similar manner to his February 12th video, wearing a maid outfit, performing various fits of strength, making anime references and lip-syncing "Ohayo, onii-chan." For example, on February 25th, @buff_weeb posted a TikTok[7] in which he exercised by raising two doors. The video received over 2 million views and 1.3 million likes in six months (shown below, left).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6933266538355068165
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6934749033156136197
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6936605043525274885
Multiple videos by @buff_weeb received viral spread through reposts on social media. For example, on May 12th, YouTube[8] user Djancoek Gaming posted a compilation of @buff_weeb's TikToks that received over 400,000 views in three months (shown below).
In the following months, the sound effect appeared in similarly-styled videos by other users on TikTok and other platforms. For example, on March 24th, TikTok[9] user fanxiaofan posted a video that received over 2 million views and 294,000 likes in five months.
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6929559117489032454
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6964790736944450821
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6930670681000578310
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6940172321470663937
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6943094238104112386
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6963272189491678466
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External References
[1] TikTok – @buff_weeb
[2] TikTok – @buff_weeb
[3] TikTok – @buff_weeb
[4] TikTok – @buff_weeb
[5] YouTube – Ohayo, Onii-chan
[6] YouTube – Ohayo onii chan
[7] TikTok – @buff_weeb
[8] YouTube – Ohayo onii-chan Tik Tok Meme
[9] TikTok – @fanxiaofan?
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