Omoli

About

Omoli is a character from the video game Omori, released in December 2020. Omoli is depicted as a sprout mole with hair who lives in a cardboard box on Cloud Walkway and asks the player for $20 when they encounter him. Although a minor character, Omoli became a fan favorite online, inspiring memes, fan art and other content depicting him.

Origin

On February 11th, 2021, YouTuber^[1] Star Smiley uploaded a video of the encounter with Omoli from Omori, gaining over 43,000 views in a year (shown below). The player encounters Omoli, who resembles a sprout mole enemy with a swoopy haircut, on the Cloud Walkway. When the player speaks with Omoli, he says he's hungry and asks for $20. If the player gives Omoli $20, Omoli says, "Thanks …" and disappears. The player can leave the area, return and give Omoli $20 as many times as they wish. This is the only appearance of Omoli in the game.

On the same date, the official Omori Twitter^[2] page, @omori_game, announced that the game was 20 percent off on Steam, writing, "OMOLI is pleased!" The tweet is accompanied by a comic where Omoli buys the game on Steam with $20, gaining over 9,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in a year (shown below).

Spread

Omoli became a notably popular character following the tweet. On February 13th, 2021, Redditor Tonk0 posted a drawing of the characters from Omori as Omoli sprout moles to /r/OMORI,^[3] gaining over 1,700 upvotes in a year (shown below, left). On February 14th, Redditor Pepperboundsteak posted an original drawing of Omoli titled, "steam sale," to /r/OMORI,^[4] gaining over 1,300 upvotes in a year (shown below, right).

On June 21st, 2022, Redditor m_cu8 posted a GIF of Omori making it rain on Omoli, gaining over 880 upvotes in two months (shown below, left). Twitter user @kiakinoko often posts fan art of Omori, much of it including sprout moles and Omoli. For example, on July 14th, a tweet^[5] featuring Omoli gained over 350 likes in a month (shown below, left). It was reposted to /r/omori,^[6] gaining over 100 upvotes in 20 days (shown below, right).

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