デデチ (Dedechi)

About

デデチ (romaji. Dedechi) is a Japanese artist under the name of Twitter / X account @dEi_pft who provide various template drawings, such as Duffel Coat Edits and Cheek Grabbing Material.

History

On April 2015, Dedechi created an Twitter / X account. On March 7th, 2023, Dedechi^[1] uploaded image template of hand pinching with caption roughly translated as "Knob material reposted". The post received 220 reposts and 724 likes in one year (shown below, left and right).

The post gained little attention with several Twitter / X accounts using it as edits to pinching characters. For example on December 10th, 2023, Twitter / X^[2] user @hanayagikonoha2 uploaded an POV edit as if the viewer pinching the character (shown below, left). On June 7th, 2024, Twitter / X^[3] user and VTuber @ushioda_mou uploaded an edit of herself get pinched by the viewer (shown below, right).

Online Presence

Starting 2023. Dedechi starting to creating POV template drawings of characters doing something with the viewer. For example on December 9th, 2023, Dedechi^[4] uploaded an template of character in winter clothes holding the viewer's hands to warming it. The post received more than 12,000 reposts and 43,000 likes in seven months (shown below).

On December 12th, 2023, Twitter / X^[5] user @unpunpois uploaded an drawing edit using Dedechi's template. The post received more than 250 reposts and 2,100 likes in seven months (shown below, left). On the next day, Twitter / X^[6] user @_N_sol_ uploaded fan art of Aris or Alice from Blue Archive using Dedechi's template. The post received more than 463 reposts and 3,200 likes in seven months (shown below, right).

On June 25th, 2024, Dedechi^[7] uploaded template of the viewer touching character's head and cheek. The post received more than 9,900 reposts and 89,000 likes in two days (shown below). On the next day, Twitter / X^[8] user @rouninnminarai uploaded an art edit that received more than 5,900 reposts and 80,000 likes in one day (shown below, right).

Related Memes

Duffel Coat Edits

Duffel Coat Edits refers to edits and fan art of characters wearing a cream-colored coat, red scarf and gloves in the wintertime, appearing to touch the viewer's cheeks. The format grew popular on Twitter / X starting in December 2023 (examples shown left and right).

Cheek Grabbing Material

Cheek Grabbing Material refers to a transparent PNG made by X / Twitter user @dEi_pft showing a hand reaching out to pinch someone's cheeks. The exploitable image caption is translated from Japanese to read, "Here's some cheek-grabbing material." The PNG came to be edited onto different drawings soon after it was posted in May 2024, becoming a redraw format with various characters being grabbed (examples shown left and right).

Search Interest

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