About

#RedrawInosuke is a Twitter hashtag associated with fan art illustrations of Inosuke, one of the main characters featured in the Japanese manga and anime series Kimetsu no Yaiba, incorporating the character into a variety of meme formats. The hashtag began on Twitter in August 2019 and sparked an increase in Inosuke memes on r/Animemes.

Origin

On August 22nd, 2019, Twitter user @nicahls^[1] posted an image incorporating Inosuke with the caption "shocked pig baby sees self for the first time #kny #kimetsunoyaiba" (shown below). The tweet gained over 3,500 likes and 1,500 retweets in a month. Twitter user @Sakurlla^[2] responded to the image saying, "Omggg i love thiss owo we need to make a #redrawinosuke cuz i wanna look at a whole tag with these kinda pics" which started the hashtag.

Precursor

#RedrawReigen is a Twitter hashtag associated with fan art illustrations of Arataka Reigen, one of the main characters featured in the Japanese webtoon and anime series Mob Psycho 100, mimicking a variety of awkward stock photographs. On September 18th, 2016, Twitter user @Doonadraws introduced the hashtag #RedrawReigen with two original drawings of Arataka Reigen imitating stock photographs^[1][3] of a man eating salad and a woman pointing a gun at a goldfish. Within the first 48 hours, the two images garnered more than 2,100 likes and 500 likes, respectively (shown below). On September 19th, CrunchyRoll^[3][4] published an article on the hashtag listing notable examples and attributing its start to #redrawreigen.

Spread

On September 3rd, 2019, Twitter user @carrotsprout_ ^[5]posted a redraw incorporating Insosuke into a Ralph In Danger illustration (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 7,300 likes and 2,800 retweets in 17 days. That same day, Twitter user @hongslice^[6] tweeted a Inosuke meme which accumulated over 5,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in 17 days (shown below, left). On September 8th, Twitter user @joannanoelleart^[7] posted an illustration as Inosuke as Boar Vessel which received over 4,400 likes and 2,000 retweets in 12 days (shown below, right).

On September 18th, Redditor Kono-weebo-da uploaded a pro-gamer move meme involving Inosuke to r/animemes^[8] which accumulated over 7,100 points (99% upvoted) in two days (shown below, left). The next day, Redditor Ecstatic_Pickle posted an epic handshake illustration to r/animemes^[9] which gained over 2,700 points (99% upvoted) in a day (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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