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What the Hell Could Be the Difference Between You and Me?, continued The Difference Is I'm Not Mid, refers to a series of memes based on a line from the anime series DanMachi. In the memes, two related things, such as two versions of a character, show or product, are compared to each other, with one claiming their superiority by saying they are not "mid" like the other.

Origin

On September 13th, 2019, episode 10 titled "Argonaut" of the anime series Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, also known as DanMachi, premiered.^[1] In the episode, the character Ishtar confronts Freya, screaming, "What the hell could be the difference between you and me?" with Freya replying, "Character" (English dub^[2] shown below).

Prior to July 2nd, 2021, TikTok user Noah posted a since-deleted meme based on the scene, replacing Freya's reply with a male voice saying, "The difference is … I'm not mid," with "mid" being a slang term for "mediocre" or "subpar."

On July 2nd, TikTok^[2] user @heroconnoisseur posted the earliest discovered surviving meme based on the soundbite, comparing two animated adaptations of Spider-Man. The post (shown below) garnered over 15,300 likes in four years.

Spread

The soundbite saw its initial spread on TikTok in July 2021 as more memes based on it were shared by users. For example, on July 7th, 2021, TikTok^[3] user @blackedtheanime posted a meme about the anime series One Piece, which garnered over 14,300 likes in four years (shown below).

On December 22nd, 2021, TikTok^[4] user @daultonvarshoburner posted a meme based on a sped-up version of the soundbite, which received over 195,600 likes in three years (shown below). In the following weeks, the sped-up version of the soundbite^[5] saw viral spread on the platform, with over 3,700 videos based on it shared as of February 2025.

On December 15th, 2024, TikTok^[6] user @dupa.zebry posted a meme about oranges and tangerines based on the soundbite that gained over 12.3 million views and 1.9 million likes in two months (shown below).

The meme saw viral spread outside of TikTok through reposts and revitalized the popularity of the soundbite, with more comparison memes based on it shared on TikTok in January and February 2025. As of February 2025, over 7,100 videos based on this version of the soundbite had been shared by users on TikTok.^[7]

Various Examples

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