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Yo, I'm Japanese refers to memes and jokes inspired by a viral tweet by X / Twitter user @eem_hw that prompted discourse in early December 2024. The Twitter user quoted and criticized a race-swapped piece of Dandadan fan art drawn by @Lynn6Thorex. The quote tweet read, "Yo, I'm Japanese. Stop making Asian characters black. we're not Disney characters," and sparked criticism from people who did not find the fan art offensive and did not believe that the critical poster was Japanese. Several internet users cited the popularity of the Brazilian Miku trend as evidence that the outrage was insincere.

Origin

On November 30th, 2024, X[1] user @lynn6thorex posted a piece of Dandadan fan art depicting the lead characters Momo Ayase and Ken Takakura with darker features. The post gathered over 80,000 likes in a week.

On December 3th, 2024, X user @eem_hw quoted "_Dandadan_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/dandadan-dan-da-dan drawn by @lynn6thorex and criticized it for depicting Momo Ayase as brown and Ken Takakura as Black.

Spread

The post inspired some discourse in Japanese Twitter circles, as seen in a December 4th, 2024, tweet by X user @Kuji_live[3] that gathered over 70,000 likes in five days. The tweet was also reposted by @kangminjlee[4] on December 6th, who wrote, "The Japanese are also getting fed up and tired of the hypocrisy of blackwashing anime characters," gathering over 80,000 likes in three days.

Some Japanese Twitter users posted tweets critical of @lynn6thorex's race-swapping _Dandadan_ fanart, as seen in this post by @Kuji_live

Several internet users posted tweets reacting to and criticizing both @Kuji_live and @kangminjlee, with @thenoodleshop_ writing, "I didn't hear this much complaining over brazillian miku though," on December 7th and gathering over 17,000 likes in two days.[5]

Yo, I'm Japanese Tweet

On December 6th, 2024, X[2] user @eem_hw quoted the post, writing, "Yo, I'm Japanese. Stop making Asian characters black. we're not Disney characters." The post gathered over 60 million views and 370,000 likes in three days.

On December 6th, 2024, X user @eem_hw quoted "_Dandadan_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/dandadan-dan-da-dan drawn by @lynn6thorex and criticized it for depicting Momo Ayase as brown and Ken Takakura as Black.

Several X users quoted the post to express their conviction that the poster was not in fact Japanese, with @mainmajin[7] posting the Major Hellstrom Sees Three Fingers meme and gathering over 270,000 likes in three days, while X[8] user @funnyhoodvidss posted an image of a nerdy-looking young white boy.

Several internet users expressed doubt over the posters use of American slang, as expressed through the phrase "Yo, I'm Japanese."
Several internet users expressed doubt over the posters use of American slang, as expressed through the phrase "Yo, I'm Japanese."

On December 8th, 2024, X[6] user @2N8byte quoted the original Brazilian Miku post and wrote, "Yo, I'm Japanese." The joke was meant to satirize @eem_hw's post and gathered over 67,000 likes in a day.

Some internet users pointed out the hypocrisy of those criticizing the race-swapped _Dandadan_ fan art, saying that people did not reserve the same criticism for the "Brazilian Miku":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/brazilian-miku trend.

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External References

[1] Twitter / X – lynn6thorex

[2] Twitter / X – eem_hw

[3] Twitter / X – Kuji_live

[4]  Twitter / X – kangminjlee

[5] Twitter / X – thenoodleshop_

[6] Twitter / X – 2N8byte

[7] Twitter / X – mainmajin

[8] Twitter / X – funnyhoodvidss



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About

Yo, I'm Japanese refers to memes and jokes inspired by a viral tweet by X / Twitter user @eem_hw that prompted discourse in early December 2024. The Twitter user quoted and criticized a race-swapped piece of Dandadan fan art drawn by @Lynn6Thorex. The quote tweet read, "Yo, I'm Japanese. Stop making Asian characters black. we're not Disney characters," and sparked criticism from people who did not find the fan art offensive and did not believe that the critical poster was Japanese. Several internet users cited the popularity of the Brazilian Miku trend as evidence that the outrage was insincere.

Origin

On November 30th, 2024, X[1] user @lynn6thorex posted a piece of Dandadan fan art depicting the lead characters Momo Ayase and Ken Takakura with darker features. The post gathered over 80,000 likes in a week.


On December 3th, 2024, X user @eem_hw quoted "_Dandadan_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/dandadan-dan-da-dan drawn by @lynn6thorex and criticized it for depicting Momo Ayase as brown and Ken Takakura as Black.

Spread

The post inspired some discourse in Japanese Twitter circles, as seen in a December 4th, 2024, tweet by X user @Kuji_live[3] that gathered over 70,000 likes in five days. The tweet was also reposted by @kangminjlee[4] on December 6th, who wrote, "The Japanese are also getting fed up and tired of the hypocrisy of blackwashing anime characters," gathering over 80,000 likes in three days.


Some Japanese Twitter users posted tweets critical of @lynn6thorex's race-swapping _Dandadan_ fanart, as seen in this post by @Kuji_live

Several internet users posted tweets reacting to and criticizing both @Kuji_live and @kangminjlee, with @thenoodleshop_ writing, "I didn't hear this much complaining over brazillian miku though," on December 7th and gathering over 17,000 likes in two days.[5]

Yo, I'm Japanese Tweet

On December 6th, 2024, X[2] user @eem_hw quoted the post, writing, "Yo, I'm Japanese. Stop making Asian characters black. we're not Disney characters." The post gathered over 60 million views and 370,000 likes in three days.


On December 6th, 2024, X user @eem_hw quoted "_Dandadan_":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/dandadan-dan-da-dan drawn by @lynn6thorex and criticized it for depicting Momo Ayase as brown and Ken Takakura as Black.

Several X users quoted the post to express their conviction that the poster was not in fact Japanese, with @mainmajin[7] posting the Major Hellstrom Sees Three Fingers meme and gathering over 270,000 likes in three days, while X[8] user @funnyhoodvidss posted an image of a nerdy-looking young white boy.


Several internet users expressed doubt over the posters use of American slang, as expressed through the phrase "Yo, I'm Japanese." Several internet users expressed doubt over the posters use of American slang, as expressed through the phrase "Yo, I'm Japanese."

On December 8th, 2024, X[6] user @2N8byte quoted the original Brazilian Miku post and wrote, "Yo, I'm Japanese." The joke was meant to satirize @eem_hw's post and gathered over 67,000 likes in a day.


Some internet users pointed out the hypocrisy of those criticizing the race-swapped _Dandadan_ fan art, saying that people did not reserve the same criticism for the "Brazilian Miku":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/brazilian-miku trend.

Search Interest

Unavailable.

External References

[1] Twitter / X – lynn6thorex

[2] Twitter / X – eem_hw

[3] Twitter / X – Kuji_live

[4]  Twitter / X – kangminjlee

[5] Twitter / X – thenoodleshop_

[6] Twitter / X – 2N8byte

[7] Twitter / X – mainmajin

[8] Twitter / X – funnyhoodvidss

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Moby The Duck
Moby The Duck

Like I said before, people that blackwash characters are the same that will go absolutely nuclear if you dare draw a tanned character with a skin color a quarter tone lighter.

Just see the number of times there was a "white character is now black, waw so great", versus the number of times there was a "black character is now lighter, waw so racist".

And talking about tanned, Brazilian Miku is just regular Miku with a tan.

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UnKewln00b
UnKewln00b

Asians are truly Schrodinger's Minority. When people make a white Goku or white Aang or white Light Yagami white Motoko Kusanagi (Heh, bet you already forgot about the Ghost in the Shell movie) in Shitty Hollywood Adaptations™ and Asians complain about it, it's bad and a real issue about white washing. When people make either of those characters black and Asians complain about it, the reaction is "Womp womp, get fucked."

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