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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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