Abbacchio Joins the Kicking

About

Abbacchio Joins the Kicking refers to a memorable scene from anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in which character Leone Abbacchio drinks from a glass of wine while observing his gangmates Naranchia Ghirga and Guido Mista beat up a suspected enemy, and then joins in. Online, the scene has been circulated as an object-labeling exploitable.

Origin

On March 15th, 2019, episode 22 "The 'G' in Guts" of anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind premiered in Japan.^[1] In one scene of the episode, character Naranchia Ghirga spills red wine on a passer-by in a white suit, to which the latter reacts by lashing out. Naranchia, joined by his gangmate Guido Mista, proceeds to beat up the passer-by. The third gangmate, Leone Abbacchio, observes the beating while drinking red wine from a glass, and then joins the others in the kicking.

You an enemy?! Huh?!

Spread

On March 15th, 2019, Redditor^[2] ColmanLegrand posted a three-panel image based on the scene, with the characters taking part in the beating labeled. The post gained over 2,600 upvotes in four days. Additionally, ColmanLegrand provided an unlabeled template in the comment section.^[3]

In the following days, the image saw active use as an object-labeling meme on /r/Animemes^[4] and /r/ShitpostCrusaders^[5] subreddits, while also appearing in other Reddit communities.

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