His Smile And Optimism: Gone

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About

"His Smile And Optimism: Gone" is a reaction image featuring a screen captured image of Japanese video game television show host Shinya Arino, which is used to indicate a sense apathy or despondency.

Origin

On October 24th, 2007, episode 55 of the Japanese video game television program GameCenter CX^[1] was broadcast, which featured host Shinya Arino playing the side-scrolling platformer game The Quest of Ki.^[2] On February 29th, 2012, a 4chan user posted a screen captured image from the episode with the caption "His smile and optimism: gone" (shown below).

Spread

On November 3rd, 2013, Imgur^[4] user PaperWarrior uploaded an image of a Japanese man holding his head titled "His smile and optimism: gone"" (shown below, left). On February 23rd, 2015, Redditor Dawk19 posted a screenshot of a green text story on 4chan titled "His smile and optimism gone" to the /r/4chan^[5] subreddit (shown below, right).

On February 24th, 2015, Twitter user @KapitanTripp^[7] tweeted the expression. On April 2nd, FunnyJunk^[6] user grimmwaters replied to a post with a picture of "Sad Keanu": along with the message "His smile and optimism: gone."

Various Examples

Numerous derivatives of the original image had been created over the years, with many based off characters from franchises like Kill la Kill, Shin Megami Tensei – Persona, and more.