#RedrawInosuke
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About
#RedrawInosuke is a Twitter hashtag associated with fan art illustrations of Inosuke, one of the main characters featured in the Japanese manga and anime series Kimetsu no Yaiba, incorporating the character into a variety of meme formats. The hashtag began on Twitter in August 2019 and sparked an increase in Inosuke memes on r/Animemes.
Origin
On August 22nd, 2019, Twitter user @nicahls[1] posted an image incorporating Inosuke with the caption "shocked pig baby sees self for the first time #kny #kimetsunoyaiba" (shown below). The tweet gained over 3,500 likes and 1,500 retweets in a month. Twitter user @Sakurlla[2] responded to the image saying, "Omggg i love thiss owo we need to make a #redrawinosuke cuz i wanna look at a whole tag with these kinda pics" which started the hashtag.
Precursor
#RedrawReigen is a Twitter hashtag associated with fan art illustrations of Arataka Reigen, one of the main characters featured in the Japanese webtoon and anime series Mob Psycho 100, mimicking a variety of awkward stock photographs. On September 18th, 2016, Twitter user @Doonadraws introduced the hashtag #RedrawReigen with two original drawings of Arataka Reigen imitating stock photographs[1][3] of a man eating salad and a woman pointing a gun at a goldfish. Within the first 48 hours, the two images garnered more than 2,100 likes and 500 likes, respectively (shown below). On September 19th, CrunchyRoll[3][4] published an article on the hashtag listing notable examples and attributing its start to #redrawreigen.
Spread
On September 3rd, 2019, Twitter user @carrotsprout_ [5]posted a redraw incorporating Insosuke into a Ralph In Danger illustration (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 7,300 likes and 2,800 retweets in 17 days. That same day, Twitter user @hongslice[6] tweeted a Inosuke meme which accumulated over 5,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in 17 days (shown below, left). On September 8th, Twitter user @joannanoelleart[7] posted an illustration as Inosuke as Boar Vessel which received over 4,400 likes and 2,000 retweets in 12 days (shown below, right).
On September 18th, Redditor Kono-weebo-da uploaded a pro-gamer move meme involving Inosuke to r/animemes[8] which accumulated over 7,100 points (99% upvoted) in two days (shown below, left). The next day, Redditor Ecstatic_Pickle posted an epic handshake illustration to r/animemes[9] which gained over 2,700 points (99% upvoted) in a day (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[3] CruncyRoll – Redrawinsosuke Sweeps Up Social Media In Boar Boy Meme Frenzy
[4] CrunchRoll – Mob Psycho100 II ReDrawReigen
[5] Twitter – carrotsprout_
[7] Twitter – joannanoelleart
[8] Reddit – r/animemes
[9] Reddit – r/animemes
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