![]() says “modern romance” like sending sexy memes. Nico Nico Seiga – Search results for the tag 特別な気分 (Japanese) pixiv – Search results for the tag 特別な気分 ![]() Left: The Avengers | Right: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Left: Neon Genesis Evangelion | Right: Kill la Kill Left: Touhou Project | Right: Kantai Collection Reflecting the popular trend in Japanese fan fiction with shipping in the years prior to the event, many illustrations in the series portray Yaoi or Yuri couples. On the English-speaking web, this fad on the Japanese Twitter was immediately covered by threads in 4chan's /u/ ( Yuri) and /a/ (anime & manga) boards and a news article by Crunchyroll published on February 9th, 2014. The explosion of parody illustrations was subsequently logged by Nico Nico Seiga and pixiv's respective encyclopedic companions and it was also reported on by several Japanese news portal sites, including Togetter and Naver Matome, and online gossip blogs. Meanwhile, some began to scrutinize as to why the woman in the interview was seen with a ring and had her face covered the whole time, leading to the unfounded rumors that the couple's relationship may be an extramarital affair.īut more significantly, the screenshot spawned hundreds of image parodies of the couple on the Japanese illustrators communities pixiv and Nico Nico Seiga, as well as on Twitter and Tumblr, under the tag "Special Feeling" (特別な気分), excerpted from the subtitle displayed in the screenshot of the interview. tweet, along with its timely pop culture reference to Attack on Titan, instantly went viral as it struck a chord with other users on Twitter, many of whom thought his romanticizing of a natural disaster was inappropriate, combined with a sentiment of intense jealousy often displayed by Internet users who remain single. Though the screenshot of the couple's interview was initially thought have been taken during the news coverage of the blizzard in 2014, it was eventually identified as a dated interview from another weather news report in January 2013. In the tweet, also added an insulting commentary calling the man “(Fucking) Four-Eyes,” referencing a quote attributed to the character Levi from the Japanese manga / anime series Attack on Titan. In the first few days, the tweet managed to gain more than 36,000 retweets and 15,000 favorites. ![]() ![]() "Being in the snow with my lover like this immerses me in a special feeling. His response, which was seen by some viewers as laughably mawkish or sentimental, soon prompted an outpour of reactions on Twitter, especially after tweeted a screenshot of the interview clip (shown below). Upon being asked how they feel, the young man responded with an overly saccharine statement, which can be translated as "being in the snow with my lover like this immerses me in a special feeling. Amidst all the disruptions and media commotions, a Japanese TV crew interviewed a young couple in front of Tokyo's Shibuya station. Shortly after its arrival, Japanese TV stations repeatedly aired emergency news programs about the blizzard in the Kantou and Touhoku regions. On February 8th, 2014, Japan was hit by one of the heaviest snowfalls in decades, with Tokyo receiving 8.7 inches and the city of Matsumoto seeing up to 19 inches of snow.
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