Meme Alert! Anime Inspires Chest-Balancing Challenge 

In Getsuyoubi no Tawawa (Tawawa on Monday), the heroine Ai-chan is able to balance her phone on her chest. Now, women and men online are seeing if they can do it, too. 

[Image: Strangestone | badencos | Parksunhaa | Pray_765]

The meme, it seems, started in South Korea, but now Japanese Twitter users are also uploading their efforts. The hashtags for this meme are #타와와_챌린지 and #たわわチャレンジ, which translate into “Tawawa Challenge.”

The short-form streaming anime started out as a doujin and tells the story of a businessman who becomes a schoolgirl’s bodyguard during the morning commute. 

However, as Hachima Kikou reports, YouTube deleted it from NBC Universal Entertainment Japan’s official channel earlier this week for “violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.” NBC Universal had planned to release 12 four-minute shows on its YouTube channel each Monday. While those plans are currently in a holding pattern, the chest-balancing meme lives on!

Some folks can do it.

てきましたo(^▽^)o pic.twitter.com/cwZElgYC2u

— 정미소/はなぽん@11月TFT参加 (@KYARYCHAN09) October 10, 2016

#타와와_챌린지 되긴되는군 흠 pic.twitter.com/rG5rOVWlDX

— 그림그리는 종훈 (@Parksunhaa) October 12, 2016

아이폰이 없으니 갤럭시로..#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/XZZnKz3XzX

— 바덴 (@badencos) October 10, 2016

#타와와_챌린지 나도 해봄 ㅋㅋ
답은 <고무케이스>다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/7IbphoaZmC

— 不滅黄Chicken (@deny_seoul) October 10, 2016

月曜日のたわわが何だか俺は全く知らないが、月曜日のたわわチャレンジは世界平和に貢献していることだけは間違いない pic.twitter.com/jqVppTgGil

— 恭也P うな 550 神oz300 (@kyouyaP) October 12, 2016

나도 가능하다 #타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/7XTUyeUYQ7

— 11.03 발표 – 쳇페링 (@Shana_Takoyaki) October 10, 2016

#타와와_챌린지

많은 참여와 도전 기대하겠습니다 pic.twitter.com/HyQ9oE6Y2F

— ₩9 (@Pleasure54) October 10, 2016

앉아서#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/FvXdbetQuj

— かふ (@kafu_cn) October 11, 2016

#たわわチャレンジ #タワワチャレンジ pic.twitter.com/V1VGVXTOYw

— 清水 泰地 TAICHI SHIMIZU (@taichi_shimizu_) October 12, 2016

Some cannot.

たわわチャレンジ失敗の図#たわわチャレンジ
#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/gEv0rWl9LD

— sada (@3162S) October 12, 2016

타카모리 아이코의 #타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/hoOkt8yVbz

— 응가요씨 (@BakaYoC) October 11, 2016

It’s not easy.

?❔ #たわわチャレンジ pic.twitter.com/WRG67nzk3M

— ゆうき?ちゃん (@ikiru_yu_ki) October 11, 2016

And you can always cheat.

최고로 안정적인 타와와 챌린지 성공했습니다#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/jTo1Emo9xB

— Pray (@Pray_765) October 10, 2016

#たわわチャレンジ

よゆうですね!! pic.twitter.com/btSQiEiNOA

— ଘ遊月ゆら⚤30池ﾊﾛ?? (@YuRa_galaxxxy) October 12, 2016

#たわわチャレンジ pic.twitter.com/fiYQoQoRJW

— おのでらさん (@ondrsnB) October 11, 2016

Why stop at phones?

덤벼라 #타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/lgKduW321Q

— massgame (@massgame) October 10, 2016

생각보다 쉽네요 #타와와_챌린지

핸드폰이 생각보다 큰건 기분탓입니다 pic.twitter.com/6ykAXm0mTo

— 별지기 (@Byuljiggy) October 10, 2016

Oh dear.

#たわわチャレンジ
違う、そうじゃない。 pic.twitter.com/rRP1c2TspM

— ユヒタ (@yuhita2525) October 11, 2016

But please, be careful which phone you use.

#타와와_챌린지
아카네 챌린지
사용 기종 갤놑7 pic.twitter.com/EB2ePSyUUa

— 브레이크스루 (@road_again_) October 10, 2016

#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/tW0m5wYSya

— 100엔짜리 (@100yen_dama_) October 10, 2016