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
— 不滅黄Chicken (@deny_seoul) October 10, 2016
답은 <고무케이스>다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ pic.twitter.com/7IbphoaZmC
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
— ₩9 (@Pleasure54) October 10, 2016
많은 참여와 도전 기대하겠습니다 pic.twitter.com/HyQ9oE6Y2F
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
— sada (@3162S) October 12, 2016
#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/gEv0rWl9LD
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
— ଘ遊月ゆら⚤30池ハロ?? (@YuRa_galaxxxy) October 12, 2016
よゆうですね!! pic.twitter.com/btSQiEiNOA
#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
— 별지기 (@Byuljiggy) October 10, 2016
핸드폰이 생각보다 큰건 기분탓입니다 pic.twitter.com/6ykAXm0mTo
Oh dear.
#たわわチャレンジ
— ユヒタ (@yuhita2525) October 11, 2016
違う、そうじゃない。 pic.twitter.com/rRP1c2TspM
But please, be careful which phone you use.
#타와와_챌린지
— 브레이크스루 (@road_again_) October 10, 2016
아카네 챌린지
사용 기종 갤놑7 pic.twitter.com/EB2ePSyUUa
#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/tW0m5wYSya
— 100엔짜리 (@100yen_dama_) October 10, 2016
I’ll be in my bunk