Gaijin 4Koma (4-frame foreigners) or 'Reaction Guys' to many who started lurking 4chan after 2006 or thereabouts.
A series of four-paned comics based on two photographs of IGN employees reacting to Nintendo’s announcement of new titles at the E3 conference in 2003/04. The multi-pane set up is typically used to express one’s disappointment and excitement over two separate things.
The original four-paned template sparked the imaginations of many 4chan/IGN forumite and soon enough, the meme was exploited to include all manner of variations e.g. extra panes, excitement before disinterest, photo-shopping the employees heads, inverted colours to denote a division by zeo etc. Thousands of these images exist today.
To those in the know, Gaijin 4Koma is still widely regarded as one of the best memes ever.
A series of four-paned comics based on two photographs of IGN employees reacting to Nintendo’s announcement of new titles at the E3 conference in 2003/04. The multi-pane set up is typically used to express one’s disappointment and excitement over two separate things.
The original four-paned template sparked the imaginations of many 4chan/IGN forumite and soon enough, the meme was exploited to include all manner of variations e.g. extra panes, excitement before disinterest, photo-shopping the employees heads, inverted colours to denote a division by zeo etc. Thousands of these images exist today.
To those in the know, Gaijin 4Koma is still widely regarded as one of the best memes ever.
Gaijin 4Koma example...
Frame 1: The World Trade Centre.
Frame 2: Employees showing disinterest and blank expressions.
Frame 3: Plane flying into the second tower and exploding on impact.
Frame 4: Employees showing excitement and absolute euphoria.
Frame 1: The World Trade Centre.
Frame 2: Employees showing disinterest and blank expressions.
Frame 3: Plane flying into the second tower and exploding on impact.
Frame 4: Employees showing excitement and absolute euphoria.
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Get the gayinlumity mug.In Japanese, the word means, literally, "outside person." In Japanese it's spelled 外人. It is often used as a contraction of sorts for gaikokujin ("outside-country person"), meaning forienger. In its contracted form it can be an insult, but in recent years has been watered down by widespread use in and out of Japan. In actual usage, a better definition would be "non-Japanese" since Japanese people will use it in reference to non-Japanese even when they themselves are the foriegners in a country other than Japan.
Gaijin in Japan stick out like sore thumbs because they're usually a full head taller than everyone else.
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