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.
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.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785466811143757825
https://twitter.com/embed/status/786098471896018944
아이폰이 없으니 갤럭시로..#타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/XZZnKz3XzX
— 바덴🌿BADEN (@badencos) October 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785514463570997248
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785503391543812097
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 (@kyouyaP) October 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785493255899131907
많은 참여와 도전 기대하겠습니다 pic.twitter.com/HyQ9oE6Y2F
— ₩9 (@Pleasure54) October 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785665157837893632
https://twitter.com/embed/status/786082743381811200
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785816408592646144
Some cannot.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/786097794641760256
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785699380028243968
It’s not easy.
🤔❔ #たわわチャレンジ pic.twitter.com/WRG67nzk3M
— てゃん🐼7/11遅、7/12ｵｰﾗｽ💪 (@ikiru_yu_ki) October 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785857350104150016
And you can always cheat.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785512894297313280
https://twitter.com/embed/status/786033584842780674
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785827050409988096
Why stop at phones?
덤벼라 #타와와_챌린지 pic.twitter.com/lgKduW321Q
— マスゲーム (@massgame) October 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785504733226078208
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.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785512359271936000
https://twitter.com/embed/status/785509000854900736
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