Line #11 Awesome/KeitAi


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[HilarityEnsues Hijinks ensue]] as the [[MatchmakerCrush two]] tell each other their [[DarkSecret darkest secrets]] to conquer the [[ThePowerOfLove hearts]] of their [[AlternateUniverse other selves.]]" - [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 Keit-Ai Webcomic]]'']]
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4	* For a [[{{Vaporware}} nonexistent]] {{anime\|sque}} and [[OELManga manga]], the [[AwesomeMusic/NewMedia tracks]] chosen for the mock ''Keit-Ai'' OST sure are some of the [[EarWorm catchiest]] Music/Deco27 (and [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} otherwise]]) Japanese pop songs around. This includes an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfdfinG_P8 opening]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDNGS9V4Us two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DyTjrruVo endings]].
5	* The mere idea that an oft-repeated [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way meme copypasta]] on a [[Website/FourChan Mongolian Spearfishing Forum]] was able to produce [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7950479/1/Cellphones fan]] [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3206139 fiction]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7861570 stories]], [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/099/986/de3.jpg fan]] [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/099/989/e2d.png art]], an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfdfinG_P8 opening theme]] and two [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXDNGS9V4Us ending]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4DyTjrruVo themes]], [[https://imgur.com/a/6aS4m tons]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/5iux93/what_is_the_a_boy_falls_on_love_with_a_girl_copy/ of]] [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 references]] [[https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1545838 on]] [[http://archive.is/li5ar various]] [[http://blog.livedoor.jp/drazuli/archives/8433668.html sites]], a Website/{{Google}} [[https://www.google.com/search?q=a+boy+falls+in+love+with+a+girl bomb]], a fairly popular [[http://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/keit-ai/list?title_no=36825 webcomic]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g fake]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] from various fans of the concept is quite the achievement in its own right. [[MemeticMutation Meme magic]] indeed.
6	* According to [[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=keit-ai Google Trends]]:
7	** ''Keit-Ai'' spamming started gaining momentum around the time the fake anime [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcVGDV67L-g preview]][[note]]taken from a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-01/the-garden-of-words-studio-animates-public-service-campaign-commercial/.89957 public service commercial]] made by [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Makoto Shinkai's animation studio[[/note]] was released.
8	** Meanwhile, the video itself netted tens of thousands of views and was followed up by a fake [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rz1bluG_k anime]] episode[[note]]made by putting together clips from [=CoMix=] Wave Films or Creator/KyotoAnimation commercials as well as a compilation of episodes from the anime ''[[https://myanimelist.net/anime/1725/Keitai_Shoujo Keitai Shoujo]]''[[/note]] that ran with the same theme.
9	** The ''Keit-Ai'' meme then latched upon the growing hype behind ''Anime/YourName'' or ''Kimi no Na wa'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai with the release of its first [[https://desuarchive.org/a/search/image/dXaPD7TEkbAuFsj9QdoMUw/order/asc/ teaser image]] on December 2015.[[note]]Anons from /a/ quickly [[https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/134570740/ meme'd]] that Shinkai "made" ''Keit-Ai'', which was then followed by an edited version of the [[https://desuarchive.org/_/search/image/BamUZ2NPAGU-Vd8IC00tRA/order/asc/ textless image]].[[/note]]
10	** ''Keit-Ai's'' popularity then first peaked on January 2016, leading to the creation of its [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/keit-ai-finds-a-way Know Your Meme page]] soon after on February 2016.
11	** It gained the height of its popularity around the time hype for ''Your Name'' reached its fever pitch on June 2016.[[note]]The film itself was released the following month.[[/note]]
12	* Although ''Keit-Ai's'' association with the hit movie is dubious at best[[note]]some anon made a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1084094 troll edit]] of a textless ''Your Name'' teaser poster that claimed it was ''Keit-Ai the Movie'', so now everyone at 4chan refers to it as such[[/note]], anons were tickled pink when against all odds, ''Anime/YourName'' by Creator/MakotoShinkai became the [[https://kotaku.com/your-name-is-the-highest-grossing-anime-worldwide-and-1791278393 highest grossing anime movie of all time]] on January 2017, beating ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.[[note]]It has since been surpassed by ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' ''Mugen Train'' in 2020 and ''again'' by ''Spirited Away'' care of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_anime_films inflation]], thus making it the third highest grossing anime film of all time as of 2021.[[/note]]
13	** They could now [[{{Troll}} "claim"]] that they've meme'd a copypasta into becoming the highest grossing anime movie of all time [[AchievementsInIgnorance completely]] [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting by accident]]. Perhaps a Main/DeusExMachina is at play here too, like in the copypasta?
14	* A ''Your Name'' and ''[[Anime/KanColle KanColle]]'' [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/10736196/chapters/23795292 fan]] [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12428909/1/Kimi-no-Na-Iowa fiction]], ''Fanfic/KimiNoNaIowa'', has a ''Keit-Ai'' reference in it.[[note]]To be more specific, Makoto Shinkai exists in the work's universe. He never succeeded in turning ''If I'd Known It Was a Dream'' into ''Your Name'', with his sixth movie remaining a cult hit and his seventh being ''Keit-Ai'' instead of ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''.[[/note]]
15	** In Chapter 9 of the fanfic, Alice mentions that Shinkai got an Oscar nomination for ''Keit-Ai'' in this universe, almost certainly a jab at the infamous AwardSnub of ''Your Name'' in our reality.
16	* ''Keit-Ai'' finds a way again, this time with ''Kimi no Na wa'' finally receiving a proposed [[https://kotaku.com/great-your-name-is-getting-a-live-action-remake-1818866026 live-action adaptation]] produced by Creator/JJAbrams! Yes, it's in DevelopmentHell, but still!
17	-->'''[[https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/162771909/#162785522 Anon:]]''' Where were you when /a/ [[MemeticMutation memed]] hard enough to turn a pasta to the [[Anime/YourName best selling anime movie]] AND a [[LiveActionAdaptation Hollywood flick]].
18	* According to the 4chan archive known as [[https://desuarchive.org/ "Desuarchive"]], anons have posted about and mentioned ''Keit-Ai'' on [[https://desuarchive.org/_/search/text/keit-ai/ 4chan]] for [[Memes/DragonBall over 9,000 times]].[[note]]Or to be more specific, around 17,106 times since 2011 as of 2021.[[/note]]
19	** As for the "A boy falls in love. Unable to confess..." copypasta itself, it's been posted [[https://desuarchive.org/_/search/text/falls%20in%20love%20with%20a%20unable%20to%20gifted%20by/ over 6,000 times]] at the time of this writing.
20	* On [[AprilFoolsDay April Fools' Day]] in 2021, Harper Anime Reviews talked about a familiar yet [[https://harperanimereviews.com/a-forgotten-masterpiece-keit-ai-spoiler-review/ forgotten masterpiece]] known as ''Keit Ai''. This time, the boy and the girl are named Takumi Naramura and Sakura Hanazuki respectively.
21	* On June 11, 2021, ''Keit-Ai'' celebrated its 10-year anniversary since it was [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/100/545/247.jpg first posted]] on 4chan. Yes, it's actually OlderThanTheyThink.

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