{"id":"mihawk-upscale","name":"Mihawk Upscale","summary":"Mihawk Upscale is a powerscaling meme that jokingly ranks One Piece swordsman Dracule Mihawk above every fictional character shown holding a sword. The visual template pastes a crudely drawn Mihawk over a smiling panel of Kure Raian from Kengan Ashura, and the format went viral across Reddit, TikTok, and X through the first half of 2025.","tags":["mihawk upscale","one piece meme","dracule mihawk","powerscaling","kengan ashura","anime meme","reddit meme","tiktok meme","swordsman feats"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":8,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-mihawk-upscale-comparison.webp","caption":"Side-by-side of the viral 'upscaled' Mihawk panel next to the original One Piece artwork it was derived from.","width":1920,"height":1079,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-swordsman-feats-reaction.webp","caption":"The upscaled Mihawk panel captioned with 'Are those swordsman feats I see??!!', a common reaction-image template.","width":640,"height":758,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-upscale-grin-variant.webp","caption":"A variant of the upscale-grin edit applied to another spiky-haired manga character in the same distorted style.","width":716,"height":895,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-reddit-live-mihawk-reaction.webp","caption":"A Reddit post using the upscaled Mihawk grin as a 'live reaction' to a One Piece chapter development.","width":716,"height":677,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-twitter-rocks-sword-reaction.webp","caption":"A Twitter reaction post using the upscaled Mihawk grin panel to react to One Piece chapter 1145 spoilers.","width":716,"height":1231,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-trunks-sword-crossover-meme.webp","caption":"A crossover meme placing the upscaled Mihawk grin as the reaction to Dragon Ball Z's Trunks revealing his sword.","width":716,"height":610,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-please-stop-making-these-tweet.webp","caption":"A tweet compiling a grid of upscaled-grin edits and jokingly asking creators to stop making them, showing the trend's spread.","width":716,"height":571,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/mihawk-upscale-mihawk-upscale-original-panel.webp","caption":"The base 'upscaled Mihawk' panel that became the source image for the meme's many variants and reaction edits.","width":716,"height":775,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/mihawk-upscale/history.md","related":["big-bad-wolf-vs-leprechaun-loup-malicieux-vs-farfadet-malefique","deku-fighting-street-tiers-spider-man-vs-deku-death-battle","fastest-running-cartoon-characters-ever-fastest-hussers","fastest-running-cartoon-characters-ever-cartoon-characters-running","goku-vs-superman","shaggys-power","gohan-blanco","john-rod","one-punch-man","nba-youngboy-singing-opera","ultra-instinct-shaggy","grus-height-copypasta"],"popularityRank":2800,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}