{"id":"onii-chan","name":"Onii-chan","summary":"Onii-chan is the Japanese honorific for older brother that anime fans outside Japan picked up in the mid-2000s and turned into an affectionate, meme-ready call for male anime characters. Between 2008 and 2014, YouTube clips, 4chan audio bits and copypasta spun the word into shorthand for the whole imouto (little sister) archetype, and it became one of the most instantly recognizable anime honorifics online.","tags":["onii-chan","onii chan meaning","anime older brother","japanese honorific","otaku slang","clannad meme","imouto"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":7,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-onii-chan-anime-confession-subtitle.webp","caption":"An iconic subtitled anime screencap declaring devotion to an 'Onii-chan,' widely circulated as shorthand for the trope.","width":628,"height":460,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-oniichan-brain-map-illustration.webp","caption":"A humorous 'brain map' illustration showing that thoughts of onii-chan dominate a little sister's mind.","width":1920,"height":1920,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-fbi-chan-onii-chan-arrested.webp","caption":"A meme image jokingly framing an 'FBI-chan' arresting her onii-chan, playing on jokes about the trope's darker fan communities.","width":493,"height":493,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-check-this-out-onii-chan-manga.webp","caption":"A manga panel commonly used as a reaction image for the onii-chan trope, showing a little sister excitedly addressing her older brother.","width":923,"height":866,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-dank-memes-oniichan-doodle.webp","caption":"An amateur doodle meme using the onii-chan format to guilt-trip about making 'dank memes' together.","width":485,"height":504,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-cortana-onii-chan-setup.webp","caption":"A user configuring Windows Cortana to call them 'Onii-Chan,' one of many jokes about summoning the trope in real-life software.","width":540,"height":720,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/onii-chan-drop-acid-onii-chan-subtitle.webp","caption":"A doctored anime subtitle image jokingly having a little-sister character invite her onii-chan to drop acid to Pink Floyd.","width":500,"height":406,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/onii-chan/history.md","related":["hide-your-power-level","moetron","moonspeak","nani-the-fuck","mecha","anime","is-this-a-pigeon","top-10-anime-betrayals","anime-butterfly","attack-on-titan-memes","omae-wa-mou-shindeiru","peak-fiction"],"popularityRank":3660,"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."}