Every Country's Miku
| Meme | |
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| Synonyms: | Miku Around the World, Miku Worldwide |
| Date Started: | June ?? 2024 |
| Related: | more Miku memes?, Leekspin, Miku's birthday, Hatsune Miku |
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In a vein similar to the Pokémon Variants [2] meme, there has been a tradition of fan artists redesigning Miku according to their own interests. In the summer of 2024, a Brazilian version of Miku sparked a viral trend of artists redesigning their own national versions of Miku, incorporating their countries' cultures and traditions. The
Related to this phenomenon--though outside the scope of this particular trend--other Miku variants based on subcultures, crossovers and miscellaneous topics also saw a surge in popularity--e.g. Flubber Miku, Mikuchondria, and Chainsaw Miku.
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I love that the two genres of 'miku from my culture' posts are 'beautiful intricate traditional clothing' and 'what if miku was a regular at the gas station by my house'[1]
Brazilian Twitter Ban
On August 30th, 2024, a few days after the 2024 trend began, Brazilian users were banned from Twitter due to Elon Musk's noncompliance with the nation's laws.[2] Non-Brazilian fanartists mourned the loss by drawing fanart of the death of Brazilian Miku.
- One notable example redraws Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan by Ilya Repin.
In October 2024, the ban was lifted,[2] and fans similarly resurrected Miku and the trend.
- WE'RE BACK by CielBenn, redrawing the resurrection of Jason Todd.
- Brazilian Miku has risen by PotassiumHere, referencing the resurrection of Jesus Christ
American Mikus
i love to make fun of americans as much as anybody else but as a brazilian watching ppl say hiphop fashion miku isn't american culture is embarrassing when the trend started with the brazilian urban fashion consisting of... soccer team tshirt and short jorts over a bikini lmaosilcolover, August 25, 2024 [3]
“America has no culture” is an inherently racist statement. Especially when talking about California, which has enormous populations (yes, plural) of Hispanic and Asian immigrants.It’s such a self report that you see the American hegemony, the American monolith, as a singularly white entity that’s worthy of scorn. I want that person to look at the Black American NYC Miku design and tell me with their full chest that that isn’t culture. Especially when modern pop culture owes so much to Black American culture — hip hop, language, streetwear and fashion, pop music, jazz — as is actively erasing their roots, saying all of America has no culture is a dumbass statement.
Also, “all the US Mikus are dressed in generic casual street style for coolish weather.” The original Brazilian Miku is wearing sunglasses, a crop top, short shorts, a bikini, and flip flops you absolute dunce. If you’re gonna be rude at least be consistent.bixels, August 31, 2024 [4]
Archival Fansites
Multiple different groups of fans have collaborated to create archival fansites to display the variety of fanart and help users find Mikus for their cultures.
- Miku.earth, a fansite and corresponding Tumblr blog by mira-hildegard
- https://www.miku-worldwide.com/ [3]
Examples
- indonesian miku's warung sells you nothing but leeks by ottororin
| Link | Credit | Nationality, ethnicity, or culture | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| indonesian miku's warung sells you nothing but leeks | ottororin | Indonesian 🇮🇩 | |
| Some Taiwan related details for this Miku chan💙💙 | sagor00237_2go | Taiwanese 🇹🇼 | |
| Taiwanese Miku | masilvi | Taiwanese 🇹🇼 | |
| Jewish Miku | zevcandraw (Zev ✡) | Jewish | |
| miku but she is jewish and celebrating shabbat | lesbomanul-art | Jewish |
Indigenous Taiwanese
Jordanian
Sudanese
Syrian
Yemeni
- https://x.com/MikaBriki/status/1828383968669950024
- https://x.com/reytemst/status/1827946700805373985
Palestinian
- https://j-amatus.tumblr.com/post/760342970064158720
- https://x.com/httpmally/status/1827922806929064150?s=46
- https://ophi-chus.tumblr.com/post/759976935713554432/palestinian-miku-for-the-miku-challenge-over-on
Puerto Rican
- https://www.tumblr.com/pacipinka/760116356240883713/my-addition-to-the-miku-frenzy-rn-shes-an
- https://www.tumblr.com/huniebunnieart/760069042367250432/i-was-frothing-at-the-mouth-to-make-a-puerto-rican
- https://www.tumblr.com/himebuns/759803085986185216/puerto-rican-miku-te-amo
Iranian
Sudanese
- https://www.tumblr.com/spell-circle/760074262383083520/south-sudanese-miku-inspired-by-the-brazilian
Iraqi
Lebanese
Armenian
- https://hayley566.tumblr.com/post/760024063128256512/theres-a-trend-on-twitter-of-drawing-miku-but-in
- https://www.tumblr.com/kvietka/760035931075084288
Pakistani
- https://www.tumblr.com/ayzaart/760176005414617088/i-had-a-vision-miku-in-a-casual-gharara-with-a
- https://www.tumblr.com/littlevictorianghost/759987954168086528/pakistani-miku-for-today
- https://www.tumblr.com/somehowmags/760029214710874112/people-have-been-reblogging-my-old-pakistani-miku
Links
- Every Country's Miku / Everything Miku on Know Your Meme
- they also made an explainer vid on youtube
Notes
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/nx-s1-5146510/brazil-x-twitter-court-reinstated-elon-musk
- ^ ""i love to make fun of americans as much as anybody else but as a brazilian watching ppl say hiphop fashion miku isn't american culture is embarrassing" by silcolover". Archived from the original on 13-10-2024. Retrieved 13-10-2024.
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