I vaguely remember someone doing this during a conversation in a bar in Japan years ago, and I saw it again in a manga. What does this mean, if anything? I don't remember what the conversation was about, and we were all drinking so I wouldn't trust my memory anyway
I’m Japanese, and honestly, I don’t see any special meaning in this pose at all.
As far as I know, this image is just a scene from Space Brothers, where Namba Mutta is simply talking about the Sharon Telescope. There’s no symbolic or cultural meaning attached to the pose in Japan—it’s just a moment in the story.
If you're western this is old-timey for "I'm about to dive into a swimming pool, or the ocean."
Just in case no Japanese people answer, check this out for comparison:
My guess is the kid's asking for a favor, but making a bit of a joke about it.
Western weeb here, I think that's the pose they make in anime when they want to beg someone to do something like asking for a big favour.
theyre making fun of your ballin’ mohawk haircut
I am not Japanese, but there is a party game? https://45mix.net/takenoko-nyokki/ https://youtu.be/WkXyWmBauxg
It means you're a genie in a bottle baby
I might be pulling this out of my ass. But is it possible it’s a reference to extra terrestrial aliens? I know there are aliens in Japanese pop culture that have heads shaped like onions like this
. That’s from the dandadan anime opening.
I’ve seen references to the onion-headed aliens before but searching the internet is shit now.
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