

Memers have fleshed out the original “flat” gag by adding the environmentalist trope that Earth-chan is sick and needs us to save her-from both bullying and pollution.Įarth-chan memes are fairly split between flat Earth jokes and the campaign to “protecc” everyone’s favorite new moe character. Fan art and memes of the character are everywhere, and she’s become someone the subreddit wants to nurture and protect. On Reddit’s anime memes subreddit, r/animemes, it’s all Earth-chan all the time right now. Or at least a character who loves recycling. Soon, though, Earth-chan became more than a throw-away joke character. 4 with this drawing of Earth-chan, establishing her as having a short, blue-green hairstyle: TrInImMoRtAl MiGhT aCtUaLlY bE a GeNiUs December 1, 2017Īnd responded on Dec. Someone should make an anime where the planets in our Solar System are cute anime girls attending school and there's a running gag where Earth-chan is self conscious about her smaller chest, to which she constantly responds "I-I'M NOT FLAT!"

When you combine that with this year’s resurgence of the thoroughly debunked “ flat Earth” theory, you get Earth-chan-the Earth insisting she’s not, in fact, created the character in this Nov. Sometimes she’s proud of it, but often she’s embarrassed and will take offense at anyone calling her “flat.” The “ pettanko” is a small-chested girl who’s fixated on her breast size. datweirdowholuvsmilk/DeviantArtĮarth-chan began life as a throwaway Twitter joke about a common trope in anime and manga. And whatever the kids at school say, she is not flat!!! She’s Earth-chan, an anime representation of the planet Earth, and meme-makers on Reddit are obsessed with protecting her. She’s fragile and often wears a surgical mask due to an unspecified illness. She’s an adorable schoolgirl with blue-and-green hair.
