Mona

Monā / Monar (モナー), formally known as Omae Mona (オマエモナー), is an AA character and well-known 2channel icon, but has origins on Ayashii World and Amezou. He is often mistaken for a cat, but he's actually a weird cat-bear hybrid instead.

History

　　　　　　 　 ／￣￣￣￣￣＼
　　　 　 　 　 |　 You guys 　 　|
　　 ∩_∩　　|　　have too　 　|
　　（´ー｀）　< 　much spare 　|
　　（　　　）　 |　　time.　　 　 　|
　　 |　|　|　　 |　　　　　　　　  　|
　　（___)__） 　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿／

The first iteration of Mona originated from Ayashii World or Amezou, dubbed the “First Mona” (初代モナー, Shodai Mona) or “Great Ancestor Mona” (ご先祖モナー, Go Senzo Mona). His old catchphrase was “you guys have too much spare time” (おまえらも暇な奴らだなぁ, omae-ra mo himana yatsurada nā), which was a saying from Reikon Channel¹⁾ that was used to break up intense debates.

・ Front Side

　 ∧＿∧　　／￣￣￣￣￣
　（　´∀｀）＜　Look who's talking!
　（　　 　 ）　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿
　│ │ │
　（＿_）___）

・ Back Side

　 ∧＿∧
　（　　　　）
　（　Ｏ 　 ）
　│ │ │
　（___（＿_）

On January 3, 2000, a thread for the First Mona was made in 2channel's /kitchen/ and it led to his modern, chunkier, sharp-eared form being made on February 18, 2000.²⁾ Over time, his catchphrase was simply shortened to “omae mona” (オマエモナー), also rendered as “omae mona” (お前もな) and best translated as “look who's talking”, now pointing out contradictions.

Derivatives

Fuun

Not to be confused with Boon.

　　 ∧＿∧　　／￣￣￣￣￣
　　（　´_ゝ`）＜　*sigh*
　　（　　　　） 　＼＿＿＿＿＿
　　｜ ｜　|
　　（_＿）＿)

Fuun (ふーん/フーン), or Hoon, is a Mona variant whose name is a sigh. In the lore, he's a cool guy who sometimes smoke. Derivatives include Sasuga Brothers, Toorimasu, etc.

Morala

Main article: Morala

Nida

Main article: Nida

Borujoa

Main article: Borujoa

Remona

 　　,∧＿∧　　　　／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
　 Ｘ ノ ﾊﾍ X　　　|　 Remona and Mona
　 |ﾟﾉ ＾∀＾）　　＜　  living together! Kya♪
　§,　　　 ）　　　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
　 !!|　 Ｙ　|
　 （_＿）＿）

Remona (レモナ) is a female Mona variant, made on February 24, 2001,³⁾ who is Mona's girlfriend and actually went through many phases before her current personality was fleshed out.⁴⁾

Chinpoppo

　∧　∧
(*‘ω‘ *) 　ちんぽっぽ
　(　　　)
　　v v
　　　　　　　ぼいんっ
　 　川
　( (　　) )

Chinpoppo (ちんぽっぽ) is a simple Mona variant who debut on August 29, 2005.⁵⁾ They frequently jump, like mandarin oranges, and is often seen with “wakaranai desu”.

Onigiri

　　　　　　　　　おにぎりワッショイ！！
　　　　　＼＼　 おにぎりワッショイ！！　／／
　+　　　+　＼＼　おにぎりワッショイ！！／+
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　+
.　　　+　　 ／■＼　　／■＼　 ／■＼　　+
　　　　　　（　´∀｀∩（´∀｀∩） （　´ー｀）
　+　　（(　（つ　　　ノ（つ　　丿　（つ　　つ　)）　　+
　　　　　　 ヽ　 （　ノ （　ヽノ　　　）　）　）
　　　　　　　（＿）し'　 し（＿）　 （＿）＿）

Onigiri (おにぎり), also called Onigiri Mona (おにぎりモナー), is a cheerful set of characters that always dances and would show up to festivals. They shout “onigiri wasshoi” (おにぎりワッショイ).⁶⁾

Hattoushin

Main article: Hattoushin Mona

>>1-san

Main article: Hattoushin Mona

External links

Mona on the 2ch AA Illustration Project
Mona on Japanese Wikipedia

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¹⁾

“Reikon Channel” (霊魂ch) was an anonymous chatroom held every Friday at “A-8” (Band A, Channel 8) on Nifty-Serve's “CB Simulator” from 1995 to 1997 and users were named “Reikon” (霊魂, lit. “Soul”). Anonymity was lost in October 1997, but the chatroom managed until its last post in 2002. The chatroom had influenced a lot of early Ayashii World and 2channel culture, but it's mostly forgotten to time now.

²⁾

"てすと" (January 3, 2000). 2channel /kitchen/.

³⁾

"レモナちゃん！デビュー！" (February 24, 2001). 2channel /mona/.

⁴⁾

“Remona” started as a Mona with Xs by her ears, but was quickly given hair. In the past, she was a stalker or a man pretending to be a woman. “Kachuusha” (カチューシャ, lit. “Headband”) was her old name.

⁵⁾

"(*‘ω‘ *) 　ちんぽっぽ" (August 29, 2005). 2channel /news/.

⁶⁾

"Onigiri" (おにぎり) is a Japanese rice ball. “Wasshoi” (ワッショイ) is a distinctive Japanese chant that people shout at festivals to coordinate actions and there's not really a good English equivalent for it.

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