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Burichan

Burichan was a Bridget-themed1) bulletin board, founded by “Terra”,2) that ran from December 23, 20033) to September 2, 2005.4) They were mostly a fictional porn stash, but historically, their blue 'Futaba' theme would be the basis of 4chan's 'Yotsuba Blue' (“Yotsuba B”) theme.5)

History

On December 23, 2003, “Terra” sets up Burichan at “burichan.pyoko.org” using Futabally,6) describing it as a “Gay 4chan” at first.7) It would get flooded,8) the database was reset on June 22, 2004,9) then they would switch to Wakaba on January 7, 2005.10) The website initially closed around April 8, 2005,11) citing bandwidth and under-staffing,12) but returned the following month with new staff, boards, and written rules.

For reasons lost to time,13) Burichan announced that it would shut down on September 2, 2005.14) Burichan would leave an archive of the “Bridget” (/b/) board15) and a Flash file of Hare+Guu Final's end credits.16) Several weeks later, the “burichan.pyoko.org” subdomain ceased to exist around November 24, 2005, meaning it automatically took you back to the “pyoko.org” directory.17)

List of Boards

  • Off Topic [ot]
  • Yaoi [y]
  • Shota [s]
  • Straight Shota [r]
  • Bridget [b]
  • Dickgirls/Alternative [d]
  • Cute Boys [c]
  • Furry Shota [f]
  • Original Shota Art [so]
  • Original Straight Shota [ro]
  • Original Dickgirls/Alternative Art [do]
  • Original Yaoi Art [yo]

Notes

  • The entire purpose of Burichan was to collect new images of Bridget,18) which makes sense as the website was created long before Danbooru or Pixiv made things significantly easier.
  • Some people might recognize the “pyoko.org” domain, as it was used for hosting and IRC in the past, with most people probably remembering it for I Wanna Be the Guy at “kayin.pyoko.org”.
  • If you're digging through the archives, the term 'Poserporn' refers to pornography made in Poser, which looked uncanny. Nowadays, these people generally use Daz Studio.
  • “Terra” is an alias of “Kemru”,19) later called “Cookiebus”20) or “Cookie”,21)22) and later called “Maou”.23) From what is public, they were recently looking for an organ donor as of August 20, 2025.24)

See also

  • Lulz.net - The founder's spouse “Juniper” (then “Arcturus”) notably attempted a coup here.
  • Not4chan - An extension of 4chan that used a green 'Futaba' theme.
  • Burichan [Archive] - The front page of Burichan, archived August 29, 2005.
    • @Maou on Twitter - The founder.
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1)
For context, Bridget was born male, raised as a woman, and identified as a male in her Guilty Gear X2 debut. The internet was obsessed with 'young effeminate men' for taboo or trolling reasons, spread the “Everyone is gay for Bridget” meme, and the founder even called her the "posterboy of yaoi". Two decades later, Bridget identifies as a trans woman in Guilty Gear Strive, but let's not get too off-topic.
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"The *chans - General Discussion Thread" (August 21, 2005). The Society for the Study of Modern Image Board Culture.
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"something something" (December 23, 2003). Burichan /b/.
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"I AM SHUTTING THIS WEBSITE DOWN ON FRIDAY BYE :)". Burichan /b/.
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"WHERE WE'RE AT" (April 18, 2008). 4chan.
7)
"Burichan- Gay 4chan, which is in turn, an english 2chan.". Burichan.
8)
"Burichan 2.0: Hopefully flood free.". Burichan.
9)
"HAZZA! Its back! YAY!" (June 22, 2004). Burichan /b/.
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"UNTITLE" (January 7, 2005). Burichan /b/.
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"/r the NIN shirt pic" (April 8, 2005). Burichan /b/.
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"Burichan is closed.". Burichan.
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The exact /ot/ thread was linked, but nobody ever archived it.
15)
"Burichan". Burichan.
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"kemru.pyoko.org? more like shut up.". kemru.pyoko.org.
17)
"pyoko directory". Directory.
19)
"Terra's profile". kemru.pyoko.org.
21)
"My.. Wedding. @_@" (December 18, 2006). LiveJournal.
22)
"An update on my life." (July 31, 2007). The Life and Crime of Arcturus Kirwin.
23)
"Happy 18th anniversary to our lovely wife @Maou! May we have many, many more!" (August 11, 2024). Twitter.
24)
"Hearing about left wing people saying everyone should get off of organ donor registries. And we thought about our wife, waiting for a transplant.. And wanted to burn down the world, cry and self-harm, all at the same time :/" (August 20, 2025). Bluesky.
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