Shobōn (ショボーン), or Syobōn, is an AA character and kaomoji which represents a 'downhearted' feeling¹⁾ and was used to gather sympathy. However, the kaomoji should only be used in moderation, or people would just respond “what's this bastard trying to act cute for?” instead.

As an AA character, they grow ears. However, due to their high versatility, the aforementioned meaning doesn't necessarially apply to every single situation that they end up in, and some of these derivatives actually have a tuft of hair on them in the form of commas.

Deliberating (審議中(しんぎちゅう)) is a group of Shobon-like characters who will gather to discuss a bad shitpost or lame joke, pretending said post was put on trial. They may reach a verdict of 'approved', 'rejected', 'overturned', 'guilty', and so forth. Of course, this doesn't need to be text artwork, but the kaomoji version is often limited to three jurors in total, instead of the usual six or so jurors that the AA version offers.

【審議中】 (Deliberating)
　　　 ∧,,∧　 ∧,,∧
　∧ (´・ω・) (・ω・｀) ∧∧
(　´・ω)　Ｕ) ( つと ﾉ(ω・｀ )
｜　Ｕ (　　´・) (・｀　　)　と ﾉ
　ｕ-ｕ （l 　　 ) (　　　ﾉu-ｕ
　　　　 `ｕ-ｕ'.　`ｕ-u'

【結果】 (Outcome)
　　　　　 ∧,,∧ 　.∧,,∧
　 ∧∧(´・ω・｀)(´・ω・｀)∧∧
　(´・ω・｀).∧∧) (∧∧(´・ω・｀)　＜ Postponed.
　｜　Ｕ (´・ω・｀)(´・ω・｀) と ﾉ
　　ｕ-ｕ　（l 　　 ) ( 　　　ﾉ u-ｕ
　　　　　　 `ｕ-ｕ'　`ｕ-u' 

【可決】 (Approved)
　　　　　 ∧,,∧ 　.∧,,∧
　 ∧∧(｀・ω・´)(｀・ω・´)∧∧
　(｀・ω・´).∧∧) (∧∧(｀・ω・´)　
　｜　Ｕ (｀・ω・´)(｀・ω・´) と ﾉ
　　ｕ-ｕ　（l 　　 ) ( 　　　ﾉ u-ｕ
　　　　　　 `ｕ-ｕ'　`ｕ-u'

【却下】 (Rejected)
　　　　　 ∧,,∧ 　.∧,,∧
　 ∧∧(´‐ω‐｀)(´‐ω‐｀)∧∧
　(´‐ω‐).∧∧) (∧∧　(‐ω‐｀)　
　｜　Ｕ (´‐ω‐｀)(´‐ω‐｀) と ﾉ
　　ｕ-ｕ　（l 　　 ) ( 　　　ﾉ u-ｕ
　　　　　　 `ｕ-ｕ'　`ｕ-u'

【異議あり】 (Objection)
　　　　　 ∧,,∧ 　.∧,,∧
　 ∧∧(｀・ω・´)(｀・ω・´)∧∧
　(｀・ω・´).∧∧) (∧∧(｀・ω・´)　＜ Objection!!
　｜　Ｕ (｀・ω・´)(｀・ω・´) と ﾉ
　　ｕ-ｕ　（l 　　 ) ( 　　　ﾉ u-ｕ
　　　　　　 `ｕ-ｕ'　`ｕ-u' 

【否決】 (Overturned)
　　　　　 ∧,,∧ 　.∧,,∧
　 ∧∧(´‐ω‐｀)(´‐ω‐｀)∧∧
　(´‐ω‐).∧∧) (∧∧　(‐ω‐｀)　
　｜　Ｕ (´‐ω‐｀)(´‐ω‐｀) と ﾉ
　　ｕ-ｕ　（l 　　 ) ( 　　　ﾉ u-ｕ
　　　　　　 `ｕ-ｕ'　`ｕ-u'

【有罪】 (Guilty)
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ∧＿∧　∧＿∧∧＿∧ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ∧＿∧´・ω・)(´・ω・｀)・ω・｀∧＿∧ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎｺﾎﾞｺ（´・ω・）∧＿,∧lll　∪)∧＿∧・ω・｀)ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ∧＿∧ ´・ω∧∪∧(・ω・∧＿∧⊂)ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ｺﾎﾞｺ（´・ω・）≡つ);;)ω(;;(⊂≡（・ω・｀）___＼ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞ(っ　 つ＝つ(っ　 ⊂)⊂＝⊂≡　⊂) ＼ )ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ/∧＿∧∧＿∧ ∧ ∧＿∧∧＿∧＼ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞ( ( ´・ω)(　　´・)(　　　 )｀　　)(ω・｀ )　)ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ｺﾎﾞｺ(っ　 つ/　　　 )(　　　　)　　　＼　⊂)ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞ/　　　)`ｕ-ｕ'.　ﾊﾞ∪￣∪ﾊﾞ`ｕ-u' 　　＼ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺ( /￣∪ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ∪￣＼ )ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ
ｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺﾎﾞｺ 

“I'll make fried rice!!” (チャーハン作(つく)るよ！) is a Shobon variant that will make fried rice, but has a high probability of failure. The pan is called a 'Niniv' (ニニフ) and they would end up owning a pet pig named 'Tonky' (トンキー) after sparing them from their pork fried rice dish. Some people might recognize him from Torikara's version of the Vocaloid song, “Double Lariat” by Agoaniki-P.²⁾

　 ∧,,∧
　(；`・ω・）　　｡･ﾟ･⌒） I'll make fried rice!!
　/　　 ｏ━ヽニニフ))
　しー-Ｊ

　 ∧,,∧ 　Let's add some pork!
　(；`・ω・）　　　　　　　　　　 　　ﾍ⌒ヽﾌ⌒γ
　/　　 ｏ━ヽニニフ　　 　　　　(・ω・　）　　）
　しー-Ｊ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　しー し─J 

　 ∧,,∧ 　・・・
　( ´・ω・）　　　　　　　　　　 　　ﾍ⌒ヽﾌ⌒γ
　/　　 ｏ━ヽニニフ 　　　　　　(・ω・　）　　）
　しー-Ｊ 　　　　　　　　　　　　　しー し─J

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　∧,,∧　　It's still delicious with just the vegetables.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（・ω・　 ）
　　　　　　　　　　　　　／￣￣￣￣ヽ･ﾟ･ ｡･ﾟ/(_,　　　）
　　　　　　　　　　　 ／　　　　　　　　￣￣￣　＼、＿）
　　　　　　　　　　　|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣|
　　　　　　　　　　　 ￣|￣|￣￣￣￣￣￣|￣|￣

　 ε　⌒ﾍ⌒ヽﾌ　ブヒ♪
　（ 　　( 　・ω・）　
　　しー し─Ｊ　ヽ･ﾟ･ ｡･ﾟ/

Kawaisosu (カワイソス) is a Shobon variant with a single eyebrow, named after 'kawaisou' (可哀想) which represents a feeling of pity of sympathy. The character was usually seen with a sniper rifle aimed at Saito Matanki and becomes a sauce bottle due to the obvious 'sauce' (ソース, sosu) pun. Historically, it was made after 2channel started getting slammed with the 'Yamada Virus' trojan in 2005.

（´・ω・） ｶﾜｲｿｽ

　 　 ,-ｰ──‐‐-､
　　 ,! ||　　　　　　|
　　 !‐---------‐
　　.|:::i ./´￣￣.ヽ.i
　　|::::i | |＼∧/.|..||
　　|::::i | |__〔@〕__|.||
　　|::::i |.（´･ω･`）||
　　|::::i |　 ｷﾝｸﾞ　 ||
　　|::::i | ｶﾜｲｿｰｽ.||
　　|::::i L___________」|
　　|::::i : : : : : : : : : |
　　｀'''‐ｰ------ｰﾞ 

 　　　　ﾊﾞﾁｭﾝ　`･，･,
　　　　　　　　｀，ﾞ｀･;`'.　＜
　　　 　　　(( ノ(　　ヽ ))
　　　　　　　　　<　 >

　　　　　　　　　__Ｏ)二)))(・ω・｀)ｶﾜｲｿｽ
　　　0二━━ )＿＿＿＿）┐ノヽ
　　　　　　　　　A　　　||ﾐ|＼　くく 

Syakīn (シャキーン), or Shakīn, is the Shobon variant with inverted eyebrows. They represent a refreshed, high-tension 'uplifted' feeling. Outside of that, there's not much else. Furthermore, their name is extremely inconvenient since it's usually the sound for a 'cool' pose in Japanese, and romanizing their name isn't better since 'shakin' looks like the word 'shaking' in English.

　 ∧＿∧　　　／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
　（`･ω･´)　＜　Feeling motivated, once a day!
　（つ旦と）　　 ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
　と＿）＿）

Ranbuta (らん豚), or Ranran (らんらん), is a literal pig persona that bashes video games, usually an MMO, some gacha game, or any game that gets 'balancing' updates. They'll often gather in a dedicated 'pigpen' thread to avoid clogging up the main thread with negativity, but they can get rowdy and unreasonable. While it isn't known why they're called that, we do know the first complained about Fantasy Earth Zero.

　　_＿,､＿,､
　(　 ( ´･ω･｀)　This is the new pigpen.
　｀u-｀u--u´

In 2011, the tripcode user, ◆fqmjWRH5ujSm, began a series of /news4vip/ threads allegedly stalking a girl nicknamed 'Denko' (デン子). These threads were picked up by a matome blog,³⁾ then “vgperson” made the English translation that went viral on Tumblr,⁴⁾ and then “Brendaniel” narrated it and called it a 'stupid fucking hamster face'.⁵⁾ For a while, the emote was associated with stalking.

The threads stopped after a month, leaving readers to speculate on what became of the alleged love triangle near Yoyogi Park. However, the tripcode did resurface in a toy exchange⁶⁾⁷⁾ and “30+ and unemployed” thread.⁸⁾⁹⁾ We don't have any definitive proof that it's the same user, but if it was, how did this alleged college student end up in Kyoto Prefecture and why was he in a thread for people in their 30s or higher?

• Shobon no Action

• Shobon on the 2ch AA Illustration Project
• Shobon on Pixiv Encyclopedia
• (´・ω・`) on Niconico Encyclopedia