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Shobon
（´・ω・｀）ｼｮﾎﾞｰﾝ
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 else people will start going “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.
Text artwork
(´・ω・`)ｼｮﾎﾞｰﾝ
(´・ω・`)
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∧＿∧ （´･ω･｀ ）ｼｮﾎﾞｰﾝ Ｏ^ｿ⌒とヽ （_（＿ﾉ､_ソ
♪ ∧,＿∧ ♪ （´・ω・｀）)) (( ( つ ヽ、♪ 〉 とノ ))) （__ノ^(＿)
∧＿∧ ／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ （´・ω・｀) ＜ Feeling down, once a day! （つ旦と） ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ と＿）＿）
Derivatives
Deliberating
Deliberating (審議中, Shingichū) refers to a group of Shobon-like characters that will gather to discuss a bad shitpost or lame joke that somebody made, pretending that their post was placed on trial. They will reach a verdict of 'approved', 'rejected', 'overturned', 'guilty', etc. 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.
【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!!
“I'll make fried rice!!” (チャーハン作るよ！, Chāhan tsukuru yo!) is a simple Shobon variant that would make fried rice, but has a high chance of failing. The pan is called a 'Niniv' (ニニフ, Ninifu). They own a pet pig named 'Tonky' (トンキー) after sparing them from a pork fried rice recipe. Some people may know this version 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
Kawaisosu (カワイソス) is a Shobon variant with a single eyebrow, roughly named after 'kawaisou' (可哀想), which obviously represents a feeling of pity of sympathy. The character is sometimes 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
Syakin
Syakīn (シャキーン), or Shakīn, is a Shobon variant that has inverted eyebrows. They represent a refreshed 'uplifted' feeling, often associated with high tension. Outside of that, there isn't really much to this character. Furthermore, their name is a bit inconvenient since it's already the sound for a 'cool' pose, and romanizing their name isn't any better since 'shakin' looks like the English word 'shaking'.
∧＿∧ ／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ （`･ω･´) ＜ Feeling motivated, once a day! （つ旦と） ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ と＿）＿）
Ranbuta (Ranran)
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´
The 'Denko' Story
In 2011, the tripcode user, ◆fqmjWRH5ujSm, began a series of /news4vip/ threads about allegedly stalking a girl nicknamed 'Denko' (デン子). These threads were picked up by a matome blog,3) then “vgperson” would make an English translation that went viral on Tumblr4) that the emote was once synonymous with 'stalking', then “Brendaniel” narrated and called the emote a 'stupid fucking hamster face'.5)
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?
See also
External links
1)
The term 'shobon' (しょぼん), or 'shonbori' (しょんぼり), is a psychomime for a downhearted, dejected, low-spirited feeling. Some other translations use 'depression' or 'regrets'.
2)
"【巡音ルカ】ダブルラリアットに合わせてチャーハンつくるよ！【炒飯】" [Mirror] (February 22, 2009). Niconico Douga.
3)
"【助けて】好きな子にメールしたけど返信が返ってこない(´･ω･`)" (April 8, 2011). Majikichi Sokuhou.
4)
"[Help!] The Girl I Like Won’t Respond to My Emails (´･ω･`)" (April 21, 2012). Tumblr.
5)
"Denko (´･ω･`) [Part 1]" (April 10, 2013). YouTube.
6)
"フィギュア、ガチャ、おもちゃ交換譲渡スレ 30" (November 29, 2011). 2channel /toy/.
7)
"フィギュア、ガチャ、おもちゃ交換譲渡スレ 31" (December 27, 2011). 2channel /toy/.
8)
"【コテ雑談】30歳以上で無職の人その2" (November 9, 2012). 2channel /dame/.
9)
"30歳以上で無職の人・・・其の393" (October 9, 2012). 2channel /dame/.
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