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About
Yare Yare… School Is Such a Drag for 2 Otakus Like Us is a redraw meme format based on an image of two boys dramatically posing back-to-back in front of a school window behind the caption, "yare yare… school is such a drag for 2 otakus like us 🥀." The original image was posted by TikToker @bigisabono.2 on May 8th, 2025 and spread over the following months to sites including Instagram and X / Twitter, inspiring redraws that replace the boys with characters from various fandoms. The meme's caption begins with the term "yare yare," a Japanese phrase used to express frustration, comparable to the English phrase, "good grief."
Origin
On May 8th, 2025, TikToker @bigisabono.2 posted an image macro consisting of a photo of two male students sitting dramatically, back-to-back in front of a window, behind the on-image caption, "yare yare… school is such a drag for 2 otakus like us 🥀." The post gained over 3.5 million views in six months.
Spread
The image spread over the following months, inspiring redraws.
On May 9th, 2025, Instagram user uncrustamemes reposted it, garnering over 553,000 likes in six months. On May 12th, X user @shunhashimoto posted a redraw of the meme that replaces the boys with characters from The Hundred Line, garnering over 2,800 likes in six months. This is the earliest known redraw of the meme.
On May 29th, Instagram user coolmathgames posted a version of the meme redrawing the men as the characters from the Flash game Fireboy and Watergirl, garnering over 50,000 likes in six months.
On November 9th, X user @ssyyk1sk posted a redraw of the meme referencing the video game Deltarune, drawing the men as Kris and Susie, garnering over 48,000 likes and 6,800 reposts in a day.
Various Examples
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