{"id":10149,"date":"2022-03-01T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10149"},"modified":"2022-03-01T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T08:56:07","slug":"20220301-10149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220301-10149\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Gear Solid V\u2019s \u201c9-year coma scene\u201d becomes a meme in Japan, Kojima responds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220301-193749\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-03-01 15:23<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em><strong>Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain<\/strong><\/em>\u2019s \u201c9-year coma scene\u201d has become a recent meme among Japanese Twitter users. And with so many people tweeting and retweeting the meme, it looks like even series creator Hideo Kojima knows about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain<\/em> is an action game that released in 2014. Among the many noteworthy points in the game, one scene that especially left an impact is when Snake, the protagonist of the game wakes up from a 9-year coma at a hospital in Cyprus. Sprawled out and unable to move, we\u2019re left staring at the ceiling from a first-person perspective when the doctor comes in. The doctor then tries to explain the situation while keeping his patient calm. But after learning he was in a 9-year long coma, Snake of course becomes very upset before being calmed down with an injection. The scene also made it into an official trailer and has likely remained in fans\u2019 minds since the game\u2019s release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s this scene that suddenly inspired a meme in Japan in February of this year. The genesis of the meme\u2019s popularity appears to be a tweet from Twitter user @Shirakami_Amaki on February 16. As of this writing, the tweet has over 40,000 retweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u826f\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\u3001\u843d\u3061\u7740\u3044\u3066\u805e\u3044\u3066\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u3002<br>\u8cb4\u65b9\u304c\u7720\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3053\u306e4\u5e74\u9593\u3001HUNTER \u00d7 HUNTER\u306e\u9023\u8f09\u306f\u307e\u3060\u518d\u958b\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boaPpCmX0A\">pic.twitter.com\/boaPpCmX0A<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u767d\u795e\u5929\u7a00@Create Berserker\ud83d\udc10\ud83e\udd8c\ud83e\udd92 (@Shirakami_Amaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shirakami_Amaki\/status\/1493861476964130816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>\u201cAre you okay? Try to relax. During the 4 years you\u2019ve been asleep Hunter x Hunter still hasn\u2019t started up again.\u201d<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>And then on the 18<sup>th<\/sup>, YouTuber Earl Enigma posted a video version of the same meme where they impersonate the voice actor of the doctor, Houchu Ootsuka (in the Japanese version). Jouji Nakata, another voice actor, also retweeted the video complementing Earl Enigma on the impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u306e\u65b9\u304a\u4e0a\u624b\u3002<br>\u3057\u304b\u3082\u5927\u585a\u82b3\u5fe0\u3055\u3093\u306e\u7279\u5fb4\u3092\u3088\u304f\u6349\u3048\u3066\u3044\u308b\uff08\uff3e\u03c9\uff3e\uff09 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7QOaq2dz9s\">https:\/\/t.co\/7QOaq2dz9s<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u4e2d\u7530\u8b72\u6cbb (@joujinakata123) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joujinakata123\/status\/1494852160798224385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>\u201cThis person is good. They really captured Houchu Ootsuka\u2019s characteristics.\u201d<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Since the tweet, tons of other users have been posting their own variations. It\u2019s mainly used to show something you\u2019ve been anticipating that still hasn\u2019t happened yet. Like a game or movie series not getting a new title in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like all the posts even got the attention of <em>Metal Gear <\/em>series creator Hideo Kojima. On March 1, Kojima commented that he had been sent lots of images of the awakening scene. \u201cI wondered why I was being sent the Cyprus hospital scene so much recently and it turns out it\u2019s become a meme.\u201d <em>MGSV:TPP<\/em> came out in 2015, around 7 years ago, so it was probably surprising for Kojima to see that scene suddenly become a meme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3053\u3053\u6700\u8fd1\u3001MGSV\u5192\u982d\u306e\u30ad\u30d7\u30ed\u30b9\u306e\u75c5\u9662\u306e\u6620\u50cf\u304c\u9001\u3089\u308c\u3066\u304f\u308b\u3002\u4f55\u3067\uff1f\u3068\u601d\u3063\u305f\u3089\u30019\u5e74\u9593\u660f\u7761\u304c\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30df\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bEXFbNJgVM\">pic.twitter.com\/bEXFbNJgVM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5c0f\u5cf6\u79c0\u592b (@Kojima_Hideo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kojima_Hideo\/status\/1498468890455965696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One reason for the coma meme is likely because that scene has remained in players\u2019 minds after all these years. As for the <em>Metal Gear<\/em> series, it seems like a new mainline entry would be tough, especially considering Kojima has gone independent. Maybe in two years we\u2019ll see the meme show up again to remind us of <em>Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain<\/em>\u2019s 9<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metal Gear Solid V\u2019s \u201c9-year coma scene\u201d becomes a meme in Japan, prompting series creator Hideo Kojima to respond. 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