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Publication date of the original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-08-27 11:49 (JST)
Translated by. Braden Noyes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The latest addition to the Guilty Gear -Strive-<\/em> character lineup has been drawing quite a bit of attention recently, but not for the reasons you might think. The character\u2019s name is Jack-O\u2019, and it\u2019s actually her crouching idle animation which has sparked a new trend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The animation involves her pressing her upper body flat to the ground while spreading her feet wide apart and raising her hips high into the air. The Jack-O Pose<\/strong>, as it\u2019s been dubbed by the international community, has quickly been gaining popularity, with many netizens posting illustrations of other characters performing the pose under the hashtag #jackochallenge<\/strong>. The trend has even managed to find its way back to the game\u2019s country of origin, becoming a hit among Japanese fans as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack-O\u2019 is an artificially created human designed to prevent the revival of Justice, the God of Destruction. She contains fragments of the soul of Aria, the once love interest of the game\u2019s main protagonist, Sol. Aria\u2019s personality, though hidden deep in her consciousness, has blended with that of Jack-O\u2019s, resulting in a constant state of mental instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack-O\u2019 made her first appearance in the Guilty Gear<\/em> series back in August 2015 as part of Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator-<\/em> and has now joined Guilty Gear -Strive-<\/em> as a DLC character. Season Pass holders were given access to Jack-O\u2019 on August 27, 2021 and she was then made available as a stand-alone purchase on August 30, 2021.
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However, the majority of the attention Jack-O\u2019 has been attracting seems to be centered around her crouching idle animation. As mentioned earlier, the Jack-O Pose is a rather uncouth pose in which one presses their upper body flat to the ground, then spreads their feet apart while raising their hips high in the air. The hashtag #jackochallenge has been trending among the international community and is showing no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s more, the pose has transcended the confines of the Guilty Gear<\/em> series. Now, a quick search for the hashtag reveals a plethora of fan art depicting a wide range of characters in the Jack-O Pose. We do recommend exercising caution if you plan on doing so, however, as the very nature of the pose involves accentuating a person\u2019s sexy bits. But regardless of whether you go looking or not, you may have already come across the suggestive pose on your social media feeds. So in case you were wondering, Jack-O\u2019 is where it all began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how exactly did the Jack-O Pose take off in the first place? Well, the Guilty Gear<\/em> official Twitter account tweeted out Jack-O\u2019s crouching idle animation on August 25, 2021. By August 27, it had over 10,000 likes and had been retweeted 4,200 times. For comparison, the tweet of her taunt animation had 1,400 likes and 540 retweets, and her standing idle animation had 2,900 likes and 850 retweets. Looking at the numbers, we can see the former clearly received more attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the #jackochallenge hashtag first started appearing in posts as early as August 19, well before the official Twitter account posted the video. So while the official tweet no doubt helped fan the flames, it wasn\u2019t the actual origin of the trend.
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