{"id":34995,"date":"2024-08-01T19:47:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=34995"},"modified":"2024-08-01T19:47:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:47:15","slug":"paris-olympics-stars-go-viral-in-japan-for-doing-no-mtx-runs-and-giving-off-city-hunter-vibes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/paris-olympics-stars-go-viral-in-japan-for-doing-no-mtx-runs-and-giving-off-city-hunter-vibes\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics stars go viral in Japan for doing \u201cno MTX\u201d runs and giving off City Hunter vibes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People on social media all around the world have been breaking internet with their outpourings of stunned admiration for medal-winners of Air Pistol events at the Paris Games 2024- namely Turkey\u2019s Yusuf Dikec and South Korea\u2019s Ye-ji Kim. Japanese users also can\u2019t get over how cool they look, however Dikec in particular drew some spot-on comparisons to a specific manga series.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yusuf Dikec and his partner Sevval Ilayda Tarhan won a silver medal in the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event, but it is Dikec\u2019s unusually relaxed approach that has gone viral. Most shooting competitors wear specialized gear such as tinted eye-glasses, but Dikec didn\u2019t. Consequently, he has been nicknamed the \u201cFree-to-play uncle\u201d (Mukakin Ojisan) among X users in Japan, an analogy to non-paying players of free-to-play video games who don\u2019t have any weapon upgrades or special in-game outfits.\u00a0This term is currently trending on X in Japan, as of the time of writing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801-34995-header2.jpg\" alt=\"City Hunter Ryo Saeba Paris Olympics comparison\" class=\"wp-image-35008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801-34995-header2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801-34995-header2-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240801-34995-header2-768x511.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only that but many Japanese users felt that the photos of Dikec competing gave them City Hunter vibes. City Hunter is a classic hardboiled manga from the 1980s, which later received an anime adaptation. In 2024, interest in the franchise was reignited with a Netflix live-action movie.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese users were quick to react- Dikec already has fan videos set to TM Network\u2019s Get Wild, the theme song of City Hunter, plus <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanazawa_you\/status\/1818834255470116962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">side-by-side comparisons<\/a> to main character Ryo Saeba in the manga.\u00a0Not to mention the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/george_10g\/status\/1818941143159329188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">latte art<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sakakir\/status\/1818825646644379747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fan drawings<\/a> that are going viral.<\/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\">\u7121\u8ab2\u91d1\u304a\u3058\u3055\u3093\u3053\u3068\u5c04\u6483\u9280\u30e1\u30c0\u30eb\u306e\u30c8\u30eb\u30b3\u306e\u304a\u3058\u3055\u3093\u306bGetWild\u3055\u305b\u3066\u307f\u305f\u3089\u304b\u3063\u3053\u3088\u3059\u304e\u305f\u4ef6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KAM4HT1Egb\">pic.twitter.com\/KAM4HT1Egb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u592a\u6bcd\u795e\u30ca\u30ae@\u3054\u610f\u898b\u756a\u795e\u30d5\u30eb\u30a8\u30f3\u30b5\u30fc (@TamogamiNagi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TamogamiNagi\/status\/1818902503452561592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Ye-ji Kim not only won a gold medal in the 25m air pistol competition but also broke a world record in the process. Like many Olympics watchers around the world, Japanese commenters were impressed by both her skill and style. The contrast between Ye-ji Kim\u2019s cool and serious \u201cbadass energy\u201d as she broke a world record, and the cuteness of her daughter\u2019s stuffed toy elephant keychain also attracted comments. \u201cDignified face plus shooting skills plus elephant on her hip. Isn\u2019t she perfect?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/togetter.com\/li\/2410564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one user<\/a> commented. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lemonpie0720\/status\/1818248763540172819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posts<\/a> opined that she looks like a cool manga character.&nbsp;<\/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\">\u5c04\u6483\u306e\u30ad\u30e0\u30fb\u30a4\u30a7\u30b8\u9078\u624b\u3002<br>\u3082\u3046\u5168\u3066\u304c\u30d1\u30fc\u30d5\u30a7\u30af\u30c8\u3059\u304e\u3066\u3001\u60da\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff9d\uff83_(\u2510\u300c\u03b5:)_ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFoCPgor0d\">https:\/\/t.co\/bFoCPgor0d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/whJ2tnfGNu\">pic.twitter.com\/whJ2tnfGNu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u307f\u306a\u3053\u30fb\u30d5\u30eb\u30b7\u30a2\u30f3\u30c6 (@randebu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/randebu\/status\/1818053056652845065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><em>Shooting competitor Ye-ji Kim. I fell in love with her- she&#8217;s so perfect in every way.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air pistol medal winners Yusuf Dikec and Ye-ji Kim are trending on Japanese social media too, with manga character comparisons &#038; fan tributes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":35005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-34995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nongaming-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paris Olympics stars go viral in Japan for doing \u201cno MTX\u201d runs and giving off City Hunter vibes\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paris Olympics Air pistol medal winners Yusuf Dikec &amp; Ye-ji Kim are trending on Japanese social media too, with manga comparisons &amp; fanart\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/paris-olympics-stars-go-viral-in-japan-for-doing-no-mtx-runs-and-giving-off-city-hunter-vibes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paris Olympics stars go viral in Japan for doing \u201cno MTX\u201d runs and giving off City Hunter vibes\u00a0 - 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