Honorable Mention
Sauce on @hent8isaucer instagram
This image is a two-panel split-screen meme. The left side features a popular meme format using the character Mr. Incredible from Disney Pixar’s “The Incredibles.” The top half of this side shows Mr. Incredible’s face in a cheerful, stylized rendering with the text caption, “People who don’t know,” below it. The bottom half on the left uses a heavily contrasting, black-and-white, realistic and eerie rendering of the same character’s face,
paired with the caption, “People who know.” This progression is commonly used on the internet to suggest a difference in understanding between someone who perceives a situation as simple or innocent and someone who is aware of a darker, more complex, or specific context. The right side of the image features a full-length, colored anime-style illustration of an original female character. This character has shoulder-length brown hair, brown eyes, and is smiling warmly. She is wearing a pink short-sleeved top and a yellow-tan kitchen apron over blue jeans, and she is waving with her right hand. The art style is gentle and cartoonish, and she is surrounded by small pink heart icons, indicating friendliness or affection. The character’s large chest is a prominent visual feature in the illustration. The juxtaposition of the two distinct styles creates a comparison between the meme’s concept of hidden knowledge and the character’s seemingly wholesome appearance.
Cha Soo-Young | The cop and the con
The image follows a familiar meme template featuring Count Dracula from Hotel Transylvania on the left side to illustrate two different reactions. The top panel shows him with a wide-eyed, worried expression labeled for those who do not know, while the bottom panel shows him with a confident, knowing smirk labeled for those who knows.
On the right, an illustration depicts a woman with long dark hair tied in a thick braid, wearing a professional blue uniform with epaulettes and a dark skirt. She is seated in an office-like setting with a desk behind her, maintaining a serious and composed expression. The combination suggests that viewers who are familiar with her character or the story she originates from would understand the subtext implied by the smirking reaction.
Caffeine
The image displays a series of reactions from an anime character on the left, transitioning from a skeptical pout at ten seconds to a wide-eyed smile at twenty seconds and a confident, blushing expression by thirty seconds. On the right, a blonde woman in a light blue uniform with
a necktie and white gloves leans forward toward a desk with an intense, flushed look on her face. Her expression is focused and slightly breathless as she looks directly at the viewer, while she holds a smartphone in one of her gloved hands. The meme uses the progression of the character on the left to suggest an increasing level of interest or approval in response to the woman’s appearance.
Not the Daughter, but the Mother
The Protagonist Gets Stronger When He F**ks the Female …
The illustration depicts a cheerful woman in a modern manhwa art style, radiating a warm and energetic personality. She has chin-length brown hair accented with a small heart-shaped hairclip and large, expressive eyes that match her wide, joyful smile. Her outfit consists of a crisp white collared shirt featuring a unique diamond-shaped cutout at the chest,
layered under a dark apron with thick straps. The lighting in the scene is soft and bright, casting a gentle glow over her features and emphasizing the clean, digital lines of the artwork. The overall composition suggests a friendly, everyday setting, perhaps a cafe or a home kitchen, capturing a candid moment of happiness.
Rikujoubu Joshi Wa Ore No Nama Onaho!!! The Animation
A WONDERFUL NEW WORLD
The Soundless Afternoon
The image is a humorous two-panel meme-style edit that plays on the classic “those who don’t know vs. those who know” format. On the left side, it features Count Dracula from the animated Hotel Transylvania movies — first showing his usual awkward, slightly goofy expression with wide eyes and a frown, captioned “THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW,” followed by his more confident, sly smirk with narrowed eyes and raised eyebrow, captioned “THOSE WHO KNOW.”
On the right side is a detailed anime-style illustration of a young woman with long dark hair tied in twin tails, wearing a form-fitting black dress under a loose open cardigan, accessorized with dangling earrings and a delicate necklace. She has a soft, knowing expression with flushed cheeks and half-lidded eyes. The contrast between the cartoon vampire’s dramatic mood shift and the calm, self-assured anime character creates the joke, implying that people “in the know” recognize and appreciate something special or particular about the illustrated woman.
Sauce on @hent8isaucer instagram
This image is a composite meme featuring characters from different anime and manga styles. On the left side, it shows a three-panel progression of a character with dark hair and tan skin, labeled with ten-second intervals. Her expression shifts from a pouting or skeptical look to one of realization
and finally to a confident or knowing smile. The right side features a larger illustration of a blonde character wearing a striped athletic jacket, appearing flushed while holding a canned beverage. The meme uses these reactive expressions to suggest a growing appreciation or a humorous reaction to the character shown on the right. This type of layout is a common way for fans to express their enthusiasm for specific character designs or artistic styles within online communities.
Artist @hent8isaucer on instagram
A multi-panel image features an anime-style illustration on the left and a three-panel comic on the right. The left illustration depicts a female character with long greyish-green hair, wearing an ornate red corset-style dress with black lace trim and an open shoulder coat. She has a smirk on her face and one eye
is obscured by her hair. On the right, a cartoon rendition of Spider-Man appears in three stacked panels. The top panel shows Spider-Man looking through binoculars with the text “ok let me see”. The middle panel shows him holding his head with wide eyes and the text “OH MY GOD”. The bottom panel shows him looking through the binoculars again with the text “let me see again just to make sure”.
