Honorable Mention
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.
