Shikairo Days Dance

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Shikairo Days Dance refers to a video of Torako Koshi from the anime series My Deer Friend Nokotan in which she dances in front of a deer with while the anime's opening song, titled "Shikairo Days," repeatedly says the anime's name. The video became a popular source of redraw and animation memes.

Origin

On May 28th, 2024, the My Deer Friend Nokotan official Twitter / X^[1] uploaded the one-hour video of Torako Koshi dancing in front of a deer. The video received more than 12,900 reposts and 38,600 likes in one week (shown below).

◥◣毎月第4火曜日は「#シカの日」◢◤　　（4[シ]＋火［カ］＝シカ）今月はOP楽曲のイントロ耐久1時間をプレゼント🦌長いタイトルが覚えられない…！でも覚えたい…！という方に効果的な楽曲です。📺#しかのこ 7月7日(日)より放送開始📺公式HP https://t.co/DroCv5P8u9 pic.twitter.com/5EDImT9YVq
— 『しかのこのこのここしたんたん』公式【TVアニメ7月より放送開始！】 (@shikanoko_PR) May 28, 2024

Spread

Over the following few days, the video became popular among artists on Twitter / X and was used as redraw and reanimation material for memes. For example, on June 2nd, 2024, Twitter / X^[2] user @SeptetteS uploaded a fan animation of Hololive VTuber Fuwamoco based on the video. The post received more than 4,600 reposts and 27,800 likes in two days (shown below).

#FWMCpix #しかのこのこのここしたんたん pic.twitter.com/LEbEKS4GGJ
— Terrible Joe (@SeptetteS) June 2, 2024

On June 2nd and 3rd, 2024, Twitter^[3]^[4] user @HimeHinghoi uploaded two Bocchi The Rock! fan art showing characters in the scene from different angles. The posts received more than 3,300 reposts and 30,200 likes, and 2,000 reposts and 25,300 likes, respectively (shown below, left and right).