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Hands-Free Bubble Tea / Tapioca Challenge
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About
Hands-Free Bubble Tea (#手放しタピオカ) also known as the Tapioca Challenge (#タピオカチャレンジ) is a hashtag used for images of people or fictional characters balancing bubble tea or other drinks on their chest while drinking it, in a similar manner to the #TawawaChallenge. Starting in June 2019, the trend has seen significant spread on Japanese Twitter.
Origin
On June 7th, 2019, the Japanese model @hcupadman uploaded two videos of herself drinking a latte from a cup resting on her breasts.[1][6] The videos received over 1.7 million views and 238,000 views in two weeks, respectively, with one tweet receiving over 18,000 retweets and 48,000 likes in that period (shown below).
個人的な意見ですが
— Hカップな広告マン-アリペイサン (@hcupadman) June 8, 2019
巨乳で良かったことは、
1位 食べ過ぎてお腹出てもバレない
2位 たまに抜群に似合う服がある
3位 カフェラテ飲みながらパソコン打てる
です。 pic.twitter.com/TF0FXzCOS0
Two days later, Twitter[2] user Strangestone, known for the #TawawaChallenge,[7] uploaded an image of a woman drinking a cup of bubble tea placed on her breast while checking her cellphone, gaining over 22,000 retweets and 66,000 likes in the following week (shown below).
![Farewell Bubble tea by Strangestone treaa ルピ クオ テカ ンカン 酒ったばこ 銀行 A 配オカ たルクティー/ ℃以下 235 「要冷蔵 00. ?](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Spread
A day later, Twitter[3] artist @_club_3 shared an image of the characters Saber Alter and Jeanne Alter from Fate/Grand Order mobile game playing video games while drinking beverages in a similar manner, getting 12,000 retweets and 46,000 likes in the following days (shown below, left). On the same day, Twitter[4] user @creamcandy123 posted a picture set of herself doing the pose, gaining 3,000 retweets and 16,000 likes in the same period (shown below, center). On June 12th, Twitter[5] artist @hiragana_01 uploaded a drawing of a woman doing the pose gaining 3,000 retweets and 17,000 likes in five days (shown below, right).
![Fate by ♣3](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![@creamcandy123](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/503/783/192.jpg)
![Megane by hiragana_01 MEDI](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
In the following days, the trend received further spread on Twitter with photographs and fan art posted by users, also spreading to Instagram[8] and Reddit.[9][10]
Various Examples
![Let's go bubble tea by garunstudio](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![@maaysk1220 世界は LluEの競演 のの字廻し 化粧室をご利用のお客おま。 Eった。 TALES OF RESTORIA PRestrcam ar Wone 1 小野川に映える 古の面影 京葉線 Keiyo Line 千葉みなと。蘇我方面 forChibaminato & Sega 日本三大順子 「佐原囉子」の HONEYS 山車の織い曳き 13 14 コトだU JR JRO *16](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Miku Nakano by 能都くるみ BERGER Oeeelp](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![My sister is showing her abilities by chi9wa_](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Zombieland Saga by 上山道郎](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/503/765/0f6.png)
![When you're flat by blade4649](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @hcupadman's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @Strangestone's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @_club_3's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @creamcandy123's Tweet
[5] Twitter – hiragana_01's Tweet
[6] Twitter – @hcupadman's Tweet
[7] Twitter – @strangestone's Tweet
[8] Instagram – @
naomi.moonz' Post
[9] Reddit – Ara ara〜 Shouta-kun
[10] Reddit – Veronica's Tapioca Challenge
Top Comments
Shade.Usher
Jun 14, 2019 at 07:44PM EDT
Nedhitis
Jun 14, 2019 at 10:43PM EDT