Karin Asaka Works At KFC

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Karin Asaka Works At KFC refers to an edited image of Love Live Nijigasaki character Karin Asaka working at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Online, it has become popular among the Love Live fandom and has seen multiple examples of fan art and memes.

Origin

On October 22nd, 2021, the official Twitter account^[1] of KFC Spain uploaded an image of Love Live Nijigasaki character Karin Asaka wearing a KFC hat with the tweet "Va a querer alguna salsa?" (Eng. Do you need any sauce?). The tweet received more than 10,900 retweets and 38,000 likes in one week (shown below).

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On the same day, Karin's voice actress, Miyu Kubota posted a tweet^[2] asking what is the correlation between her voice character with KFC. The tweet received more than 952 likes and 226 retweets. Later that day, Facebook^[3] user Neue Perz uploaded the screenshot to "Nijigasaki HS -- Dreamy Starlines with a smile! to Next TOKIMEKI" group. The post received more than 560 reactions and 367 shares (shown below).

The @KFC_ES's tweet gained popularity among the Love Live fandom, as some users created various fan art and memes based on the drawing. For example, on October 24th, 2021, Reddit^[4] user Blues_22 uploaded a Hello Yoshi From Super Mario variation to the /r/Otonokizaka subreddit, receiving 179 poubts (shown below, left). On the same day, Twitter^[5] user @GlennAkio uploadeda Natalia Poklonskaya Behind Microphones variation. The tweet received more than 1,100 likes and 285 retweets (shown below, right).

On October 22nd, 2021, Twitter^[6] user @koaranin1128 uploaded Karin Asaka fan art, gaining more than 7,100 likes and 2,100 retweets (shown below, left). On October 24th, 2021, Twitter^[7] user @d_ha315 uploaded a webcomic showing Karin's expectations when she goes to Spain. The tweet received more than 4,400 likes and 1,300 retweets (shown below, right).

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