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JRPG Overly Dramatic Attack Animation For Low Damage Meme

This is a relatable gaming meme poking fun at a common trope in Japanese Role-Playing Games (JRPGs). The top text sets up the joke, stating 'JRPG animations before you deal 15 damage to a target:', followed by a blurry shot of an extremely elaborate, cinematic attack animation of a fantastical multi-appendaged entity. The joke highlights the absurd mismatch common in JRPGs where even very low-damage basic attacks are paired with overly dramatic, lengthy, high-production animations that are completely out of proportion to the small amount of damage they actually inflict on enemies.
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JRPG animations before you deal 15 damage to a target:

Overview

This is a relatable gaming meme poking fun at a common trope in Japanese Role-Playing Games (JRPGs). The top text sets up the joke, stating 'JRPG animations before you deal 15 damage to a target:', followed by a blurry shot of an extremely elaborate, cinematic attack animation of a fantastical multi-appendaged entity. The joke highlights the absurd mismatch common in JRPGs where even very low-damage basic attacks are paired with overly dramatic, lengthy, high-production animations that are completely out of proportion to the small amount of damage they actually inflict on enemies.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed for the Reddit Meme community, originally posted with the title 'It do be like that'. It references a long-running joke among JRPG fans about exaggerated attack animations in popular JRPG franchises such as Final Fantasy, Persona, and Dragon Quest, which has been a common humorous topic in gaming communities online for years.

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