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Panic reaction when you can't feel your phone in your pocket

This 4-panel collage meme uses official panels from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime, all featuring characters displaying intense expressions of shock, horror, and alarm. Overlaid text on the meme reads 'The average reaction when you don't feel your phone in your pocket:', drawing a humorous comparison between the extremely high-stakes, traumatic reactions of the characters in their original story context, and the common, relatable feeling of panic people experience when they think they have lost their mobile phone. The four characters shown are: top left = Satoru Gojo (manga panel), top right = Yuji Itadori (manga panel), bottom right = Ryomen Sukuna (manga panel), bottom left = Satoru Gojo (anime panel).
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The average reaction when you don't feel your phone in your pocket:

Overview

This 4-panel collage meme uses official panels from the Jujutsu Kaisen manga and anime, all featuring characters displaying intense expressions of shock, horror, and alarm. Overlaid text on the meme reads 'The average reaction when you don't feel your phone in your pocket:', drawing a humorous comparison between the extremely high-stakes, traumatic reactions of the characters in their original story context, and the common, relatable feeling of panic people experience when they think they have lost their mobile phone. The four characters shown are: top left = Satoru Gojo (manga panel), top right = Yuji Itadori (manga panel), bottom right = Ryomen Sukuna (manga panel), bottom left = Satoru Gojo (anime panel).

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of Reddit's Meme communities, per the provided metadata. It is a fan-created remix that repurposes existing panels from the popular shonen anime and manga series Jujutsu Kaisen, taking shots of characters reacting to devastating in-universe events to frame a lighthearted, relatable joke about everyday panic over a missing phone. This format of repurposing intense Jujutsu Kaisen reaction panels for mundane relatable scenarios is a popular trend in anime meme spaces online.

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