AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The 'Yuu Buys a Cookie' meme features a three-panel image from the anime 'Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me,' depicting a scene where the character Yuu Matsumoto buys a cookie from another character, Hana Shirosaki, during a school play. The first panel shows Hana offering the cookie, the second shows Yuu accepting it, and the third panel concludes with Yuu happily holding the cookie. This template is popular within the anime community, often used to create various exploitable memes.

OriginWho did it first?

The meme originated from the 'Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me' anime, specifically during a scene in the twelfth episode titled 'Angel's Gaze,' which first aired on March 26th, 2019. The series is based on a manga that started in 2016. In the relevant scene, Yuu Matsumoto, appearing in a school play, buys a cookie from Hana Shirosaki, leading to the creation of this exploitable meme template. More on the series can be found on its Wikipedia page.^[1]

Origin: 2019