“Ohoho.”
March 28, 2018 4:43 PM Subscribe
Every video’s title is “ohoho.” Ohoho. [YouTube] “YouTuber Ohohojousamahas been meticulously collecting anime clips of women saying “ohoho” for five years. Why? This is the internet. Don’t ask questions. Also known as the “noblewoman’s laugh,” “ohoho” in anime is an expression of amusement and condescension. In practice, it’s a shrill, “oh ho ho oh ho.” Didn’t know some basic shit? Ohoho. Let me explain. Beaten in a fight? Ohoho. You’re weak. Trying to cop a date with the cutest girl in your class? Ohoho. You wish.” [via: Kotaku]
Oh, Internet. Never change.
Well, OK, change. A lot. But not this.
posted by Room 101 at 4:55 PM on March 28, 2018 [15 favorites]
Well, OK, change. A lot. But not this.
posted by Room 101 at 4:55 PM on March 28, 2018 [15 favorites]
Ohohoho...weabs
posted by fluttering hellfire at 5:02 PM on March 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by fluttering hellfire at 5:02 PM on March 28, 2018 [2 favorites]
If your workplace has TV screens mounted on the walls or overhead, streaming the playlist of all 220 videos can be your ultimate fuck-you-I'm-out-of-here.
posted by ardgedee at 5:24 PM on March 28, 2018 [17 favorites]
posted by ardgedee at 5:24 PM on March 28, 2018 [17 favorites]
streaming the playlist of all 220 videos can be your ultimate fuck-you-I'm-out-of-here.
only if you change it to 2x speed
posted by slater at 5:26 PM on March 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
only if you change it to 2x speed
posted by slater at 5:26 PM on March 28, 2018 [1 favorite]
Ohohojousamahas could probably have cured cancer by now, if they had cared
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:28 PM on March 28, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:28 PM on March 28, 2018 [5 favorites]
> only if you change it to 2x speed
Or 0.5x
posted by ardgedee at 5:33 PM on March 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
Or 0.5x
posted by ardgedee at 5:33 PM on March 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
Dude, all that "ohohoho" and you didn't include six minutes of Naga the Serpent?! There's an entire episode of Slayers that's just about her annoying laugh! (Although, you did include a clip of Lina Inverse and a subtle hint that Amy is Naga's sister.)
posted by SPrintF at 5:35 PM on March 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by SPrintF at 5:35 PM on March 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
Ohohojousamahas could probably have cured cancer by now, if they had cared
Well, they do say laughter is the best medicine.
posted by Quackles at 5:36 PM on March 28, 2018 [5 favorites]
Well, they do say laughter is the best medicine.
posted by Quackles at 5:36 PM on March 28, 2018 [5 favorites]
Ohohojousamahas could probably have cured cancer by now, if they had cared
Well, they do say laughter is the best medicine.
Ohoho.
posted by Fizz at 5:39 PM on March 28, 2018 [9 favorites]
Well, they do say laughter is the best medicine.
Ohoho.
posted by Fizz at 5:39 PM on March 28, 2018 [9 favorites]
Is this the original? They all start with the same distinctive shrieking "Aahhh!"
posted by bleep at 5:46 PM on March 28, 2018
posted by bleep at 5:46 PM on March 28, 2018
It's fun watching Street Fighter 5 tournament footage when someone is playing Karin, because the entire audience joins in for the "o-hohoho" laugh at the end of her super
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:07 PM on March 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:07 PM on March 28, 2018 [3 favorites]
My favorite instance of this (also part of the playlist) is Renge from Ouran High School Host Club, mainly because the show actively makes fun of the trope by exaggerating it to an absurd degree. Whenever she appears in the scene, she is making that insidious laugh while also rising up from underground on a rotating platform with a "powerful motor," as the on-screen card always helpfully explains. It's one of the most hilarious aspects of the show for me (though perhaps it needs to be enjoyed in context).
posted by Pfardentrott at 6:51 PM on March 28, 2018 [6 favorites]
posted by Pfardentrott at 6:51 PM on March 28, 2018 [6 favorites]
As soon as I saw this, I knew Dragonhalf had to be in there somewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9skn9cskU_w
posted by Catbunny at 7:24 PM on March 28, 2018
posted by Catbunny at 7:24 PM on March 28, 2018
I won't stop watching these until my Youtube recommends are all weird anime junk
posted by theodolite at 8:22 PM on March 28, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by theodolite at 8:22 PM on March 28, 2018 [7 favorites]
As a translator, I hate this laugh.
posted by No-sword at 6:15 AM on March 29, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by No-sword at 6:15 AM on March 29, 2018 [2 favorites]
TIL there is an Ohoho Matsuri (Ohoho Festival) at Atsuta Jinguu, one of the "big three" shrines in Japan, as evidenced by this youtube video.
The festival's formal name is Eyoudoshinji (link to page from Atsuta Shrine).
posted by Sockin'inthefreeworld at 9:24 AM on March 29, 2018
The festival's formal name is Eyoudoshinji (link to page from Atsuta Shrine).
posted by Sockin'inthefreeworld at 9:24 AM on March 29, 2018
I can't watch at work, but there better be some Shantotto in there.
posted by xedrik at 11:36 AM on March 29, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by xedrik at 11:36 AM on March 29, 2018 [1 favorite]
GenjiandProust: Ohohojousamahas could probably have cured cancer by now, if they had cared
But I don't want to cure cancer. I want toturn people into dinosaurs compile YouTube playlists of anime clips of people saying "ohoho".
posted by mhum at 12:54 PM on March 29, 2018 [4 favorites]
But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to
posted by mhum at 12:54 PM on March 29, 2018 [4 favorites]
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