Bevy of busty beauties from the modeling and cosplay worlds take part in pun-based festivities.
Despite widespread popularity stretching back generations, puns and breasts are often relegated to dirty-pleasure status in many modern societies. Japan, though, remains steadfastly unabashed in its appreciation for a turn of phrase or bounce of chest, and those passions dovetailed on November 8.
Written numerically, November 8 becomes 11-8, or 11-08, if you want to use all possible digits. In Japanese, “1” can be read as i and “8” as ppai. And while it’s not an indigenous reading, you could fudge the rules a bit and read “0” as o, due to its similarity to between-N-and-P letter of the alphabet. Once you’re done jumping through all those hoops, you end up with 11-08 becoming “ii oppai, which just so happens to be how you say “nice boobs” in Japanese.
The logic was sound enough for Japanese Twitter users, and so November 8 has become Nice Boobs Day in Japanese online circles, with gravure swimsuit models kicking off the festivities with shared snapshots.
▼ Social media–savvy Jun Amaki, always ready to leap into online trends
いいおっぱいの日
#1mmでもいいなと思ったらRT
#二次元ボディ
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/lx0XNnphSf
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天木じゅん (@jun_amaki) November 08, 2017
今日くらいはいいんだよ
RTくらいしても^^
いいおっぱいの日だからね
#1mmでもいいなと思ったらRT
#二次元ボディ
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/HXMMySGEex
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天木じゅん (@jun_amaki) November 08, 2017
▼ Idol singer Erina Kamiya, whose breasts were last seen attempting to shatter roof tiles, karate chop-style
#いいおっぱいの日 らしいので、いつもよりオフショット多めにのせてみる。
#11月15日神谷えりな1stソロ写真集神乳発売 https://t.co/UOzRrPR0aX
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神谷えりな:Erina*仮面女子 (@kamiya__erina) November 08, 2017
▼ Saki Yanase, the woman with the Pokémon chest
Speaking of Japanese animation, November 8 was also a busy day for cosplayers, who marked the occasion by posing in in low-cut anime and anime-inspired outfits.
(* ॑꒳ ॑* )
#いいおっぱいの日
#おっぱい揉むテンプレ
コラボ! https://t.co/PjlT4Eb6i6
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伊織萌🎄1日目 東も 05 (@moe_five) November 08, 2017
▼ Super Sonico is an obvious choice for Ii Oppai Day
自分史上最強におっぱいが盛れた日でした。
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/AP78iesnRT
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こぉりさ けぇ@11/12BBQ行こ? (@HzakiK) November 08, 2017
▼ Fate/Extra’s foxy Caster
#いいおっぱいの日
キャス狐。゚+.(∗ ˊωˋ ∗).+゚。 https://t.co/FIwt4kQvUN
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あかね🐑25撮影会26カフェイベ (@AkaneA01) November 08, 2017
Some cosplayers couldn’t decide on a single set of clothing to represent the day, instead opting to post collages.
コスプレver
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/THURz3yQ3Y
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火将ロシエル (@Kasyou3roshieru) November 08, 2017
いいかどうか分からないけどせっかくなので🙃
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/DkTqCIEUgk
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あんず🌸HF上映中 (@cm_anzu) November 08, 2017
Alternatively, some contributors chose to take the focus off their apparel with extreme close-ups.
1108(良いおっぱい)の日と聞いて過去画
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/K1le0QbRct
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るしあ (@rusia_nico) November 08, 2017
#いいおっぱいの日
上乳と下乳
まだあった!
おやすみ💤 https://t.co/obQ2ZpWufD
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まむ (@mamu12mamu) November 08, 2017
Due to its linguistic origins, Ii Oppai Day was mainly celebrated by Japanese models, including Tsubura and extra-tan Rina Hashimoto, the so-called “Black Diamond” of the Japanese gravure industry.
なつかしい
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/BiGLJ1NI0Z
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つぶら (@rnrn_04) November 08, 2017
#いいおっぱいの日
なつのおっぱい https://t.co/LhU2wseVQp
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橋本 梨菜 (@rinasketch) November 08, 2017
But the hashtag managed to transcend national borders as even some overseas cosplayers got in on the act.
Posting one more Dangerous Beast photo for good gacha luck! 🎃
#FGO #FateGO
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/2Ub2e4yO43
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bunnie♡王女 (@bunnie_hime) November 08, 2017
I can 100% get on board with this 😘
#いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/VBXmhpFsnZ
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Kimbearli@FGO Hell (@KimbearIi) November 09, 2017
because it's #いいおっぱいの日 that's why!!
here repping the modest but boobiemagic crew
📸1: @MartinWongPhoto
📸2: Rale Ph… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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🎄🍷RumDevinRum🍷🎄 (@runDEVINrun) November 09, 2017
Finally, if all this has you feeling a little overheated and you’d like to cool off, here’s illustrated character Penpen the Emperor Penguin’s take on Nice Boobs Day.
11/8日は いいおっぱいの日
#penguin #ペンギン #エンペラーペンギン #今日は何の日 #いいおっぱいの日 https://t.co/zASYrCRvkq
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皇帝ペンギンのペンペン (@penguin259) November 08, 2017
Or if the origin and visuals of Ii Oppai Day have merely whet your appetite, you can enjoy a second helping of breasts and linguistics here.
Source: Hachima Kiko
Featured image: Twitter/@HzakiK
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