The Japanese Honorifics meme culture stems from the internet's fascination with Japanese social suffixes like -san, -kun, -chan, and -sama, often popularized through anime and manga. These memes typically highlight the humor in non-native speakers overusing these terms or the dramatic shift in status between characters based on which honorific is used. While originally used as educational charts explaining social hierarchies, the internet transformed them into templates for making fun of 'weeb' behavior or illustrating the varying levels of respect and intimacy in different friendships. Today, they are a staple in the anime community for creating relatable content about fandom obsession and the nuances of Japanese linguistics.