The Meduka Meguca meme and the catchphrase 'Being Meguka is Suffering' originated from a series of threads on 4chan's /v/ and /a/ boards in early 2011, parodizing the dark themes of the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Created by a user known as marioandluigi, the parody featured crudely drawn MS Paint versions of the characters with phonetic misspellings of their names, such as Meduka, Hameru, and Sayaku. The series condensed the show's complex tragedy into absurdist, broken English dialogues that highlighted the constant trauma the characters faced. Over time, the meme became a shorthand for commenting on any media that relies heavily on character tragedy, using the intentional low-quality aesthetic to find humor in existential dread.