# Kaneki Profile Picture Kaneki Profile Picture is a Tokyo Ghoul:re manga panel of Ken Kaneki throwing his head back with his hair hiding his eyes, which Twitter users began setting as their avatar in late 2019 to signal heartbreak, self-pity, and quiet rejection. By December 2019, a joke thread from @chopstick ending in a #NewProfilePic post of the panel helped turn the image into a running Twitter bit about public romantic defeat. ## Origin The source panel comes from chapter 30 of Sui Ishida's manga Tokyo Ghoul:re, published in Weekly Young Jump on May 28, 2015, which closes with Ken Kaneki tipping his head back as his younger sister figure Hinami Fueguchi resolves not to give up on him[10]. Tokyo Ghoul readers had used the image as a straight-faced avatar for years, but no ironic reading attached to it until mid-2019. The earliest documented joke use came from Twitter account @AnimeWifeLover on August 30, 2019, posting the panel with the caption 'just found out my healslut gf played support for another guy'[1]. A week later on September 6, 2019, @BitchAssBowie called out the growing habit of users adopting the panel as their avatar in a tweet of their own[2]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview On Twitter the panel typically ran as a punchline avatar. A user would post a self-pitying confession about getting ghosted, rejected, or ignored, then switch their profile picture to the Kaneki image so the Kaneki Profile Picture format extended the joke across every reply and quote tweet[1]. The gag relied on the panel's exaggerated anime melodrama matching an ordinary romantic failure, with the Tokyo Ghoul anime theme UNRAVEL, also called Donny's Theme, carrying the same deflated mood in audio form[7]. Parody edits followed once the avatar bit was established, with artists redrawing the exact head-tilt pose using characters from other series or in different art styles[8][9]. ## How to Use Posts typically combine a short, self-pitying one-liner about rejection, ghosting, or being overlooked with the Kaneki manga panel set as the account's avatar. A common convention is the #NewProfilePic hashtag announcing the switch, as @chopstick used to cap off a four-tweet rejection bit on December 2, 2019[4]. Parody redraws often keep the exact head-tilt pose but replace Kaneki with a different anime, cartoon, or celebrity figure[8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Kaneki Profile Picture? Kaneki Profile Picture is a Tokyo Ghoul:re manga panel of Ken Kaneki tipping his head back with his hair hiding his eyes, used as an avatar on Twitter in late 2019 to signal rejection and self-pity[2]. ### Where did Kaneki Profile Picture come from? The image comes from chapter 30 of Sui Ishida's manga Tokyo Ghoul:re, published May 28, 2015, and the earliest joke use dates to an August 30, 2019 tweet from @AnimeWifeLover[1][10]. ### What does Kaneki Profile Picture mean? Setting the panel as an avatar signals heartbreak, rejection, or quiet resignation, usually paired with a self-deprecating caption about romance gone wrong[7]. ### How do you use Kaneki Profile Picture? Users typically post a short self-pitying message about being ghosted or ignored and then switch their avatar to the Kaneki panel, sometimes tagging the change with #NewProfilePic as @chopstick did on December 2, 2019[4]. ### Is Kaneki Profile Picture still popular? The meme peaked across late 2019 and early 2020 with parody redraws from artists like @TyroneStash in February 2020[8], then settled into a classic Tokyo Ghoul reference as newer avatar trends took hold[7]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/AnimeWifeLover/status/1167304952785424384]() 2. [https://twitter.com/BitchAssBowie/status/1170108326266454016]() 3. [https://twitter.com/BitchAssBowie/status/1183473669340913665]() 4. [https://twitter.com/chopstick/status/1201580435186356227]() 5. [https://twitter.com/holupknight/status/1201697052628901889]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/TokyoGhoul/comments/en2bal/why_do_a_lot_of_people_have_this_specific_picture/]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kaneki-profile-picture]() 8. [https://twitter.com/TyroneStash/status/1224199751660269569]() 9. [https://twitter.com/BobaFettNotDead/status/1265964581383540739]() 10. [https://tokyoghoul.fandom.com/wiki/Re:_Chapter_30]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/kaneki-profile-picture Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library