What is Yare Yare Daze?

Yare Yare Daze (やれやれだぜ) is the Japanese catchphrase of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure protagonist Jotaro Kujo, usually rendered in English as 'Good Grief' or similar sighs of exasperation.

Where did Yare Yare Daze come from?

Hirohiko Araki wrote the line as Jotaro's verbal tic in the Stardust Crusaders arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which the David Productions anime adaptation delivered to English-speaking viewers in 2014.

What does Yare Yare Daze mean?

The phrase literally translates as 'Well Well' and expresses boredom or exasperation; official English versions include Crunchyroll's 'Good Grief,' the OVAs' 'What a Pain' and Shonen Jump Advance's 'Give me a !@$&*# break'.

How do you use Yare Yare Daze?

Post the catchphrase, or the shortened YYD, under something annoying as a Jotaro-style eye-roll; captioned screenshots often use the frame where Jotaro adjusts his cap.

Is Yare Yare Daze still popular?

The catchphrase stayed a core anime-fandom reaction after the 2014 anime boom, with José Fino's YouTube compilation collecting more than 5.5 million views following its January 2017 re-upload.

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Published October 18, 2026

Yare Yare Daze (やれやれだぜ) is Jotaro Kujo's exasperated catchphrase from Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, roughly rendered in English as 'Good Grief' or 'What a Pain.' After David Productions animated Stardust Crusaders in 2014, anime fans turned Jotaro's weary sigh into a captioned-screenshot reaction, with the José Fino YouTube compilation collecting more than 5.5 million views by 2017.

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Overview

Typical posts stamp the Crunchyroll subtitle 'Good Grief' over a Jotaro screenshot, often the frame where he adjusts his cap mid-sigh3. On 4chan's /a/ board, writers also post the line as plain text, with 'YYD' acting as a shortened sign-off dating back to a 2009 Urban Dictionary entry5.

Translation choices give edit-makers room to signal Jotaro-style exasperation without reusing the same English wording twice. Shonen Jump Advance printed Jotaro's line as 'Give me a !@$&*# break,' while the 1993 and 2001 OVAs went with 'What a Pain'4.

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Origin & Background

Platform

Weekly Shonen Jump (manga) / YouTube (anime-era meme spread)

Creator

Hirohiko Araki; meme usage: Unknown

Date

1989

Hirohiko Araki wrote Yare Yare Daze into Stardust Crusaders, the third arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump between 1989 and 19924. The Japanese line works as a dismissive 'well, well,' and translators gave it a wide range of English readings over the decades.

David Productions adapted Stardust Crusaders in 2014, with the catchphrase arriving on English anime screens in episode 2 on April 11, 20143. Jotaro's bored delivery, paired with the cap-adjust gesture, soon circulated as a standalone reaction clip.

How It Spread

Written mentions showed up on 4chan long before the anime aired. The archive Desuarchive logs more than 800 posts using the phrase6. Urban Dictionary user 'Jotaro Kujo' submitted an entry for the abbreviation YYD on August 28, 20095, and user 'JotaroKujo' added a definition for the full catchphrase on November 20, 20132.

YouTube compilations took the catchphrase from forum text into reaction-video territory. Uploader José Fino cut together every Jotaro instance in Stardust Crusaders on February 27, 2016, drawing over 194,000 views before the video came down4. Fino re-uploaded a new compilation on January 4, 2017, and that version collected more than 5.5 million views1.

Timeline

1989

Hirohiko Araki introduces Yare Yare Daze as Jotaro Kujo's catchphrase in Stardust Crusaders, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump.

2009-08-28

Urban Dictionary user 'Jotaro Kujo' submits an entry for the abbreviation YYD.

2013-11-20

Urban Dictionary user 'JotaroKujo' adds a definition for the full catchphrase 'yare yare daze.'

2014-04-11

David Productions' Stardust Crusaders anime adaptation airs episode 2, the first English-subbed appearance of the catchphrase.

2016-02-27

YouTube user José Fino uploads a compilation of every Jotaro Yare Yare Daze instance in Stardust Crusaders, drawing over 194,000 views before deletion.

2017-01-04

José Fino re-uploads a second Yare Yare Daze compilation that collects more than 5.5 million views.

How to Use This Meme

Post 'Yare Yare Daze,' or the abbreviation YYD, under a screenshot, quote-tweet or clip you find tiresome, with the line standing in for a dry Jotaro-style eye-roll2. Captioned-image versions often use a frame of Jotaro adjusting his cap, with 'Good Grief' or 'What a Pain' stamped across the bottom.