What is Your Next Line is...?

It is a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure catchphrase used in reply chains where one user predicts what another will type back, prompting a shocked quote-reply.

Where did Your Next Line is... come from?

Hirohiko Araki wrote the line into Chapter 47 of the Battle Tendency manga arc in 1988, where Joseph Joestar used it against a thug.

What does Your Next Line is... mean?

It sets up a prediction of a reply, trapping the responder into either quoting the predicted sentence or refusing to and losing the bit.

How do you use Your Next Line is...?

Post "Your next line is..." plus a target sentence; a replier quotes the sentence back with a shocked Joseph reaction or a "NANI?!".

Is Your Next Line is... still popular?

It stayed common in JoJo YouTube comment sections and anime fandom subreddits after its 2013 online pickup, and resurfaces whenever a new JoJo project ships.

Your Next Line is...

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Published October 15, 2026

"Your Next Line is..." is a catchphrase from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character Joseph Joestar, who predicts what his opponents will say mid-fight to shock them. The line traveled from Hirohiko Araki's 1988 Battle Tendency manga arc into YouTube comment threads by 2013, where anime fans turned it into a shitposting format. By October 2014, r/smashbros users ran the format with Super Smash Bros characters dressed in Joseph's signature outfit.

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Overview

A player opens by predicting what another commenter will type back, usually with the setup "Your next line is..." plus a target sentence1. Repliers who play along quote back the exact predicted phrase and tag it with shocked reaction faces, a "NANI?!", or Joseph's wide-eyed manga panel. The gag works as a trap: saying the predicted line admits the bait landed, while refusing just to dodge the trap also loses the exchange.

Most activity sits in YouTube comment threads under JoJo clips and in anime subreddit discussions3. Variants dress other characters in Joseph's striped scarf and winged hat and have them deliver the predicted line as an image macro, as Smash Bros fans did with Little Mac in October 20144.

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Origin & Background

Platform

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga (origin) / YouTube and Reddit (viral spread)

Date

1988

Hirohiko Araki wrote Joseph Joestar's prediction trick into Chapter 47 of the Battle Tendency manga arc, titled "Sad News," published in 19883. In the scene, Joseph fights a thug harassing his friend and calls out the man's next sentence before he can speak it, leaving the thug confused and off-balance. Araki reused the gag through the rest of the arc against villains Straizo, Santana, Caesar, Esidisi, and Kars, and in Chapter 79 the antagonist Esidisi flips the trick back onto Joseph himself.

How It Spread

Online fans started quoting Joseph's prediction trick in YouTube comments on JoJo videos through the early 2010s3. On August 30, 2013, uploader ShonenGameZ posted a supercut of every Joseph prediction moment from the fighting game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle, drawing over 365,000 views within two years1. The next summer, on June 22, 2014, uploader José Fino compiled the same gag across the 2012 anime adaptation, which hit more than 793,000 views within 23 months2.

By late 2014, the catchphrase reached non-JoJo subreddits. On October 16, 2014, Redditor hawxx_ posted a thread titled "Your next line is 'Little Mac is OP!'" to r/smashbros, matching the line to an edit of Smash Bros fighter Little Mac wearing Joseph's striped scarf and winged hat4. That thread picked up 521 points and 171 comments before archiving. A 4chan banner using panels from Chapter 79, in which Esidisi reverses the trick on Joseph, also kept the gag visible across image boards3.

Timeline

1988

Hirohiko Araki publishes Chapter 47 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Tendency, titled "Sad News," where Joseph Joestar first predicts an opponent's next line.

2013-08-30

YouTube uploader ShonenGameZ posts a compilation of Joseph's prediction moments from the fighting game All Star Battle; the video reached over 365,000 views within two years.

2014-06-22

YouTube uploader José Fino compiles every use of the catchphrase from the 2012 anime adaptation, reaching more than 793,000 views within 23 months.

2014-10-16

Reddit user hawxx_ posts "Your next line is 'Little Mac is OP!'" to r/smashbros, picking up 521 points and 171 comments before archiving.

How to Use This Meme

Reply to a post or comment with "Your next line is..." followed by a sentence you predict the other person will type. If they bite, they quote the predicted sentence back and attach a shocked Joseph Joestar reaction, a "NANI?!", or wide-eyed emojis. Image-macro versions typically paste Joseph's hat and scarf onto a different character delivering the predicted line, as Reddit users did with Little Mac on r/smashbros4.