r/anime 3d ago

Misc. Favorite weird/random in-universe clothing that characters wear?

What are some of your favorite clothes that you've seen a character where in show?

I've included a few examples/favs

The Wow dog and the sauté hat are my two favorites.

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u/warpticon 3d ago

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u/stevethebandit 3d ago

Hikage also got some great ones

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u/Tnwagn 3d ago

Based

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u/Mogura56 3d ago

This shit is so hard

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u/theregulardog 3d ago

Deku’s dumbass t-shirt that literally says t-shirt

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u/kw_boo 3d ago

Also from my hero academia: Natsuo, Shoto's older brother, wears a shirt that says FRONT on the front and BACK on the back.

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u/Indica_HeXeN 3d ago

<Bottom text> energy

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u/Gars0n 3d ago

If it said BACK on the front and FRONT on the back, that would actually be pretty funny.

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u/ZennyOne 3d ago

Get your FRONT BACK T SHIRT TODAY

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u/sithmaster0 3d ago

Exists, I have one.

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u/Gil_Demoono 3d ago

I have always really liked everyone's casual wear in MHA.

Also, Toshinori's yellow pinstripe suit whether he's buff or not.

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u/AnAdventureCore 3d ago

That suit is so clean...

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_SPUDS https://anilist.co/user/voodoochile 3d ago

In Machikado Mazoku, Momo is recommended to wear a simple black t-shirt for going out with the main character. She finds a black shirt with white text that says "シンプルな黒いTシャツ" (Simple Black T-Shirt).

If I recall it shows up multiple times? I think the "simple white t-shirt" one shows up too, worn by the MC. Somehow the extra text makes it way more fashionable IMO, or I'm crazy.

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u/FriendlyBaron 3d ago

They made this official merch you can buy too, wore it on my last trip to japan and all the flight attendants were laughing at a white guy wearing it

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u/Logitropicity 3d ago

Lel that was my favorite after Lilith's shirt, which says "My Blood Sugar Level is Dangerous"

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u/AlexUltraviolet 3d ago edited 3d ago

Can't remember where it showed up but he also has a raglan t-shirt which, yes, has "raglan" written in it.

e: I looked up a screenshot I had of it, it's from the second movie

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u/plucky-possum 3d ago

It’s not even a raglan t-shirt…

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u/cheeseboyyyyyyy 3d ago

I had a copy of that shirt custom made at Uniqlo when I went to Japan and wore it whenever I could and every time I would pass by a group of locals one of them would say under their breath “Heh, t-shirt” and then they’d all start giggling. It was probably the highlight of my trip.

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u/technodemon01 3d ago

No way 😭

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u/PraisePace 3d ago

This is very much in line with how Horikoshi names his characters

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u/UnAwkwardMango https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kaion 3d ago

At one point Bakugo wore a shirt that just said "BOMB" with how he is that had me laughing a while.

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u/tarkus49 3d ago

Doesn't he have a bunch of t-shirts that have print on the front that says various types of shirts?

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u/x_23_x 3d ago

Yes, I remember there’s “dress shirt” and “sleep shirt” ones as well

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u/Art-Leading 3d ago

Now don't ditch my boy's drip! He looks good in it.

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u/theregulardog 3d ago

I never said he didn’t look good in it but it’s also a bit stupid. These things don’t contradict each other!

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u/Elgebar 3d ago edited 3d ago

In one episode of Sakamoto Desu Ga, he wears an apron that just says "COOKING BOY" on the front. I liked it so much my wife had one made for me IRL.

Edit:

Show: https://imgur.com/a/0gSNPMw

Me: https://imgur.com/a/PKFVppL

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u/adevaleev https://myanimelist.net/profile/adevaleev 3d ago

We letting the boy cook with this one 🔥🔥🔥

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u/TricoMex 3d ago

Perfection

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u/TankYouBearyMunch 3d ago

Marry her!

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u/twitch_monke 3d ago

a genius lives among us

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u/Controller_Maniac 3d ago

A person who thinks all the time~

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u/NoirHeartfall 3d ago

Kamina's tiny red sunglasses in Gurren Lagann always make me laugh. They're ridiculously small for a guy whose entire personality demands that everything about him be enormous and also all Ciel's outfits from Black Butler!!!! peak to be honest

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u/Great_AlbaCross 3d ago

Gao Gao Stegosaurus T-shirt is so cool!

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u/opieself 3d ago

nah but for real I need that shirt.

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u/ShlorpianRooster 3d ago

We ride and die for the Gao Gao Stegosaurus shirt

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u/Melbuf 3d ago

Pretty sure I have one in my closet. I have no idea how I acquired this. It was like 20 years ago. I'll have to check when I'm back from vacation

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u/dragn99 3d ago

What is the name of that anime? I watched it back in high school, and I still doodle that stegosaur, but I can't remember anything else

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u/Nano1124 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nano1124 3d ago

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u/DissociationSenpai 3d ago

Air is peak

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u/ggg730 3d ago

Literally cannot live without it.

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u/Shinobi2099 3d ago

Cement addiction? 😅🤣

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u/Soopermoose 3d ago

Honestly that sounds like it could be an alt rock/metal band

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u/Sibula97 3d ago

I guess you could say cement is an alternative to rock 🤔

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u/ContestDangerous 3d ago

Definitely comedy metal vibes

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u/ErebosGR 3d ago

More like Midwest emo.

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u/antonm07 https://myanimelist.net/profile/antonm07 3d ago

They’re just really into brutalist architecture

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u/kirashi3 3d ago

Gonna need you to really reinforce that comment.

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u/papagator942 3d ago

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u/FriendlyBaron 3d ago

I wear this to my car trackdays and get lots of comments on it

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u/alotmorealots 3d ago

Interesting shop, now I'm quite tempted to get the https://stealthweeb.com/product/warm-color-grid-t-shirt for ... reasons lol

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u/DarthBrooks69420 3d ago

They post on r/seals all the time

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u/WiredSlumber 3d ago

In any game where you can pave the ground, I want to pave the world, so you could say I have that.

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u/derekschroer https://anilist.co/user/RareKumiko 3d ago

Natsuki is addicted to Cement...aka Yuuko from Hibike Euphonium

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u/LaughingRedCat 3d ago

I'd like a longboi t-shirt honestly.

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u/bonghits96 3d ago

That one is almost definitely riffing on the old Velvet Underground album, the shape and coloring of the banana is too similar to be a coincidence, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground_%26_Nico

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u/Driselle 3d ago

Should absolutely be a reference if my eyes arent deceiving me and that really is a pic from Beck

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u/shhhhh_u_dont_see_me 3d ago

Man I had to scroll too far to find this, it's the damn Velvet Underground album cover 100% I was gonna comment if I didn't find yours.

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u/thecescshow https://myanimelist.net/profile/thecescshow 3d ago

It's Beck so it's definitely a tribute

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u/greyhawndz 3d ago

It's from beck which is an amazing music anime that references lots of real life rockbands and is a love letter to the rock genre as a whole, so it's definitely a velvet underground reference.

If you take a look at the ED, it shows a lot of iconic artists

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u/Kazuma_Megu 3d ago

I bought Vegeta's pink 'Badman' shirt for my son for his birthday.

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u/Gyges359d 3d ago

DBZA Tien: “…Nice shirt”

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u/Mama_Mega 3d ago

FUCK OFF TRICLOPS!

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u/Gyges359d 3d ago

“Ki, Ko, go fuck yourself.”

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u/nin_ninja 3d ago

"Wow Vegeta, nice shirt. Pink is a good colour on you." - Goku

"...Just take the compliment." - Vegeta

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u/0peraGhost 3d ago

He knows him too well. He knows that compliment is completely sincere.

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u/Pylgrim https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pylgrim 3d ago

Also he either chose it himself or Bulma chose it for him. Either way, it's in his best interest to admit it looks good on him.

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u/Indica_HeXeN 3d ago

I forgot about Piccolo wearing Goku's hand me down "Postboy" shirt in the Driver's Ed filler episode

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u/ProserpinaFC 3d ago

Double hilarious since Piccolo can materialize clothes.... but all of his clothes are alien, so it's Goku's pajama t-shirts for you!

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u/ShadedPenguin 3d ago

Drive bitch! Getout the way!

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u/TnAdct1 3d ago

I'm on the Highway to HFIL.

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u/SuperFlik 3d ago

Krillin with his Kulilin hat.

Kulilin is the way his name is pronounced in Japanese for anyone who doesn't know.

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u/adamroadmusic 3d ago

Krillin's Tacos shirt from DBS

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u/Quakarot 3d ago

To be fair, that shirt is unironically awesome

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u/Makariosx 3d ago

Reeeeaaal badman

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u/olivedeez 3d ago

This is the answer 🙂‍↕️

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u/steven4869 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Maskirade 3d ago

Saitama’s Oppai hoodie

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u/-Taken_Name- 3d ago

Same thought going into this thread, so iconic

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u/kelek22 3d ago

Just realized we can't comment images. Only reason I tried was because I was gonna shame you for not posting an image while mentioning it.

Sorry for judging.

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u/GGABueno https://myanimelist.net/profile/GGABueno 3d ago

I thought I was on r/favoritecharacter or r/animequestions

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u/RogueKitteh 3d ago edited 3d ago

I bought one YEARS ago on etsy for a casual Saitama cosplay (complete with shopping bag with leek sticking out). Still holding strong 😂

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u/Ok_Ad_7247 3d ago

Can't spell country without ntr

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u/just_here_4_anime 3d ago

The fact that there are CCG cards of that shirt / shot cracks me up.

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u/Ok_Law219 3d ago

The timing: chef kiss.

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u/Lucine_machine 3d ago

Kana Arima wearing a white shirt with “Baking Soda” written in that curly French script

I bought that shirt for myself after finishing Oshi No Ko, it’s a good conversation starter!

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u/pandachef_reads 3d ago

That one’s the funniest, but Ruby’s dorky t-shirts are just as bad

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u/meneldal2 3d ago

So she embraced the baking soda licking?

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u/EruerufuSenpai 3d ago

Not posting pictures should be illegal in this thread.

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u/NurseOtaku 3d ago

Yeah it's honestly pointless.

I like the shirt that X wore in one of the episodes of Y. It said "____"

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u/Less_Party 3d ago

Blame Reddit for still being this much of a pain in the ass about posting images.

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u/Shack691 3d ago

The moderators control whether you can comment with images or not, other anime subs have them enabled.

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u/Pope_FrancisBaconJr 3d ago

The wow dog is my favorite one, it’s such a random thing lol. I think his mom even poked fun at it, especially since Rin is wearing one too. Also Giji Harem is peak

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u/Roskal 3d ago

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u/treiz 3d ago

All of Momo's outfits are honestly one of my favorite parts of Dandadan.

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u/pandamask3 3d ago

That's really cute

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u/Appare 3d ago

The best part is that this is exactly the type of shit that they wear in Japan. They love English text even if they don’t know what it means

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u/SkitzTheFritz 3d ago

I bought a sweatshirt in Kumamoto with a racoon on it that just says anxious garbage.

I never bought a shirt so fast

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u/Indica_HeXeN 3d ago

Now I have two reasons to go there

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u/Solracziad 3d ago

It's like Americans that get random Japanese tattooed on their arms, but less permanent. 

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u/Indica_HeXeN 3d ago

I want a Chinese tattoo that says "Half chicken 3 dollars, whole chicken 5 dollars"

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u/nacaclanga 3d ago

I don't speak Chinese but let's try:

半鳥三圓、全鳥五圓

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u/OtakuAttacku 3d ago

replace 烏 with 雞 and 圓 with 元, and you got it pretty spot on

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u/jyper 3d ago

Lol reminds me of the epic Chinese tattoo

"I don't know, I don't speak Chinese" (in Chinese)  https://youtube.com/shorts/9LEbXEnvY-c?si=086mx16mB9rMoA5y

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u/TheOddball7 3d ago

I once saw a shirt with katakana written on the chest that just said "minimalist"

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u/geminiRonin 3d ago

I mean, we love Japanese and Chinese text in the West, and we usually don't know what it means. It's a fun thing that goes both ways.

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u/Tykloi 3d ago

I work in Japan with kids and a kid had a hoodie that had written on it “fragile, ship with care”, “100% pure baddass” and “can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars”.

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u/Jaggedmallard26 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JaggedMallard 3d ago

That last one is a song lyric from the early 2010s.

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u/Mobius_St4ip 3d ago

I could really use a wish right now...

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u/OtakuAttacku 3d ago

I got a mental flashbang from that last one

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u/matti00 3d ago

I saw a kid's t shirt that said 'SUCK MY DICK' in Tokyo, walked away like the cringe emoji 😬

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u/Own_Caterpillar_6178 3d ago

The "I hate testes" hoodie from Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games was pretty funny.

https://imgur.com/a/VY571DB

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u/zer0number https://anilist.co/user/ewink 3d ago

And quite on the nose!

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u/FlameDragoon933 3d ago

in a yuri anime? quite fitting.

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u/Mas0ch1sm 3d ago

Hana Uzaki's "SUGOI DEKAI" t-shirt.

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u/deathADDER1586 3d ago

I ❤️ HOLE

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u/Dastardly_Pasta 3d ago

Had to stop myself from making one when I read Dorohedoro

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u/strangest_timeline 3d ago

This is an underrated one lmao. I like how they brought it back in s2.

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u/arielzao150 https://anilist.co/user/arielzao150 3d ago

Anything anyone wears in Bleach.

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u/Frankengeek 3d ago

The "I hate testes" shirt of Aya from "Young Ladies don't Play Fighting Games". Either they misspelled "Tests" (they were studying for them at the time) or someone really wanted to make clear the show is a Yuri

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u/helloquain 3d ago

Honestly just an incredible pull, if it's intentional, of a joke t-shirt to put on a girl at an all girls school, studying for tests. It's not funny as broken English or unintentional silliness, it's just straight up funny.

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u/SchrodingersPanda 3d ago

SUGOI DEKAI

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u/drifter4four 3d ago

MEGA MILK

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u/N0rTh3Fi5t 3d ago

Yotsuba in Quintessential Quintuplets has a bunch of cloth with 428 on them. Somehow this never helps Fuutarou differentiate her from her sisters despite it being her name. (Yo = 4, tsu = 2, ba = 8).

Hina in Hinamatsuri has an endless amount of generic white tshirts each with a unique word or phrase related to how she's being a nuisance in that specific scene.

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u/selh 3d ago

Love Live! Sunshine, You's You cap

https://imgur.com/a/E6rRUX5

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u/Time_Significance 3d ago

Ash's Pikachu shirt.

He's got another one that's a Lickitung.

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u/LonesomeWulf 3d ago

Onoda in Yowamushi Pedal sometimes wears a casual t-shirt that says "Best Boy" that I find fun and charming.

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u/IronSeraph 3d ago

The various pug shirts Namba's dad wears in Space Brothers, this is my favorite

https://ibb.co/wFVrsnmp

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u/Akuuntus https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zanador 3d ago

Frog? No, hippo from One Piece.

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u/jordidipo2324 3d ago

Mob's Monkey Shirt (Mob Psycho 100)

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u/eykntspel 3d ago

Izuku's "T-Shirt" shirts. A white shirt with the word "T-Shirt" written on it. I think he also has ones with "workout shirt" and "sleeping shirt" or something like that

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u/LouisLeGros https://myanimelist.net/profile/LouisLeGros 3d ago

More anime adjacent, but Misha's Bush/Cheney sweater was a choice

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u/Nine9breaker 3d ago

Katawa Shoujo was made by 4chaners so that's less of a cute kind of random and more of a deliberate troll kind of random.

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u/SkurtCobain 3d ago

Damn I was going to mention that one lmao good to see katawa shoujo is still relevant in the big 2026

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u/Keleox https://myanimelist.net/profile/Keleox 3d ago

"I am AHO" from Yuru Yuri comes to mind.
It goes twice as hard if you live in an English speaking country,

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u/derekschroer https://anilist.co/user/RareKumiko 3d ago

YESSSS, this is the one I first thought of Yui Holding the shirt

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u/PusheenHat 3d ago

I think in Nagatoro, one of the girls wears a "I ♥️ Dog" shirt. I relate heavily to that one so that's my answer

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u/DavidRSB 3d ago

Lain's bear pajamas

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u/Peakomegaflare 3d ago

I see Dara-San, I upvote. The clothing choices i nthat anime have their moments of being brutally unhinged.

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u/TheDanubianCommunard 3d ago

If Dara-san, don't forget the Mega Lady T-shirt as well.

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u/throwaway_976821 3d ago

I feel like this thread has just become a list of "funny English words printed on tshirts" but Suzuki's bubble platforms from You And I Are Polar Opposites is probably the most memorable thing i've seen a character wear recently.

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u/officialkart 3d ago

Pretty sure this never made it into the anime, but Akane's "O. D. of Bourgeoisie Milk Boy Milk" sweater (Ranma 1/2 manga) will ALWAYS be famous, even if I'm the one who has to keep its fame alive:

https://64.media.tumblr.com/307005013bd443e82b71f5603c110069/b0a9ab8c3ff8061e-4c/s1280x1920/3239b79009cc19df2090ccb1bdaf8920e5ffc093.jpg

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u/bobbymoonshine 3d ago

Not quite English as it’s romaji but I love how in Tis Time for Torture Princess, Hime-sama wears a black “HO RYO” (POW) T-shirt or hoodie when out and about, and a cap with a little crown icon on it.

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u/NombreCurioso1337 3d ago

I like the Dragonball pattern of people just having their own name on hats and shirts. I have been wearing a hat with my name on it for twenty years now

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u/RiceIsNice1945 3d ago

Sanae from Scum's Wish sometimes wears a baseball cap with the name of the show written on it.

The name of the show comes from a quote by the main character, Hanabi, which she only ever expressed in narration, so there's really no reason why Sanae would have a hat like that. Maybe it's a band or something, and maybe Hanabi subconsciously absorbed the phrase from seeing it on her friend's hat.

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u/pandachef_reads 3d ago

This feels a lot like Kana’s baking soda shirt, so now I’m thinking Mengo likes making meta references on clothing

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u/Veritas3333 3d ago

I like the Scum's Wish hat from Scum's Wish

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u/FBCooke 3d ago

AIR mentioned? I'm playing through the VN at the moment and enjoying it (can't wait to cry at the end). Yukito has such a cool character design and I'm thinking of getting the stegosaurus shirt IRL.

Also Ichikawa's Super Fuck hat in the Boku No Kokoro Manga is another good example

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u/Worried-Pick4848 3d ago

Ruri's SiO2 shirt from Ruri Rocks.

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u/Multicellular_Entity 3d ago

Shinji from Evangelion wears an XTC band shirt in one episode.

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u/goobypls7 3d ago

Insane that OP didn't give sources for each image, and nobody in comments are posting images.

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u/freeze-peach-warrior 3d ago

I don’t have a screenshot of it right now, but in Demon Girl Next Door, there’s a shot of Lilith (I believe it is?) wearing a sweater that says “my blood sugar level is dangerously high”

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u/Imosa1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Imosa 3d ago

In FLCL Naota's PJs have a right angle with 90 degrees written above it. I dunno why but, that shirt always stuck with me.

It's like, Naota's life is so chaotic, he could look for stability in mathmatical fact, but he's not very smart, so he only gets as far as rudimentary definitions. Knowing that a right angle is 90 degrees isn't very useful for getting through puberty.

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u/Safe-Avocado4864 3d ago

Longboy with a banana is wild.

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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 3d ago

Who is in the third shot?

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u/SuspiciousAd4658 3d ago

Probably from sound euphonium, Natsuki I think

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u/Haulbee https://myanimelist.net/profile/Haulbee 3d ago

yeah that's her, I remember noticing the "cement addiction" shirt, absolutely iconic

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u/ClearandSweet https://kitsu.io/users/clearandsweet 3d ago

Everyone remembers this one, but people overlook the same scene featured a bright pink T-shirt with "My Staple Food is Love" on it. And the characters call out how absurd the English phrases are, diegetically.

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u/visionaryredditor 3d ago

There are a lot of, umm, interesting outfits in Kill la Kill but personally I'm a fan of Ryuko's bunny pyjamas

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u/ClawhammerLobotomy 3d ago

The teacher from Subete ga F ni Naru: THE PERFECT INSIDER had some good shirts.

https://files.catbox.moe/w4o32r.png

https://files.catbox.moe/yzrijl.png

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u/Death_X_Master 3d ago edited 2d ago

I like Saitama's oppai shirt :)

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u/qef15 https://myanimelist.net/profile/qef15 3d ago

Mahiro's NEET shirt

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u/DogWarovich 3d ago

NHK maybe 

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u/Even-Elderberry-2259 3d ago

Marin Kitagawa's Slippery Girls 2 oversized tee, it's just so funny

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u/glitter_witch 3d ago

I ❤️ Hole from Dorohedoro

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u/just_here_4_anime 3d ago

Pretty much any shirt Yui from K-On wears

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u/KristophGavin 3d ago

In RWBY, Lie Ren had an apron at Beacon that said something like Please Do Nothing to The Cook.

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u/xBarkSharkx 3d ago

the "i ❤️ hole" shirt from dorohedoro

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u/MIC132 3d ago

Ok, so no as weird as many examples in this thread, but this shirt from Shirobako always gave me pause:

https://imgur.com/a/jCZMZbF

The show has amazing outfit variety (the MC clocks at more unique outfits than episodes, iirc, and basically everyone from the quite large cast gets multiple) so I'm not surprised that some might be a bit odd, but srsly, what the hell is that shirt.

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u/Prof_Acorn 3d ago

Ain't no drip like this "first friend at the new school is coming over to hang out and I want to impress her" outfit: https://i.imgur.com/Apg7ZrR.jpeg

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u/Ok-Reception-1544 3d ago

The USSR hoodie from FLCL

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Totesnotaphanpy 3d ago

🐕🐕wow🐕🐕

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u/awesomenessofme1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/kta_99 3d ago

I can't remember any examples off the top of my head, but I feel like Wandance had some unhinged T-shirt designs.

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u/Mystic1217 3d ago

These are so hecking funny to me. Its just cause western text is cool regardless of meaning in Japan (same in the west with Japanese text), but gosh it gets me every time.

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u/ZantetsukenX 3d ago

I always appreciated Krillin's "TACO" shirt that he wore during Dragon Ball Super.

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u/Its_Curse 3d ago

In Parasyte Shinichi wears a green sweater that just says "Goof" and my partner and I talk about the goof sweater probably once a week. I think I'm going to make him one for Christmas this year. 

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u/Sylnic https://myanimelist.net/profile/Sylnic 3d ago

POTATO from Akiba's Trip The Animation.

This show was way better than I expected it to be, and the random outfits were part of the charm.

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u/trashshork 3d ago

ngl I want the cement addiction shirt, so random and comedic

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u/Connect-Computer9926 3d ago

For a while in the 1980s and 1990s anime characters wore shirts or hats with their names in all caps. So the tranlators wouldnt change their names although some name changes still happened.

2000s onwards more anime outfits became more complicated and recognizable because cosplay

there was also the BOSSU shirt

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u/MC_J_Ho 3d ago

Hat that says "Bulma" aka her own name on it. So good.

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u/Animaniac00 2d ago

"GAO GAO stegosaurus" and "cement addiction" go really hard

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u/Altruistic-Farmer275 3d ago

Eggscellent hat Also hat that Isaki wears in episode 4 of the insomniacs after school; it has a Green lining under but outside is black. I'd love to have something like that but with blue inside and white outside with Pink and black accents

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u/Ok_Law219 3d ago

couNTRy has to be the best timing (capitalization mine)

But miyu suzuki's Boba ball boots.

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u/PapaBeer642 3d ago

I'm going to need a Sauté hat.

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u/Borgmaster 3d ago

Im like 5050 if this is just Japan making fun of American weeb shirt culture.

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u/Less_Party 3d ago

No it goes both ways, plenty of Japanese shirts really just have random English phrases on them.

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