One Piece and Ye’s ‘Dark Fantasy’ are the foundation for this NSFW meme

polygon.com:

One Piece, Better Call Saul actor Patrick Fabian, and a song by Ye (the rap artist formerly known as Kanye West) have all become tied up in what might be the internet’s most elaborate dick joke.

Earlier this week, a meme that references NSFW images of various characters from the popular manga and anime One Piece became the origin of a trend that has taken TikTok and Twitter by storm. The trend has spawned several videos on TikTok exceeding one million views, and the phrase “THE ONE PIECE IS REAL” has trended on Twitter and resulted in an <a href=«https://twitter.com/search?q=the%20one%20piece%20is%20real&src=» https:>excess of 13,00 tweets

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It’s a lot to wrap your head around, but here is the gist of the trend: The video starts with audio of the One Piece character Whitebeard saying, “The One Piece! The One Piece is real.” After that, the audio from the song “Dark Fantasy” by Ye cuts in, with a choir singing, “Can we get much higher? So high.” As the audio plays, the video shows various images or clips of characters from the series, like Monkey D. Luffy or Trafalgar Law.

THE ONE PIECE IS REALLLLLLL!!! #theonepiece #theonepieceisreal #whitebeard #blackbeard #ace #aceonepiece #luffy #luffyonepiece #theonepieceisrreal #trafalgarlaw #GenshinTeleport

In the original video using the format, when the Ye song cuts in, the viewer is shown NSFW edits of the characters showing their penises. Now, a lot of the riffs on it just show images of various characters sans private parts, like Trafalgar Law and Tony Tony Chopper. (We won’t link the original here, but you can go find it if you want.)

Another iteration of the joke swaps Whitebeard’s voice out for an audio of the American actor Patrick Fabian saying, “The One Piece! The One