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KissAnime and chill
or Kissanime and chill [kis-an-uh-mey n chil]
ºÚÁÏÍø does KissAnime and chillÌýmean?
Want to Netflix and chillÌýbut watch anime instead and, you know, do other stuff? No, we’re not asking you. We’re just explaining what it means to KissAnime and chill.
Kissanime and chill is an internet slang expression for relaxing while streaming anime videos on the popular website KissAnime.ac.ÌýLike Netflix and chill, it implies sexual activity.
Related words:
- anime freak
- Crunchyroll and chill
- otaku
- Putlocker and chill
- weeaboo
Where does KissAnime and chill come from?

Kissanime and chillÌýis a take onÌýNetflix and chill, which appeared on Twitter in 2009 for relaxing while watching the streaming service Netflix. By 2014, Netflix and chill had becomeÌýa clever suggestion for hooking up with a romantic interest. You know, you’re watching a movie, it’s dark, you’re sharing a blanket, and then one things leads to another …
KissAnime and chill appeared on Twitter in 2015, with KissAnime referring to the anime streaming website, www.kissanime.ac.ÌýLaunched in 2012, KissAnime is a massively popular source of free—though legally questionable—high-quality, Japanese animeÌývideos dubbed in English.Ìý
One of the earliest Twitter examples knowingly plays off Netflix and chill:
kissanime and chill totally beats Netflix and chill
— Michael (@Woomynator)
The expression was also a vehicle for witty observations:
you can’t kissanime and chill bc that doesn’t work you can’t read the subtitles when you’re doing that
— alexander (@REALFRNDS)
Kissanime and chill alsoÌýprompted its own spinoff, “Crunchyroll and chill,” with Crunchyroll referring to rival anime-streaming site, www.crunchyroll.com.
Examples of KissAnime and chill
Who uses KissAnime and chill?
On Twitter, KissAnime and chill reached its prime in 2015–16 and was most widespread on Twitter. It can be used as a noun for the activity (e.g., It’s a good night for a KissAnime and Chill)Ìýor a verb (e.g.,ÌýLet’s KissAnime and chill).
Many uses simply explainÌýKissAnimeÌýas a riff onÌýNetflix and chill.
Others, given how quickly memes can rise and fall online, expressed their annoyance with the expression …
Cut That Kissanime And Chill It’s 🚮
— trunks (@ky2ty)
Some instances of KissAnimeÌýand chillÌýinvolve a meme of an anime character’s face used as a reaction because memes.
When bae says its just kissanime and chill then after 5 minutes he gives you this look
— Gintama confessions (@confessgintama)
Another version plays off Pregnancy Announcement,Ìýa popular Japanese meme of an anime character holding a pregnancy stick with a positive result, implying someone’s KissAnime and chillÌýwas very, er, fruitful.
On the social-media site Amino App in 2017, for instance, one user captioned the meme image “When I Kissanime and chill”:
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