What is Hopcon?

A brief look into the source of a Nijisanji EN meme: Hopcon.
Hopcon was originally a Luca deez nuts joke, but in the context of when it was made (March 26) Nijisanji EN was going through a phase on their Discord where they constantly posted “Hop on” gifs (since March 16), as well as at the same time a couple of their members were playing Valorant heavily whether that was on or off stream (Shu, Uki, and Fulgur since March 17 - hence the “They call me the Marshal Maximizer” meme), thus creating a situation where Hopcon became prime meme material. The combination of those factors organically led to what was initially Luca’s deez nuts joke transforming into a term associated with playing Valorant - or in current times, a term meaning “anyone want to join me for this game?”
Editor’s note: An easy vid to make, mostly because I’ve done most of the work in another video but never actually applied it to something that’s more universally asked about: “What is Hopcon?”
Nijisanji (aka 2434) is a group of mostly 2D-only virtual youtubers (“Vtubers”, or “Virtual Livers” for general streaming purposes) managed by ANYCOLOR Incorporations. Its English branch, NijisanjiEN, currently consists of five waves: LazuLight, Obsydia, Ethyria, Luxiem, and Noctyx.
Lazulight consists of Elira, Pomu, and Finana - a solar sky dragon, a forest fairy, and a tropical mermaid respectively.
Obsydia consists of Selen, Rosemi, and Petra - a lunar sky dragon, a rose maiden, and a frost penguin.
Ethyria, consists of Nina, Millie, Enna, and Reimu - a nine tailed fox, a witch (cat?), an angel (bird?), and a ghost.
Luxiem, consists of Vox, Mysta, Ike, Luca, and Shu - a voice demon, detective, novelist, mafia boss, and a sorcerer.
Noctyx, consists of Fulgur, Sonny, Yugo, Alban, and Uki - a cyborg, officer, DJ, phantom thief, and a psychic.
Iluna, the latest mixed wave, consists of Kyo, Maria, Aster, Aia, Ren, and Scarla - a cheerful guy, a chuunibyou doll, a celestial being, an angelic maiden, an alien prince, and an enchantress.
Sources:
Shu Valorant 7Sept22: • HIGH PING VALORANT (To...
Luca FNAF 26Mar22: • 【FNAF】I LOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Shu 300k Jump King endurance 27Mar22: • 300K JUMP KING【NIJISAN...
Rosemi Twitch stream 15April22: unarchived
Channels:
Luca Kaneshiro: / @lucakaneshiro
Shu Yamino: / @shuyamino
Mika Melatika: / @mikamelatika
Alban Knox: / @albanknox
Sonny Brisko: / @sonnybrisko
Rosemi Lovelock: / @rosemi_lovelock
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[@iannnnnnn]

luca's really good at making trends and inside jokes in nijiEN 😭. hopcon, davidkun, jellyfish, the under where? etc. funny australian man

[@minaries]

Ikr! also flapjack holy crap, the wooden joke etc lmao

[@sannya_32]

@@minaries its from tiktok tho same with dvaid kun 😂

[@MiyuuisSleepy]

it's funny how Hopcon is such a known term now, and even I see Sykkuno of all people using the term from time to time, das crazyyy

[@jaycee1861]

das crazyyy

[@tricia5]

das crazy!

[@ab.c]

Das crazy

[@Ewtw23]

And now it’s literally on the urban dictionary 🤯

[@ab.c]

@@Ewtw23 lol it is?

[@mewo6164]

i just searched hopcon urban dictionary , and it says luca created it

[@goraebit]

So you're telling me that this man not only Pog-ified Niji, but also Hopcon-ned them?

[@isolated_ailand]

The funny part about Luca's jokes is not its content, rather he keeps repeating them 🤣

[@sannya_32]

He has wooden car.. with wooden seat and wooden steer wheel.. but it wooden go :c

[@gasterrific]

sasuga luca kaneshiro, not only is he a mafia boss but he's ALSO a trendsetter

[@berdeng]

I tried tracing hopcon back as well, and came to the same fnaf vod where luca is already referencing something back "what _was_ that thing we _were_ gonna message people?". And this is the part I kinda regret just not paying attention while having his streams open haha. I can't remember which stream was it that he conspired with chat in creating hopcon, based off of the existing sawcon dn joke lmao

[@makii4772]

i need the timestamp😭

[@blightwolfman5184]

we thank you for your vital research and documentation of this iconic piece of history

[@reddieweeb]

Bruhh Luca started hopcon? 😂

[@Permanently_Salty]

2:31 This is probably the most surprising thing I've ever heard from this clip.

[@kevinwu3151]

Rosemi???

[@_raii_]

Thank you luca

[@cocoonedsoul]

I sent Luca the first hopcon joke haha but it’s in a membership stream so I can’t even prove it publicly omg. I still can’t believe the little joke I made up on the spot has now become NijiEN inside joke lol

[@dazzlingapril]

I didn't know how it was created bc i couldn't catch most of their streams back then but during niji paris 2, i already used to luca saying hopcon for valorant lol thanks mika for asking this important question

[@jas8288]

luca's impact is hilarious

[@sannya_32]

I love how at first it just for the dn jokes like sawcon but then they just use it completely as a synonym for hop on

[@leivelyn1761]

I DIDNT KNOW LUCA MADE THE TERM YOOO

[@Ly0572]

Ayo? Hopcon??

[@jesterjess]

Shu just tweeted this video! :)

[@creamsushi4912]

WAIT I THOUGHT IT'S A TERM??

[@OrigamiJawny]

tskr, been waiting for this vid

[@Kim_Imyoung]

Wait Luca created it? I don't play Valo so I thought it was a Valorant term wtf.

[@amieclip]

I can't stop laughing at this gif 2:58

[@yunnnnnnn.]

wait so luca actually created the term “hopcon” in niji en, and now even people outside of niji use it? Das crazy

[@ab.c]

Luca the niji trendsetter

[@AnyaManee1307]

hopcon, a shuca original creation

[@angelopouIos]

I will spread the word of hopcon with my gamer homies

[@flapjack6963]

Not surprised ....

[@yelkahel38]

That is cursed...

[@misoangel5]

Thankyoy pogman and bananaman

[@RubyGem]

Zhonglis VA said hopcon?? I NEED THE LINK

[@Starze]

Hopcon Amogus!!

[@iammaberandom]

Eh? I thought it was alreadya thing?

[@carolinedelafuente7251]

It is. But it became a whole inside joke in EN with a bit of an alternate meaning

[@dazzlingapril]

It was a thing but for really different meaning. Now this meaning is more popular lol

[@gamestop15]

Drivecon is way better