Via FotorLife & Culture / NewsLife & Culture / NewsJapanese X is already making Olympic sharpshooter mangaWaiting patiently for the HBO spin-offShareLink copied ✔️August 2, 2024August 2, 2024Text Günseli Yalcinkaya It’s no secret that Olympic sharpshooting has caught the internet’s attention this week, whether it’s South Korea’s Kim Yeji, the record-breaking ‘main character’ who recently took home a silver medal in the 10-metre air pistol event, “gay little marksman” Choe Dae-han, or Yusuf Dikec, the Turkish shooter-turned-normcore-king who showed up to the games in a plain tee and his regular glasses. Now, Dikec has gone viral on Japanese X, with fans giving him the nickname ‘Uncle Free-to-Play’, basically comparing him to a gamer who doesn’t need to spend money on freemium games to win, and drawing countless manga tributes to the shotsman, including one AI rendition of him as a cat boy in reference to his love of felines. From Kuroko’s Basketball to Jujitsu Kaisen about a group of magical jujitsu sorcerors, there’s no shortage of anime based around obscure sports, which partly explains why the Olympics seems to have struck a chord among the internet’s manga enthusiasts. Korea’s Yeji has also been compared to the character of Satoru Gojo from Jujitsu Kaisen, in particular her cool, collected demeanour and impeccable aura. I personally imagine both Dikec and Yeji starring in their own HBO spin-off about a pair of professional shooters, a Turkish uncle and Korean girl, on some badass mission to pay off a bounty, or something like that. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that the story writes itself. Find a round-up of the best fan manga below. Turkish pistol shooter Yusuf Dikeç has gone viral in Japan as well, and a manga depiction of him was created by the community.#YusufDikec https://t.co/2FcYibtYL3 pic.twitter.com/lqXxrUTZml— aїrytw (@airytw) August 1, 2024 私のポストに投下された無課金おじさんことユスフ・ディケチ選手ともう1人、どなたかのイラスト。たぶん海外のファンが描いたやつ。1人は硝煙だけどディケチ選手は花。より殺し屋っぽいというか強者感出てていいね。 pic.twitter.com/gMWrA1fFFZ— ボストン (@BostonGame777) August 1, 2024 same pose. same aura. insane pic.twitter.com/2zX3iiorxT— Michaela 🍓 (@Michisugussy95) July 30, 2024 Turkish Olympic shooting star Yusuf Dikeç has gone viral on Japanese social media, inspiring a spate of fan art like the one below showing him both with his gun ("on" mode) and with his cat ("off" mode). https://t.co/pMwRkc4qZ1— Unseen Japan (@UnseenJapanSite) August 1, 2024 Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingWalter Pfeiffer, the cult photographer of beauty, sex and outsidersAs a major retrospective of his work opens in Turin, the Swiss image-maker reflects on magazines, finding success as an ‘outsider’, and why he’s still working at 80Art & PhotographyFashionNipples, nachos and mask4mask: The biggest trends at the Met Gala 2026 Art & PhotographyThings To Come: Porn saves the world in Maja Malou Lyse’s ‘bimbo sci-fi’FashionMeet the young superfans camping outside the Met Gala BeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismFashionMet Gala 2026: The best dressed stars from the biggest night in fashionBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaFashion7 major political moments from the 2026 Met Gala PolaroidArt & PhotographyThree Dazed Clubbers on documenting a complete digital detoxEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy