Via FotorLife & CultureNewsLife & Culture / NewsJapanese X is already making Olympic sharpshooter mangaWaiting patiently for the HBO spin-offShareLink copied ✔️August 2, 2024August 2, 2024TextGünseli 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 Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORENaleyByNature answers the dA-Zed quiz5 social media platforms that are actually socialMalcolm Marquez answers the dA-Zed quizWas 2025 the year of peak ragebait?Why are so many women joining Reddit?Meet the Dazed Clubbers on this year’s Dazed 100When did everything (and everyone) become so ‘performative’?SMUT PRESS answers the dA-Zed quizMeet 12 Dazed Club creatives featured in The Winter 2025 IssueQesser Zuhrah: The Filton 24 hunger striker speaks from prisonWas 2025 the year we embraced ‘whimsy’?VCARBMeet the young creatives VCARB is getting into F1