UWaterloo Department Anime Girls

==Summary==
630px|thumb|left|The header of r/uWaterloo during the meme event
The uWaterloo Department Anime Girls are a meme that originated on the r/uWaterloo subreddit after the user u/alyssnya began posting gijinkas of the educational departments at the school. Though these were not the first uWaterloo gijinkas uploaded to the subreddit, they rapidly gained popularity with the userbase, and their influence began to spread to other subreddits.
==History==
===WaterlooWorks x Quest===
On April 22nd, 2020, a since-deleted user made a requestLewd Art Request: Reddit post asking for Rule 34 art to the r/uWaterloo subreddit, asking for"lewd art" of WaterlooWorks and Quest. The user clarified in the post, "Like if WaterlooWorks and Quest were cute anime girls". WaterlooWorks is an employment recruiting system for uWaterloo students, and Quest is uWaterloo's student information system. On Quest, students pick their courses and enroll in programs, etc.
On April 23, the request was filled by u/uwutulu in a comment reddit comment which simply reads "Delivered" with an imgur link. The art depicts WaterlooWorks and Quest as pale women, both nude, with Quest sitting in WW's lap and blushing. This image contains female nudity. Open the link at your own risk.
===Waterloo Waifu===
On June 3rd, u/idontnowhi posted art of a University of Waterloo gijinka. The post implies that it is a reupload of an older post, and states that the art has been censored from an older version. Waterloo is depicted as a pale woman with long brown hair and bangs, dressed in a Waterloo sweater, a white and yellow mini skirt, and thigh-highs, and is wearing a pair of white cat ears on a headband. The character's nipples are censored by a picture of a goose, the university's unofficial mascot,Goose nesting a problem on university campuses, May 29, 2013 article from The CharlatanThe University of Waterloo created a goose-tracking map, because geese are bullies, The Verge article from 2016 and a picture of Feridun Hamdullahpur's face.
===Ideal GF===
On June 23rd, u/alyssnya uploaded a memer/uwaterloo's ideal gf vs. actual gf post at Reddit depicting the "ideal gf" of the uWaterloo student population as an anime girl, contrasted with the "actual gf" as a goose, which was likely the impetus for what followed.
==Daily Posts==
During the period of June 24-29, alyssnya posted a series of images showing six of the UWaterloo departments as "anime girls." 
===Day 1: Math===
On June 24th, alyssnya posted art depicting the department of Math. This post has since gained 958 points on the subreddit at time of writing, indicating a massively positive response by the userbase.
Math is depicted as a pale woman with short black hair and bangs. She has a pair of square-frame glasses on, and is blushing. Her eyes are the same slate-gray colour as her hair. She is wearing a pink uWaterloo hoodie.
Math's hoodie, like all of the other girls, is the colour that it is because of uWaterloo's preexisting colour-coding of the departments. These can be seen on the official uWaterloo website's Faculties Page.
===Day 2: Applied Health Sciences===
On June 25th, the girl for Applied Health Sciences was posted to the subreddit.
AHS is depicted as an olive-skinned woman with green eyes. She has ash-blonde/light brown hair that is pulled into a ponytail, with wavy bangs that are partially tucked behind one ear. Her hair is tied with a scrunchie that matches the green colour of her uWaterloo sweater.
The top comment on this post is from u/exhaustedsnorlax, who remarked, "Quality content this sub needed". This comment has since gained 103 points.
===Day 3: Environment===
On June 26th, the girl for Environment was posted.
Environment is a tanned woman with bright green eyes and amber-brown hair. She has short bangs, with the rest of her hair tied into a braid that goes over her shoulder. Her elastic is green, matching her hoodie.
===Day 4: Arts===
On June 27th, the girl for the Arts department was posted.
Arts is depicted as being a joyful young woman with pink hair and eyes. She is wearing an orange Arts department hoodie.
Of this post, u/alyssnya writes the following:
This was the first day of activity from the u/uoftxwaterloo account. They posted on both the r/UofT and r/uWaterloo subreddits with a post titles referencing the ship, UofT x Waterloo: Tsundere Couple post at Reddit in r/uoftfollowed by a comment linking to Day 3: Environment UofT x Waterloo: Tsundere Couple, Same post in r/uwaterloo and posted a memeIf this gets 300 upvotes on both subreddits i will make hentai of this, Reddit post to both subreddits, offering to make hentai if it gets enough upvotes, though the post on r/UofT was quickly removed by moderators.
Their fourth ever post on reddit was a comment on alyssnya's Day 4 art post, reading, "Day 1 for asking uWaterloo x UofT / Upvote if you agree"Reddit comment removed, no Wayback available.
This instigated the posting of the first uToronto/uWaterloo ship artReddit post: I did this for us, with fanart showing "uWaterloo Chad" and "uOFT virgin" as anime boys by u/uwutulu, which began the spread of University Shipping in earnest.
===Day 5: Science===
On June 28th, the girl for the Science department was posted.
Science is depicted as a woman with long, dark blue hair and soft bangs. Her eyes are a slightly lighter blue than her hair, and she wears a pair of square-rimmed glasses similar to Math's. She is wearing a blue hoodie.
Her design is likely a reference to a joke post on r/uWaterloo from 2016, in which a user by the name of u/uwquatt remarks on his confusion following correspondence with a classmate. The post is is formatted as greentext that reads:
: > Hello,
: > I was unable to attend the last 2 lectures of SCI 206. I was having surgery for a breast augmentation, which is why I couldn't be there. Can someone please send me the notes from the last 2 lectures? I would greatly appreciate it."SCI 206 - Wat", Reddit post Dec 13, 2016
===Day 6: Engineering===
On June 29th, the girl for the Engineering department was posted.
Engineering is depicted as a pale woman with long, dark brown hair and long bangs. Her eyes are also brown, and have dark circles under them, which makes her seem perpetually tired. She is wearing a purple uWaterloo hoodie.
After the art was posted, r/uWaterloo changed their banner to the one seen above.
==Fanworks==
A number of fanworks have been generated for the uWaterloo Department Anime Girls.
===Fan Art===
====Math====
* I drew fan art of Math-chan by u/alakazam1111
* I made Math-chan Fanart by u/spam-n-ham
* Math-chan in DC by u/Goose_at_5e
* Day 1 of drawing each faculty girl as a chibi emote by u/uweabloo
* You: Let’s go on a date, m’lady | Math-chan: by u/joast_
* Fuck it, Every Faculty as a Battle-Manga Character #1: Math by u/ironic_waifuism
* (Math-chan) Let's go see the lights together! by u/ohnoitswaterlooworks
* math-chan says h-hi by u/heibun
* Fanart of Math-Chan by u/RegularPearlMilkTea
* Can’t wait for my first day at uwaterloo CS! by u/botoshono
* not-so-kawaii fanart pt 4: as requested, math-chan as a baddie :3 by u/leecheejelly
File:I drew fan art of Math-chan.png
File:I made Math-chan Fanart.png
File:Math-chan in DC.png
====AHS====
* Fuck it, Every Faculty as a Battle-Manga Character™ #2: AHS by u/ironic_waifuism
====Environment====
* Day 2 of drawing each faculty girl as a chibi emote: env by u/uweabloo
====Arts====
* not-so-kawaii fanart pt 3: arts-chan as a BADDIE by u/leecheejelly
* Day 3 of drawing each faculty girl as a chibi emote: arts by u/uweabloo
====Science====
* science-chan wants a lab partner ( ´ ω ` ) by u/leecheejelly
* Day 5 of drawing each faculty girl as a chibi emote: sci by u/uweabloo
====Engineering====
* fanart: young eng-chan when she still had hopes and dreams by u/2muchcaffeine4me
* next up in the not-so-kawaii series; eng-chan fanart ;) by u/leecheejelly
* Eng-chan short circuit by u/stdconfirmative
* Eng-chan Ace Pride!! by u/BestLizardQueen
* Day 4 of drawing each faculty girl as a chibi emote: eng by u/uweabloo
File:Fanart young eng-chan when she still had hopes and dreams.png
File:Next up in the not-so-kawaii series eng-chan fanart.png
File:Eng-chan short circuit.png
File:Eng-chan Ace Pride.png
====Group/Shipping====
* anime girl eng x anime math by u/grapefruitcore
* when you realize your shirt matches your gf's hair (and you're both faculties 😳) by u/uw-art-loo
* How Software Engineering was Conceived by u/idontnowhi
* They're girlfriends and they're happy! (late for Pride because I found out about them today) by u/BestLizardQueen
* More Girls!! by u/552rockluvr
* Arts, Math, and Engineering as anime boys by u/100peanus. Gender-swap art of Arts, Math, and Engineering
* this sub needs some wlw content-- here's science girl and eng girl by u/notanazi420
* Heres Arts girl and Env girl :) by u/notanazi420
* i made every faculty as an animal crossing character by u/allyallweebs
* picrew faculty girls because i have art block by u/peninsulasix
* Flying Away with Env-chan and Sci-chan (original character design by u/alyssnya) by u/idontnowhi
File:When you realize your shirt matches your gf's hair (and you're both faculties).png
File:Anime girl eng x anime math.png
File:They're girlfriends and they're happy (late for Pride because I found out about them today).png
===Fan Fiction===
* A spark between faculties (a faculty girl fanfic) (eng x math) by u/WaterlooWeeb
* A poem for Math-chan by u/minzart. Accompanies the 'Math-chan in DC' art by u/Goose_at_5e.
====Memes====
* Y'all got any more of them faculty anime girls? 🥵 by u/VerifiedPost
* What can I say? The ladies love me. by u/VerifiedPost
* Wewcome to Watewoo by u/Cheeseshepard
* When your parents walk in while you're telling Env-Chan how your midterm went by u/Su1tani
* day 1 of drawing every faculty an anime guy: math (cs ver.) by u/bobhob314
* Since Post Got Removed, and People Haven't Been Blessed, Here's A Goose ;) by u/Starved_Of_Affection
==The uWaterloo Department Anime Girls Expanded Universe==
Users of the r/uWaterloo subreddit began creating anime girls for other degree programs.
===AFM-chan===
The gijinka of Accounting and Financial Management, aka AFM-chan, is depicted as being a snake-like woman with green hair, yellow eyes, and fangs, with a large red barrette in the shape of a dollar sign clipped into her hair. Students in AFM are often joked about as being cut-throat due to limited co-op oppourtunities, which is likely where the design gets its flavour--the implication being that AFM students are 'snakes'.
===Fanworks of AFM-chan===
* Not sure if we were gonna get one, so I drew her myself. Here's AFM-chan! by u/InuKaT
* I drew a 4koma about AFM-chan getting help for Math 109 from Math-chan by u/InuKaT (Math-chan's design here is different from alyssnya's Math)
* Fanart of AFM-chan by u/RegularPearlMilkTea
* bonus: math-chan x afm-chan at rev on animal crossing by u/allyallweebs
* UW 4koma part 2 - meet the engineer by u/InuKaT
* UW 4Koma Part 3 - The Grind Never Stops by u/InuKaT
===Other Girls===
* If Mr. Goose was a smug anime girl by u/cassivdy. Mr. Goose is a folkloric character endemic of uWaterloo. The campus has a thriving population of Canadian geese, which spawned the character.
* Waterloo goose except it turns into an anime girl. by u/by u/nhyun.
* UW-chan vs. Interview season, colorized, iPad Notes by u/ohnoitswaterlooworks. A gijinka of the university.
* I didn't want to be left out here's a drawing of CS study girl (day 1?? LUL) by u/ohno_IforgottheplusC. A gijinka of Computer Science.
* BME-chan by u/emacodo. Bio-Medical Engineering.
* Don't call bme-chan a syde hoe :( by u/emacodo. Further art of BME-chan.
* SYDE-chan has arrived to bring more engineering representation to r/uwaterloo by u/Ch33s3Pwnz
* It had to be done so I drew PD-chan by u/. A gijinka of the Professional Development program.
* Waifuized Math Faculty i made a while back is now relevant by u/CupNoodles0025. Alt Math department design.
* My friend sketched the engineering faculty as a waifu by u/CapturedSoul. Alt Engineering department design.
* Buildings as anime girls #1: E7 chan and E5 chan by u/UgTheOG
* I drew DP Library as an anime girl by u/InuKaT
* Day 1 of drawing every FAANG company as an anime girl - Facebook by u/_AsianPotato
* Day 2 of drawing every FAANG company as an anime girl - Apple by u/_AsianPotato
* Day 3 of drawing every FAANG company as an anime girl - Amazon! by u/_AsianPotato
* Day 4 of drawing every FAANG company as an anime girl: Netflix by u/_AsianPotato
* Day 5 of drawing every FAANG company as an anime girl - Google! by u/_AsianPotato
* Day 6 of drawing every FAANG company as an anime girl: Tenya, I mean, Tesla! by u/_AsianPotato
* My favourite UW buildings as animu waifu-chans by u/Musacae
* Buildings as anime girls #3: E6 chan (Math buildings coming up next) by u/UgTheOG
* so anyways heres fanart of stats chan :V by u/ohno_IforgottheplusC
* panino-chan x lazeez-san doodle by u/irerenu
* nano-chan but zoomed in by u/kmiu2
==Other Canadian Universities==
===University of Toronto===
====St. George Campus====
UofT-chan is a separate entity from University Shipping's UofT, but not by much. Art of her first surfaced on the r/UofT subreddit on June 28th, 2020, in a post titled "Hey since r/uwaterloo is posting waifus and husbandos, here I present a rendition of St. George-chan so you guys don't get left out" by u/idontnowhi. She had a vastly different design to the then-current f!UofT, so distinguishing the two of them was fairly easy. Her design has been used in tandem with the f!UofT design, so there will inevitably be some confusion.
* hey since r/uwaterloo is posting waifus and husbandos, here I present a rendition of St. George-chan so you guys don't get left out by u/idontnowhi
* UofT-chan slipping on ice while rushing to the exam center for her 9am final 😔 by u/itury
* UofT character fanart! by u/MonarchV01. Gijinkas of the departments.
File:Hey since ruwaterloo is posting waifus and husbandos, here I present a rendition of St. George-chan so you guys don't get left out.png
File:UofT-chan slipping on ice while rushing to the exam center for her 9am final.png
====Mississauga Campus====
Gijinkas for UTM started to hit the subreddit on July 1st, 2020.
A common feature in these works is deer, which are a bit of a meme on the campus. There are often deer-spotting posts made to social media by students who attend UTM, and the UTM website's 404 page includes images of the deer.
* UTM as an anime girl by u/9thsingle.
* campus waifu bandwagon (ps-edit) by u/Based_IlirDema.
* my rendition of UTM-chan :D by u/fwqas.
* UTM-chan must be a deer-girl, right?! by u/utmholic
* Yuutiemu has something to say to you by u/gkrryrorkxsh
File:My rendition of UTM-chan D.png
File:UTM as an anime girl.png
File:UTM-chan must be a deer-girl, right.png
====Scarborough Campus====
Gijinkas for UTSC began appearing on the campus' subreddit on June 29, 2020.
* UTSC-chan (I'm sorry) by u/smilehacks.
* Welcome to the herd (UTM-chan and UTSC-chan) by u/smilehacks.
===University of Western Ontario===
Western put a horse into the anime girl race on July 1st, 2020, with the post "introducing ivey-chan! the first of many faculty/program waifus 💕". Attached is art of Ivey-chan, a gijinka for Ivey Business School.
==Non-Canadian Universities==
===The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne===
Following the success of the uWaterloo Department Anime Girls and adjacent works, universities in other countries began to generate gijinka art for their own schools. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne was the first of these schools, with the user u/uiuc-chan posting art of a gijinka for the university on the subreddit r/uiuc on June 30th, 2020. The post, titled "so some of us have been on r/uwaterloo... say hello to uiuc-chan :3", has since gained 574 points, with an upvote ratio of 84%, indicating a largely positive response to the art.
Others on the subreddit followed suit, leading to a number of artistic interpretations of the character.
* so some of us have been on r/uwaterloo... say hello to uiuc-chan :3 by u/uiuc-chan
* As much as I hate to admit it, I also drew a UIUC-Chan by u/lllee13
* my attempt at drawing anime Alma, <3 by u/TaprootBaby
* UIUC Anime Girl... but the only anime I’ve seen is Pokémon... by u/DoctorCadoo
* MAN HANDERSON, THE ANTI-WAIFU by u/MrAcurite
* Drew a UIUC WiFU OC in my style by u/wxyLuna
File:Og uiuc-chan.png
File:As much as I hate to admit it, I also drew a UIUC-Chan.png
File:My attempt at drawing anime Alma,.png
File:Drew a UIUC WiFU OC in my style.png
===University of California, Berkeley===
A student on the subreddit for UC Berkeley by the name of u/Tac-in-soc posted an image of a Berkeley gijinka on June 30th, 2020. The post is simply titled "Forgive me", with the image of the gijinka attached. The character is a pale brunette woman with bear ears and a bear nose, referencing the school's mascot.
File:Forgive me.png
==References==
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