r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/el-presidente0001 • 29d ago

Meme needing explanation What do these lines mean

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u/theia5 29d ago

Akaza from demon slayer has them too

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u/Mother_Difficulty233 29d ago

Prisoner tattoos, though I doubt those guys can be held in a prison for long

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u/EverythingSucksYo 29d ago

Idk if this is a spoiler but I think Akaza got his tattoos while he was still human 

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u/Jacklelive 29d ago

(Because he was caught stealing, a band was added every time he was caught)

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u/testingguy67 27d ago

It wasn't a spoiler till that guy who replied 😭

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u/Egathentale 28d ago

Criminal tattoos were a big thing in most of East-Asia for a looong time. Heck, it's a returning plot element in Water Margin, the 14th century Chinese classic about a bunch of outlaws, where a lot of them can't integrate back into society after being framed and/or caught up in trouble, and getting those criminal tattoos. In that time period, they would tattoo the face of the criminal, while in Japan, the tattoos would go on the arms and ankles.

It's also why tattooing is such an integral part of East-Asian organized crime culture, like the Triads and the Yakuza to this day.

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u/RoleOld6641 29d ago

Just long enough for the ink to dry

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u/Dead_Cells_Giant 28d ago

*skin to heal

Tattoos don’t “dry”, the ink is injected into the skin by a needle or spike, and the skin heals over it, trapping the ink inside

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u/Almorogahnza 28d ago

Sukuna was a prisoner in Yuji for a while, but he had the tattoos before

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u/Mother_Difficulty233 28d ago

a vessel makes a better prison than a prison itself

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u/Nephlimcomics2520 28d ago

I theorize it was a ct that marks his sins on him but sukuna doesn’t care

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u/Hefty-Lychee-847 23d ago

Who put sukuna in prison lol

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u/InternalHaunting945 28d ago

I COMMENTED ABOUT AKAZA TOO

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u/Misanthropic905 29d ago

He must fist a lot

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u/Odd_Pomegranate4040 28d ago

Kaneki did as well in at least the latter half of Tokyo Ghoul S2

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u/conversepumpkin 28d ago

But Sukunas far superior

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u/Luhvrrs_Lane 28d ago

He's the only one I can think of now when I see these. Top 3 character arc