This is WHAT?
Popuko and Pipimi are speaking in a highly forced, grammatically incorrect mixture of Japanese and English ("Japanglish"). Instead of using standard Japanese grammar rules, they substitute the copula/particle structure with the English word "is," mimicking a bad machine translation or broken textbook phrases (e.g., "これis何？" literally translates to "This is what?").This is WHICH?Which is TH⸻IS!This is the Visual Memory C⸻AP!!!
The object Popuko introduces is the cap (蓋 - futa) for the "Visual Memory" (ビジュアルメモリ), which is the Japanese name for the Sega Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit (VMU). Released in the late 1990s, the VMU was an innovative memory card featuring a small monochrome LCD screen and a D-pad. Because the console required you to unplug the VMU to use it as a standalone handheld device, the protective plastic cap had to be removed. It became a notorious meme among gamers for being incredibly easy to lose and completely useless once misplaced. The joke relies on the massive anti-climax of Popuko aggressively presenting a legendary, useless piece of retro gaming junk.
This is WHAT?
Popuko and Pipimi are speaking in a highly forced, grammatically incorrect mixture of Japanese and English ("Japanglish"). Instead of using standard Japanese grammar rules, they substitute the copula/particle structure with the English word "is," mimicking a bad machine translation or broken textbook phrases (e.g., "これis何？" literally translates to "This is what?").
This is WHICH?
Which is TH⸻IS!
This is the Visual Memory C⸻AP!!!
The object Popuko introduces is the cap (蓋 - futa) for the "Visual Memory" (ビジュアルメモリ), which is the Japanese name for the Sega Dreamcast's Visual Memory Unit (VMU). Released in the late 1990s, the VMU was an innovative memory card featuring a small monochrome LCD screen and a D-pad. Because the console required you to unplug the VMU to use it as a standalone handheld device, the protective plastic cap had to be removed. It became a notorious meme among gamers for being incredibly easy to lose and completely useless once misplaced. The joke relies on the massive anti-climax of Popuko aggressively presenting a legendary, useless piece of retro gaming junk.
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