Procrastination
TL;DR · Origin"Procrastination" (뒤로 미루기, literally "pushing it back") comes from a scene in episode 29 of the third season of the Japanese anime PriPara — episode 118 overall. The third se…
Origin
"Procrastination" (뒤로 미루기, literally "pushing it back") comes from a scene in episode 29 of the third season of the Japanese anime PriPara — episode 118 overall. The third season aired from April 5th, 2016 to March 28th, 2017. In the scene, a male character in red glasses, Akai Megani, says "what you can do today, you can also do tomorrow," urges everyone not to rush, then presses his hands together, moves them in rhythm, and shouts "Push it back!"
What made it a meme is the staging rather than the line. The neatly clasped hands swaying on beat, and a row of identical glasses-wearing men chanting "push it back" in unison, land as strangely hypnotic. The character is voiced by Junichi Suwabe in Japanese and by Nam Do-hyeong in the Korean dub.
Spread
The scene drew little attention when it aired. A clip uploaded to YouTube in 2020 gave it a slow second life, but the real revival came in April 2024, when it circulated on Korean social media under the title "the theme song for MBTI P types" — shorthand for people who plan and then postpone.
The decisive moment was the voice actor stepping in himself. On April 11th, 2024, Nam Do-hyeong, the Korean voice of Akai Megani, posted a live-action reenactment of the scene. It drew 2.33 million views on Instagram Reels and 750,000 on TikTok. A wave of imitations followed: students filming it in lecture halls, a version by the YouTube creator Mango, and drum covers transposing the rhythm.
Usage
It is used self-mockingly at the exact moment someone knowingly puts something off.
- Deadline tomorrow, doing anything else: "What I can do today, I can do tomorrow… push it back!"
- As the standard image for the P side of MBTI jokes about planners versus improvisers
- As a caption on posts about postponing the gym, the diet, or studying for one more day
- When a group talks itself into delaying together — the original is a group chant, so it fits collective procrastination
Sources
- Namu Wiki, "Akai Megani" — the PriPara season 3 episode 29 (118) source, the voice cast, and the 2024 revival
- Trend Award, "The video MBTI P types relate to way too hard" — Nam Do-hyeong's reenactment at 2.33M Reels views and 750K TikTok views, plus derivative videos
- Japanese Wikipedia, "PriPara (anime)" — third season aired April 5th, 2016 to March 28th, 2017
