[ JAPANESE INTERNET CULTURE ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]
Sudden, often irrational disgust or loss of romantic interest in someone the moment they reciprocate feelings — named for the fairy tale in reverse, where the prince inexplicably turns back into a frog the instant the princess actually falls for him.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"彼が本気で告白してきた瞬間、急に冷めた、完全に蛙化現象。"
LORE & ORIGIN
Japanese term (literally "frog-ification phenomenon") coined to describe a documented, somewhat paradoxical psychological pattern where a person's romantic interest collapses precisely when their crush stops being unattainable and starts reciprocating.
FIRST SEEN
2020
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2026 (Japanese Internet Canon)
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