I can't help but think that this is somehow a K-ON! reference

Frawnkenstein said:

I can't help but think that this is somehow a K-ON! reference

It was, as I remember people used to joke about it long time ago.

Well, they do look alike with the very first Shiratsuyu appearance.

Frawnkenstein said:

I can't help but think that this is somehow a K-ON! reference

And I think you are not too far off. Given how the commentary is going.

And it's true people have been calling the Shiratsuyu class HTT for a while, yes.
And that's not even the first on Danbooru.

Frawnkenstein said:

I can't help but think that this is somehow a K-ON! reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJatHD70HRw

http://goo.gl/maps/CvLB4zpSm1FmPFwN8 - from behind the tree directly behind the Street View camera