.The "How I Feel In My Hometown" TikTok Trend Explained

How I Feel In My Hometown or How It Feels In My Hometown refers to a TikTok trend in which users pair clips or images of familiar local locations in their hometown with edits of an anime character or other fictional character, accompanied by the caption or on-screen text "how I feel in my hometown." The trend, which emerged in late August 2026 and spread over the following weeks, is typically used to express feelings associated with being back in or living in one's hometown, including awkwardness, boredom, feeling out of place, nostalgia or relating to a character from an anime or other franchise depicted in the memes.