EDIT: Looked up if other people asked the same thing, and it seems to be Golden Week related (one person went so far as to call it a tradition, but personally, I never noticed it in years prior).
EDIT: Looked up if other people asked the same thing, and it seems to be Golden Week related (one person went so far as to call it a tradition, but personally, I never noticed it in years prior).
I was mostly made aware of it being a trend this year because of how popular it seemed to be, lots of great fan art being made with the golden bikini. I guess it goes back a bit further though, here's the "know your meme" page that has some more info, https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/golden-bikini-week
