Homete comes from the Japanese verb homeru, to praise, and the line belongs to G-41, the assault rifle T-Doll from the mobile game Girls' Frontline by MICA Team, first released in 2016. In game, G-41 is portrayed as eager to please her commander and craves approval, which made this short greeting easy for fans to clip and share. It spread through anime soundboards and short edits as a standalone reaction, used whenever a character, pet or streamer is clearly waiting to be told they did well.