The subject of a great 2-dimensional war between furries and japanophiles. Honestly, it's pretty one-sided.
It can be practically guaranteed that weebs invented it in the early-to-mid-2000's inspired by Japanese untilted emoticons, but debate by internet historians is ongoing as to which group popularised it in the mid-2010's. The usage of "musky husky" in a popular copypasta heavily implies that it was a furry deed, but the shortened version of just "OwO what's this?" indicates either side. Either way, many a hand has scaled this plateau.
Our good friend and fiend, Tumblr, was a site of Tactical Espionage Action and lead to OwO bleeding out into the LGBTQ community.
It is written that a master of both sides, even if their power caused distortion into a weaker catgirl, wields immense power in this word and is equivalent to a Thu'um when used.
Japan-styled usage: ã Wow, you did totally sugoi back there! owoã (cute, awe) (
Furry usage: "wow cute sona owo" (cute, kinda attracted/excited)
Artists: *stare in awe and horror equivalent to a Ãgishjálmr*