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Sweet merciful Jebus, otaku are getting weird(er, and er, and er)
by Aoi, 08/25/2007
Sweet merciful Jebus, otaku are getting weird(er, and er, and er) photo

Nerd mecca Akihabara has seen just about everything in terms of "fashion" trends, which now includes a hot new look that makes me feel like taking a five-hour shower: bandages and eyepatches are the coolest thing for aspiring lolis and other girls hoping to garner compliments from the unwashed masses attending maid cafes and other popular hangouts. Why? Theories range from the "injured" look providing a chance for men to feel protective of the girls to the whiteness of the bandages having something to do with chastity. You guys discuss it while I go find my boyfriend's bandaged Rei wallscroll and burn it in effigy.




(12) COMMENTS





I never, EVER got into that whole bandaged/ravaged look. =X
 


I think the eyepatch thing is inspired from the eyepatched version of Jubei Yagyu.
 
Nmaster

It's because loose bandages have a chance of falling off...
 
giapet

You know, I have to say that the whole thing makes a certain amount of sense. Even one of the cosplayers in that article says it has to do with making guys feel protective of girls-- which is just another, perhaps slightly extreme, version of what "moe" is all about. And women's lib aside, there's a fair few women out there who like to feel protected ;)
 
Bard

Eh.

It's not a particularly new fetish, I'm surprised the cosplay took this long.

When gosurori, bandages, meganekko, nekomimi, and all the other specific cosplay fetishes combine into one tottering monstrosity of fashion then I'll be concerned.
 


Interesting, I have not seen that one around the Osaka region yet. Must still be contained in Tokyo.
Around Osaka, it seems to be dressing in weird, clashing, dirty looking clothes. Like one girl I saw was wearing a loose tie, an old gym shirt with stains, another shirt underneath and an old pair of pants with patches and holes on it. (No she was not a bum)
 
Oni

Is it wrong that I want pictures of this particular cosplay? There is no way I can make that statement seem less perverted, so I'm not even going to try.
 


I thought the bandage girl in Zetsubou Sensei was told that the bandage look was out.
 


(by the way, am I the only one who still can't get the damned login to work?)
 
Ivan M.

I don't think it speaks well for the current generation of men that some of us need women to bandage themselves up and look frail in order to have a desire to look after them.

If you take care of a girl out of a sense of obligation or because you want something in return, you're doing it for the wrong reasons.

All in all, hot.
 


If the girl is cute, the cosplay is cute.

:D
 


I blame A.B.A from guilty gear for this.
 

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