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.