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Salaryman Moe: Glasses make the Boys Love game

April 4, 2010fetish, male fashion, menconcept cafe, eyeglasses, 鬼畜眼鏡, fangirls, Kichiku Megane, Love All, masochist, Moe, mysterious, sadist, Saeki Katsuya, seme, stranger, suits, uke, 佐伯克也tokyo moe View all 7 comments

I am sorry I haven’t referenced the inimitable Bangin sensei recently. He’s the amazing Japanese blogger who introduces moe words and ideas from Japanese anime to an English-reading audience.

He recently posted a cosplay he did of salaryman Boys Love game called Kichiku Megane. The basic story is about a timid (maybe loser) salaryman who receives a pair of eyeglasses from a mysterious stranger that can change his life. The glasses transform him from masochist to sadist (uke to seme in BL terms).

What’s not to love about this story?! As Bangin explains, salaryman Boys Love stories appeal to fangirls because they take place in a man’s world they don’t normally have access to. Plus, suits and glasses are a common fetish in Japan; there’s even a fangirl cafe with this theme called Love All.

Be sure to check out Bangin’s cosplay of the two faces of salaryman Saeki Katsuya [佐伯克也].

Mysterious mini-car in Nakano

April 18, 2009Nakano, Public space, Uncannyaesthetics, car, cuteness, futuristic, mini-car, mysterious, para-military, scale, stealthtokyo moe View all 3 comments

Walking home yesterday I spotted this strange mini-car in Nakano. The aesthetics are stealth, para-military, mysterious, and futuristic. But the scale is pure cuteness. Do you think it’s home-made?

A new year in Japanese men’s hair

January 16, 2009men, Public space2009, boy-swapping, Daigo, elegant, hair, Japanese male hair, Kokyo, Love Shuffle, male vanity, mysterious, new year, selfish, tarentotokyo moe One comment

My posts about Japanese male hair are always popular. In an elegant neighborhood close to Kokyo, I was drawn to this poster and its English caption “2009 New Hair.” The Japanese says, “It’s OK to be selfish, more mysterious and elegant.” So true, no?

And apparently the model is Daigo, a Japanese tarento, singer and grandson of a former prime minister. He’s now in a television soap Love Shuffle, about boy-swapping.

Do you think this image adequately sums up the new year in Japanese male hair? I am always happy to see no effort being spared for male vanity! What do you think?