Liu Xi said that she admires Japanese animation the most. In her daily life, while buying Puma shoes, she particularly enjoys dressing up as anime characters. Besides this maid costume, she also has costumes of humanoid computer Xiao Ji and witch Yuki, all of which are purchased online or from anime stores. Regardless of the temperature, she almost wears these clothes every day when going out.
Liu Xi said that she sleeps during the day and goes to the internet cafe at night to stay up all night. Apart from watching Japanese animations online, she also studies Japanese and sushi making methods in a virtual school on the internet.
She is like someone who walked out of a comic book.
Investigation: A 17-year-old girl strolls around in a Japanese anime maid costume, attracting the curiosity of citizens - netizen's picture.
Establishing Correct Values:
"An ordinary female student usually wears glasses to conceal her beauty." When chatting with a netizen named "Xiao Ji" in a group chat, she claimed to be a junior high school student at a key middle school in our city. Due to the influence of a certain Japanese comic, even though she does not need glasses for vision correction, she still wears a pair of plano lenses. "Half of my bedroom space is occupied by Japanese comics," she said. She started liking Japanese comics in the sixth grade of elementary school, and all her pocket money was spent on buying Japanese comics and animated series, Puma shoes on sale. Since she is preparing for the high school entrance exam, she specifically forced her mother to promise her that if she gets into the high school affiliated with her current school, her mother will take her to Japan for a trip, "At that time, I will buy original editions of comics and figurines."
Dressed plainly during weekdays, but dressed in Japanese-style clothing for gatherings on weekends, it is very popular in this group to have parties during holidays. Qiaoqiao, born in 1992, said that she usually wears regular school uniforms, but on weekends, like many other group members, she imitates anime scenarios, applies smoky makeup, wears colorful long socks and mini skirts, and hangs accessories such as lollipops and bows on her clothes. Boys use hair gel to comb their hair upright. This is the rule for their gatherings.
On crowded streets, a blonde girl in a black maid outfit was leisurely strolling - this scene seemed like something out of a Japanese cartoon. On the afternoon of the previous day, this scenario actually unfolded on Daping Main Street. It turned out that this 17-year-old girl was a genuine "anime fan" of Japanese style. Sometimes she dresses as a witch, sometimes as a humanoid computer, Puma sneakers, almost every day she dresses according to the characters in Japanese anime.
Expert Analysis:
Yesterday, a netizen named "Seven Up Eight Down" posted on Dayu Community titled "Look, there's a Japanese maid on the street" saying that on the afternoon of the 14th, he saw a young girl dressed like a maid from a comic on Daping Main Street in Yuzhong District, "She looked like someone who walked out of a comic, it shocked me." "Seven Up Eight Down" said that he even asked for the girl's phone number, only to discover that she spoke fluent Chongqing dialect, after which the girl went into a fast food restaurant in Daping to eat.
Associate Professor Zhang Zhongming of Southwest University's Educational Psychology Department believes that these so-called post-90s "Japan admirers" understand foreign cultures purely from media and the internet, which is quite one-sided. He suggests that parents and teachers help them recognize the difference between reality and anime, and let them learn more about China's mainstream culture to establish correct values. Reporter Wang Wei, Intern Reporter Wang Luyao.
The reporter saw in the photos that on a busy street, a blonde girl was wearing a black short skirt, with white ruffles on the hem and cuffs, pink slippers on her feet, and carrying a large bag in her hand. Passersby were giving her surprised looks.
Professor Zhang Yuren, an educational expert at Chongqing Normal University, analyzed that as newborns of this era, post-90s individuals prefer bolder fashion styles. Especially when some young people feel ignored and experience inner emptiness, they attract attention through unconventional outfits like the aforementioned "maid outfit". However, for post-90s individuals who are still in the learning and growing phase, indulging in this could affect their lives and studies.
Yesterday, based on the phone number provided by the posting netizen, the reporter contacted the girl in the photo. The girl's name is Liu Xi (a pseudonym), 17 years old, and she pays great attention to her clothing and appearance. She said that on the day she was photographed, she was just about to go to the internet cafe after eating.
"If it's really cold, I just add a coat outside," Liu added that her hair was specially dyed golden to achieve an anime effect, and regarding these things, her parents do not interfere.
What is the living state of Chongqing's Japanese-style "anime fans"? Yesterday, through Liu Xi, the reporter joined a group called "Japanese Obsession" with 195 members. Most of the members' nicknames are composed of Japanese words. From their QQ profiles, most of them are post-90s. They like to mix Japanese words in their chats and often use expressions like crying, meowing, rubbing, crows flying over, etc., to represent common expressions in Japanese comics. In the group's space, the members' photos are mainly focused on kimonos and comic costumes, Puma sneakers. They also have strict group rules: when eating, one must eat Japanese cuisine; when watching TV, one must watch Japanese dramas, movies, and books in Japanese; when listening to music, one must listen to Japanese songs...
How shocking are the Japanese-style "anime fans"?
Feature One: Item Collectors
Recognize the gap between anime and reality
Feature Two: Costume Obsession
Wearing strange outfits, parents don't intervene