One day in the life of three Japanese girls. Actual interviews conducted by Makiko "Hammerlock" Yanagi for her "Teens Quest" series, originally published by our heroes at Million Shuppan.
1. Gal
4:00pm
Wake up in love hotel with ugly middle aged man. Collect 30000 yen (US$255) for services rendered.
6:30pm
Para Para dance event in Shibuya.
8:00pm
Picked up (nampa) by two cute guys from Center Street. Invited to their apartment. Sex with both of them.
10:00pm
Go to host club. Spend massive amount of money on favorite guy.
12:00am
Administers a blowjob to stranger for taxi fare home. Collect 10000 yen (US$85).
2. Yanki
1:00pm
Picked up in car by the local neighborhood hoodlums, i.e. best friends.
2:00pm
Lunch at family restaurant. Make a mess at table. Squat around and smoke in the parking lot after. (Optional: Leave the resturant one by one without paying.)
6:00pm
Squat and smoke with friends at the convenience store. A cool guy she has a crush on passes by.
8:00pm
Annonymous sex at video arcade (can’t afford love hotel).
9:00pm
Mug a young girl for her money with a baseball bat.
3. Female Otaku
3:00pm
Go to K-Books in Ikebukuro (AKA Otome Road) to shop for Boy’s Love dojinshi. Meet with otaku friend in cafe after to talk about Boy’s Love dojunshi.
4:00pm
Screams “kawaii!” at two young school boys passing by. (New buzzword: “Shotakon,” female version of Lolicon).
5:00pm
Harassed by horrible, ugly male otaku at Akihabara cosplay shop.
9:00pm
Furiously masturbates to Boy’s Love dojinshi.
11:00pm
Overdramatic and unsuccessful suicide attempt while chatting on 2.channel.
You accurately noted that she not only masturbates, but furiously masturbates. In the recent January issue of AFTERNOON, the manga GENSHIKEN contained a scene of a sort I suppose must happen all the time in Japan, yet you rarely see portrayed--a schoolgirl is called into the principal's office, to find her parents are also waiting for her there. On the table is the boy's love doujinshi of hers they discovered...What's that line from THE VELVET GOLDMINE? "It's a shameful thing you done."
Posted by: Carl Horn | March 30, 2006 at 06:30 AM
Ya know what's really strange?
"Gal" read like some kind of boardgame, a 'Game of Life' with blowjobs...which, actually...nevermind.
"Female Otaku" I expect would cause much denial here in the U.S. of A. Altho, again, it might become some moist badge of honor and made into T-shirts.
It all pales in the wake of the announcement that MediaBlasters will be releasing GoLion here in the US in '07. Yeah, they're doing Voltron too but fuck that shit...GOLION! ON DVD IN THE USA!
We live in strange times.
Posted by: Steve Harrison | March 30, 2006 at 06:21 PM
Do you have a URL for the book whose content is based on this?
Posted by: john | March 31, 2006 at 12:47 PM
The "Teen's Quest" series ran in a special one-shot magazine published by Million Shuppan, probably under their GON line. Yanagi gave us Xeroxed copies of her article, which is where the info was taken from. In other words, sorry, no URL. But yes, this is all real.
I think I just felt an earthquake...
Posted by: Patrick3 | March 31, 2006 at 05:22 PM