Ok. Another month, another issue of Men’s Knuckle, Japan’s number one “New Outlaw & Lifestyle Magazine” and the publication of choice for discriminating gyaru-o, center guys, host club employees, and their admirers. The cover model, as per usual, is Ryoma who is now insisting that everyone call him “DJ Ryoma” for some reason. More about him inside…
It’s finally winter (summer belongs to sister publication men’s egg), thank god, which means that it’s time once again for big down jackets with fur collars in addition to distressed dark wash jeans and pointy toe boots. “Tokyo Knuckle Style” has been pretty monochromatic since the beginning, but this year, the palette has been opened up to include a new color…GOLD! Spend the rest of the day marveling at Ryoma’s “Rider’s Down Jacket”, from Gennaro, priced around $321.90.
In a magazine filled with sneering people with crazy clothes, Naotaka’s jacket with its segmented bulb sleeves (by Slow Wear) gets my vote for outfit of the month. Goes well with mir and frankincense, I guess…the dusted-out Allman Brothers look on the right is cool too.
One of the big features this time out is “what have the models got in their designer handbags?” Let’s have a look inside…
Hairspray, styling water, two packs of Marlboro menthols, host club matches, sunglasses and shit, and Ozeki One Cup sake (also a favorite with homeless winos). Ryoma carries a full-on girly curling iron inside of his…
The usual club reports reveal that gals (of the female variety) often come to Men’s Knuckle sponsored events in Shibuya. News you can use.
But this issue soon takes a surprisingly domestic turn from the nampa-centric “love ‘em and leave ‘em” PUA philosophy espoused in the past. Take for instance this ad for a team up between Disney and Seil (part of the Silver Bullet cartel), which depicts a happy family of club rats and their progeny decked out in “goka na” Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse, and Little Mermaid hoodies. (Click the links for a better look)
And later in the issue, “DJ Ryoma” shows us a collection of Family Print Club pictures that were probably taken in a game center in Shibuya at 3am.
Can you really “Age Age Every Night” and change diapers the next day? Is this the “New Outlaw & Lifestyle” that Men’s Knuckle is promoting to the readers?
For the sake of future generations, let’s hope so.
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