This Valentine's Day, give the gift that shows you always care...and then suddenly don't really so much after all, with the mixed signals of a Buffalo Bobs LOVE FOREVER pair necklace. The result of a two-year collaboration with Lion Heart, this set of his-and-hers silver crosses is emblazoned with the original romantic catchphrase "Love Forever", whose warm sentiments are quickly undermined by the resounding slap in the face of a carefully engraved "Fuck You". Also good for fending off vampires and torturing Christians in high Tokugawa style. Yours for an appropriately brutal 39,000 yen at Buffalo Bobs outlets across Japan.
This is totally insane. Perhaps stable, friendly male-female relationships are not a hallmark of Oniikei culture.
Posted by: Marxy | February 14, 2009 at 04:36 PM
Personally, I blame it on Shinto.
Posted by: Patrick Macias | February 14, 2009 at 05:15 PM
What is it with the whole gyaru-o, Chrome Hearts "Fuck You" thing? I mean I understand that's it's Engrish and thus they don't care what it means (just how it looks), but why is it so popular? So ridiculous..
Posted by: Minami no Teiou | February 15, 2009 at 11:30 AM
They still think it's pretty cool and strong to spout four-letter words.
Posted by: DTA | February 15, 2009 at 08:58 PM
Well not really, because spouting the equivalent of our four-letter words in Japanese is a big no-no in Japan, even among young people and even for 'bad boy' gyaro-o. The only people who do it are basically chinpiras or similar.
That's why I just don't get the appeal of the whole ongoing "FUCK YOU" fad.
Posted by: Minami no Teiou | February 15, 2009 at 09:44 PM
Hey, you could read it any number of ways:
Fuck! [I] Love you. Forever?
I won't go on. Kind of a Joycean perverse polysemy or something of the sort.
Posted by: The Constructivist | March 10, 2009 at 01:41 PM