#i suddenly understand every jirai

[crimsonprayer]

nicotine and caffeine is such a good combo, theyre making out sloppy style in my body rn

[souisde4d]

on lovely lors video

the war between the fashion gaijin landmines and edgy little tiktok kids who forbid people to wear style(/j) continues i wont uncover any new information. i just want to remind you that looking for idols to dictate your thoughts is bad, as well as not being open to alternative opinions in a discussion you will also not be able to get exactly the 100% right information from communicating with a japanese person. there are reasons for this - 1) misinfo and lack of knowledge, 2) cultural differences, 3) language barrier. dont expect that every japanese knows more than you do from your fav influencer just keep in mind that jirai kei trend started with people imitating toyoko kids "psycho bitches" by dressing up in girly brands and doing byoujaku makeup. jirai was "based" on clothes that were already on sale at the time. they couldnt suddenly go from "yeah we sell girly" to "actually this fashion is called landmine". landmines still wear girly (not to mention other jfashion), and girly fashion, just like any other, changes the clothes worn by toyoko kids existed before 2020. girly, yamikawa, goth punk, mizuiro, etc also did not appear after 2020. look at the old pre-2020 girly brands' releases and you can easily call them jirai. for example, here's pre-2020 (2019) liz lisa:

however, the problem is that there was no such subculture [jirai] or as some like to call it "uwu fashion for everyone" back then thus, jirai meant what it meant and still means today. you just cant live in a world where girly and 2020 "frilly pinks and blacks fashion" called "landmine" for some reason, which westerners love to "wear", coexist "jirai" is a colloquialism, used for anything that initially seemed good but turned out to be crappy. the whole concept about 地雷女子 or jirai joshi is "a woman that looks neat at first glance but is unstable so shes not suitable for relationship", so i dont understand why you find it strange that jirai has been so promoted by elegant girly fashion brands that want to make money off of you, since nobody wants to go bankrupt "jirai fashion" is a collective concept that includes everything worn by landmines. and yet i cant recall anything like "yamikawaii doesnt exist its actually jirai!!!" by westerners