• Hapankaali@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    When I was in high school, I had long hair and wore mildly offensive heavy metal bandshirts.

    Absolutely no way that would have been possible in Japan.

    In fact, dyed hair became an anime trope precisely because teenagers weren’t allowed to dye their hair.

    • jlow@slrpnk.net
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      5 days ago

      Yeah, from what I know Japan is pretty strict when it comes to conformity in society. Cosplayers, otakus are outsiders who are rebelling against these rules forced upon them just like punks, goths, metalheads and other subcultures in the west.