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Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential. Brian Ashcraft
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Автор произведения Brian Ashcraft
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Contents
Chapter Five: Kogals, magazines & books
Introduction
She is the queen of cool. She’s a cold-hearted killer. She’s a popstar, an angel, a saviour. She makes men weak at the knees, and makes women nostalgic. She gives children hope. She’s a heroine for gamers, a muse for artists, and an inspiration to her peers. The power of her purse makes businesses drool, while marketers scramble for her opinion. She’s a trendsetting trail-blazer, and a glimpse of her country’s future. She’s a symbol of feminine mystique. She is the Japanese schoolgirl.
Schoolgirls, of course, are hardly unique to Japan. But I would be hard pressed to find someone here who disagrees with the manga editor who told me that Japanese schoolgirls make “an impact” on society—an impact that, I believe, is more profound and influential than that of school kids anywhere else on the globe. The question