hey i’ve lived in Japan for about 5 years now and you’re right that not everyone who dresses jirai participates in that lifestyle. But going to the square in kabukicho, the one near APA hotel, you can see that a lot of jirai girls drink heavily and pass out there, i’ve seen some genuinely tweak out too. and unfortunately many of them are homeless and live out of suitcases in kabukicho, usually capsule hotels so that’s why they need a capsule wardrobe. these girls usually come from osaka or kobe trying to make a better life in tokyo and it doesn’t always pan out. like i said, not everyone is like this, but the jirai girls i’ve encountered are typically not in the best situation. the MCM bag is also useful utility wise and fits their aesthetic (girly with a twist because of the studs), but it’s also not as expensive as like dior or chanel which is what successful hostesses usually carry.
the culture around certain aesthetics are what give it life and have it be authentic, even if its sad orkind of twisted. beauty born from tragedy . underground is always leading the way before getting waterd down.
Oh man, I remember first being drawn to jirai kei when I had little to no budget for fancier streetwear and I found that the mix-and-match style of it is extremely versatile and basically makes it harder to notice repeat wearings once you have a few basics. From your account, I get that it's probably like this because the jirai girls were on very tight budgets and had to look put-together everyday regardless.
I was really iffy on the style and the controversies around it - but once I heard more about it from users and thought about its origins (basically youths who are unable to access mental health resources using the style as a form of escapism), I realized it was a way of expressing oneself that organically grew from girls who would be called “landmine” due to their struggles, and not a way of trying to stylize and make “edgy, unstable girls” seem cool (or rather, their struggles and lifestyles seem desirable). And that’s pretty rad as someone who is Menhera/participates in the Menhera community in my own way.
In Tokyo, mental health is totally different than it is in the west. I would say don't listen to random people on tiktok who claim "controversy" about cultured they don't really understand. I hate that this happened in the jfashion community all the time 😢
this happened when the menhera style started surfacing some years ago and the way the style has been treated esp from international people is very similar with how jirai-kei is treated atm. that being said i hate when people started getting into jirai-kei for the aesthetics alone and either willfully ignoring/denying the origins or outright ostracizing the mentally ill the style is meant for
I feel like Jirai Kei is the successor to Gyaru, both in terms of its popularity and that it came from Kabukicho and was originally started by / inspired by hostesses and SWs. At Gyaru's height of popularity, it wasn't uncommon for prominent gyaru in the community to live the party lifestyle, were hostesses/SWs or had their lifestyle funded by sugar daddies. However, since the fashion became so popular and elements of it merged with the mainstream, of course not everyone was part of that lifestyle - there were plenty of people who just liked the fashion on its own, or adopted more innocent aspects of the lifestyle like para dance etc. It's interesting also that some formerly gyaru brands like Liz Lisa / Dear My Love have now moved on to making Jirai Kei styles.
Quick correction: gyaru came out of Shibuya while jirai kei is mainly in Kabukicho. But yes. They have very similar stereotypes of homelessness, SW, heavy drinking etc. EGG even ran an issue featuring cheap clothes to deter girls from doing that sort of thing. But that was mainly in the 90s when it was still rebellious. When it became popular again in the mid 00s early 10s and mainstream most girls just liked the clothes. If you go on Mercari you’ll see things tagged as 地雷系 or landmine style from time to time. It’s a fashion and I think a lot of people who wear it just like the clothes. But I will say that a lot of gyaru brands changed because gyaru died in the 2010s. Larme magazine became really popular and the style began to die off. Liz Lisa has always been a girly brand. They just stopped using gyaru models after a while and using more natural faced ones for wider appeal. But what it means to be “girly” changes. It’s always been a very fluid style.
It's so cool seeing lolitas get into landmine. I feel like it is definitely a more casual and even sometimes cheaper version of it and a lot of lolita pieces fit well in it.
I moved into jirai kei because it’s much cheaper and I could still wear my accessories. I also like the limited color palette because it makes shopping and coordinating easier. It also draws less attention while allowing me to be cute.
Btw for anyone who is interested in jirai kei- I've seen comments on tiktok saying its only for people with mental issues, and even tho its important to know that mental health plays its roll in this fashion.. STILL EVERYONE CAN WEAR IT! and don't listen to "then you should wear dark girly" comments because dark girly is literally just the white washed version of jirai, like "don't say kawaii fashion!!! Say cute!!"
Thank you so much for saying this! Within Menhera fashion, there was a similar issue of “gatekeeping” - or rather, people feeling they couldn’t participate unless they had mental health issues. However, Menhera has always included expressing other inner struggles - like physical, social (lgbtqia+, racial, etc.), and just… generalized life stressors that weigh on a lot of other people (school, bad relationships, work, etc.)! Plus, because Menhera has always been about awareness, it isn’t right to say you need to meet X criteria to accomplish that goal. I’m seeing a lot of similarities between Jirai and Menhera in how they’re starting, but I hope Jirai will run into less issues/will see a higher degree of understanding as it spreads : )
@@takukitten for sure; at the same time Jirai and Menhera started as derogatory terms, and are actively being reclaimed by the communities that make them up - which is pretty cool to see.
Guys i dont think takuseal is disagreeing with you. I think they were just saying it is important to acknowledge where the fashion comes from Of course you don't have to be a part of the menhera or mental health community in literal tokyo to wear the fashion :)
The MCM backpack became popular in the style because they were status symbol with girls that visited host clubs. The mcm bag signaled that you had money because it was a luxury brand that there wasn't a lot dupes for.
i genuinely feel like this style has been around for a lot longer Yes maybe the style-name and kind of lifestyle association has only been really determined in 2019/2020 but ive been in the online artist space for almost 15 years and im pretty sure people have been drawing their OCs in similar fashion or fanart using this style since atleast 2014... when the pastelgoth style kinda started mixing with j-fashion on platforms like tumblr back then it was obviously more like, "borrowed a sweet lolita blouse and combined it with a gothic lolita skirt" and everything was a lot more DIY since style-specific items diddnt exist, but people have been styling their outfits like this for a lot longer
Yes, this style HAS been around for a while, it's called Girly Kei and has existed for more than a decade now. People only started calling ir Jirai Kei in 2020 because of a trend, Jirai Kei is not a fashion, it's a lifestyle, and is not a pretty one either.
I’ve been hunting down jirai kei content everywhere I can’t express how excited i was to see this notification, Jirai kei being so new did make it hard for me to become inspired and the inevitable confrontation of wearing it scared me off but i keep coming back
LARME is a magazine that has a conglomerate of styles. It is not necessarily a style. It is more about selling pieces itself than selling a style. Most recent LARME issues have a lot of jirai and tenshi items in them, as well as some Y3K pieces. It aims to sell trendy pieces and brands
Headdresses are honestly not that uncommon actually!!~ but yes bows are the most popular! And shoes wise bubbles and co are the most popular! Imagine black shoes, high platform (10cm+) and pretty falt instead of high heal like♡
i LOVE jirai kei and have been slowly thrifting a capsule wardrobe for the style!! the style is so cute and although some may romanticize the 'mental illness' aspect of it, i treat it more like menhera and how that style raises mental health awareness in japan.
@@damienb6184 I think you would fit a 3L or 4L! I’m a us L and I fit dearmylove’s XL, plus a lot of their setups have an elastic waistband so they’re fairly comfortable
@@damienb6184 also I know you can order directly off their website and they ship to U.S, I’ve bought all my stuff of Japanese Mercari using a shipping service but if I want to shop online I use Google chrome and it automatically translates the page to English 👍🏻
First of all, glad you're enjoying jirai kei! Much like with any alt fashion, there's going to be negative stereotypes associated with it, but the fashion has truly grown far past it's controversial origins. At the end of the day, it's just cute clothes to wear and have fun with. Also, in regards to plus size jirai, as a plus size person who wears jirai I swear by Dear My Love Whip, which is DML's plus size sub brand and have many of the same designs from DML just with more sizing options. The measurements go all the way up to 6L, which is what I typically wear, and usually I have no issues with fitting into their garments though obviously certain cuts are more forgiving than others. Just carefully read the measurements before buying and you're good to go. I also know of a couple other plus size brands like Majoretty and Taberunosky, but I've yet to get anything from these brands as they seem to max out just a bit lower than what I need. All and all, if you're plus sized and wanting to get into jirai, you have options! Edit: Forgot to mention DML's new sub brand Dear My Love Emily! It's a brand new Jirai Lolita brand that bridges the gap between the two styles (think jirai and old school had a baby) and goes all the way up to 6L! I just got my first pieces from them and I'm excited to wear them.
I think lolita fashion in it's first years was very limited in its color palette. When I first was introduced in the early 2000s it was black, white, pink, blue and red -- and now you can find any color and multiple cuts. When I first saw Jirai Kei I thought it was too similar to Himekaji to take off. (I was wrong)
I had seen the clothes before cybrgrl's videos, but after watching those I really fell in love with the style. Sadly I'd need to find some plus sized brands that had _actual_ plus sizes before I committed, but i adore the cuts of the blouses and the look of the skirts!
Aww ! I'm glad that you are liking it so far ♡ I also appreciate that you always keep things positive. There is so much negativity in regards to Jirai Kei at times but you make it feel accessible and fun
I noticed this winter that jirai kei was v trendy in Laforêt and shibuya 109, there were so many jirai kei stores that I never saw before (that and tenshi kawaii shops they were everywhere in Laforêt)! I liked the style but I thought it would never fit me either, it was totally my friend's style though and she had an adequate size for the clothes they displayed...however I got myself a Liz Lisa coat, which can fit the style I guess
I've been following jirai-kei from afar since around 2021 but never got to wear it because I'm a bit put off by how fast fashion-y the quality is. I'd love to hear some brands recommendations with better quality
Fortunately there is a big secondhand trend right now in Tokyo. You will see more jirai girls wearing more secondhand clothing and less fast fashion stuff. I do agree, for the most part, a lot of subcult styles are trendy and have a lot of fast fashion shoppes, so it can be discouraging to get into such styles. I always say wear the style with pieces YOU want. Do t necessarily go and buy every piece you see online
@@MyFictionalChaos I get that, but if you want to find specific jirai clothes (for example the frilly blouses) you need to buy them new. If they're secondhand they're still from the same low quality brands. I think Liz Lisa is a bit better than Mars for example, but I have some old pieces and they used to be better
I love jirai kei, especially the rose pink + black combo. It's one of those styles that feels 100% authentic to my personality. It gave me fresh ideas to customize my everyday looks that I'd suppose were already on the "verge" of jirai. Kinda a "so that's what my style is called?" eureka moment
I have known about jirai kei for almost 2 years now and have been wearing it for over 6 months. From what I’ve seen just traveling to Japan the style isn’t that associated with the “Kabukicho lifestyle” if you’re outside of Kabukicho and it’s very common in areas like Shibuya/Harajuku or if you were to go to a vkei or idol concert. It’s most commonly popular among young girls and teens so it’s a very easy style to get into and isn’t always associated with negative things. I noticed it getting increasingly more popular in the west in the past year but from what I’ve observed in Japan (correct me if I’m wrong) it seems to be growing out of popularity. When I was there April of last year I saw many more girls wearing it than just November of the same year which I think is interesting. Jirai kei is an easy and fun style to get into especially coming from a gothic lolita who doesn’t have the money to buy lolita pieces or the confidence to wear them out. I’ve worn jirai kei to conventions, interviews, and even my graduation and have gotten good responses.
YEEESSS I'm obsessed with it too, still trying to construct in my wardrobe tho Edit: I love shorts and seeing that cute shirt + short combo made me really happy
@@youngiesoo3714 I know and I'm not expecting super high quality pieces, but I feel like breathable fabrics that are more suitable for day-long wear (like cotton and viscose which are used by ff brands too) could be used.
I used to wear Jirai kei last year. I wanted to try a more feminine and dark alt fashion. I’m also a gyaru and felt intrigued by jirai’s makeup because of its similar droopy eye shape that is also prevalent in gyaru make. I primarily bought Jirai clothes from dear my love whip as a US 3x and I had to purchase their 6L size. Also measure yourself and compare it to the individual measurements on their website bc different styles may vary in how it’ll fit you. I ended up leaving Jirai bc I got fed up with how much colorism and fatphobia are at play. And the filters used by so many Jirai girls lighten your skin ☠️ I couldn’t do it anymore. I hope that it can grow to be more inclusive as it evolves.
Shibuya 109 is full of jirai kei stores lately. It’s a cute style but I’m a bit saddened how it is almost the only alternative style that is popular. It’s a bit overexposed already in Japan and I wish we had a bit more variety in 109.
the western gatekeeping mentioned in the start is so incredibly real, ive been told multiple times that i cant wear jirai kei or call myself a jirai because im not homeless 💀 its literally just an insult to the mentally ill, which i am
Having no knowledge of this fashion style and going into this blind your descriptions of the fashion motifs have summed up everything I like! Haha. I'm going to do more research later and check out devil inspired again. Thank You. It's just bizarre to me that people find new ways of demonizing clothing and fashion.
I'm really happy to see you liking Jirai-kei! WELCOME. NO ESCAPE NOW >:D anyway - thank you for making this video as honestly, there's still a very limited amount of English-language content on Jirai/Ryousangata on UA-cam. Ignore the gatekeepers, as always and just enjoy yourself. Fair enough with the makeup point, even though the makeup is a very key point to the style, there's plenty of people on the JP + World jirai scene that don't do it either.
i didn't know the name of the style until now! i guess i've been subconsciously into it- i have a top that skirts the edge of fitting into jirai kei that i always want more excuses to wear, but don't have a ton of things that suit it. also have gotten really into kuromi and associated aesthetics since the pandemic-- liked her before, love her now-- and have slowly been shifting my wardrobe to fit things that remind me of her. honestly might eventually pick up some actual jirai pieces in the future when i get the chance!
14:20 I think not. In contrary, I need accessbility to even feel encouraged to participate. I'm an unemployed person with autism and ADHD. I struggle with clothing myself or even buying clothes in the first place. The entire process is hell to me especially through online shopping but the more accessibility and quality there is the more likely I can actually participate in the fashion and make sure I don't wear 10+ year old clothes forever.
I know nothing about this vein of alternative fashion!! But i am interested to learn because even though I am only wearing Lolita, all us alternative fashion wearers face similar challenges when we have to stand in the face of normies!
This seems so much more accessible than Lolita. I couldn't imagine paying for a lolita coord, but I could imagine buying a whole Jirai Kei wardrobe. Or something.
This fashion is so popular right now it's basically a mainstream fashion, so there's no "rules" on who gets to wear it or not here^_^ I have to agree it is getting very samey, but I hope it becoming more popular overseas will have more people contributing new aspects and new ways to wear it^_^
Oh, this is a style I would love to try sometime! I'm goth, but I don't have a lot of more feminine stuff for when that mood hits me. I love lolita as well, but have been, honestly, a little too overwhelmed to even try. Jirai kei, however, is somewhere in between, I feel like, and looks like a style I'd be very comfortable in. Also, reminds me a bit of some of the outfits from Princess Ai, which teenage me absolutely loved
I love jirai kei but the pieces are expensive so I've been trying to find or make pieces that follow the style and is still something versatile in my wardrobe.
the eye changing shape thing has always confused im half japanese so i have asian eyes but like one of the most common surgerys in alot of asain is changing eyeshape and or makeup styles that alter it. so ive never seen a issue with it. i think its more just people assuming ethnicity based on looks are kinda the issue. like just cause of my eyeshape the amount of people who stop me on the street to ask me "what i am" is pretty annoying espicclly when its literally phased as "What are you" just cause my eyeshape is slightly different or the amount of times ive been called chinese slurs because people think im chinese because of my eyes
It's definitely more "normie" type people assuming about the makeup style (as much as I don't necessarily condone using this word lol). Anyone into jfashion knows the byojaku makeup is totally okay. I hate when random people on reels/tiktok says that jfashion wearers are "trying to be asian" bc they dont know anything about the culture.
this take has always been super brain dead to me because the japanese girls who invented those make up styles aren't "trying to look japanese" they already are japanese 😭 and japanese eyes have no 1 look. they want to look like dolls and anime characters which have no race!
thanks for a really nice introduction to jerai-kei. i had never heard of this sub-style and am very interested in any style that can blend with my preferred all-black. it's nice to have colour options that are not super-happy/kawaii
im sorry but i dont know if youre the sort of person very equipped to handle this sort of subject, i understand what you mean when youre trying to say that the origins of jirai obviously feed into a stereotype and that most of the time ppl just wear it as normal fashion just like anyone else, but you got to admit, doesnt it feel strange to talk about the origins of it being related to s-x workers (not just any sort of person mental struggles, s-x workers who are most likely not really protected on their wellbeing by the state and ostracized) and then being like "but western people dont rlly have to worry about that! other than knowing about it" like it comes across as doing the bare minimum to be justifying the commodification outta movements mostly related to japanese women experiencing grand amounts of sexism and misogyny . just think about it!!!! i love your content but like, you gotta work on your tact maybe not just referring to other outsider perspectives outta it.
YES!!!!! The fashion is literally just called girly kei, JIRAI KEI is about the lifestyle, the suffering and struggles of those girls, jirai kei is a word for them, not for cutesy fashion, it feels so gross to call the fashion Jirai Kei, it's like caling a fashion style something like "mentally ill-core" or "child-prostitute-core" just because it's a popular fashion between the people who are living in those conditions.
I have no hate on Lovely Lor As actually she is my personal favourite EGL Fashion UA-camr I should find the accuracy factor of this video is bit questionable , It is no surprise that she is EGL fashion expert for many years for sure But its somewhat bit inaccurate for her to interpreting this fashion in rather Westerncentric point of view lens Fashion style that born outside America-sphere simply cannot be or not sounded wise to be interpreted in rather Americacentric lens , because such fashion style really born in the socio cultural that really totally different from America socio cultural scene
😂 wood paneling fear that’s a new one. Been seeing this in bjds fashions for a minute and on kuromi had no idea it had a name 😂 i love it tho. As someone who barley ever follows lolita rules anymore I doubt I’ll be participating in the community at all but hey, something else to buy throw into my wardrobe. It fits with my pastel goth bitter sweet stuff. It’s very cute thanks for the info!
There are definitely some jirai×lolita JSKs that are worn by people in both communities. I think you can totally wear the pieces however you want. That's how I do it myself and I just have a unique style that's not really one particular name
@@MyFictionalChaos every once in a while ill put a real coord together for a meet but yeah I much prefer to wear my jsk and a blouse without all the extra. I love all the patterns and frills though! I can definitely see the cross over between Jirai kai and lolita the two fashions and a shareable wardrobe between them. The peices can definitely fit into my style for sure
10 years ago when I was first starting to build my wardrobe I owned a ton of stuff from Yumetenbo (Dear My Love mostly but for a while they had Plumprimo as their brand name for plus size stuff, and I wear size 16-20 in US items. A lot of my stuff was pink and black because I like those colours; unfortunately a lot of it has worn out because Yumetenbo cutsews pill like mad and then the fabric gets thin. Yumetenbo had another brand, Diable Baiser, that was popular with women in hostess clubs/sex work, and from what I'm seeing here, jirai-kei is like Dear My Love and Diable Baiser had a baby. You could wear the Dear My Love shirts with lolita just fine, but Diable Baiser did the open shoulders/boob window things that are just not done in lolita. I was soooo annoyed when Rakuten Global Market went under because Yumetenbo doesn't accept non-Japanese credit cards unless you bought thru Rakuten.
I wonder if this sort of "edgy ryousangata" jirai-kei has a name. Recently I've seen content labelled as jirai that was more in line with Harajuku punk - like oversized sweatshirts and punk hardware (like the sort of stuff they sell at Acro Tokyo for instance?). I wonder what the actual state of the subculture is in Japan.
Dear my love is the best option if u want jirai pieces but I always say thrift and second hand!! You can learn to alter and sew as it is a good skill to have! If you prefer not to, then it is totally okay to wear pieces similar to the style as you don't have to be EXACT. I make my own detachable collars and bows and then find pretty blouses in thrift stores. I find that a lot of 80s business blouses have that similar look
Maybe the thing that’s actually scaring people isn’t actually the wood paneling so much as it is the dark void that is the hallway behind you? In a horror movie that kind of shot would definitely want you to worry someone might be lurking off camera. Perhaps people are subconsciously picking up on that framing and then attributing their fear to the wood paneling?? To be clear I don’t think this filming setup is scary at all and would never have thought of making this comparison without your comment but it’s all I got! I just associate wood paneling with kind of musty finished basements and carpet that should have been replaced 20 years ago… (Also the actual video part of your video was very educational for me, I am too out of the loop to hear about new styles)
I've heard about Jirai Kei, but didn't know much about it. It's a really cute fashion, but idk if I can pull it off (I have short hair and I don't want to wear wigs).
I didn't know that this style had a name!!!! I've been calling it century fantasia since it has a lot of historically inspired blouses. This is EXACTLY how I dress!! I love it so much! I'm so glad you made this video, now I won't have to search for hours for that specific white and black blouse I have in my mind I will say I've dressed similar to this for many years, seeing it get popular makes me very happy. I'm not going to follow someone else's rules tho.
Ryousangata is like Jirai kei but without the dark colours :3 also Ryousangata quite literally translates to "mass produced!!" instead of black there is white and in general it's just brighter!
There's actually no diferença, both jirai and ryosan are the same fashion, it's called girly kei. Jirai Kei and Ryosangata are words used to describe certains types of people, but since girly fashion was popular bewteen the people those words where directed tô, people thought It was the name of the fashion.
10:49 the way you still call it a "work" when it's clearly involuntary and you yourself said what she * has* to do it is just really upsetting and disturbing for me.
Everything about this video gives me the ick. Calling this fashion Jirai feels so sick and disrespectful because Jirai is literally the word used for people in this dark situation...
…because the character is a sex worker?? She said she “has” to do it because of her addiction to host clubs, it’s not a trafficking situation. Therefore, although it is due to an addiction, she is not in sexual slavery. Meaning it would be called sex work.
I've seen people on social media wear jirai kei kinda outfits and call the style ryosangata. Is that the same style? What is the difference (if there is any at all)?
hi!! ryousangata is “mass produced style” and is very closely related to jirai!! it’s usually lighter in color, typically pink and white or all white, whereas jirai leans more towards black and other darker colors.
As someone who has mental health issues(diagnosed depression and undiagnosed BPD) and who wears Jirai, it’s highly offensive to call it “Girly Kei” as it’s not okay to change the name of the fashion that wasn’t started by westerners. Jirai Kei has helped me with expressing my mental health issues and with coping. It’s a fashion, most of the lifestyle is the lifestyle is separate from the fashion.
@@cladlless Girly kei/Larme is different from Jirai. Again, I'm saying this as a person with mental health issues. Respectfully, if you call Jirai Kei "girly kei" than you're erasing the mental health aspect of Jirai Kei. It's like calling Yami Kawaii "cutecore" or "cutegore." If you personally don't like the name Jirai Kei, that's on you. Don't force us to rename the fashion to suit your tastes.
@@LandmineYume I have mental health issues too, I have DID, BPD with NPD traits, OCD and autism, it's not a free pass for spreading misinformation. Jirai Kei is not the name of the fashion it is a word originally intended to disrespect and insult mentally ill japanese women, that got popular and started to be reclaimed by some people and got mixed up with the namw of the fashion. Jirai is a lifestyle, the fashion is girly. Someone who only wears the fashiom, has no mental issues and no umhealthy behaviour, isn't jirai. Jirai is valid to be used bt mentally unwell people as a way to cope, vent and find people with similar struggles but it can be dangerous. Yamikawaii is just a fashiom too actually, yamikawaii is what we call fashion with cute dark themes without necessarily having mental health themes attached, the thing you are confusing it with is MENHERA. Menhera is the artistic, fashion and activism movement that focuses on mental health, yamikawaii is just dark cute fashion. All menhera is yamikawaii, but not all yamikawaii is menhera.
@@cladllessit isn’t called girly anymore though as there are different offshoots of girly now. Ryousan-gata, jirai-kei, and French girly are all there own styles (these names are used in Japan currently)
I wish you wouldn't feel obligated to make "informative videos" on topics you don't necessarily know a lot about. You have a vast audience and there's plenty misinformation flying around social media as it is. It's completely ok to be an outsider/beginner/etc, but you can wear this without necessarily making a video about it, because people will take it as facts.
anything she spoke about was followed by "i am not an expert these are just what i found" if people still can't get past the 50 precursors she already says constantly then thats on them LOL
@@poobd We both know people online are basically deaf to these statements, especially when it comes to subcultures. Again, why make a vid if she constantly has to point out all the info she's giving is very shaky at best?
@@konodanshi bc she likes having fun and making videos for people who like her trying things for fun idk maybe don't act like she's an authority on everything even though she says she's not?
i am really unsure as to where you got a lot of your information from... a lot of the things you talk about are inaccurate or you brush over them completely. citing a single TV show and a few western perspectives on a topic that has heavy cultural implications and impact seems really... obtuse? i'm not trying to be rude, but you very clearly were uncomfortable talking about a lot of the origins or the "unsavory" parts of the lifestyle. if it's a topic you've not had experience with, it's okay to say that and just focus on what you know - but it's not okay to say that because it's not an issue you've faced that it's okay to not worry about it... especially on a topic as important and difficult as being coerced into sex work. it's a bit sad when you spend so much time making sure you're not "asian fishing" with makeup but you didn't speak to anyone japanese about the rest of the topics. you're also missing a lot regarding the reclamation that's happening with the word and where "landmine" even comes from and how it's used besides that it's sexist & derogatory....i just feel you were disrespectful here on topics that are much more deserving of heavier and longer thought. it's okay to just want to talk about the fashion itself - the style, how to wear it, brands, why you like it etc. i love seeing people talk about the clothes they love and help people start their own wardrobe... but again, if you don't know something or aren't well informed... don't make a video about it. just say "i know the basics but i'm not someone who is able to talk on this properly, let me point you to xyz resources instead!"
Coming from a jirai, please don’t call the fashion jirai Kei !! (I’m saying this in a respectful way !!! I love ur vids ,,,) as it’s dark girly kei !!!! Jirai Kei is the unhealthy lifestyle often but not always paid with the fashion !
Having never heard the phrase or fashion, the *mood* of this style is instantly recognizeable. Love it. It carries similar kind of "stigmas" as wearing goth fashion. Good news about gatekeeping mental illness--- literally everyone has mental health, everyone gets destabilized sometimes. Love and Darkness, 🖤🤍🖤
A lot of alt subcultures in Japan are similar to western ones. I love analyzing counterculture and exploring the similarities between them and why they exist ❤
On the wood paneling: I don't know why but it makes me think of serial k!||ers from the 70s. But it also reminds me of my aunt's basement where me and my brother played computer games during Thanksgiving (Self censoring because my last comment disappeared*shrug*)
hey i’ve lived in Japan for about 5 years now and you’re right that not everyone who dresses jirai participates in that lifestyle. But going to the square in kabukicho, the one near APA hotel, you can see that a lot of jirai girls drink heavily and pass out there, i’ve seen some genuinely tweak out too. and unfortunately many of them are homeless and live out of suitcases in kabukicho, usually capsule hotels so that’s why they need a capsule wardrobe. these girls usually come from osaka or kobe trying to make a better life in tokyo and it doesn’t always pan out. like i said, not everyone is like this, but the jirai girls i’ve encountered are typically not in the best situation. the MCM bag is also useful utility wise and fits their aesthetic (girly with a twist because of the studs), but it’s also not as expensive as like dior or chanel which is what successful hostesses usually carry.
the culture around certain aesthetics are what give it life and have it be authentic, even if its sad orkind of twisted. beauty born from tragedy . underground is always leading the way before getting waterd down.
Oh man, I remember first being drawn to jirai kei when I had little to no budget for fancier streetwear and I found that the mix-and-match style of it is extremely versatile and basically makes it harder to notice repeat wearings once you have a few basics. From your account, I get that it's probably like this because the jirai girls were on very tight budgets and had to look put-together everyday regardless.
..... o dios no .... esa nariz de bruja
I was really iffy on the style and the controversies around it - but once I heard more about it from users and thought about its origins (basically youths who are unable to access mental health resources using the style as a form of escapism), I realized it was a way of expressing oneself that organically grew from girls who would be called “landmine” due to their struggles, and not a way of trying to stylize and make “edgy, unstable girls” seem cool (or rather, their struggles and lifestyles seem desirable). And that’s pretty rad as someone who is Menhera/participates in the Menhera community in my own way.
In Tokyo, mental health is totally different than it is in the west. I would say don't listen to random people on tiktok who claim "controversy" about cultured they don't really understand. I hate that this happened in the jfashion community all the time 😢
Men that think women are undesirable because of mental disorders are disgusting.
this happened when the menhera style started surfacing some years ago and the way the style has been treated esp from international people is very similar with how jirai-kei is treated atm. that being said i hate when people started getting into jirai-kei for the aesthetics alone and either willfully ignoring/denying the origins or outright ostracizing the mentally ill the style is meant for
I feel like Jirai Kei is the successor to Gyaru, both in terms of its popularity and that it came from Kabukicho and was originally started by / inspired by hostesses and SWs. At Gyaru's height of popularity, it wasn't uncommon for prominent gyaru in the community to live the party lifestyle, were hostesses/SWs or had their lifestyle funded by sugar daddies. However, since the fashion became so popular and elements of it merged with the mainstream, of course not everyone was part of that lifestyle - there were plenty of people who just liked the fashion on its own, or adopted more innocent aspects of the lifestyle like para dance etc. It's interesting also that some formerly gyaru brands like Liz Lisa / Dear My Love have now moved on to making Jirai Kei styles.
Quick correction: gyaru came out of Shibuya while jirai kei is mainly in Kabukicho. But yes. They have very similar stereotypes of homelessness, SW, heavy drinking etc. EGG even ran an issue featuring cheap clothes to deter girls from doing that sort of thing. But that was mainly in the 90s when it was still rebellious. When it became popular again in the mid 00s early 10s and mainstream most girls just liked the clothes. If you go on Mercari you’ll see things tagged as 地雷系 or landmine style from time to time. It’s a fashion and I think a lot of people who wear it just like the clothes.
But I will say that a lot of gyaru brands changed because gyaru died in the 2010s. Larme magazine became really popular and the style began to die off. Liz Lisa has always been a girly brand. They just stopped using gyaru models after a while and using more natural faced ones for wider appeal. But what it means to be “girly” changes. It’s always been a very fluid style.
The silhouette reminds me so much of 2000s horror game girls
It's so cool seeing lolitas get into landmine. I feel like it is definitely a more casual and even sometimes cheaper version of it and a lot of lolita pieces fit well in it.
I moved into jirai kei because it’s much cheaper and I could still wear my accessories. I also like the limited color palette because it makes shopping and coordinating easier. It also draws less attention while allowing me to be cute.
Btw for anyone who is interested in jirai kei- I've seen comments on tiktok saying its only for people with mental issues, and even tho its important to know that mental health plays its roll in this fashion.. STILL EVERYONE CAN WEAR IT! and don't listen to "then you should wear dark girly" comments because dark girly is literally just the white washed version of jirai, like "don't say kawaii fashion!!! Say cute!!"
Thank you so much for saying this! Within Menhera fashion, there was a similar issue of “gatekeeping” - or rather, people feeling they couldn’t participate unless they had mental health issues. However, Menhera has always included expressing other inner struggles - like physical, social (lgbtqia+, racial, etc.), and just… generalized life stressors that weigh on a lot of other people (school, bad relationships, work, etc.)! Plus, because Menhera has always been about awareness, it isn’t right to say you need to meet X criteria to accomplish that goal.
I’m seeing a lot of similarities between Jirai and Menhera in how they’re starting, but I hope Jirai will run into less issues/will see a higher degree of understanding as it spreads : )
Nowadays in Japan on the streets people will say they are menhera not jirai. So jirai kei is pretty much a fashion though the past is important
@takuseal I'm sorry but i don't really get your point? Both are styles connected to mental health? Both don't require one to be mentally ill tho
@@takukitten for sure; at the same time Jirai and Menhera started as derogatory terms, and are actively being reclaimed by the communities that make them up - which is pretty cool to see.
Guys i dont think takuseal is disagreeing with you. I think they were just saying it is important to acknowledge where the fashion comes from
Of course you don't have to be a part of the menhera or mental health community in literal tokyo to wear the fashion :)
The MCM backpack became popular in the style because they were status symbol with girls that visited host clubs. The mcm bag signaled that you had money because it was a luxury brand that there wasn't a lot dupes for.
i genuinely feel like this style has been around for a lot longer
Yes maybe the style-name and kind of lifestyle association has only been really determined in 2019/2020 but ive been in the online artist space for almost 15 years and im pretty sure people have been drawing their OCs in similar fashion or fanart using this style since atleast 2014... when the pastelgoth style kinda started mixing with j-fashion on platforms like tumblr
back then it was obviously more like, "borrowed a sweet lolita blouse and combined it with a gothic lolita skirt" and everything was a lot more DIY since style-specific items diddnt exist, but people have been styling their outfits like this for a lot longer
Yes, this style HAS been around for a while, it's called Girly Kei and has existed for more than a decade now. People only started calling ir Jirai Kei in 2020 because of a trend, Jirai Kei is not a fashion, it's a lifestyle, and is not a pretty one either.
It definitely was, I do remember seeing something similar as a kid. It just didn't become popular with irl fashion until now, it mostly stayed online
I’ve been hunting down jirai kei content everywhere I can’t express how excited i was to see this notification, Jirai kei being so new did make it hard for me to become inspired and the inevitable confrontation of wearing it scared me off but i keep coming back
New outside of Japan for sure. It has been popular in Tokyo since around 2019 :)
I know it’s not brand new but 5 years to me is still a baby fashion
LARME is a magazine that has a conglomerate of styles. It is not necessarily a style. It is more about selling pieces itself than selling a style. Most recent LARME issues have a lot of jirai and tenshi items in them, as well as some Y3K pieces. It aims to sell trendy pieces and brands
Headdresses are honestly not that uncommon actually!!~ but yes bows are the most popular!
And shoes wise bubbles and co are the most popular! Imagine black shoes, high platform (10cm+) and pretty falt instead of high heal like♡
i LOVE jirai kei and have been slowly thrifting a capsule wardrobe for the style!! the style is so cute and although some may romanticize the 'mental illness' aspect of it, i treat it more like menhera and how that style raises mental health awareness in japan.
For anyone looking for plus sized jirai kei, DearMyLove is a great brand! I believe their sizes go up to 4L
dearmylovewhip goes up to 6L too!
Can I ask 🙏 I tried going on their website but I can’t read japanese 🥲 also western plus size or asian plus size? Im between a western 2xl and 3xl..
@@damienb6184 I think you would fit a 3L or 4L! I’m a us L and I fit dearmylove’s XL, plus a lot of their setups have an elastic waistband so they’re fairly comfortable
@@damienb6184 also I know you can order directly off their website and they ship to U.S, I’ve bought all my stuff of Japanese Mercari using a shipping service but if I want to shop online I use Google chrome and it automatically translates the page to English 👍🏻
First of all, glad you're enjoying jirai kei! Much like with any alt fashion, there's going to be negative stereotypes associated with it, but the fashion has truly grown far past it's controversial origins. At the end of the day, it's just cute clothes to wear and have fun with. Also, in regards to plus size jirai, as a plus size person who wears jirai I swear by Dear My Love Whip, which is DML's plus size sub brand and have many of the same designs from DML just with more sizing options. The measurements go all the way up to 6L, which is what I typically wear, and usually I have no issues with fitting into their garments though obviously certain cuts are more forgiving than others. Just carefully read the measurements before buying and you're good to go. I also know of a couple other plus size brands like Majoretty and Taberunosky, but I've yet to get anything from these brands as they seem to max out just a bit lower than what I need. All and all, if you're plus sized and wanting to get into jirai, you have options!
Edit: Forgot to mention DML's new sub brand Dear My Love Emily! It's a brand new Jirai Lolita brand that bridges the gap between the two styles (think jirai and old school had a baby) and goes all the way up to 6L! I just got my first pieces from them and I'm excited to wear them.
I think lolita fashion in it's first years was very limited in its color palette. When I first was introduced in the early 2000s it was black, white, pink, blue and red -- and now you can find any color and multiple cuts. When I first saw Jirai Kei I thought it was too similar to Himekaji to take off. (I was wrong)
I had seen the clothes before cybrgrl's videos, but after watching those I really fell in love with the style. Sadly I'd need to find some plus sized brands that had _actual_ plus sizes before I committed, but i adore the cuts of the blouses and the look of the skirts!
Aww ! I'm glad that you are liking it so far ♡ I also appreciate that you always keep things positive. There is so much negativity in regards to Jirai Kei at times but you make it feel accessible and fun
I noticed this winter that jirai kei was v trendy in Laforêt and shibuya 109, there were so many jirai kei stores that I never saw before (that and tenshi kawaii shops they were everywhere in Laforêt)! I liked the style but I thought it would never fit me either, it was totally my friend's style though and she had an adequate size for the clothes they displayed...however I got myself a Liz Lisa coat, which can fit the style I guess
I love wood panneling... You look good in Jirai Kei. At almost 63 I'm too old for it.
I think you should go for it anyway!
@@LaceyMyriah well looking at my budget... you would have to buy it for me. I can only afford goodwill bin store clothes right now.
I've been following jirai-kei from afar since around 2021 but never got to wear it because I'm a bit put off by how fast fashion-y the quality is. I'd love to hear some brands recommendations with better quality
Agreed, I wouldn't mind trying it but everything looks really really cheap...
DIYing could be the answer
Fortunately there is a big secondhand trend right now in Tokyo. You will see more jirai girls wearing more secondhand clothing and less fast fashion stuff. I do agree, for the most part, a lot of subcult styles are trendy and have a lot of fast fashion shoppes, so it can be discouraging to get into such styles. I always say wear the style with pieces YOU want. Do t necessarily go and buy every piece you see online
@@AngelAngel-yx5uz I sew on a basic level, this kind of stuff wouldn't be easy at all
@@MyFictionalChaos I get that, but if you want to find specific jirai clothes (for example the frilly blouses) you need to buy them new. If they're secondhand they're still from the same low quality brands. I think Liz Lisa is a bit better than Mars for example, but I have some old pieces and they used to be better
You look lovely, Lor! I have spent my whole life in black with a color or white; glad to see I'm finally in fashion, lol
ahhh this white and black color combo looks so cute on you!! :D
I love jirai kei, especially the rose pink + black combo. It's one of those styles that feels 100% authentic to my personality. It gave me fresh ideas to customize my everyday looks that I'd suppose were already on the "verge" of jirai. Kinda a "so that's what my style is called?" eureka moment
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I have known about jirai kei for almost 2 years now and have been wearing it for over 6 months. From what I’ve seen just traveling to Japan the style isn’t that associated with the “Kabukicho lifestyle” if you’re outside of Kabukicho and it’s very common in areas like Shibuya/Harajuku or if you were to go to a vkei or idol concert. It’s most commonly popular among young girls and teens so it’s a very easy style to get into and isn’t always associated with negative things. I noticed it getting increasingly more popular in the west in the past year but from what I’ve observed in Japan (correct me if I’m wrong) it seems to be growing out of popularity. When I was there April of last year I saw many more girls wearing it than just November of the same year which I think is interesting. Jirai kei is an easy and fun style to get into especially coming from a gothic lolita who doesn’t have the money to buy lolita pieces or the confidence to wear them out. I’ve worn jirai kei to conventions, interviews, and even my graduation and have gotten good responses.
Love how you explain aspects of the fashion, and also explain tweaks you make (like shoes and makeup) that make it fit your personal style better!
Thank you so much! I had no idea about Jirai Kei.
This style seems to be piercing friendly which is fun.
Hatsune Miku seems almost perfect for Jirai Kei with her pigtails and cute fashion!
There's literally already a Jirai Kei girl in her gacha game lol
@@Acheronianerena isn’t even canonically jirai kei, she just wears pink and black + its not even like her outfit actually resembles jirai kei lol
yeah her design from deco*27's "vampire" is jirai kei so she has a lot of merch with that design now!
So exited to see you talk about JiraiKei, it's a fashion I've been excited about trying someday! Also, can't wait for NANA 🎉🎉🎉
Oh so my favorite casual style has a name? I loved the video, exploring new fashions is always fun
love this vid! it seems like this style also takes lots of inspiration from gothic lolita, yami kawaii, and e-girl styles
Just ordered a secondhand blouse from depop! Cant wait to try it on! And that wood panelling is absolutely darling ❤
YEEESSS I'm obsessed with it too, still trying to construct in my wardrobe tho
Edit: I love shorts and seeing that cute shirt + short combo made me really happy
I see jirai kei, I click. I love the miku subcult figure, too!! I actually wear tenshi kaiwai now but jirai will hold a place in my heart 💖
I love jirai but dislike that most pieces are polyester :( I have sensory issues and it's generally a no-go for me these days.
It’s a fast fashion.
@@youngiesoo3714 I know and I'm not expecting super high quality pieces, but I feel like breathable fabrics that are more suitable for day-long wear (like cotton and viscose which are used by ff brands too) could be used.
welcome to the jirai kei love -jirai kei since 2020
I used to wear Jirai kei last year. I wanted to try a more feminine and dark alt fashion. I’m also a gyaru and felt intrigued by jirai’s makeup because of its similar droopy eye shape that is also prevalent in gyaru make. I primarily bought Jirai clothes from dear my love whip as a US 3x and I had to purchase their 6L size. Also measure yourself and compare it to the individual measurements on their website bc different styles may vary in how it’ll fit you. I ended up leaving Jirai bc I got fed up with how much colorism and fatphobia are at play. And the filters used by so many Jirai girls lighten your skin ☠️ I couldn’t do it anymore. I hope that it can grow to be more inclusive as it evolves.
Shibuya 109 is full of jirai kei stores lately. It’s a cute style but I’m a bit saddened how it is almost the only alternative style that is popular. It’s a bit overexposed already in Japan and I wish we had a bit more variety in 109.
the western gatekeeping mentioned in the start is so incredibly real, ive been told multiple times that i cant wear jirai kei or call myself a jirai because im not homeless 💀 its literally just an insult to the mentally ill, which i am
Having no knowledge of this fashion style and going into this blind your descriptions of the fashion motifs have summed up everything I like! Haha. I'm going to do more research later and check out devil inspired again. Thank You.
It's just bizarre to me that people find new ways of demonizing clothing and fashion.
I'm really happy to see you liking Jirai-kei! WELCOME. NO ESCAPE NOW >:D
anyway - thank you for making this video as honestly, there's still a very limited amount of English-language content on Jirai/Ryousangata on UA-cam. Ignore the gatekeepers, as always and just enjoy yourself. Fair enough with the makeup point, even though the makeup is a very key point to the style, there's plenty of people on the JP + World jirai scene that don't do it either.
Mochipan's website also has a JiraiKei outfit for plussizes from xl to 4xl. :3 she currently only has a skirt and top.
i didn't know the name of the style until now! i guess i've been subconsciously into it- i have a top that skirts the edge of fitting into jirai kei that i always want more excuses to wear, but don't have a ton of things that suit it. also have gotten really into kuromi and associated aesthetics since the pandemic-- liked her before, love her now-- and have slowly been shifting my wardrobe to fit things that remind me of her. honestly might eventually pick up some actual jirai pieces in the future when i get the chance!
14:20 I think not. In contrary, I need accessbility to even feel encouraged to participate. I'm an unemployed person with autism and ADHD. I struggle with clothing myself or even buying clothes in the first place. The entire process is hell to me especially through online shopping but the more accessibility and quality there is the more likely I can actually participate in the fashion and make sure I don't wear 10+ year old clothes forever.
I know nothing about this vein of alternative fashion!! But i am interested to learn because even though I am only wearing Lolita, all us alternative fashion wearers face similar challenges when we have to stand in the face of normies!
I've been waiting for this video! ❤❤
This seems so much more accessible than Lolita. I couldn't imagine paying for a lolita coord, but I could imagine buying a whole Jirai Kei wardrobe. Or something.
This fashion is so popular right now it's basically a mainstream fashion, so there's no "rules" on who gets to wear it or not here^_^ I have to agree it is getting very samey, but I hope it becoming more popular overseas will have more people contributing new aspects and new ways to wear it^_^
Oh, this is a style I would love to try sometime! I'm goth, but I don't have a lot of more feminine stuff for when that mood hits me. I love lolita as well, but have been, honestly, a little too overwhelmed to even try. Jirai kei, however, is somewhere in between, I feel like, and looks like a style I'd be very comfortable in. Also, reminds me a bit of some of the outfits from Princess Ai, which teenage me absolutely loved
I love jirai kei but the pieces are expensive so I've been trying to find or make pieces that follow the style and is still something versatile in my wardrobe.
the eye changing shape thing has always confused im half japanese so i have asian eyes but like one of the most common surgerys in alot of asain is changing eyeshape and or makeup styles that alter it. so ive never seen a issue with it. i think its more just people assuming ethnicity based on looks are kinda the issue. like just cause of my eyeshape the amount of people who stop me on the street to ask me "what i am" is pretty annoying espicclly when its literally phased as "What are you" just cause my eyeshape is slightly different or the amount of times ive been called chinese slurs because people think im chinese because of my eyes
It's definitely more "normie" type people assuming about the makeup style (as much as I don't necessarily condone using this word lol).
Anyone into jfashion knows the byojaku makeup is totally okay. I hate when random people on reels/tiktok says that jfashion wearers are "trying to be asian" bc they dont know anything about the culture.
this take has always been super brain dead to me because the japanese girls who invented those make up styles aren't "trying to look japanese" they already are japanese 😭 and japanese eyes have no 1 look. they want to look like dolls and anime characters which have no race!
A lot of the reason things look the same is because it’s adjacent to Ryousangata. Part of the point is that we all look very similar.
Welcome to Jirai Kei!! I’ve been wearing Jirai for about 2 years and it’s perfect for daily wear compared to Lolita. (I also came from Lolita)
thanks for a really nice introduction to jerai-kei. i had never heard of this sub-style and am very interested in any style that can blend with my preferred all-black. it's nice to have colour options that are not super-happy/kawaii
im sorry but i dont know if youre the sort of person very equipped to handle this sort of subject, i understand what you mean when youre trying to say that the origins of jirai obviously feed into a stereotype and that most of the time ppl just wear it as normal fashion just like anyone else, but you got to admit, doesnt it feel strange to talk about the origins of it being related to s-x workers (not just any sort of person mental struggles, s-x workers who are most likely not really protected on their wellbeing by the state and ostracized) and then being like "but western people dont rlly have to worry about that! other than knowing about it" like it comes across as doing the bare minimum to be justifying the commodification outta movements mostly related to japanese women experiencing grand amounts of sexism and misogyny . just think about it!!!! i love your content but like, you gotta work on your tact maybe not just referring to other outsider perspectives outta it.
YES!!!!! The fashion is literally just called girly kei, JIRAI KEI is about the lifestyle, the suffering and struggles of those girls, jirai kei is a word for them, not for cutesy fashion, it feels so gross to call the fashion Jirai Kei, it's like caling a fashion style something like "mentally ill-core" or "child-prostitute-core" just because it's a popular fashion between the people who are living in those conditions.
@@cladllessAs someone who wears the fashion and has mental health issues, shut up.
thanks for the video and inspiration to try out something new! wood paneling rocks :D
I love it! It look so good on you.
I have no hate on Lovely Lor
As actually she is my personal favourite EGL Fashion UA-camr
I should find the accuracy factor of this video is bit questionable ,
It is no surprise that she is EGL fashion expert for many years for sure
But its somewhat bit inaccurate for her to interpreting this fashion in rather Westerncentric point of view lens
Fashion style that born outside America-sphere simply cannot be or not sounded wise to be interpreted in rather Americacentric lens , because such fashion style really born in the socio cultural that really totally different from America socio cultural scene
Nvm you summed it up really nicely
😂 wood paneling fear that’s a new one.
Been seeing this in bjds fashions for a minute and on kuromi had no idea it had a name 😂 i love it tho. As someone who barley ever follows lolita rules anymore I doubt I’ll be participating in the community at all but hey, something else to buy throw into my wardrobe. It fits with my pastel goth bitter sweet stuff. It’s very cute thanks for the info!
There are definitely some jirai×lolita JSKs that are worn by people in both communities. I think you can totally wear the pieces however you want. That's how I do it myself and I just have a unique style that's not really one particular name
@@MyFictionalChaos every once in a while ill put a real coord together for a meet but yeah I much prefer to wear my jsk and a blouse without all the extra. I love all the patterns and frills though! I can definitely see the cross over between Jirai kai and lolita the two fashions and a shareable wardrobe between them. The peices can definitely fit into my style for sure
Omg my fav fashion!!!
oh no, ur making me wanna dive into jirai kei now lmao
10 years ago when I was first starting to build my wardrobe I owned a ton of stuff from Yumetenbo (Dear My Love mostly but for a while they had Plumprimo as their brand name for plus size stuff, and I wear size 16-20 in US items. A lot of my stuff was pink and black because I like those colours; unfortunately a lot of it has worn out because Yumetenbo cutsews pill like mad and then the fabric gets thin.
Yumetenbo had another brand, Diable Baiser, that was popular with women in hostess clubs/sex work, and from what I'm seeing here, jirai-kei is like Dear My Love and Diable Baiser had a baby. You could wear the Dear My Love shirts with lolita just fine, but Diable Baiser did the open shoulders/boob window things that are just not done in lolita.
I was soooo annoyed when Rakuten Global Market went under because Yumetenbo doesn't accept non-Japanese credit cards unless you bought thru Rakuten.
I obviously only have a parasocial relationship with you, but this style does seem VERY you. Hope we get more videos on this fashion. :)
oh thank goodness! i could not for the life of me figure out the difference between pastel goth and jirai kei
I wonder if this sort of "edgy ryousangata" jirai-kei has a name. Recently I've seen content labelled as jirai that was more in line with Harajuku punk - like oversized sweatshirts and punk hardware (like the sort of stuff they sell at Acro Tokyo for instance?). I wonder what the actual state of the subculture is in Japan.
It's just the current way ゴスパンク (Goth Punk) looks.
@@MenheraTV Thank you! I do like it.
That's called Subcul jirai. Jirai girls are the type that are into punk streetwear
The wood panneling reminds me of my grandma's house in the dining room where no one ever eats lol
Please where to get plus size Jirai? I have a big bust and none fit me :(
....I've been looking for jirai kei pieces for months! I can't find any in my size amd region.....
Dear my love is the best option if u want jirai pieces but I always say thrift and second hand!! You can learn to alter and sew as it is a good skill to have! If you prefer not to, then it is totally okay to wear pieces similar to the style as you don't have to be EXACT. I make my own detachable collars and bows and then find pretty blouses in thrift stores. I find that a lot of 80s business blouses have that similar look
Oooh nana hint ❤
I feel like 6ou can wear everything and look so good in it 😊
Maybe the thing that’s actually scaring people isn’t actually the wood paneling so much as it is the dark void that is the hallway behind you? In a horror movie that kind of shot would definitely want you to worry someone might be lurking off camera. Perhaps people are subconsciously picking up on that framing and then attributing their fear to the wood paneling??
To be clear I don’t think this filming setup is scary at all and would never have thought of making this comparison without your comment but it’s all I got! I just associate wood paneling with kind of musty finished basements and carpet that should have been replaced 20 years ago…
(Also the actual video part of your video was very educational for me, I am too out of the loop to hear about new styles)
I've heard about Jirai Kei, but didn't know much about it. It's a really cute fashion, but idk if I can pull it off (I have short hair and I don't want to wear wigs).
I didn't know that this style had a name!!!! I've been calling it century fantasia since it has a lot of historically inspired blouses.
This is EXACTLY how I dress!! I love it so much! I'm so glad you made this video, now I won't have to search for hours for that specific white and black blouse I have in my mind
I will say I've dressed similar to this for many years, seeing it get popular makes me very happy. I'm not going to follow someone else's rules tho.
just saying....gatekeeping is not worse than misconstruing a subculture
but that persons comment wasnt even gatekeepy they had a valid point
finding clothes in lolita that fit me is ao hard im too tall for any of it lol but you look great
This was a great overview for someone who doesn’t follow J-fashion all that closely!
clicked bc i saw yua from the tomorrow i will be someone’s girlfriend drama😭
I wonder whats the difference with
ryosangata, i saw its like girls that go and see idols and are fans of them but idk TTT
Ryousangata is like Jirai kei but without the dark colours :3 also Ryousangata quite literally translates to "mass produced!!"
instead of black there is white and in general it's just brighter!
@@mappi-beloved OH! i see ~ thank you ♡♡
There's actually no diferença, both jirai and ryosan are the same fashion, it's called girly kei. Jirai Kei and Ryosangata are words used to describe certains types of people, but since girly fashion was popular bewteen the people those words where directed tô, people thought It was the name of the fashion.
i'v been wareing jeria kei that tenshi kaiwai...
your hair looks really good like this, I wonder if you would like a curved bang instead of straight across?
10:49 the way you still call it a "work" when it's clearly involuntary and you yourself said what she * has* to do it is just really upsetting and disturbing for me.
Yeah that part gave me the ick
Everything about this video gives me the ick. Calling this fashion Jirai feels so sick and disrespectful because Jirai is literally the word used for people in this dark situation...
…because the character is a sex worker?? She said she “has” to do it because of her addiction to host clubs, it’s not a trafficking situation. Therefore, although it is due to an addiction, she is not in sexual slavery. Meaning it would be called sex work.
@@cladllessits literally what the fashion is called…
I've seen people on social media wear jirai kei kinda outfits and call the style ryosangata. Is that the same style? What is the difference (if there is any at all)?
hi!! ryousangata is “mass produced style” and is very closely related to jirai!! it’s usually lighter in color, typically pink and white or all white, whereas jirai leans more towards black and other darker colors.
@@pidgieland ohhh thanks!
As someone who has mental health issues(diagnosed depression and undiagnosed BPD) and who wears Jirai, it’s highly offensive to call it “Girly Kei” as it’s not okay to change the name of the fashion that wasn’t started by westerners. Jirai Kei has helped me with expressing my mental health issues and with coping. It’s a fashion, most of the lifestyle is the lifestyle is separate from the fashion.
Girly Kei is a japanese name, it has beem for decades, do your research.
@@cladlless Girly kei/Larme is different from Jirai. Again, I'm saying this as a person with mental health issues. Respectfully, if you call Jirai Kei "girly kei" than you're erasing the mental health aspect of Jirai Kei. It's like calling Yami Kawaii "cutecore" or "cutegore." If you personally don't like the name Jirai Kei, that's on you. Don't force us to rename the fashion to suit your tastes.
@@LandmineYume I have mental health issues too, I have DID, BPD with NPD traits, OCD and autism, it's not a free pass for spreading misinformation. Jirai Kei is not the name of the fashion it is a word originally intended to disrespect and insult mentally ill japanese women, that got popular and started to be reclaimed by some people and got mixed up with the namw of the fashion. Jirai is a lifestyle, the fashion is girly. Someone who only wears the fashiom, has no mental issues and no umhealthy behaviour, isn't jirai. Jirai is valid to be used bt mentally unwell people as a way to cope, vent and find people with similar struggles but it can be dangerous.
Yamikawaii is just a fashiom too actually, yamikawaii is what we call fashion with cute dark themes without necessarily having mental health themes attached, the thing you are confusing it with is MENHERA. Menhera is the artistic, fashion and activism movement that focuses on mental health, yamikawaii is just dark cute fashion. All menhera is yamikawaii, but not all yamikawaii is menhera.
@@cladllessit isn’t called girly anymore though as there are different offshoots of girly now. Ryousan-gata, jirai-kei, and French girly are all there own styles (these names are used in Japan currently)
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I wish you wouldn't feel obligated to make "informative videos" on topics you don't necessarily know a lot about. You have a vast audience and there's plenty misinformation flying around social media as it is. It's completely ok to be an outsider/beginner/etc, but you can wear this without necessarily making a video about it, because people will take it as facts.
anything she spoke about was followed by "i am not an expert these are just what i found" if people still can't get past the 50 precursors she already says constantly then thats on them LOL
@@poobd We both know people online are basically deaf to these statements, especially when it comes to subcultures. Again, why make a vid if she constantly has to point out all the info she's giving is very shaky at best?
@@konodanshi bc she likes having fun and making videos for people who like her trying things for fun idk maybe don't act like she's an authority on everything even though she says she's not?
I have the Hatsune Miku
This style has to be older. I'm playing an otome game from 2011 called Amnesia Memories and there are several side characters dressed in this style.
Yeah it’s basically an offshoot of older styles
i am really unsure as to where you got a lot of your information from... a lot of the things you talk about are inaccurate or you brush over them completely. citing a single TV show and a few western perspectives on a topic that has heavy cultural implications and impact seems really... obtuse? i'm not trying to be rude, but you very clearly were uncomfortable talking about a lot of the origins or the "unsavory" parts of the lifestyle. if it's a topic you've not had experience with, it's okay to say that and just focus on what you know - but it's not okay to say that because it's not an issue you've faced that it's okay to not worry about it... especially on a topic as important and difficult as being coerced into sex work. it's a bit sad when you spend so much time making sure you're not "asian fishing" with makeup but you didn't speak to anyone japanese about the rest of the topics. you're also missing a lot regarding the reclamation that's happening with the word and where "landmine" even comes from and how it's used besides that it's sexist & derogatory....i just feel you were disrespectful here on topics that are much more deserving of heavier and longer thought. it's okay to just want to talk about the fashion itself - the style, how to wear it, brands, why you like it etc. i love seeing people talk about the clothes they love and help people start their own wardrobe... but again, if you don't know something or aren't well informed... don't make a video about it. just say "i know the basics but i'm not someone who is able to talk on this properly, let me point you to xyz resources instead!"
She literally said this isn’t a comprehensive guide and that she’s just trying out the style😭 why do y’all want her to be perfect
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one place you can feel accepted if you self harm or have addiction issues and people have to erase it
Coming from a jirai, please don’t call the fashion jirai Kei !! (I’m saying this in a respectful way !!! I love ur vids ,,,) as it’s dark girly kei !!!! Jirai Kei is the unhealthy lifestyle often but not always paid with the fashion !
Jirai kei is not dark girly kei though?? There may be negative connotations but the name of the fashion is still jirai kei
O like my eyes or arab eyes
My god i though this was gipsy rose😂
“skin in the game”? Is he talking about Fortnite? 😭
Having never heard the phrase or fashion, the *mood* of this style is instantly recognizeable. Love it. It carries similar kind of "stigmas" as wearing goth fashion.
Good news about gatekeeping mental illness--- literally everyone has mental health, everyone gets destabilized sometimes. Love and Darkness, 🖤🤍🖤
A lot of alt subcultures in Japan are similar to western ones. I love analyzing counterculture and exploring the similarities between them and why they exist ❤
On the wood paneling: I don't know why but it makes me think of serial k!||ers from the 70s. But it also reminds me of my aunt's basement where me and my brother played computer games during Thanksgiving (Self censoring because my last comment disappeared*shrug*)
..... o dios no .... esa nariz de bruja