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+====== Gyaru ======
+**ギャル**(Gal) are a Japanese subculture that I have taken an unusual interest in. It all started with one thing, then another and the next thing I know, I'm looking at makeup tutorials.
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+===== Personal...thing =====
+My first experience with gyaru was through anime and...the //other one// – how most Westerners encounter them. My reaction to them was mostly neutral though...as in, it didn't really lead anywhere.
+I thought it was weird, but kinda interesting. But I'd gradually learn more...not through anime, but through Wikipedia of all things.
+Since I didn't know what gyaru //were//, I looked it up. From there, I found out <q>“wow, there's more to this than expected”</q>...but then I found [[lb:gyaru-moji]], and that's where my brain went <q>“wait, what”</q>.
+But then I got into [[lb:parapara]]. I think it started through [[lb:eurobeat]]. I kept looking for more and then started hearing weird references. Then I got recommended ParaPara...and that's where it all went downhill.
+From ParaPara, I started looking into the rest of the subculture and, well, here we are today.
+===== Trivilinks =====
+  * [[https://galture.com|Galture]] (ギャルチャー)
+    * I found this by chance one day and I'll be using it as my semi-primary source. I do, surprisingly, have some papers and books saved somewhere about Gyaru, but this seems relatively trustworthy.
+    * Something I'll say is that I was planning to make this article earlier, relying on this...but, well, it was in Japanese-only. My Japanese is not good enough to read this stuff. However, after checking it recently, I found that...it's now also available in English. Nice.
+  * There is an English Fandom wiki on Gyaru, but I haven't really considered looking at it too deeply...I'm just assuming it's not reliable.((:fn:>I know how that sounds, but my reasoning is that if it's in //English// it probably isn't written by people who have personal experience with Gyaru. Unlike Galture, which is presumably written by a Japanese person.))