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--- lb:gyaru [2025-10-27 09:22:57] – ninjasr
+++ lb:gyaru [2026-04-02 12:10:14] (current) – [Gyaru] ninjasr
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 ====== Gyaru ======
+<h1>🌺 Gyaru</h1>
-**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.
+<div subtitle accent-sakura>
+{{tag>gyaru musing}}
-{{tag>musing}}
+</div>
+<div sakura>
+**<span denote :ja>ギャル</span>**(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.
+</div>
 ===== Personal...thing =====
+<section sakura>
-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.
+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>.
+Since I didn't know what gyaru //were//, I looked it up. From there, I found out <q :en>wow, there's more to this than expected</q>...but then I found [[lb:gyaru-moji]], and that's where my brain went <q :en>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.
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 ===== Trivilinks =====
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     * 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.
+  * 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.))