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''''Because of my sailor uniform, that's the conclusion
''''I'm in a bad mood, what to do?
''''Even though it's Monday! Summer clothes'll fix it -- Cuuute!
|''[[Lucky Star]]'' opening theme (okay, it sounds better in Japanese, but...)}}
The '''Sailor Fuku'''
Sailor-suit uniforms may be a vehicle for [[Fan Service]] as well, as the uniform skirts are often depicted as being [[Magic Skirt|unrealistically short]]. This alteration is so common that it is rarely commented on or questioned, though it may be off-putting to those who are not used to anime or manga based media. Uniforms may be altered in other ways to [[Nonuniform Uniform|distinguish certain characters]], [[Custom Uniform of Sexy|especially ones considered particularly beautiful]].
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This is more a Japanese cultural trope than an Anime Trope but is found prominently in anime, especially on [[Joshikousei]]; compare the Western trope [[Catholic School Girls Rule]].
It may depend on the region, but in [[Real Life]]
In an inversion of a western trope, in the 70s and late 80s, the common image of a female delinquent had an extremely ''long'' skirt, but this appears less frequently these days..
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Compare [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]], since some examples here have the uniform as their standard outfit.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Though the central female characters of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' are actually ''junior'' high-schoolers, not only do they all wear sailor uniforms in their "civilian" lives, their Senshi uniforms seem to be clearly based on them as well; indeed, [[Captain Obvious|this is where the "Sailor" in the name comes from]]. This is later [[Justified Trope|justified]] when it is revealed that the sailor-suit concept comes from ancestral memories of the heroes'
* Toune in ''[[Melody of Oblivion]]'', who goes around fighting Monsters wearing sailor fuku.
* Kagome in ''[[Inuyasha]]'' wears her school uniform while hunting monsters in the ''[[Jidai Geki|sengoku]]'' period, centuries before they were invented. She's a time
** [[Stable Time Loop]]! Her legendary exploits in the past inspired the invention of the fuku.
** On the other hand, a number of minor characters in the sengoku period refer to her "that strangely and scantily clad woman" as a result.
* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''
* Misaki of ''[[
* ''[[.hack|.hack//]]'':
** In ''Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu'', one of the fetished-up outfits that Shugo discovers in a treasure chest is a sailor fuku.
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** Haruhi's middle school uniform shows up again in the [[Alice in Wonderland]] inspired [[All Just a Dream]] episode.
** The Ouran Academy has a more elaborate get-up for female students, but that doesn't stop Renge from occasionally cosplaying her favourite Visual Novel's heroine in fuku. Also St. Lobelia has Joshikousei uniforms, which actually resemble long skirts.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'' and ''[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure]]'' both have their respective heroines wear sailor suit-esque school uniforms (although the ones in ''Heartcatch'' are dress uniforms, they're still sailor suit-esque nonetheless). Miki's school uniform in ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'' can also be considered an example.
* ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' revolves around a [[Club President|high-school club]], and thus, sailor fuku appear in abundance. In Volume 1 of the novels, Kyon [[Lampshade Hanging|wonders]] if the principal has a fetish for this since male students wear blazers and ties, but girls wear the more traditional sailor uniform.
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** Sora wears one in ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''.
** Ruki does as well in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', though she always changes out as soon as she gets home.
** Miyako/Yolei gets one in the third
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]],'' though only to point out that the fact Sayo wears one is proof that she died a long time ago as the uniform has changed since.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' also based her battle uniform on a sailor fuku, although her young incarnation has a considerably longer skirt than normal.
** This seems to be the uniform at the Mid-Childian school Harii Tribeccah goes to in ''[[
* Kimura in ''[[
** Chiyo's two friends from elementary school wear these upon entering middle school. Chiyo's somewhat jealous that she'll never get to wear one because she skipped ahead to high school, but they note that they are not likely get into her school.
* ''[[Full Metal Panic Fumoffu]]''
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** When Commander Mardukas has just threatened Sousuke with terrible retribution should he do anything indecent to Tessa while she is staying in Japan, when the girl in question enters wearing a Jindai High School uniform. Cue open-mouthed response from both males, until Tessa [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|asks what they're staring at]].
* Hitomi from ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]'' wears her school uniform for most of the series, even though she's been transported to another world where Japanese high schools are not present. In one episode, she's given a local dress to wear, only to rip off the skirt so that she can run freely later. Interestingly, the dress rips completely cleanly and evenly, leaving her with an outfit that looks amazingly similar to her school uniform.
* In one episode of ''[[Bottle Fairy (
* The manga version of ''[[
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* A variant of the standard sailor uniform as a one-piece dress somehow winds up in the thrift store in ''[[Haibane Renmei]]'', where Rakka buys it and wears it for the majority of the series.
* ''[[Love Hina]]'', the younger tenants are occasionally seen in them, and Kitsune and Naru are prominently seen in flashbacks...and, occasionally, ''[[Sexy Schoolwoman|not]]'' in flashbacks.
* The sailor fuku's worn in ''[[
** Also notable in that they appear to be one-piece dresses, as opposed to the typical separate blouse and skirt.
* Nobel Gundam from ''[[G Gundam]]'' is a [[Humongous Mecha]] dressed in a Sailor Fuku. As if that weren't nonsensical enough, it's from ''Sweden'' of all places. Presumably the scientists who designed it were a bunch of weeaboos (it does show its Scandinavian roots in [[The Berserker|another way, though...]]).
** Similarly the VF-1A "Angel Bird" variant Valkyrie from the first episode of [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]. Though it never transforms out of fighter mode on-screen, the paint scheme becomes [https://web.archive.org/web/20140318032817/http://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/variant-vf-1a-angel.htm oddly familiar] in Battroid mode. One of the many such [[Easter Egg
* The sailor uniforms in ''[[Saki (
* ''[[Aoi Hana]]'': The all-girl high school attended by Akira, Fujigaya, has relatively realistically depicted sailor fukus, with skirts way below the knee.
* Takane Katsu in ''[[Burst Angel]]'' wears this, wields a sword, and drives a motorcycle. And she's a police officer who snags Jo's arm with a thrown cuff on a chain. Strong candidate for [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]?
* While the tops of ''[[
* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]] La Verite'' episode 8. When Konoe doesn't have any civilian clothes to wear, her assistant Yashima Sana dresses her in one of these and then puts on one herself. They look like a cross between a normal [[Japanese School Uniform]] and a Catholic school uniform.
* ''[[
* ''[[Kochikame]]'': Special Detectives Moonlight and Venus are male variants of
* ''[[Bleach]]'': The high school attended by the lead character does not employ this type of uniform and thus it was not seen for most of the early manga. This makes the appearance of Lisa Yadomaru, a woman likely in her twenties, wearing the fuku a little jarring.
** Following the [[Time Skip]], Ichigo's sisters wear fukus on entering middle school.
* An omake of ''[[Naruto]]'' featured a high school with these uniforms.
** The associated fetishism was interrupted when said fukus were worn by ''Orochimaru and Kabuto''.
* Nitori from ''[[Wandering Son]]'' owns one despite his school not using them. When the [[True Companions]] split off into various high schools Sasa, Momoko, and Chi got put in schools that have
* The antromorphized Sealand in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' always wears a sailor suit.
* Tomonaga Yoshiko in ''Sisterism'' wears one in a chapter.
* A oneshot in ''Robot: Super Color Comic'' takes place in [[The Future]] where
* Parodied along with just about every other anime trope in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]''. Impractically short-skirted sailor fuku feature prominently in the titular space battleship's "Early 21st Century High School" virtual reality entertainment program and one character trying to seduce another hacks the program to make her skirt even shorter.
* In ''[[Millennium Actress]]'' Chiyoko is often shown wearing a sailor fuku in the scenes depicting her childhood: unlike modern [[Fetish Fuel]] versions it's a genuine 1930s-era winter uniform made out of heavy wool for durability and cut with "room to grow" bagginess.
==
* The live-action adaptation of ''[[Blood:
* ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]'': Tendou Juka, Tendou Souji's little sister, is a prime example. Some consider her an example of [[Lolicon]] pandering.▼
* Surprisingly, ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]''. In the episode "Court Martial", a young girl is wearing a futuristic sailor fuku. Humorusly enough, it looks like something Sailor Mercury would wear.▼
== Film ==▼
▲* The live-action adaptation of ''[[Blood the Last Vampire]]'' has finally brought this fetish to the silver screen.
* [[Emily Browning]]'s character in ''[[Sucker Punch]]'' appears to do this.
* In ''[[Two Brothers]]'' Raoul, a French boy in [[The French Colonial Empire|1920's French Indochina]], wears the Western sailor suit fashion that became the basis for the use of sailor suits as school uniforms in Japan.
* Featured prominently in ''[[Sailor
* ''[[Almost Angels]]'' depicts the [[Real Life]] sailor suit uniform of the Vienna Boys Choir. Needless to say there are several variations from the Japanese school girl model, most notably the use of trousers instead of skirts.
* Gogo Yubari from ''[[Kill Bill]]'' wears a sailor fuku as explicit [[Fetish Fuel]]. Her fetish is [[Axe Crazy|gutting men]] who think she's trying to appeal to [[Lolicon|their fetish.]]
==
▲* ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]'': Tendou Juka, Tendou Souji's little sister, is a prime example. Some consider her an example of [[Lolicon]] pandering.
▲* Surprisingly, ''[[Star Trek:
* Chibi from [[The Birthday Massacre]] wears a sailor suit in the video for "Looking Glass".
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Yoake Mae Yori
▲* ''[[AIR (Visual Novel)|AIR]]'' is not set in a high school, but all the girls wear their uniforms almost all the time.
▲* ''[[Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na]]'' gives sailor uniforms to about half the haremettes; in an odd twist, [[First Girl Wins|poster girl]] Feena is among those that do not.
* Sakura and Karin from the ''[[Street Fighter]]'' series both dress in sailor fuku. It's so much a part of who Sakura is, that she wears it as her fight uniform in ''Street Fighter IV'', despite [[Word of God]] stating that she's over twenty now.
* ''[[
* Hinata Wakaba from ''[[
* Athena Asamiya from ''[[
* Kasumi and Ayane from ''[[Dead or Alive]]'' have, in some games, alternate outfits that are school outfits, all for [[Fan Service]] purposes, of course, but also note that [[All There in the Manual|they're supposed to be that young]].
* Saki from the ''Oneechanbara'' series has a sailor suit as her default outfit.
* Ling Xiaoyu and her [[Palette Swap]] Miharu Hirano from the ''[[Tekken]]'' series have sailor fuku costumes in some games.
* In the standard branch of the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series (aka ''Tokimeki Memorial 1'' to ''4''), actually only the first game has a Sailor Fuku as the High School's uniform, the other three using Blazers. When ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', set in the same High School (Kirameki High) as the first game fifteen years later, was announced, some fans cried [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] regarding the change of the school's iconic Sailor Fuku to a Balzer-type uniform : the complain fortunately dried down quickly, thanks to [[Konami]]'s clever move of making Kirameki High change gradually its uniform, so that the two [[
* Arguably subverted in the ''[[Touhou]]'' series. Despite having an [[
** the only character who's canonically a schoolgirl never wears a uniform,
** only two of the characters have been officially depicted wearing a sailor outfit,
** both of those characters' outfits featured shorts or culottes instead of a skirt, and
** one of them gets a free pass on account of actually ''being a sailor''.
* In ''[[Recettear:
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
* In ''[[
▲== Web Comics ==
▲* In ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'', [[Raised By Wolves|Grace]] pictures herself and most other female characters wearing fuku in her school-related [[Dream Sequence]]. This is probably meant to imply that her impression of school up until that point came almost entirely [http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-05-23 from watching anime.] Judging by the design, it's specifically ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]''.
* The heroine of ''MAQ #41'' used to wear Japanese uniforms to school. Since she lives in the United States this was viewed as quite odd and helped make her a target for bullying.
* ''[[The Wotch]]'': The spell used to turn Professor Sorgaz into MingMei Wu was allegedly created by a "rabid anime fanboy" which is why she ended up Ka-fuku'd as well as "Ka-Girled." Since it also gave her a Chinese name he must have been ''ignorant'' as well as rabid. She ditches the fuku after Anne undoes the part of the spell that is messing with her head.
== Web Original ==▼
▲== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Sailor Nothing]]'', as well as Sailors Truth and Beauty, wear embellished versions of their school uniforms when they're in sailor form.
* [[Vocaloid]] Rin Kagamine wears a sailor fuku top, though it's sleeveless. Her [[Flip
* In the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', Tennyo's school uniform is based on this design.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Katana, the (at first) girl Outsider in ''[[Batman:
▲* Katana, the (at first) girl Outsider in ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', wore a sailor suit in Season 1. However, in Season 2, she ditched it for the classic costume of her comic book counterpart.
* [[The Prima Donna|Lily]] wears one in ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'', even though she actually is not a student.
* ''[[Totally Spies!]]'': Madison, the President's daughter wears one.
* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (
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