Subcultures in Japan: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[Detroit Metal City]]'' is focused on the [[Heavy Metal]] and [[Visual Kei]] subcultures. It's actually gotten at least one [[Shout-Out]] [[Defictionalization|from an actual]] [[Visual Kei]] act.

* ''[[Super GALS!]]'' is focused around a trio of ''gyaru'', with occasional conflicts slash comedy relief from three ''ganguro''/''yamanba'' girls.

* ''[[Initial D]]'' focuses on drift racers.

* ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'''s eponymous character was a leader of a ''bosozoku'' gang.

* ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' has a protagonist who is at least strongly implied to be ''hikikomori'', though they never outright use the term. For an example of how strongly they imply it, in one episode he has to visit the school library to get a book. Entering the school and walking to the library is treated as a ''[[Metal Gear]]''-style sneaking mission, and involves no less than two flashbacks. If he had simply walked in the front door and directly to the library, it would have taken less than a minute. Instead, it takes half the episode.

** There's also an episode early on where Jun goes outside to get Hina Ichigo's favourite snack, which she had been bugging everyone about since the episode began. Jun's fears of his classmates and the outside world are greatly emphasised- even the short walk to the door suddenly looks like a mile away.

* Several of the main characters of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'' are ''otaku'' or ''hikikomori''. The show delves into many of the darker social trends in Japan, and treats being a ''hikikomori'' as a mental illness.

* ''[[Puni Puni Poemi]]'' briefly showed a Gyaru on a [[Enjo Kosai|subsi-date]] before the title character violently showed her the error of her ways.

* ''[[Genshiken]]'' has a Gyaru: Keiko Sasahara, Kanji's [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]. It was, however, more of a subversion of the endearing little sister trope.

** And [[Genshiken]] is of course one of the most notable anime series about otaku culture

* A [[Detective Conan]] case featured the investigation of very violent attacks on ganguros and yamanbas, and the murder of one of the ganguros. {{spoiler|And it brings memories of another case that happened 20 years ago... involving a now mostly disappeared subculture of [[The Eighties]]: the ''sukeban'' or girl delinquents. The [[Sole Survivor]] grew to marry Inspector Megure, who was one of the policemen investigating the case.}}

** Another case had an otaku obsessed with [[Tokusatsu]] series (more exactly ''Kamen Yaiba'', an in-universe show about a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Kamen Rider]]) as the [[Asshole Victim]]. {{spoiler|Who was [[Fatal Method Acting|tricked into killing himself in front of his club]] by a guy whose little brother died after said otaku stole his most precious memorabilia piece while riding his motorcycle, which then caused the kid to try chasing after him and being hit by a car.}}

 

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