I read something interesting today. I am not sure if anyone else has thought about it in the past. The topic today is... School girls in Japanese culture.As you may already know from animes, manga, visual novels, dramas, movies, and many other media from Japan. School girls plays a huge part in them. From either the main character being one, or the setting takes place in some high school or middle school.
But have you asked yourself.. Where did this come from? Who thought of it? Why is it such a success?
We have just taken it for granted and happily accepted this fact. Perhaps because we find them visually appealing... or maybe it relates to the audience who like me, are young adult. Or maybe the creators of such animations starring school girls wishes to share with the audience his experiences while he was still a student. Speculations can go on. But I shall stop here.
If you have always wondered about this. You are in luck!
Brian Ashcraft, Kotaku edittor, has gone and done the research for you!
He even published a book so people may learn the secrets to this "School girl" culture.
For a low low price of $11.43 USD
Here are some sources for you look at if you are interested.
via Kotaku
via Amazon
If you got other speculations of why school girls became so popular, just drop by in the comments. I'll be glad to read them.
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