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Latest Japanese Craze: Bandage Fetish
Japanese Weirdness. It's a term you may have heard before. Claustrophobic capsule hotels, over-the-edge TV shows, the most overtly sexual animation anywhere and much, much more all contribute to the perception that Japanese modern culture is, well, different. It's proven to be fertile soil for this writer, who has covered bizarre drinks and weird condoms to mention just a couple. Leave it to Japan to surprise and shock us again - just when you thought you'd seen it all.
It's in the psycho-sexual realm that things really get weird. Lolita "Roricon" complexes, cosplay, mask fetish and extreme S&M are just the tip of the riceberg. Combine the three and you get something beyond weird, even for Japan: Kegadol. Loosely translated as "Injured Idol", Kegadol images feature pretty young women in casts, bandages, eyepatches... or all of the above (oh joy!). It's not clear where this kinda creepy Kegadol trend began, though there does seem to be a longstanding erotic fringe that appreciates injured females. References to 1970s Penthouse Forum articles extolling "monopede mania" and primal primate protective programming are markers on a rough trail that few follow - but "few" is more than none. Here's how Peter Payne of JLIST explains the Japanese eyepatch fetish:
"Almost everyone has an eye infection or disease at some point [in Japan], and for that reason eyepatches are a common sight. Recently eye-patches have become a staple in anime culture as well, with eyepatch wearing characters appearing in such anime as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Battle Vixens, Lone Wolf and Cub, Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach, D.Gray Man and others, where an eyepatch adds something mysterious and distinctive to the character."
Which is something Hello Kitty and Tarantino picked up:
Some say the modern Kegadol movement in Japan was set off by the injured action figure version of manga character Rei Ayanami (or Ryomou Shimei from Ikkitousen), who sports multiple bandages and a nifty eyepatch:
Others point to a more recognized fetish that venerate models in surgical masks:
Regardless of its origins, Kegadol has a small but devoted cabal of fans and it's not my place to judge their preferences even though the appeal of this particular fetish completely escapes me. Hey, as long as they aren't causing these injuries, all's well in my book! Naturally, the Internet has brought Kegadol to the attention of the wider world. Dedicated sites such as Gips (from the German word for "Gypsum", a material used in casts) invite the like-minded to view a varied cast of models (pardon the pun), idols and office girls with this Engrish come-on which manages to read as both ominous and endearing:
"Welcome! To the JAPANESE cast site
Here depends on the cast mania who loves/the cast and be the site for a cast mania.
The entrance of one is restricted of below 18 years old, because it is including the Adult image of part.
Are you over 18 years old and be interested in the cast?"
Here are some pictures to give you an idea of what's inside:
I think we have to thank Japan for making our world a little bit more interesting. Check back here often for more Japanese weirdness or subscribe to the RSS feed to receive them!
This article was written by Steve Levenstein from InventorSpot. Steve writes about weird Japanese innovations and you can catch up on previous weirdness from his site. If you are interested in contributing to the thinking process and become a guest writer on The Thinking Blog, find out more information here and be my guest!
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This is in no way new, I was offered some 5 years ago to model for one of these sites /swedish i might add), they wanted me to have a cast and jump on cruches for the pictures. I declined, i felt it was just a tad creepy. o.O
Interesting Kissowa.. how come you never told us before? =)
I hope this doesn't prompt injuries of any kind. Like maybe a customer of this type of picture decides that a woman or girl he knows would lokk beautiful in a cast, if only she were injured....
Umm, just a heads up, but just to clear things up there's only one picture of the Rei Ayanami model on the page, the one to the right is one of the characters from Ikkitousen.
Well Ilker, I didnt actually remember it 'till just now. I guess it was just one of those creepy things you stow away in the back of your mind. ;)
The man who made the offer was very clear with the fact that it was faked casts we were talking about, and he even incouraged me to bring my mum so I would feel secure. Can you imagine that convo? "Hey mum, i wanna model..."
Thanks for the heads up daemonblue. I know the one to the right is one of the characters from Ikkitousen but I don't know who, so hope someone can help out on that.
Kissowa, that is absolutely hilarious! (and yes creepy when you think of it as well)
UPDATE: the one to the right of Rei Ayanami is Ryomou Shimei from Ikkitousen
haha.. you can rely on the craziness of the japanese to think of stuff like this..
the surgical masks are interesting. whenever anyone in japan gets sick, they wear a surgical mask in public so they don't their spread germs. it weirded me out to see japanese tourists wearing them around town. in any case, i think this whole "injured idol" thing makes sense to me. it seems like it is just an extreme extension of the whole "damsel in distress" sort ideal. guys dig helpless women, right? and what better damsel in distress than one missing an eye or wearing a cast?
hawt.
'guys dig helpless women, right?'
Not me, I like healthy, active women who like running, biking, hiking, etc.
This trend is just plain weird to me. Why isn't Japan helping solve the worlds energy problems with ultra-efficient solar cells, production line cars that get > 100 mpg, a new generation of clean (short half-life byproduct) nuclear power plants, stronger lighter alloys, etc.
These decadent trends are just a huge waste of time and energy in my book.
Mike
I think that one of this trend launcher was Romain Slocombe, a french fetichist writer/photographer/drawer/movie maker, who has a crush for Japan.
You can find more infos here http://myspace.com/romainslocombe
OP and anybody on the ball with the OP please STFU. There is nothing weird about Nipponese lifestyle. Like
Peter ( a westener no differnt then you are me, you just don't get it. )
from JLIST your just saying a bunch of bullcrap to get people to read your lame Dairy/Journal or whatever you like to call. And yes I was looking for fetish book the fact I like that kinda stuff. About Japanese people wearing eyepatches, they are very serious about getting sick and it is very impolite to be a burden, In case sensitive in case senstive they DONT GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!. Yes it is true at least once in everybody lives whoever plays or works with children you will get PINK EYE which is really ugly in terms of VIRUSES BEING DEMONS/EVILS SPIRITS/KIRBY DREAMLAND.
About fetishes yes the common Nipponese woman ( especially in the city ) is weak bodied or not full of energy LIKE SAILOR MERCURURY.
Basically your standard well kept woman or what a school girl looks like in AMERIKA if you guess my drift....NOOOO I AM NOT TALKING DIRTY THINGS either...I mean your commoner woman like most peoples mothers....
Also Nippon animation is not sexual. It is like everything outside USA. It is divided into two groups. Adults and children...not PG-13. Also most animation that does that sorta thing is mostly video only in which no laws prohibits censorship of the media which would be terribly badgay. Also most anime people watch is video only. You will never see a real anime line up unless you use Satelite.
About the condoms. There is nothing wrong with that. Remember the Viking from Trojan Condoms, or the
commercial with the men traped in a condom. It is the same thing. Basically Unlike the western world the Japanese preserves there culture ( Art I am talking about ). you can also see the images on the condoms that could be deemed as rasist in croc pop place like USA.
However IT IS A NIPPONESE THING get over yourself and thank god you have something more then three inches.
Also condoms was banned during the 90's presidency reign in Japan. This prevented aids from spreading
in Japan and lowered pregnancy rates.
Tarantino grewed up watching Japanese movies. Hell he is a seventies guy. Also yes there is Psychotic people like that in Japan.
Also this is not a trend at all. This is what has been and what will be in Japan and various parts of the world. Part of the broken body part is devotion.
Please OP go watch another Ninja movie or something to update you with current trend Japan. Personally if you have not noticed Japan is being less universal and more selfish. Meaning that the children of ysterday ( maybe you and I ) is just mimicing our parents. Kinda like in 2005 where China rolled out the tanks.
OP and anybody on the ball with the OP please STFU. There is nothing weird about Nipponese lifestyle. Like
Peter ( a westener no differnt then you are me, you just don't get it. )
from JLIST your just saying a bunch of bullcrap to get people to read your lame Dairy/Journal or whatever you like to call. And yes I was looking for fetish book the fact I like that kinda stuff. About Japanese people wearing eyepatches, they are very serious about getting sick and it is very impolite to be a burden, In case sensitive in case senstive they DONT GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!. Yes it is true at least once in everybody lives whoever plays or works with children you will get PINK EYE which is really ugly in terms of VIRUSES BEING DEMONS/EVILS SPIRITS/KIRBY DREAMLAND.
About fetishes yes the common Nipponese woman ( especially in the city ) is weak bodied or not full of energy LIKE SAILOR MERCURURY.
Basically your standard well kept woman or what a school girl looks like in AMERIKA if you guess my drift....NOOOO I AM NOT TALKING DIRTY THINGS either...I mean your commoner woman like most peoples mothers....
Also Nippon animation is not sexual. It is like everything outside USA. It is divided into two groups. Adults and children...not PG-13. Also most animation that does that sorta thing is mostly video only in which no laws prohibits censorship of the media which would be terribly badgay. Also most anime people watch is video only. You will never see a real anime line up unless you use Satelite.
About the condoms. There is nothing wrong with that. Remember the Viking from Trojan Condoms, or the
commercial with the men traped in a condom. It is the same thing. Basically Unlike the western world the Japanese preserves there culture ( Art I am talking about ). you can also see the images on the condoms that could be deemed as rasist in croc pop place like USA.
However IT IS A NIPPONESE THING get over yourself and thank god you have something more then three inches.
Also condoms was banned during the 90's presidency reign in Japan. This prevented aids from spreading
in Japan and lowered pregnancy rates.
Tarantino grewed up watching Japanese movies. Hell he is a seventies guy. Also yes there is Psychotic people like that in Japan.
Also this is not a trend at all. This is what has been and what will be in Japan and various parts of the world. Part of the broken body part is devotion.
Please OP go watch another Ninja movie or something to update you with current trend Japan. Personally if you have not noticed Japan is being less universal and more selfish. Meaning that the children of ysterday ( maybe you and I ) is just mimicing our parents. Kinda like in 2005 where China rolled out the tanks.
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