Title: Meru Puri
Author & Illustrator: Matsuri Hino
Genre: Shōjo
Volumes: 4 volumes
Publisher: Hakusensha
Year: Serialized from August 2002- September 2004 in Lala
Licensed by: Viz Media (English)
Official Summary (Viz Media):
All high-school freshman Airi Hoshina ever wanted was to someday live in a cozy home with a loving husband, and find joy in the little things in life. As a result, she makes it her daily mission to get to school on time because school legend has it that the longer one’s non-tardy streak is, the better boyfriend one will find. But just when her daily routine is working like clockwork, an occurrence of fairytale proportions threatens to disrupt her grand plan.
On the way to school one morning, Airi drops her mirror—one that had been passed down to her through generations—and suddenly finds herself in a bizarre situation. Never in her wildest dreams did she expect to meet Aram, a little boy from a magical kingdom, to have emerged from the mirror in the short time it took her to track it down!
During the mid-90’s, one of Japan’s main controversies involved a group of young girls who would cause trouble around the country. These teenagers would usually do radical things such as skip classes, smoke in public, pollute the environment by throwing their cigarette butts everywhere and even seduce middle-aged men into financing for their whimsical expenses. Subsequently, they also had their own unique and scandalous fashion sense that distinguished them from the rest of the youth. These kinds of girls are known as Kogals.
Kogals are known to be the first kind of gal (or gyaru) that scaled Japan. They are the ones who have paved way for other kinds of gals now, such as the Ganguro Gal and Hime Gal, to enter the Japanese fashion scene. The clothes and the characteristics of the Kogals have been the basis for these new subcategories that is why Kogals are hard to obliterate from the minds of the Japanese until today.
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The Harajuku district comprises of a variety of teenagers whose styles of fashion are anything but boring. Every weekend the vicinity would be filled with girls and boys clad in frilly, colorful layered outfits that may sometimes be an eyesore but are cute and creative most of the time. Yet out of all the fashion trends that can be seen in this microcosm of Japan, one of them stands out, mostly because of the lack of any other color but black. This trend is called the Gothic Lolita look.
The Gothic Lolita fashion is most popular among women, and females who like to abide by this sense of style would often go out in dark layered outfits that look like they were just imported from the era of the 1920’s in the West. This look is often described as one that would often be seen in old vampire movies for corsets and long frilly dresses are the staples to a Lolita closet. Headdresses are also essential to the Lolita wardrobe, and the only thing needed to complete the whole look is a pair of black platform shoes.
It’s so hard to find decent shows on the internet these days. Whenever you go to sites that host videos such as YouTube, images of soap operas, vulgar music videos or bits of porn could be seen all over the whole screen. It is such a shame really to realize that the entertainment industry has been so corrupted these days, even online where media is easily accessible to everyone.
Thankfully though, as I was looking for a show to watch a few days ago, my friend gave me some random link on YouTube and since he was a guy, I thought the video had obscene scenes in it. Much to my surprise, I ended up laughing my ass off instead of being disgusted and I got hooked on this show:
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