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sky
sky
13 years ago

Sometimes I download the japanese version and think I already have it in english so I end up not downloading it. It's the 4th or 5th time, already. lol

Thanks for making me check, Oliver.

Royal Koyanagi is always appreciated. :D

seravi
seravi
13 years ago

Interesting rant from the translator (Oliver). Is there anyway I can contact him to answer his rant regarding the preference?

"Just google 'Ganguro girl' " to see why the black hair is preferred ^_^

sky
sky
13 years ago
Reply to  seravi

protip: Oliver isn't the translator. He is the founder, owner and janitor of Hentai rules.

Oliver AKA The Admin
Admin
13 years ago
Reply to  sky

Why do I bother to adress credits remains a mistery ;)

Log
Log
13 years ago

Agreed about this VS that. I have a big weakness for the tanned, light haired, strong willed girls, but they usually seem to play a sidekick role, never getting the guy. They’re there for the occasional fun on the side. Luckily, a few exceptions like Slut Girl’s Sayoko exist.

mike-chu
mike-chu
13 years ago

Ganguro girl might look hot in manga,
but in real life they look awful.

Like seravi said earlier =
“Just google ‘Ganguro girl’ to see why the black hair is preferred” ^_^

maxchain
maxchain
13 years ago

It confounds me to this day that "all-girl train" isn't somehow its own recognized subgenre of hentai.

entropy13
entropy13
13 years ago

That, googling "Ganguro girl" or checking out Jersey Shore, which is basically the same thing (there are male and female versions of them in that shit show) apparently, i.e. it would ruin your appetite and make you vomit anything inside your body just looking at them.

Sing Si Lip Yan
Sing Si Lip Yan
13 years ago

While I tend to agree with Oliver and the commenter here in preferring the looks of the ganguro girl, it's not like I don't understand why a Japanese reader's eyes would swing the other way.

The definition of "attractive" in different societies and groups ties into race and ethnicity, and even in the 2010's Japan is statistically a very homogeneous nation in terms of race. We could have an argument about whether that's right or wrong, but whether it is or not, it makes sense that a lot of Japanese in that environment would find their own race and ethnicity more attractive. It's not really any different from the racial segregation in the USA in the 1950s. As an outsider it's easy to look in and say "Well why don't they realize how attractive this racial outsider is", that that makes no rational effort to account for perspective.

entropy13
entropy13
13 years ago

The "disdain" on the ganguro girl is far from that. The tan is fake and they just use blonde hair color (or hair spray, or even a wig), i.e. they're pretending to be what they aren't, which goes back to my point on Jersey Shore, who based on the tvtropes article on it, is about spray-on tanned girls and guys. Race had nothing to do with this.

berserk
berserk
13 years ago

Royal Koyonagi rules! xD
and agreed, ganguro girls look awesome in manga, but in real life (at least the ones I saw until today) they look VERY weird xP

btw, thx for the share oliver!

Frybozu
Frybozu
13 years ago

I prefer the lighter-skinned one myself, but that could be just because the sun is evil.

Girl’s gonna be a wrinkly, old skin-cancer victim .