Japanese Goths kick the shit out of US Goths

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Originally Posted by g0zen

That 'Mana' chick makes me want to commit lurid acts in a foreign country.

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Mana ain't a chick. but hey, if that's your thing...

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Originally Posted by Ashen Victor

Mana ain't a chick. but hey, if that's your thing...

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Should've figured that. Yep, once again the androgynous community pulls the old bait & switch on me. Cheeky devils.

you'd still tap that shit.

Yeah, probably.

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Originally Posted by Darkweaver

Oh man, that Japanese goth magazine is cool. I'd love to order that but unfortunately am strapped for cash at the moment. That's cool to see they have a good deal of respect for the gothic subculture in Japan, not that I'm really suprised. I don't much about it over there except Malice Mizer. My local goth club regularly does play obscure and foreign gothic/industrial music and I'll have to put in a request there when I go next Wednesday. We're also going to have a rather big gathering on December 13th called Christmas Nightmare and I'm hoping to have the money to attend.

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The Gothic Lolita Bible is awesome, it's by far worth the $20 (more or less) they stick on it. I've got a few- but just to let you know, unless you're into sewing or crossdressing, their isnt a lot for guys in there. It's like a big catalog of mostly clothes, and the majority of it isn't model shots, but you get Mana and Psycho le Cemu etc spreads...It comes with STICKERS however, theres this awesome sticker of an eyeball that I have on a bracelet and its awesome. Also, in one issue i have, there's this recipe for tomato soup and they have all these little pieces of tofu in it shaped like crosses. I have a pic scanned in here somewhere, but i cant find it. It's kinda amusing, cause there's these ads like "HEY GIRLS! BE GOTHIC AND LOLITA!"
and loooooots of ads for skin whitening cream. D=

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originally posted in some ads:

"HEY GIRLS! BE GOTHIC AND LOLITA!"

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I want to see these.

ah, okay.....I'll get some batteries for my camera tomorrow...they *are* pretty funny.

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Strikes again.

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Originally Posted by Satsuki

The Gothic Lolita Bible is awesome, it's by far worth the $20 (more or less) they stick on it.

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It's a crime that they are charging $24 or so for those books. Shelf price in Japan is only like Y1300, and even with the crap exchange rate we have now that only comes to around $12. A $10 premium on those books is a bit much, IMHO. I wish they weren't so expensive to order here, or I wish they didn't come out so often, one of the two - I bought them all through vol. 8, but since getting back in June, two more volumes have already come out.

For anybody who wants to get a better look at GothLoli stuff, I'd first suggest trying to get ahold of an issue of Kera magazine. It's cheaper, it's probably easier to find, and it'll give you not only some EGL stuff, but also Japanese "punk" and other interesting fashion.

Kera is cool, but the biggest thing I like about GLB is the sewing stuff. They make it so OMG you don't have to know japanesesese to work out the patterns.

also doshi, do you know of any Japanese mags that are punk only? Not really the lolita stuff but just punk stuff? I haven't been able to find any...