really interesting and fascinating book, but the layout formatting of images and asides makes it difficult to read
Schoolgirls are taken for granted in Japanese Culture (to us Western I mean), but they are really something. They are everywhere: music (AKB48, Morning Musume), movies (Battle Royale, Kill Bill), manga (Sailor Moon), games... And Japanese girls even COSPLAY. Like, there are "fake" uniforms that girl...
This is a good primer on Japanese arcade gaming culture in most of its forms. At $20 it's a little steep on the price side for its length though.
OK, so I’ve read a book about Japanese Schoolgirls; It really isn’t what you think.Here’s the thing. If you watch a Japanese film, anime, read manga or Japanese literature, the hero, the villain, the principle characters always seem to either be, or have connections to Japanese School Girls, and I ...