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No. 112152

Mama Weaboo is back at it again with her "Harajuku" style. Thoughts?

No. 112153

>>112152
Damn, the outfits and hair are bad and they're not even drawn cutely. Those faces look like off-brand toys. I love Stefani but this still sucks.

No. 112154

>shitty vine meme
>cultural appropriation

Get back to tumblr.

Harajuku girls is a brand that has been popular with their perfumes and merchandise. Even if it looks shit it's not cultural appropriation. It makes me laugh when tumblrites accuse harmless shit like this as PROBLEMATIC when it's just a kids show, yet they follow these ridiculous fashions and look like manchildren.

No. 112157

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I mean it looks cute enough.

I feel like this is meant to be for kids 3-7ish. They also remind of like if you mixed a lalaloopsy doll with the shopkin dolls.

No. 112162

>>112152
>cultural appropriation
kek. go back to tumblr please.

little girls are going to eat this shit up until they are 13 and discover tumblr and become SJW and become embarrassed they used to like it, but it really was their gateway into azn culture and anime.

No. 112179

>>112162
This term is thrown around so loosely nowadays when it does apply to her pretty much to a T. The girls in this are based on the backing Japanese dancers she'd have follow her everywhere whilst not being allowed to speak. Also in the cringey Chelsea Lately show thing she takes full credit for introducing Harujuku to the west, saying she "found it"

Probably shouldn't have used the cultural appropriation term as its lost it meaning due to tumblr. I just don't understand why there's Harajuku slapped onto it.

No. 112180

Nothing wrong with a bit of cheeky cultural appropriation sure

No. 112186

The Harajuku shit has been dead for a long time. Time to let go Gwen Stefani.

No. 112188

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She's been doing it for a long time and seems to really like it, it's her preference.

And cultural appropriation? Come on, it's garish and gaudy over the top fashion, may be a part of their culture but it's part of their incredibly superficial and consumerist culture which isn't sacred.

I personally don't think there's anything wrong or offensive being influenced by another cultures fashion, it's happened for a long, long time. If you think it's beautiful and appreciate it I can't see anything offensive about that. And I hate people that claim their fashion is more than what it is, something like Harajuku isn't like a sacred religious thing.

No. 112193

To be honest, I really like the perfumes so if those come back into popularity again I'll be stoked.
The metallic ones they released recently were cute af, too.

No. 112197

It looks kinda cringey. The style of animation and character design looks like something straight out of the early 2000's, and would assume having the show on air a decade ago would have made a lot more sense.

No. 112198

>>112179
>Japanese dancers she'd have follow her everywhere whilst not being allowed to speak

Ah yes, because all the other american singers with american dancers allow them to speak, give interviews, also their names as big as the singer's, etc. It's because they're Japanese, u guys.

No. 112201

>>112152
Guess this entire site and your existence is cultural appropriation. Mama weeaboo can do as she pleases because she is rich and famous.

No. 112203

She's like fucking 6 or 7 years too late if she's trying to cash in on it again. The NIPPONESE HARAJUKU GAARUSU trend is long dead. Even the K-pop train has left a few years ago after peaking during Gangnam style. It's all about being a slutty ~empowered~ crop top flower crown bitch now.

No. 112204

>>112153
This. I would give it the benefit of doubt for it cringy novelty value but the character designs are so bad. The outfits are terrible, the dead-eyed, expressionless faces look completely off and literally just copypasted on, the hairstyles don't make any sense and the animation is awkward as hell. It's just a cash-in trying to ride on Lolirock and other similar western shows ripping off the idol animes. It knows it's bad and it's not going to go through any effort for a quick buck.

No. 112207

I had her perfume in HS, the one with the derpy doll bottle. It smelled like coconut, no ragretz.

No. 112222


No. 112223

Her shit is stupid and the designs are awful but whatever. No one in Japan is going to actually care or feel hurt by some American singer's cartoonish merchandise brand.

No. 112264

>>112152

I still love her Love.Angel.Music.Baby Album and the entire concept which was created around it and also adore her HJ perfumes but have to agree that this seems to be a bit too late for this kind of TV show and she still has to learn of to pronounce "Kawaii" tho.

But def no cultural appropriation.

No. 112270

>>112223
Reminds me of that time there was a "Kimono wearing day" at some museum organized by the Japanese consulate and a bunch of Korean and Chinese Americans turned up to protest "cultural appropriation" and the Japanese consul released an official statement saying something to the effect of "…we really don't understand what your problem is, we're

That being said, weebs are still insufferable, but they're more self-hating than the average Asian-American leftist gives them credit for.

No. 586004

As a Japanese person I find that stupid stuff like this is a little offensive.
The only reason why I find it offensive is because it has harajuku slapped on it for no reason which is dumb and confuses people into thinking harajuku is this garbage.(USER HAS BEEN PUT OUT TO PASTURE)

No. 586040

>>586004
This hilarious bump has to be bait



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