some time ago a recently self proclaimed [jirai] on tiktok started telling me I knew nothing about menhera and jirai and should study more before talking of it... like if I wasn't here since basically 2016 and reading as much as I could on the topic (special interest levels of reading on it)
I was there when the risuka tags were banned and replaced by jirai, before jirai became particularly associated with fashion.
I'm not fluent in Japanese but I can usually read short sentences and I can say I've seen some dark shit like people proclaiming "You can't be actual jirai if you don't cut/ never tried to end yourself" and some telling others to do those things to be more proper jirai. People talk of drugs and abuse like they are such nice things... I've seen videos and news of young people in Kabukicho... and all I have to say is I have absolutely nothing against "real jirai", I just believe there are a lot of sick young people being incredibly neglected and/or mistreated and in serious need for help, and that going around saying "jirai is just fashion" is extremely insensitive to the people from were it got its name from.
It's not a kind of fashion, it's a whole "kind" of people, who deserve help and respect instead of being glorified for being unhealthy. Acting like being sick, abused, or constantly doped is a cool thing or even using these as an aesthetic is an extremely unhealthy kind of escapism no one should be taking part in.
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