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Manba and BagelHeads – Japanese Youth Culture

By TV Mole ⋅ July 6, 2009 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ ⋅Post a comment

If you thought the Japanese penchant for sadistic TV formats and maid cafes was weird, take a look at these hair-raising new trends:

Manba - where teens wear dark make-up, white eyeshadow and multicoloured wigs. There is a growing manba scene in London who meet in Chinatown and take part in a type of line dancing. Read more on the BBC website.

BagelHeads – Japanese teens are ‘body-modding’ by injecting saline under their skin to fashion a temporary disfigurement. Check it out the full article in Bizarre Magazine.