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INTEREST: Twitter Users Discuss the 'Absolute Area' of the Ponytail


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TarsTarkas



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:21 pm Reply with quote
Next up the hidden 'Absolute Area' between the neck hairline and the collar of the shirt. What's next, toe sizes and spread length.

Guess Japanese anime fans always need something new to fume and argue about.
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Madoka...AYUKAWA!



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Oh Creator! HELP US ALL. What new lows will modern otaku take us all? Dark dark tunnel..Darkness all around!

We are at the point where modern otaku really need psychological help, its starting to b eworrisome that their only contact with the opposite sex is with virtual waifus, we could be in front on a new psychological condition.
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Via_01



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:40 pm Reply with quote
Madoka...AYUKAWA! wrote:
Oh Creator! HELP US ALL. What new lows will modern otaku take us all? Dark dark tunnel..Darkness all around!

We are at the point where modern otaku really need psychological help, its starting to b eworrisome that their only contact with the opposite sex is with virtual waifus, we could be in front on a new psychological condition.


You're blowing it waaaaaaaaaaay out of proportion.

Just like we're in our right to spend countless nights discussing how good our chinese cartoons actually are, they are in their right to discuss which is the best type of ponytail out there.

I, for one, don't see a problem.

Also, the best Absolute Area is the over-knee one.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:41 pm Reply with quote
Ah, yes...Fun with debating the "Absolute Area" of a character's specific feature...

What "Absolute Area" of a feature will the Japanese anime community debate on next? Smile
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Shadowrun20XX



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:44 pm Reply with quote
I for one want to hear more about toe spread length.
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Nyren



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:46 pm Reply with quote
I'll be completely honest, I've often been drawn to that patch of exposed skin between a thigh high and the end of the skirt. Something about it just draws my attention. And I also admit that I really like that hairstyle, but I'm not attracted to that absolute area.

And my absolute area of choice is the thigh high and some what the over-knee. But the thigh high is far better than the over-knee.
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:49 pm Reply with quote
Oh, great. This is essentially a new fetish fad about to be begin.
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switchgear1131



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:58 pm Reply with quote
Nyren wrote:
I'll be completely honest, I've often been drawn to that patch of exposed skin between a thigh high and the end of the skirt. Something about it just draws my attention. And I also admit that I really like that hairstyle, but I'm not attracted to that absolute area.

And my absolute area of choice is the thigh high and some what the over-knee. But the thigh high is far better than the over-knee.


Maybe that is because where the thigh leads to? It is like a little tease of what can't be seen, but might be.
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Nyren



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:17 pm Reply with quote
switchgear1131 wrote:
Nyren wrote:
I'll be completely honest, I've often been drawn to that patch of exposed skin between a thigh high and the end of the skirt. Something about it just draws my attention. And I also admit that I really like that hairstyle, but I'm not attracted to that absolute area.

And my absolute area of choice is the thigh high and some what the over-knee. But the thigh high is far better than the over-knee.


Maybe that is because where the thigh leads to? It is like a little tease of what can't be seen, but might be.
You and me think alike. That thought does cross my mind often enough. Though I honestly don't think of it sexually, at least not 95% of the time. I feel it adds this sense of mystery and also ups a womans beauty somehow. I don't know how it does, but it just does.

If I had to think about what caused these thoughts to enter my mind, I would guess it would be Rin Tohsaka from Fate/Stay Night. That was one of the first anime I watched when I got back into anime a couple years ago and I was always drawn to her, but more so when she was wearing her casual outfit, the long-sleeved red shirt, black skirt, and thigh highs. In her school uniform where she wears a longer skirt, I don't find myself drawn to her nearly as much. I think that's where it started for me and now I can't get it out of my head.
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Gasero



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:20 pm Reply with quote
You cannot be serious.

The absolute area of a ponytail is nowhere near as interesting as the absolute area of stockings. C'mon!
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EnigmaticSky



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:27 pm Reply with quote
I don't get the attraction to the specific skin, but I do like the hairstyle in general. It's a cute do.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:59 pm Reply with quote
I thought the original concept was dumb enough, but this...I think this is the most colossally stupid thing I've ever heard of.
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CrowLia



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:16 pm Reply with quote
This has got to be one of the most harmlessly dumb things otaku have come up with in recent memory (so long as they don't start leering at girl's ponytails in real life, I guess). I honestly don't think this'll catch up or become a real trend

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I think this is the most colossally stupid thing I've ever heard of.


You might want to remember that string when you want to talk about the most stupid otaku fads ever, though.
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IceKirby



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:26 pm Reply with quote
Won't surprise me if someday they start discussing the absolute area between a long-sleeved shirt and the gloves.
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iathomps



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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:27 pm Reply with quote
Well, a new meme on Pixiv is a new meme on Pixiv for artists to experiment with. I guess the keyhole sweater meme has run its course?

for those who are not in the know, a cosplayer tweeted this
https://twitter.com/myakkomyako/status/540485949822468096/photo/1

so now pretty much any anime girl you want has some fanart of her in a turtleneck with a boob window.
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