Bandage is the Latest Akihabara Fashion?

Otaku have shifted their focus from lolitas and nurses to the kegadoru, literally translated as “injured idols,” who are scantily clad babes wrapped in bandages and wearing eye patches.

Pardon me, but doesn’t this sounds like our classic goddess Rei Ayanami (綾波 レイ) ?

Nonoko, who works at a popular maid cafe in Tokyo’s geek sanctuary Akihabara, agrees.

“Girls who get decked out in Amaloli (cute, pink or white frilly ‘Lolita’-style outfits) have started covering themselves in bandages and wearing eye patches,” she says. “Many of the men who come to Akihabara often compliment us on how good our bandages look, or how cute they are. For girls hanging out in Akihabara, bandages and eye patches have become a must-have fashion item.”

A female cosplayer describes the appeal of swathing herself in bindings:

“When you’re covered in bandages, everybody pays attention to you and worries about you. They also provide a chance to start talking to guys, who’ll ask you how you hurt yourself, so the bandages are really, really good,” she tells Weekly Playboy. “One guy into the injured woman look told me that the reason he likes it is because he loves the idea of seeing a thin woman’s body wrapped in bandages because it looked kind of like bondage and made him want to protect her from harm. I think those wearing the bandages get on well with the guys who want to look after them because they don’t want them to get hurt.”

Source: Mainichi Japan

Personally I don’t find it appealing nor sexy at all. This is just plain weird, don’t you think so?

From glasses, to surgical mask, now its bandages … What else are they gonna come up with next? How about miko (巫女) ? In my opinion they are as hot as meidos, what do you think?