>>28440300Ganguro became popular much for the same reason tattoos and piercings are popular among teenagers.
Generally speaking, Japan has very standardized concepts of what makes a beautiful woman: pale skin and dark hair, much like western civilizations would have blonde hair and huge tits.
So ganguro was started as a way to rebel against such a narrow sighted belief, by tanning their skin as dark as possible and bleaching their hair.
>>28439747>>28439466Jynx and Froslass are based out of different mythological beings.
The Jynx is based after the Yama-uba, snow witches which are described as having long white hair and prominent lips in some cases.
Froslass is generally accepted to be based on the Yukionna instead, which are spirits of women who died during snowstorms in white kimonos that lure mountaineers to their deaths.
