
Japanese men asked how even the cutest girls can ruin their chances with the unfairer sex reveal some some surprising sensitivity (or possibly merely pickiness) when it comes to the finer points of decorum, as well as some rather less surprising concern about the basics of fashion and personal hygiene…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Apr 8, 2012 05:55 JST
- Tags: 2D vs 3D, Bizarre, China, Comparison, Dolls, Fashion, Image Gallery, Makeup, Photoshop

Competition for the distinction of most resembling the freakish proportions of a Barbie doll is heating up – both China and the USA now have convincing candidates whose inscrutable blend of makeup, Photoshop and “natural beauty” makes for quite the spectacle.
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Chinese, Koreans and Japanese alike are all wondering what to make of Korea’s “living dolls” – few can help but wonder where the Photoshop, CG, makeup and plastic surgery end and the girl begins.
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Internet denizens are now marvelling at the cosplay prowess of “Scarlet -Hiiro-,” a Japanese cosplayer whose mastery of what it can only be hoped are the dark arts of Photoshop has blurred the line between 2D and 3D to nothing, and whose terrifyingly deformed appear to owe as much to Chinese princess of creepiness Koko as they do to the saucer-eyed staples of shoujo anime….
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The precocious nature of Japanese schoolgirls and the gyaru fashions they so keenly embrace are once again causing much wonder online – in this case, the pictured “JC” (middle school) girls, whose sense of fashion is anything but childish.
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Moeblob seiyuu Ayana Taketasu has revealed what she looks like before, after and during the application of her layers of makeup, and the result seems to have shattered more than a few illusions.
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Aficionados of cosplay have again been seeking to share the very acme of the cosplay art, resulting in yet another selection of the most cute and sexy cosplay ever to find its way onto a Vipper’s hard drive.
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Forget Japan and its ganguro girls – China’s notorious extremes of triangular beauty are back, and still nobody can work out where her face ends and the Photoshop and makeup begins:
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Chinese women have lately been proving themselves at least the equal of their Japanese competitors when it comes to skill in deceptive makeup – although if the images below are anything to go by their contest is likely to be equally terrifying to men everywhere, whoever the victor might be…
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Online Japanese have once again been united in appreciation of the flowers of Taiwanese maidenhood, describing them in glowing terms as “too ero-kawaii.”
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Seiyuu Shizuka Itō has experienced a sudden hardening of her popularity thanks to recent TV appearances which showed an unusual amount of daring for a seiyuu, seeing her bare all (below the waterline at least) and submit to a rather sensuous massage.
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After being introduced to the charms of Masako, above, even 2ch’s substantial contingent of JK worshippers has conceded that mature women can be exceedingly attractive indeed.
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