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Afterword

We felt that it would be a good idea to leave a memo here for those who have missed out on the closure of this blog. Back when we started this blog in 2015, we knew that someday it would be over, but we did not expect it to be over rampant harassment by certain groups of people. We actually wanted to delete this blog as whole just to be done with it, but our second admin has been missing and unreachable ever since, therefore it has to stay online.

The lesson of the whole ordeal was that interacting with the overseas community is not worth it. Over the years, we had to keep dealing with hateful and just flat out racist messages because apparently you need to be a walking-talking stereotypes of what overseas perceives as "real japanese people" in order to have your information taken as "legit". It has been a very hurtful experience, and we can see now why most locals avoid interacting outside of the jp online sphere. The moment you are somewhat decent in the english language, they will deny you of your background because those dumb japanese could never possibly write in anything but gibberish - at least that's how it sounds. Even stranger was those who claimed to be "real japanese", while constantly writting during peak US timezone hours, as part of the harassment. As a "fellow local", you are aware that a meetup would be an option to quickly settle this? Our head admin works for the media company stationed in the Shinjuku Ark House, it's not hard to make an appointment!

Having said that, our gratitude and thanks go out to those who have followed us and were by our side for those many years. This blog will remain inactive with our inbox still open for those who still need anything.

Goodbye.

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Feeling the incoming summer blues? Reminder we still have a Discord, but remember to answer the joining questions properly.

A server dedicated to the Menhera subculture! By Menhera for Menhera. | 101 members

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Just a heads up that the Menhera Reddit is up for grabs as the admins haven't been active in years since taking it over and vandalizing it as Kurumi fanpage, so maybe someone wants to reclaim it?

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Ita Terrarium (痛テラリウム)

It has been years since our last trend term introduction, hasn't it?

Since the Nuikatsu boom took a hold of everyone, people have been increasingly working on miniature displays for their oshi, and it gave birth to a new type of ita bag that's less about being dedicated decoration but more about being an oshi living space.

Maybe you want to give it a try?

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Is Overlap Possible Between Menhera and Jirai?

Jirai and mental health is a topic I feel is worth addressing, as I’ve noticed a specific trend both in my inbox and in general replies on this subject. I often see the sentiment that pushing against the term Jirai is hurting those with mental illness more than helping, as there are some people with mental illness who find solace in the term and wish to reclaim it.

Regarding that, people can look at the facts of what Jirai is and make their own decisions. I am just here to provide a bit more clarity on what it is so newcomers can enjoy the actual fashion that got overshadowed by the harmful meme blowing up.

But this raises a point that’s worth examining, since some people feel so strongly about it. Is Jirai, which is heavily tied to the Japanese anti-recovery community, something that can ever be considered comparable to Menhera, which is about mental health awareness?

Putting a TW here before the readmore for a brief discussion of self harming behaviors.

Keep reading

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If you can't get motivated to dress up and go for a walk, just call it "aura farming" for mental health purposes and it changes everything.

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average circa 202X menhera tag appearance

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Major shoutout to everyone who puts out warnings whenever people decide to incite harassment.

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Menhera Checklist

As the term was originally born as a label for people who want to exchange about mental health in order to get better, it is important to not clog the tag with unrelated content as it doesn’t contribute anything to the conversation.

Below, contents that suit the tag:

informative articles on mental health

sharing experiences and coping strategies

cute vent art or edits, we call the later 病み加工 in jp

self-care motivationals

fashion with the two above points on it

anything else mental health awareness related, really

Reminder: Just because you consider yourself Menhera, it doesn’t magically make everything you do Menhera-related. You also wouldn’t put a random selfie of your face into the tags of other movements, no? It doesn’t look any different to outsiders invading safespaces by abusing them in a throwaway manner.

If you have any complains regarding this checklist, we will redirect you to 2Channel’s “Menheru Board” which gave birth to the whole thing as it’s their definition on what to post.