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English: An example of a Menhera/Yami-kawaii character, displaying traits and imagery associated with the aesthetic and mental unwelness in general (such as self-harm and drugs). “Menhera communities are associated with the yami-kawaii (sick-cute) fashion subculture, a variation of the kawaii aesthetic characterized by medical motifs such as pills, syringes, and bandages[1][2]” “The authors noted that all forms of menhera may engage in some degree of self injury.[3]”. In addition to this information taken directly from the article/sources I also looked at Ezaki Bisko’s art extensively to make sure I was getting the general look and feel right, particularly noting Menhera-chan’s affinity for blades, pill imagery, and prominent self-harm scars/bandages on both wrists. Finally I overlaid abstract imagery conveying a broken or unwell sense of self (glitchy visuals, a cartoon ghost emerging from a vague dent/hole in the head). Her name is a combination of the Japanese word for the common antidepressant bupropion (ブプロピオン, Bupuropion) and the generic “cute” honorific -chan (and is pronounced “BOOP-oor-o-chan”, not “byew-PER-o-chan”) This image incorporates File:Bupropion skeletal.svg, a public domain diagram of the bupropion molecule
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  1. "Can 'Sick-Cute' Fashion Break Japan's Silence on Suicide?". Error: journal= not stated.
  2. The Dark Side Of Harajuku You Haven't Seen Yet. Refinery29. Retrieved on 29 May 2024.
  3. (11 March 2022). "Mentally Ill and Cute as Hell: Menhera Girls and Portrayals of Self-Injury in Japanese Popular Culture". Frontiers in Communication 7. DOI:10.3389/fcomm.2022.737761.

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