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when i was a lil kid my mother and father and my lil sis died in a murder i was sent to a mental instatution untile i was 18 i then went to the army then i became a royal gaurd i had a child but the child died and over the years insainity took over

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Has Powerful Leading Ladies -

Saiunkoku Monogatari  (AMAZING politician lady please watch this)

Rose of Versailles 

Red Garden

12 Kingdoms

Skip Beat

Basara

Fate/Zero

Jormungand

Hataraki Man

Kemono no Souja Erin

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Black Lagoon

Has Main Characters With Dark Skin -

Turn A Gundam

Majin Bone

Gundam: G no Reconguista

Peacemaker Kurogane

Jormungand

Mitchiko e Hatchin

Wolf’s Rain

Black Lagoon

Gankutsuou

Red Garden

Fushigi no Umi Nadia

Hanasakeru Seishounen

Blade

Revolutionary Girl Utena

Elemental Gelade

Power Stone

Hare + Guu

Kiba

Has Androgynous Characters -

Kino no Tabi

Majestic Prince

Rose of Versailles

Soul Eater

Hunter x Hunter

No.6

Kobato

Has Trans characters that are NOT comic relief/fetishy -

Moyashimon

Paradise Kiss

Ixion Saga DT

Gankutsuou

Wandering Son/Hourou Musuko

Maria Watches Over Us (season 3)

Hunter x Hunter (2011 series only)

Simoun

Tokyo Godfathers

Lovely Complex

Has Canon Queer Characters (not in specifically yaoi/yuri anime)-

Oniisama e

Aoi Hana

Simoun

Shinsekai yori

Tenshi ni Narumon

Soukyuu no Fafner

Patalliro (not subbed)

Patalliro Saiyuki (fully subbed spinoff series)

Gankutsuou

Cardcaptor Sakura

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Day Break Illusion

Samurai Flamenco

Antique Bakery

Revolutionary Girl Utena

No.6

Maria Watches Over Us

Sasameki Koto

Brave 10

Kyo Kara Maoh

Natsu e no Tobira

Psycho Pass

Soukou no Strain

Kashimashi (for this one, the boy is transformed into a girl, but he chooses to stay a girl forever so I figured I’d include it anyway)

Mirai Nikki

Kaze to ki no Uta

Last Exile

This Boy Caught a Merman

This Boy Can Fight Aliens

Night Walker

Descendants of Darkness

Symphogear

Is Based off of Japanese stories/folklore/literature -

Aoi Bungaku

Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror

Mononoke (Bakeneko)

The Tale of Genji

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

Hoozuki

Uta Koi

Has Girls Playing Sports -

Princess Nine

Aim for the Ace

Moshidora

Taisho Baseball Girls

Ginga e Kickoff

Teekyuu

Softenni

Bamboo Blade

Chihayafuru

Battle Athletes Victory

Sabagebu

Saki

Yawara

C3-Bu

Shion no Ou

Messes with your head -

Monster

Paranoia Agent

Infinite Ryvius

Sci-fi Harry

Mouryou no Hako

Himitsu

Night Head Genesis

Ghost Hound

Serial Experiments Lain

Boogiepop Phantom

Kurozuka

Texhnolyze

Noein

Steins;Gate

Ghost in the Shell

Has White Haired Boys That Aren’t Komaeda/Kaworu/Akise/Clear -

Fantastic Children

Innocent Venus

Letter Bee

Suteki Tantei Labyrinth

Berserk

Last Exile

Turn A Gundam

Hunter x Hunter

Kurogane Communication

Zettai Karen Children

Princess Tutu

Terra e

Devil Survivor 2

Jyu Oh Sei

Kiba

Kamisama Dolls

Pretear

Tactics

Rental Magica

Guin Saga

Has Unique Art-

Trapeze

Aku no Hana

Kaiba

Mononoke

Kemonozume

Aoi Bungaku

House of Five Leaves

The Tatami Galaxy

Eccentric Family

Kurozuka

Cat Soup

Legend of Black Heaven

Fantastic Children

Tekkon Kinkreet

Is “For kids” but has a lot of depth -

Romeo’s Blue Skies

Kemono no Souja Erin

Nobody’s Boy Remi

Dog of Flanders

Shoujo Cosette

Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu

Ashita no Nadja

Little Princess Sara

Has Cute Girls Doing Cute Violent Things -

Girls und Panzer

C3-bu

Sabagebu

Strike Witches

So Ra No Wo To

AKB0048

Vividred Operation

Upotte!

Sky Girls

Symphogear

Is About Humans + Nature -

Mushishi

Earth Maiden Arjuna

Kemono no Souja Erin

Now and Then Here and There

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Terra e

Silver Spoon

Jyu Oh Sei

Is So Tragic It’ll Destroy Your Ass -

Saikano

Now and Then Here and There

Basilisk

Grave of the Fireflies

Bokurano

Nobody’s Boy Remi

Terra e

Romeo’s Blue Skies

Rose of Versailles

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Dark Girly: the Sweet, the Bitter, and the Ugly

Dark girly... a term that seems to incite some sort of argument everytime it's mentioned. Some defend its position as a legitimate substyle, while others say it flat out doesn't exist in the Japanese sphere. I'd like to shed some light on the usage of dark girly in japanese SNS circles pre-2020, what constituted as dark girly, and where exactly does it fall in the lines of being a legitimate term.

Disclaimer: I will not be commenting on anything about jirai-kei and jirai culture, I am simply reporting on the existing usage of dark girly and other similar terms in Japanese SNS. I'll respect your opinion as long as you respect mine. If you have any problem with that then take it to the Japanese people who have used dark girly as a fashion/aesthetic term years ago if you seem to have no problem with taking it to english-speakers using dark girly.

First off, dark girly (ダークガーリー) has been used as an aesthetic term/descriptor even way back as 2013, with the example of Sugar Plum, a now defunct/inactive Japanese handmade shop that created accessories with a self-described dark girly concept. Their accessories featured edgy designs such as Kagome crests (not the Star of David) and crosses with some fantastical dreamy elements to tie in the girly atmosphere.

Though overall, dark girly was most commonly used by the jp fashion community to refer to the unique gothic-like girly styling that Larme sometimes used in their spreads, a morose, almost morbid style of girly kei that was bold and bitter (辛口) instead of mild and sweet (甘口) but still retained a dreamy "fairytale"-like quality (think Brothers Grimm).

But what exactly is dark girly? What makes a dark girly coord? Well girly-style.net (when it doesn't crash for non-Japanese users) defines dark girly as a gothic-inspired girly style, while lafary.net described it as a dark and dolly fashion with mysterious and cute clothes that give off a gloomy atmosphere. The characteristics of the clothing are majority black/dark colorways with little to no sweet colored accents, edgy gothic elements such as cross motifs (similar to things you'll find in gothic lolita), belts and harnesses, chokers, boots, but also accompanied with more romantic elements such as black lace and ribbons to keep with the girly style. Brands associated with the style are the likes of Jamie ank, Tsubasa Masuwaka's EATME, and Ma*rs.

The makeup is relatively bolder than the usual dolly makeup, dark eyeshadow and a deep red/wine colored lipstick is common.

The common view people have about this girly style is that it has a bolder impression than other girly styles. In Japanese fashion, there exists sweet or ama styles and hot/bitter kara styles. Girly kei usually falls under sweet, but dark girly is known for being more bitter with a dash of sweetness. If other girly styles are 75% sweet and 25% bitter, Larme is 50% sweet and 50% bitter, while dark girly is 25% sweet and 75% bitter. So when arranging a dark girly coord you need to consider the amount of "bitterness" you have, too sweet and it just becomes regular girly kei, too bitter and it stops being girly at all.

Now let's rip off the bandaid real quick, dark girly is not a mainstream term. Not as much as otona girly or french girly at least. While you will find a few Japanese articles presenting concepts along the lines of 「ダーク×ガーリー」 or 「ゴシック×ガーリー」, there is no universally agreed term for the girly styling referred to as dark girly. While ダークでガーリー and ダークガーリー are the most common descriptors people use for the style, other names and spellings people have come up with for the style are 黒ガーリー, 闇ガーリー, ゴシックガーリー but those are even rarer than dark girly. You will already have difficulty finding articles about dark girly as a solid girly substyle in Japanese, let alone in English.

But here's the thing, you will also barely find any substantial results looking up rokku gyaru and gothic gyaru, as there are barely any Japanese articles presenting rokku gyaru or gothic gyaru as solid gyaru substyles. Most of the usage of ゴシックギャル and ロックギャル is on SNS, where some gyarus use them as descriptors for their own style, just as jp girly wearers have used dark girly as a descriptor for their own style even if it's not a rock solid term.

I've noticed that there's this tendency in the overseas jfashion community to overcategorize things into separate substyles because they fear straying too much from the standard of a certain style to the point it stops being that style, so they try to make substyles to avoid any overstepping any boundaries of a fashion they might not be familiar with or have any authority over. Jp fashion communities tend to be more lax in terms of substyles (unless you're a lolita). Some choose to clarify they specifically like dark girly fashion, while others just say they like girly fashion even if they primarily only wear dark girly. This also applies to other jfashions like gyaru, decora, and gothic fashion.

So don't knock dark girly till you try it! You're not a poser for using dark girly as a term even if it isn't an "established" one.