What Does This Mean?
量産型ヲタク (ryōsan-gata wotaku, "mass-produced otaku") is a Japanese label for fans, mostly young women, who dress in a shared girly look: pastel or bright colours, lots of frills and ribbons, platform shoes and glossy, sparkly eye makeup. The look is often explained as wanting to look cute to one's favorite (推し). Some use it about themselves; as an outside label it can sound dismissive.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""Half the queue at the event was in 量産型ヲタク outfits, with ribbons and platform boots.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wikipedia (ja, 量産型・地雷系) says 量産型 emerged in the 2010s and boomed in the 2020s. At first it meant women who wore trendy clothes and ended up looking alike; it later came to mean the frilly, over-girly style spread among female fans of Johnny's idols and male underground idols, also called 量産型オタク. It quotes Sasaki Chiwawa describing it as giving up individuality to be cute. Spread via Instagram and YouTube makeup videos from 2019 is noted.
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