Vatican unveils official anime mascot - I hope she (“Luce”) starts vtubing soon
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Very cute and very wholesome.
I was originally confused by the mud on her rubber boots. But reading that she's supposed to be on a pilgrimage makes a lot more sense.
At the risk of going there, I'm a little confused by her bare shins.
Her attire would seem to represent a raincoat but the bare shins would suggest she's wearing either shorts or a skirt that can't be seen.
Having her wear pants probably
wouldn'twould've been a safer choice given the pedophilia themes in both the Catholic church and the loli scene.I suppose choosing to have her wear a skirt is the more feminine/traditional Catholic choice.
But leaving it open to interpretation leads to all sorts of problems.
The raincoat but bareshins thing isn't uncommon for Japanese girls because they have that whole "can't get my ears wet" physical problem that necessitates the coat, but otherwise don't want to mess up their school skirt by putting on anything further.
So its really just an oddly deep cut piece of Japanese culture for their first mascot design.
I'm not enough of a weeb to get this reference.
I tried looking it up but all I got was Swimmer's Ear articles.
The Japanese schoolgirl uniform thing does make sense though.
I honestly didn't think about the bare legs thing until I came across an upskirt shot showing her knickers on a Luce caricature on my X feed on Day 1.
Its not even a weeb thing. Its a literal real Japanese thing that just happens in anime because anime is from Japan.
Due to that genetic difference, getting their ears wet is a really really bad thing (its why that cliche of "got wet for two seconds, caught a cold" exists). But if they have to do more than walk home in the rain, an umbrella doesn't cut it and so raincoats are also common.
Though its usually the clear ones not the bright yellow, but that would be less iconic.
God's little joke.
My mind is still blown. I've never heard of any of this before.
So the Japanese have a genetic immunodeficiency that they get sick when they get wet?
Is it only specific to their ears? Or just getting wet & cold in general?