The Japanese otakus were shocked this week by one of the bizarre and strange things that happen in the land of the rising sun. It turns out that a peculiar beauty contest took place at a male institute, a situation that immediately sparked various reactions on social media and forums in Japan. But what is it about? Well, we will find out below, and we are sure that you will also be surprised and stunned by the surrealist of the situation.
This beauty pageant has left otakus very intrigued!
The otakus were quite puzzled by the unusual beauty contest organized by the “Kobama” institute, because it was a contest of “crossdressing”, that is, men dressing as women or “traps”, a situation that has taken social media by storm and surprise, as a Twitter/X profile was created to show the participants, something that immediately ignited the networks and forums with all kinds of comments.
The contest titled “Miss Chikukoma 2023” has attracted so much attention that due to its virality in Japan it has had to be suspended by the criticism of a very active political/social sector in recent months and years, to the point that the account of the “beauty contest” has had to put its profile in private mode to avoid more comments from both otakus and other groups.
“I don’t know how long they are going to keep doing this, and I would like them to realize the perpetrator nature of men imitating women in a beauty contest, even though women are criticized for doing it. That such a large school as the Komaba Institute does this, no matter how highly educated you are, you can’t help but trample on women.”, “This beauty contest: A contest that evaluates women for having long hair, wearing skirts and soft design clothes, or for expressing “femininity” or gender biases? Isn’t it a very discriminatory contest?”. These have been the tone of many comments from this group.
But the Otakus have also been present with some very hilarious comments: “There is nothing worse than an old woman jealous of the young”, “Why are women always so irritable?”. “I see. Do feminists find it repugnant that a man dresses as a woman, that is, a trans woman?”. These are some of the many comments where the otakus have incredibly shown enthusiasm and support for this peculiar beauty contest, appealing to the fact that it is simply a harmless activity.
Without a doubt, it seems that the Japanese otakus, as incredible as it may seem, this time has been the most “reasonable” around this very bizarre situation, but we want to know what you think of this beauty contest, and which group you agree with more, as well as if in your school or institute such an activity was done, would you participate in it? We are very interested in knowing your opinion and your answer to this intriguing and very necessary question that evidently some Japanese geeks have already answered with a yes in the different networks and forums of Japan.
