Mino-san no Tame ni Wakamono Kouza The title of this segment translates to something like, "Lecturing Youth for Mino-san". Basically, Sakamoto-kun or Morita-kun would dress up as host Mino Monta. With another member of V6, they would research different phenomena and lecture the offending Japanese youth. Many other segments, such as Ogyaru Busters, Tomodachi Oyako Senshuuken, or Suterarene-ze! have started right here. Talking & Walking: Much like anywhere else in the world, young girls with cell phones have a tendency to walk around exchanging emails on their cell phones without paying attention to where they're going. Therefore, V6 set up a little trap in the mall by placing fly paper on the ground when oblivious girls walked by. Then, they would pull the girls to the side and read their emails, wondering what could be so drastically important. Usually it was boyfriends or best friends, but some mails used so much shorthand that they were practically illegible. Nagano-kun, however, amused himself by reading the emails from the girls' boyfriends and playing with their minds: Nagano-kun: [reading] "...but you sound like you're busy, so I guess we won't go out tonight after all." Girl: HUH!? Nagano-kun: [smiling brightly] Just kidding. Off-kai: "Off-kai" refers to an off-line party. Parties are organized at online communities, but they're held in the real world. To research this event, V6 met up with a young woman who organized an "off-kai" for people dressed up as heroes from movies, TV, whatever. She was dressed as Sailor Venus (hurray~!), and threw together a quick Kaonashi costume from Sen to Chihiru no Kamikakushi for Nagano-kun (or "No Face" from "Spirited Away"). It was great; Nagano-kun was a perfect Kaonashi, and even got a pretty girl dressed as Maetal from "Galaxy Express 999" to feed him. ^_^v Oyako Dance Night: "Oyako" means "parent and child". Believe it or not, but there is apparently a trend to have "family night" at some discos. It's become popular for parents to bring their kids, young and old, to dance the night away at the 70's styled disco. If there's anything that's got to be more embarassing than going to a 70's styled disco, it's got to be going with your parents. But actually, both parents and children seemed to be having a good time as they shamelessly danced away. This spawed another segment called Oyako Night Fever, which featured some of the most shameless parent-child dancing groups around. Horrifying. Sankanbi Fashion: "Sankanbi" refers to the "visitation day" at school, when parents can come into the classroom and see what their kids are doing. However, there are apparnetly some mothers out there with absolutely no clue what kind of fashions are appropriate for a day visiting school. Along with fashion consultant Don Konishi, V6 explored some true horrors in embarrassing fashion. I'll give you a hint: animal prints from head-to-toe, platform shoes, and fishnet stockings were all popular items. [shivering] MazaKon: "MazaKon" is the contracted Japanese term for "Mother Complex". Basically, it refers to children (especially boys) who have a close relationship to their mother that borders on creepily intimate. It's the kind of stuff that makes Oedipus proud; that makes Freud leap out of his grave in joy. Some of the best stories? One guy left his girlfriend during her romantic birthday dinner so that he could pick up his mother at the local onsen and drive her home... it was a FIVE minute walk. Another young boy (13 years old) still bathes with his mother nightly. And in one of the most shocking parts, a mother confidently said that she wished her son would grow up gay. Go and Ken both turned hysterically pale at this confession, and looked even worse when the son shrugged and admitted that he didn't really care either way. Oh Freud, Japan has just made you SO happy... Morio: The term "morio" apparently comes from the verb "moru", which means, "to heap up." Basically, these guys can best be described as male versions of the yamamba or gyaru trend. They bronze their skin incredibly dark, wear white lipstick, stick shining stickers around their eyes, dye their hair pale blond or orange, get extremely expensive hairstyles to make it stick up at all angles, and wear colorful women's clothing. Much like their name suggests, more is better for everything. The strangest thing is their attitudes. Unlike what you'd think, they're not doing it to be punks, to be different, to be anti-societal norms... they're doing it to be "cute". In interview, kawaii ("cute") seems to be their favorite word to use when describing their look. They enjoy stuffed animals and taking pictures. For the two Morio above, note how they're wearing stuffed Pooh and Donald figures around their necks. It's just... strange. Back | TV Index