wakaran 1 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I was watching some news/documentary program last night and it was going on about ganguro girls (you know that look), but also talking about "banba". Is banba a subset of ganguro. They all looked bloody ridiculous (and generaly quite busu as well), what are they thinking? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Not sure I've heard banba (?) before. On the subject of ganguro, is it true that it's written ガン黒 ? Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Haven't heard banba before. Sure they weren't saying "yamanba ヤマンバ", which is/was a common referral. (lit. old mountain hag) Actually I think the gan-gals added a splash to the staid pastiche of the times. We all love to hate to love something - don't we??? Link to post Share on other sites
wakaran 1 Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 It was definitely banba バンバ Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 not banba but definetly manba マンバ from yamanba 山姥. ganguro has kanji, 顔黒 Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 I think it might be yamamba as some have already said. GG, I think ganguro is described as 顔黒. Babba babamba BAMBA! Babba babamba lalalalala~ Yariba yariba! Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by gamera: Babba babamba BAMBA! Babba babamba lalalalala~ Yariba yariba! I can really feel the generation gap in this post. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Shup! Extra charge at tsondaboy. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by gamera: Extra charge at tsondaboy. If I come end stay at your place, I will steal the towels etc... Link to post Share on other sites
Jackie 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Grungy-gonads, The kanji for "ganguro" = face black Are they still around? I haven't seen any for years now. Is this some kind of revival, like 80s fashions? PS As you asked, I find your avatar to be exceedingly hot...not. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Those "chicks" scare me! I have heard of yamanba but not banba, could be a new trend? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Its a shame how some people, who could naturally be pretty, wear a pancakes worth of makeup on their face No makeup is best Link to post Share on other sites
Zaoman 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 I saw that feature. Showed you some of them without the makeup - grim they were. Should stay indoors Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 According to Wikipedia, bamba is a further "evolved" subset of yamamba, oh dear.. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 A subset? I hope my daughter don't want to be like that. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 What is this one? 汚ギャル Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Dirty girl?! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Has there ever been a case of a gaijin-gal going ganguro I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by scouser: Has there ever been a case of a gaijin-gal going ganguro I wonder? hopefully only at Halloween! Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Gyaru seem hardcore Japanese (hardly paying attention to import culture and influences, apart from those that have already been localized) but maybe an odd gyaru group would welcome a foreigner, who knows. Then there are gaijins who are born and raised in Japan with heavier emphasis on Japanese culture in their lives, they're more natural candidates Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Guys it is not that odd.... One of my best mates is Gyaru-o, i.e. male version of gyaru. He is a decent snowboarder and we go on the mountains together. We must be really odd pairing though. Last year I over-heard a conversation in Kagura from some other Japanese guys that parked next to us at the mitsumata parking: "hora mite, gyaru-o to gaijin!!" that could be translated something like: "man look at that, Gyaru-o with a foreigner together!!!" Needles to say, his girlfriend is a gyaru, and I have met quite many of her friends when we hang out together. Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Silly, it is odd, otherwise why would they be point out you and your friend when you were spotted together? (Unless these people point out both gaijins and gyaru-os all the time) Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherLocklearRocks 1 Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Good god, Gyaru-o - never heard of that one. Are these the dudes in the suits with the long bleached hair and tans? Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Hum... I don't know most words described there. Perhaps I can't talk with gals or galos. Lots of misunderstanding will be going there. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Heather Locklear Rocks: Good god, Gyaru-o - never heard of that one. Are these the dudes in the suits with the long bleached hair and tans? Yap, thats them! Link to post Share on other sites
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