Japan’s Dark Subculture

Recently, there is a growing trend for some young people to lean toward a spirit of something we may call ‘the dark.’ […] The taste of these young people for pathological and medical things is extraordinary. As if proud of themselves, they announce they’ve slashed their wrists (cut only deep enough to draw blood) and exchange information on what illness they’ve been diagnosed with and what kinds of medicines they’ve been prescribed.

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