Meganekko

mid-morning on Sunday, the 20th of February 2005 by Chad

Hey Scott, you’ll love this.
“Men don’t make passes at (anime) girls who wear glasses” from Rocket Jones leads us to the “Meganekko” of Anime. Meganekko is a term for girls who wear glasses. So, in anime, the description works like this:

Who is a “meganekko”?
Literally, a “meganekko” (pronounced “mÃƒ©-gah-nÃƒ©-koh”, with all syllables stressed equally) is a “glasses-girl” - a girl who wears glasses.

That doesn’t capture the essence of the term, though. The stereotypical meganekko is a cute girl, and probably smart, too. If she’s in high school, there’s a good chance that she’s the class president (”iincho” in Japanese). If she’s old enough and you’re a single male, she’s the kind of girl that your parents might wish you would bring home for them to meet some day.

But that’s the stereotypical meganekko. Not every meganekko conforms to the stereotype, any more than people conform to stereotypes in real life. Some of them are self-centered, others are clueless, and a few are downright manipulative or outright evil. Some of them are pretty instead of cute, and others aren’t particularly attractive. In short, they’re a lot like any other group of people; some are people you’d want to call “friend”, others aren’t.

That is your lesson for today!