Even though this type of fan may closely resemble the pervert, they are completely different entities. These fans may have a stronger will or sense of morals. The virgin has no idea what female genitalia looks like aside from what they may have seen in hentai manga.
This guy uses the cute Japanese singers to fill the gap in their loveless, sexless life and constantly daydream of what it would be like of he had a chance of marrying one of them, ignoring the language barrier.
They are also the most rabid fans who won’t tolerate anyone badmouthing their favorite girl, which by the way, happens to be the prettiest one in the group! The virgin will be a knight in shining army fighting off the hordes of flaming trolls on message boards who dare question the quality of her last release. That is quite some extreme dedication for someone who will never even know they exist.
Usually they manage to get a girlfriend or come to their senses and realize how much of a sad loser they are, but if they stay in this state too long they are just a shrine or two away from devolving into “the pervert”.
While waiting for the fateful day where they will finally wed the love of their lives, you will also find this person getting into many online relationships. Of course, to clarify the relationship, the girl is typically only a friendly person who happens to occasionally reply to their sad ramblings while fawning over the latest Gackt pictures. The relationship is one sided, but the Virgin is in too much denial to realize this, it doesn’t matter though, his first love was Maki Goto anyway.
The virgin doesn’t necessarily need to be a guy; after all there are as many unpopular and ugly girls as there are guys. The problem of course, is neither would like to admit their lack of aesthetic beauty should force them to settle for anything less than a model! The female virgins of this category constantly have their sexual orientation questioned because they are a bit too obsessed with female models and groups, and can never seem to get a boyfriend. Some of the girls even admit defeat and use that as an excuse, claiming they are lesbians because “no guy interests them” while in reality they just lack the charm and personality to hold a guy’s interest. We like to call this type of fans “Yossie-fans”.
Characteristics: Buys every single Photobook released and usually has every single inch of their bedroom walls covered with posters.
Fun Fact: Hello! Project girls aren’t allowed to have boyfriends, but that doesn’t stop them from trying. After all, it is only a crime when you get caught, right Yaguchi?
THE VKer
For the readers’ fortunate enough not to know what VK means it stands for “Visual Kei”, which can be described as Japanese rock “music” where the focus is on the way the “artist” looks and dresses, which I guess hides their complete lack of talent.
VK fans are Goth/emo-like kids who are so anti-conformists that they can’t even listen to generic shitty western emo music and instead resort to generic shitty Japanese Goth music. VK-fans are what you get if you put a Goth and an anime geek in a blender and churn them together, preferably killing both in the process.
In their defense there are a lot of conceptual differences between VK and Western Goth, for example in VK the guys are the ones that wear eye-shadow and the long velvet dresses. However their Western counterparts such as Marilyn Manson strive for being disturbingly repulsive. The VKer are the most beautiful bunch of transexuals you will ever lay your eyes upon.
This has quite an interesting side-effect on the sexual orientation of the fans. Girls end up fascinated with guys who happen to be more effeminate than themselves, male VK fans on the other hand are simply closet homosexuals. VK isn’t really goth and comparing the two styles might annoy or even offend the VK-fans, which is exactly why I decided to compare the two here. What are you going to do? Put on your eyeliner and cry for 2 hours? Go ahead, make a post on Xanga about it you stupid little sissy.
An interesting fact about VK is that the Japanese fans are mostly female but overseas there are quite some male fans, quite the opposite of JPOP. This means that a white guy that happens to like VK and JPOP will get laughed at by practically the entire Japanese population, not too different from how they get laughed at while at home. The main difference of course, is just the way they will be laughed at online; in Japan they will use Hiragana while in America they will use Roman characters!
Characteristics: Pink wigs, frilly dresses and lots of make-up. For the females I think most just use spiked collars and black lipstick.
Fun Fact: In Japan nothing gets your more girls than dressing like one. If you are a guy, remember to bring a skirt next time you make a trip to Japan!
Part 1: Anime Fanboys/Fangirls and The Pervert
Part 2: The Virgin and the VKer
Part 3: The Gaijin, The Nihonphile, and The Elitist
Part 4: The Puppy, The Nostalgic Fan, The AZN, and the Conclusion
