Official Meganekko-Images Thread

Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 11:31 pm

Keep it 17 and under, please.

Wikipedia wrote:

Meganekko (メガネ (めがね and 眼鏡, meaning the same thing, are also used) megane for glasses and 娘 ko for girl) is Japanese slang which translates to "Glasses (-wearing) Girl". It's also often used in anime and manga fandom to refer to females who wear glasses, especially when it is considered their most attractive trait. Their usage may or may not have anything to do with a character's eyesight, and they are often a 'neutral' costume not as closely associated with more obvious fetishes such as meido or seifuku, though they are very often depicted with a pageboy. They sometimes have the connotations of geekish or bookish behavior, but in a complimentary fashion.

The most common stereotype associated with the term, especially in youth-oriented stories, is the ubiquitous 'Class Representative' (Iinchō): A well-doing, charismatic but sometimes bossy student who is respectful of authority. This usually earns them the respect of good students or contempt of slackers.

The most famous meganekko in current American fandom is probably Yomiko Readman of the Read or Die (ROD) series. However, in the 1990s, one of the most popular was arguably Tira Misu from the series Sorcerer Hunters, which was an early manga import to the US. The comedic anime series G-On Riders (a pun that also means "glasses-on") has character designs deliberately incorporating this design.

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