Foooookin-a. Our daughter starts first grade this spring (the Japanese school year is coordinated with the business year). Although they tell you public education is free in Japan, this isn't quite true. You have to buy certain school-designated supplies, including a Ransel. A Ransel is basically an evil Dutch mailbox that straps to your hapless kid's back. Why did they import a dutch mailbox-backpack to go with their Prussian scholastic model? Eh. The point is, you have no choice but to buy your kid one. If you don't he/she will be burned at the stake like a witch on the first day of school. Because it's tradition, damnit. The manufacturers, knowing they have a captive audience, set the prices however they damn well please, meaning these things start at around $100 US and just go up from there. You can get Ransel that literally cost thousands of dollars were you so inclined. We got a "modestly" priced one for about US$180. Ransel are also a fixture of Japanese cosplay porn, but you really don't want to go there....well, maybe you do. I won't stop you. Go ahead. Google "Randoseru porn." See if I care when your IMMORTAL SOUL IS SUCKED INTO HELL.
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I bet they also require parents to buy those cute little caps for their kids as well.... Remember, a Gucci ransel actually makes you a better parent. If I had a child entering school in Japan I would be tempted to create a home-made ransel. What could be cuter that a spray-painted plywood ransel? Maybe I could staple some nylon to the outside to weatherize it. Nothing fills a parent with pride like saddling their child with something for which they will be tormented daily. They may not appreciate it at the time but they will thank you for it later, just ask my son Richard Peter Johnson.
BTW is your link to "The Real YK" for real? This guy cannot be serious...
Yeah...I considered the handmade ransel option, but given the results of my last "craft" project, decided against it (scrotal membrane + staplegun is not a lot of fun (unless that kind of thing is your kink)). That Yellow Peep is a kick... I really can't decide if s/he is serious, or just screwing with everyone. S/he's my hero is if s/he is, even more so if s/he isn't.
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