If the whole concept seems pretty weird, well, Stars itself admits that this is a “seemingly insane plan,” which might be why Let’s Eat Our Oshi’s Hair is only being held at Stars’ branch in the Akihabara otaku district, not its other locations in the comparatively more mainstream neighborhoods of Ikebukuro and downtown Yokohama.Įven by the unique standards of Akihabara, though, you can’t legally serve human hair in a restaurant, and so the oshi hair is actually colored noodles. Popular anime aesthetics have long included a vibrant rainbow palette of tresses, and so Stars has prepared an extensive selection of “hair” colors. We’re talking about, of, course, eating their hair.Īt least, Tokyo anime song cafe Stars says that there are fans who want to eat their favorite character’s hair, and the eatery is happy to oblige them with a special event they’ve straightforwardly dubbed “Let’s Eat Our Oshi’s Hair.” In modern otaku/fujoshi parlance, this favorite character is called one’s oshi, which comes from the Japanese word osu, meaning “to recommend,” and by extension “to support.”Īt the risk of sounding vulgar, there are apparently also some superfans who, when they look at their oshi, don’t just want to support them, but to do something else too.
It’s already common knowledge that a lot of hardcore anime fans have a favorite character that they feel a deep, emotional bond with.
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