Japanese School Girl Skirts

Officially starting the petition to stop schoolgirls from NOT rolling up their skirts...

Will support the long length skirt campaign only if they would make the uniforms look Saber-ish.

Can't have zettai ryouiki with too long skirts.

Well this is the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life.

I don't know, on principle, the right one would be considered more moral...

But darn it, I'm a guy, and I'm going with the left one. (^.^) The short skirt is the cornerstone of schoolgirl moe and should be kept as such.

That is, only if the girl herself is alright with it. If they want to roll up their skirts, why stop them?

I suspect that the 55% of males that voted the right one wants to be politically correct. (^.^;)

It all depends on how short the skirt is going, really. I have no problems in saying that in most cases I prefer how a skirt looks when it does not go below the knee, but there is definitely a "too short" - when the girl can barely move or can't sit down without flashing, for example. I find it a bit off-putting when a girl seems to have no modesty in her attire.

Incidentally, was the comrade Brian from Kotaku? I remember reading that he was writing a book about schoolgirls. That thing is surely going to sell very well. ^^;

Obviously the reason is not to prevent the girls from catching a cold... No one cares for the health of their students... The real reason is morality, and let me tell you something, to judge someone's morality through his/her clothes is very, very dangerous, both for the individual and for the society. I say keep the skirts short.

Back in my day, all the ladies uniforms of varsity gymnastics team had their skirts about that short. And they were MADE that way. Also making a stink about "certain" dress codes only made us want to go against it more.

hey short skirts are cute :D
the bad thing is just the perverts :(
im not a pervert myself(lolwut) so i think its ok :)

Yeah, I hate how I casually glance upward while on the escalator and "hey, is that underwear I see?"
Its terrible, what a tragedy.

/sarcasm

Short skirts are cute, but they gotta wear them in the snow. That gotta be freezing cold.

i wear my 絶対領域 t-shirt with proud. :3

I love the fact that it's not occured to anybody that the best way to avoid such an issue is to get rid of skirts and start issuing trousers instead.

I'm fine with both, really. Short skirts for thighs, yes, but the traditional long skirts can look good too! It takes much more to perfect the art of wearing long skirts.

I choose the right one, basically it look more cute ^^

Back when I was in high school, girls used to do this all the time. Right now, schoolgirls over here look like they are in a rap video or something like that. Skirts are way too short lol. Not that I have a problem with that, but damn...sometimes I'm amazed parents let them go to school like that.

All these seifukus make me wanna make dollfie seifukus ^^; thanks for the materials Danny ;D

short skirts are going to be band...!!!! BAKA NA.....!!!!!1

i go for the right one,just because the girl look cuter,lol

but honestly,i like both kind of dress,shorter dress does make the girl cuter (but not too short = =") and the longer one wasn't bad at all

maybe they just have to make sure the dress not TOO short ,probably between these two~

yeh, short skirts, the feminine equalizer . . . who cares about "cute" :P

Hmm...can see why they would want longer skirts....

Personally I like The right one because she looks more Kawai and I love Panty Hose girls but then again.....

The Left is The Most Moe of all showing her Zettai Ryouki and I would really really hate it If they This Short Skirt thing . It will Ruin All of The Otakus of Za Warudo .

Instead , I voted for the Right one ^^;;

I Love this Uniform since Its worn by Misaka ^w^

I think skirts themselves already don't cover enough to keep warm, rolled up or not. Really the best way to keep your legs warm are with pants. Or long underwear.

I want to be in the skirt patrol!! Lol

I say let them choose either the same pants the boys wear or the the normal length skirt. I bet if it's between plaid trousers and a skirt they'll pick the skirt.

I think that if the girls wear longer skirts it could be beneficial to the boys too. Following the same line as the train incidents Danny's posted about, a school girl with a short skirt could wrongfully accuse a boy of staring up her skirt (say like, if the girl happens to be higher on a stairwell than the boy). With the longer skirt this wrongful accusation would be much more difficult to prove, if not impossible to pull off.
I don't live in Japan and have yet to go there so feel free to pick apart my theory.

In my opinion, skirt under the knee looks awful but a skirt too short doesn't look good either...

That is very creative. Still I am amazed they went to that extent of advertising it.

Girls here too roll up their skirts (Very common), but the weather is hot here, so they still have an excellent excuse

i approve skirts being short =)

I personally think it should be by prefrence, if someone likes their skirt like that then let them be...

I still like shorter skirts tho...

Yeah, I think the ratio from the length of the skirt to the wearer's legs should be properly accounted for. There should a study that finds the Golden Ratio for Skirt Length should be done. I smell a social experiment here. The length of the skirt might vary, but the overall affect should similar.

Anyone who wants to do a study, I here to help!

Nice Legs. ;)

短いスカートも好きだけど、そろそろ飽きてきたかもｗｗ

Re: the poll, while I think the left is inconveniently short, the right is at a particularly unflattering length. A little above or a little below the knee looks fine, but right at the knee just looks frumpy--just something about how it sits against the joint.

Mmm, that PTA on the posters look scary, after all they're the "bad guys" on several anime series xD
I don't like prehistoric people that is narrow minded, but I support the motion.
At least halfway between the knee, but below it its too much. they're not nuns ^^

I prefer a look of modesty, so default length please!

I think they forgot the head...

i voted for the right but it seems like the left is extremely short while the long one was extremely long, while somewhere in between would seem best

Its better when they roll it up!

I often see this short skirt thing when I was inside the train every morning and sometimes they rolled their skirt length which is like a mini skirt. But unfortunately they have skills to cover up their pantsu from getting seen unless the wind blows very hard like what you see on animes. ^^;;

As a girl, I actually prefer the shorter skirt look. It's very cute. The shorter skirt length demonstrated in the video isn't ridiculously short. It's a reasonable length and covers what needs to be covered with reasonable room to spare so that nothing shows when you're sitting down (provided you're careful not to sit with your legs apart). It isn't vulgarly short like Christina Aguilera's mini-skirts, for example. The girls have the option to wear it short or long and I think that's fine as it is. When everyone is forced to dress like clones, it's nice to have at least SOME variety and choice.

What I simply cannot fathom is that they're wearing skirts IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. Bloody hell. I'd freeze my legs off if I wore that here in winter. I don't know how low the winter temperatures are in Japan, but in Canada, your legs would be frozen icicles before long. And in response to the guy who recommended nylons to keep them warm, I can assure you nylons don't do much at all in terms of warmth. It's the equivalence of using tissue paper as a scarf.

P.S. Strict rules of any type (including clothing) just make teenagers rebel all the more.

That is an evil invention!...

I have another idea for such a poster, here's an alternative:
http://www.berense.org/shared/poster_alter.jpg

I'd probably roll my skirt up just enough so thats its like and inch above the knee.I don' like short skirts due too an incident in middle school.( ^_^")

I think that Western people have less of an issue when it comes to these short skirts.
Personally I don't see anything in it, being a female myself.. I'd like a skirt that I can bend over with, without anyone seeing my freaking underwear :/

Looks like a kilt.

I prefer a longer length skirt, just above the knee is a good length. I don't know why but when I saw short skirts in Japan in cringed a little in my mind.
Seifuku Banzai!

Honestly I don't even know how girls can even wears skirts.
I'm not a girl so I wouldn't know, but I feel like I would be so exposed wearing a skirt, no matter what the length.

I prefer not too short but not too long. I've seen it so long that it goes well over the knee showing no skin at all ): As well, as so high that they look like mini skirts.

My preference is a few inches above the knee. That, in my opinion, looks the cutest without looking too....sleezy.

On the other hand...I did almost see pantsu yesterday while walking up the staircase outside the base, so short skirts are good in their own way as well. :3

Definitely prefer the longer skirts. I don't find short skirts appealing or attractive at all. :(

I think they both look nice...though it should be up to the students on how they want to wear it as long as it doesn't go overboard...

wasn't surprised at all that most guys would prefer the short skirt. personally, i'd go for the default skirt to wear in school though it's another story outside if i'm outside. :)

They really should have let this poor girl go to the bathroom before they took the picture this drawing was based off of.

Honestly, I think skirts are unnecessary. No-pan for all!

They need the option to have the skirts rolled not to high but not at knee length.

*Grumbles*

Back in my HS days, the girls who dared to wear shorter skirts didn't have legs worth looking at. (Bloody tree trunks). That, and in PE, all the girls wore long jogging pants, the boys wore the tight shorts (which I hated).

I would say, going on cuteness, the left, but for practically and to ward of pervs, the right one. I picked left though haha.

Roses are red, violets are blue. The shorter the skirt, the better the view.

Maybe they should find the perv who took those photos in this article lol.

私は断然、右を選んだ。
キャピキャピした女の子よりも清楚な子のほうが好きだ。

Interesting new skirt....

Ah, the ol' skirt roll. I went to an all-girls high school in Sydney, and pretty much everyone (myself included) used to do this :D

I didn't vote in the poll though, Danny, because I can say from experience that both pics were too extreme to be comfortable. Depending on your height, most of us found 10-20cm above the knee to be about the right length. Obviously, our school thought differently : P

the shorter the better, you get better notes, ask your teacher

I order you to take off your skirt!

Moderate length is fine, but not too long or too short.

I APPROVE OF SHORT SKIRT>>>>

I think I'm not normal that I don't have any uniform fetishes.

I feel sorry for the schoolgirls. Must be tough commuting to school on cold day with skirts on.

I just do the bend over rule. If I can bend over in a skirt and no panty is visible then I feel fine. Both of those lengths are cute. I would probably alternate between the two. :P

Omg though, I would not walk in the snow with a shirt skirt!! I would wear pants (even if it broke the rules) to school or wear the thickest stockings/socks ever. This imagery of them trudging through the snow strikes total fear into my Florida-raised-girl heart. xD

It is actually a myth that you catch a cold from the cold. You only can get hypothermia from being in extreme cold as well as other things like frost bite. Same goes for wet hair. When it is -30 c out here I sometimes have some wet hair I get sick around once a year.

ニイーピツ！

Shorter is ok, I mean it doesn't have to be super short. Long can be good too actually. Incidentally I had heard this week that there was a poll that had something to do about girls wanting to wear pants for a school uniform now. My old school used to have shorts for girls back then.

LMAO! I can't help but find this really funny. We used to roll our skirts like that too...until some teacher would come by and make us roll them down again. I guess the skirt rolling battle is universal.

mama miaaaaa.....

Danny....have you ever write about Japanese wrestling.....SUMO ? ....SUUUUMOOOOOO.....
Why not write an article bout it mate.

Judging by the hands. Definitely an obaasan doing the measurement. Guys need to take their futomomo fetish elsewhere. ^^

Of course this is just conservative/misogynist fear of and attempts to control women's sexuality.

Man, I HATED this when I was in highschool. Every morning a man came: 'Your skirt is outta rules. Fix it! Your socks are outta rules, go change into white, higher ones! Your shirt can't be that way. Tuck it in! You're wearing earrings? Impossible!' Jeez, I had to go to the next store and buy a pair of spare socks some mornings that I could change into them when I got caught. Freedom for highschool girls! Freeedom!

*sigh* Kids these days. If these teens can't follow simple school dress codes, then they'd question every rules that try to "oppress" their freedom when they grow up! You're going to school for crying out loud, not to a park, a mall or any other kind of establishment. Roll up your skirt when school's over -_-

BTW I like short skirts but not too short that I can see pantsu already. Long is fine with me as well~

I can't help but I don't think that short skirts are cute. Whether a girl is cute or not I decide when I look in her face and not how much leg I see. Call me strange but that's my point of view.^^;

hey... do I look different?

All in all I believe that short skirts are the spirit that keeps Japan alive and we must do what is necessary to defend the zettai ryouiki ^^

I tho japs school girl start wearing short inside their skirt

Skirts are designed to make girls look girlish / cute!

i'm always surprised about the size of the skirts... actually mini skirts ^_^

Love short skirts, who doesn't? XD

If they are cute they should wear long skirts if they aren't they should wear short ones. Just to keep them safe from malevolent eyes.

Lookie, her kneecaps are blushing!

It would cause the school girls less problems if they didn't roll up their skirts.

I like short skirt as the next guy and his cat is, but if the reg skirt length keep them safe, oh well...

They look a lot better with short skirts. Japanese girls in general have short legs and long skirts only make them look shorter.
Somebody ought to tell their teachers that you don't catch a cold by being exposed to the cold. The common cold is most often caused by infection with one of the 99 known serotypes of rhinovirus, so cold weather has very little to do with it.

The skirts done by the girls in the video is acceptable and its not in the "too short" range where you will be in risk of flashing your pantsu to others. If it's in a cold day a long skirt would be nice and warm while a short one might send chill to their delicate body.

Short skirts are better - especially on windy days :o

Nothing against short skirts, but isn't it cold?

Short are kind of ecchi while long skirts are better for your imagination but if you have good thighs there are many ways to show'em better.

Personally, I like more long skirts because I do have an ecchi imagination LOL ^^.

She so happy she got long skirt...
wont get cold easily ..

Sometimes girls make their skirt to make them look taller in the sense their leg appear longer.
A trick to the viewer's eyes

Went to Japan this past month and saw all the school girls in their skirts... couldn't believe it. It was freaking cold. Even when I went up to Hakuba for snow boarding I saw girls in skirts and there was snow outside.... but I did enjoy the view xD

I think a clear trend has emerged... *puts on ragged robe and 5 foot beard* THE CLASH OF CENTURIES IS UPON US!!!

I'll sign as well!

Here in the States we have a similar situation with girls' Catholic parochial school uniforms. Often girls wear their skirts quite short, and wear bike shorts underneath for modesty's sake. And here in sunny SoCal cold is not an issue usually. And yeah, there apparently are lots of guys here who end up with a Catholic School Girl fetish.

wasn't there a time when too long of a skirt = tsupari?

how i wish back at my hs-days that girls do this too
nosebleed!

Seen skirts like that in my place... Felt a little exhilarated when I saw one...

I think that s short skirt is okey but a long skirt is okay too. It depend the person.

Short skirts are the best! The shorter the better ;)

I think they are over reacting ^^ Those skirts weren't even that short, and the longer skirts make them look like grannys. It's strange because why aren't the girls allowed to wear pants? I mean, if they are so concerned with them catching colds, allow them to wear long pants in the winter in order to stay warm. Women wear slacks in the work force so there is no excuse. (But skirts will always be cuter ^^;)

And for the pantsu issue, they should just wear boy shorts underneath XD

It's not restricted to Japan, I did it too years and years ago when I was still in school. Folding is an easy way to get around things, but I guess there is a matter of the skirt being too short.

Yeah, must be freezing! I would freeze with this much bare leg in winter here in Sydney and it doesn't even snow o.o

Ahahaha I went to an all girls high school so of course I did this too (and so did the majority of the school LOL) XD Rolling up skirts~ <3

I can't really decide though. I think longer skirts look cute. But shorter skirts are cute too! AHGHGHHH @__@

:)

Cute! :D

I ♥ short skirts. . . ( I lol'd at the poll. . . male wins. . )

Short...long...the important are the skirts contents!^^

what if they wore a medium skirt? cmon government LET JAPANESE GIRL BE CUTER WITH MEDIUM SKIRTS

looks lot better than
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i liek rolled up skirts

I don't see what is so bad about this skirt...

Let's try this again in the Summer >_<

when i was in highschool we got into trouble because we had skirts that were TOO LONG. ahahah.