Listen, LISTEN; Im Not Saying That Klaus And Diego Hargreeves Have My Entire Heart, BUT They Do

Listen, LISTEN; I’m not saying that Klaus and Diego Hargreeves have my entire heart, BUT they do

Please throw. (press play to hear sweet, pleading mews)

❛❛Sᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀʙʟᴀᴢᴇ❜❜

We salute a very fearless warrior

Vintage Japan style or Taisho Roman

That's the aesthetic that you can see in now popular mangas/animes like 'Demon Slayer' or 'Toilet-bound Hanako-kun'

Or my beloved anime/manga series ''Sayonara zetsubou sensei ''

It's a Taisho era fashion style, which is a mix of traditional Japanese fashion and a western and military elements. Some art and fashion prints also influenced by art deco/ modern art style (or, on the opposite, the art deco is originally inspired by oriental culture).

Before that was the Meiji era, which was the start of interfering of western fashion into Japanese culture, but mostly was used by officials and military.

So if you see:

Kimono/hakama over a tall necked western shirt or military jacket

Kimono plus lace up boots (both boys and girls)

It looks like Edo drama village but has some simple electricity (see 'Demon Slayer'), trains, etc.

Cute maid suits like kimono plus western apron and leather boots instead of geta, aka Taisho maid (as seen on Love Nikki)

A military style cap in school uniform for boys (though it's said that some use it nowadays too)

Then welcome to the Taisho era style romance.

The term "Taisho Roman" refers to the cultural stylings of the Taisho Period of Japanese history (1912-1926), combined with the shortened form 'romantic'. An appropriate English translation might be "romantic vintage". (Source: https://bellecon.fandom.com/)

Sensei is wearing the hakama over western shirt and lace-up boots. Classic. But the anime itself isn't set in the era, but it's visual's have that style.

The Taisho has also been called Japan’s Jazz Age. Following the modernising of the Meiji it was characterised by the phrase ‘ero-guro-nonsensu‘ — eroticism, grotesquerie, nonsense. Tokyo spawned its own café society, literacy was on the up and men and women achieved more political and personal freedom than ever before. The period also took in such momentous events as siding with the Allies in WW1, the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and the vote being given to all males over twenty-five in 1925. This was a time of tumultuous change.(Source: https://blog.alltheanime.com/the-taisho-trilogy/ )

If you know any more examples of manga/anime, inspired by Taisho Roman, please share.

The ones I found yet, except for aforementioned ones:

Taishō Baseball Girls (is set in the era but somehow I don't feel the vintage vibes)

Ojousama no untenshu (manga)

Koi tsukiyo no himegoto (manga)

Episode 11 ''Bakeneko'' of ''Mononoke TV''.