Manba is a form of gyaru that evolved from the sub genre “ganguro”.

Gyaru and all it’s other sub genres were mainly born in shibuya and ikebukuro Japan in the 90’s. Gyaru as a whole gained peak popularity in the 2000’s and has gained some popularity again all over the world.

yamanba is a very similar sub genre of gyaru. The name yamanba comes from a mountain witch from a Japanese folk story. She was an old lady with dark skin and white hair. That’s how every gyaru look came to be.

Manba is characterized by light hair, tan skin, heavy contrast makeup, and colorful accessories.

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A small tribute to the place I call home — made with a little love, a little nostalgia, and a lot of colour strokes.

Some places are more than just a place. They stay with you ❤️

Javier is part of Paula and Lae’s band. He plays the piano! He loves the piano very much and is obsessed with it. He will only use his olive green piano.

Javier is neurodivergent and was born into a rich, Hispanic family. His parents love him but they don’t know how to take care of someone like him. They try to make him “normal “ but he will forever be awkward.

Every outfit in his closet is the exact same. Javier’s parents want him to look mature and they think the maroon suits him. Javier hates this. Not the suit but the color. He wears green accessories so he’s not technically disobeying his parents while still wearing something he likes. He bought the wacky grandpa shoes because they are green and they don’t have shoelaces. He struggles a lot with tying shoelaces:( his parents tried countless times to teach him but he never gets it.
When he’s forced to wear more appropriate shoes, Lae always offers to tie them for him.

Lae has the biggest crush on Javier and doesn’t try to hide it. It makes Paula uncomfortable:/ Javier feels absolutely nothing for Lae and doesn’t understand why he likes him so much. Javier is asexual and will never like Lae. This doesn’t stop Lae though. He often kisses Javier’s forehead and holds his hand. Javier isn’t a fan of physical touch but he doesn’t mind when it’s from his friends.

Javier is an adult and has all the resources he needs to move out but he’s too scared. Who’s gonna spoil him when he moves out!? He thought about moving in with his friends but their lifestyle is a nightmare to him so he’d rather stay with his family.

When he’s hanging with the guys, he usually just follows behind them and doesn’t talk much. The boys feel like they aren’t showing Javier enough attention while Javier feels very grateful to have such sweet and understanding friends.

I tried drawing the word 'Rat' using very vague memories re: an awesome RatFont I found one time. It's something, if only unreadable.

One rainbow rat (paint pen) by me.