Naruru and Ruruna: ganguro?

[Sailor Cybertron]

I recently started roleplaying some minor manga characters again, and since Ruruna is one of them, it led me to wonder: are Naruru and Ruruna supposed to be ganguro?

For those who don't know, ganguro is a Japanese fashion trend where girls try to achieve a valley-girl/hip-hop look. The result is pretty creepy, and usually involves lots and lots of fake tans.

Anyway, in Chibiusa's Picture Diary, they show up looking fresh and crispy:



In this artbook picture -- the only color picture of them -- they look nice, normal, and pale. Ganguro didn't really take off as a fashion trend until about 2000 or so, but I think it began at some point in the '90s. Either way, Naruru and Ruruna display a lot of ganguro traits.

Or maybe Occam's Razor rears its ugly head and says they're just otaku who love fashion items.

[michael]

They also have wings in the artbook picture so I think it can be safely discounted

[Rissachu]

Well, ganguro also usually comes with bleach blonde hair and really gross looking white lipstick and white makeup around the the eyes.

[AmyAnn]

I guess they can be said to be Ganguro. As the article said, some are now going for the blonde -> brown colours with more natural coloured make-up. Naruru and Ruruna show alot of Ganguro styles which were described as being popular in the 90's. However, this is just my opinion. Some people may think that they aren't, but I say that they were unfluenced by the ganguro trend.