A series of tweets by a Japanese artist depicting the various female uniforms of different high schools in Aichi Prefecture has taken the internet by storm. Her charming illustrations are positively bursting with love for both her craft and prefecture, and now we all have a handy guide to recognize the school of any uniform-wearing female high school student in Aichi!
Japanese Twitter user @petit_flare (also known as Satoimoya) has captured the hearts of Internet users the world over with her lovely illustrations of actual female high school uniforms found throughout Aichi Prefecture. Her first collection of full-color drawings on her personal site includes uniforms from 13 high schools found within Aichi Prefecture’s capital of Nagoya, while the second collection details uniforms from schools in other parts of the prefecture (the Owari and Mikawa areas).
Take a look at her soft, detailed, and moe-filled drawings below!
▼ “Uniforms representing three of Nagoya’s traditionally prestigious high schools: Shukutoku, Sugiyama, and Kinjo. Each one is different, and each one is wonderful in its own way.”
名古屋を代表する伝統的なお嬢様女子高校、SSK(淑徳・椙山・金城)の制服。どれも違ってどれも良い pic.twitter.com/NB9EIzVGku
— さといも屋@活動縮小中 (@petit_flare) August 23, 2014
▼ “I’m making a compilation of all of the uniforms within Nagoya. First up are schools in the western and northern wards of the city: Seiryo, Nagoya Nishi, Keimei Gakkan, Yamada, Kita, and Aichi Kogyo.”
#愛知県JK制服目録 名古屋市内の高校コンプリートに挑戦します。第一弾は西区・北区編。市立西陵、県立名古屋西、私立啓明学館、市立山田、市立北、県立愛知工業。 pic.twitter.com/Limgoyr4HJ
— さといも屋@活動縮小中 (@petit_flare) April 18, 2015
▼ “Next up are seven schools in the Nakamura and Nakagawa wards: Doho, Nakamura, Shoin, Meijo University Senior High, Tomida, Nagoya Kogyo, and Nakagawa Shogyo.”
#愛知県JK制服目録 名古屋市中村区・中川区編。
— さといも屋@活動縮小中 (@petit_flare) April 19, 2015
私立同朋、県立中村、県立松蔭、私立名城大学附属、市立富田、市立工業(名市工)、県立中川商業の7校です。 pic.twitter.com/aiemhH1lcF
▼ “I received more information so I’m making a supplement. The Nagoya Kogyo uniform has two diagonal, ‘sailor blue’-colored stripes on the back collar which are very cute. Since there are only about 30-40 female students in the entire school, and the school is far from the center of Nagoya, I don’t get to see this uniform very often.”
リプ頂いたので補足。名古屋市立工業高校の後ろ襟はブルーの斜めラインが2本入ったセーラーカラーで可愛いです。全校で女子が30~40人程しかおらず、また名古屋の中心街から離れたところに立地しているため、なかなか見かけることのできない制服。 pic.twitter.com/Ty1uN5HAQa
— さといも屋@活動縮小中 (@petit_flare) April 19, 2015
Here’s a post advertising one of her completed collections of artwork:
▼ “I’ve completed my introductory dojinshi for the 13 high school uniforms within Nagoya! I plan to distribute it at the ‘Comic Live in Nagoya’ event on December 14, 2014. People who can’t come can order it here. I’m looking forward to seeing you all!”
名古屋市内の高校13校の制服を紹介する同人誌が完成しました!12月14日のコミックライブ名古屋にて頒布予定です。来られない方は通販(https://t.co/vXakMmfzC5)でもご購入いただけます!ぜひよろしくお願いします! pic.twitter.com/btAxKCmJKG
— さといも屋@活動縮小中 (@petit_flare) November 26, 2014
According to some of her other tweets, Satoimoya doesn’t take direct requests to transform real school uniforms into illustrated form, but she does take notice when people leave her messages such as “___ school’s uniform is cute!” with a photo attached. Hmm…
Interested fans can support the talented Satoimoya by purchasing her artbooks here for a mere 300 yen (US$2.52) each. That’s a small price to pay for hours of entertainment gazing at adorable moe illustrations and brushing up on your knowledge of Aichi high schools, wouldn’t you say?
Source: Togech
Images: Twitter (@petit_flare), Pixiv (Satoimoya)
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