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“Women thus embrace the harmlessness and innocence of shōjo by enthusiastically consuming cute merchandise, while delaying their roles as wives and mothers.” Kawaii culture is classified by ...

(By the time Westerners adopted the cute life, Japan had a wealth of kawaii animal characters to offer.) “UwU” — the emoticon pronounced “oo-woo,” representing a smitten face that would ...

That means, viewing cute images makes people’s attention narrower. These effects are interpreted as a consequence of the function of kawaii. Kawaii is a positive emotion that is associated with ...