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Rationale for Renaming Page: Angura to Angura Kei[]

The page was renamed from Angura to Angura Kei to resolve a category error and ensure policy compliance. The term Angura (underground) in Japanese culture is a very broad concept that includes subjects too extreme for this wiki, such as hardcore BDSM, pictures of corpses, specific political violence, and other ToS-breaking themes cited in the previous deletion discussion.

The suffix -Kei (meaning "style" or "system") is essential because Angura Kei is the precise term used in Japanese fashion and music subcultures to designate the reproducible visual aesthetic itself; the style featuring Shironuri makeup, modified school uniforms, and Showa-era motifs.

By using Angura Kei, the page documents the fashion aesthetic without being forced to document the entire, unsafe conceptual history of the broader cultural movement. This maintains both the rigor and the safety guidelines of the wiki. Gwenanenn (talk) 17:53, 16 November 2025 (UTC)