Here's a very interesting trend happening now in Japan. 'Katana Joshi,' or 'katana women.' Young Japanese girls who like collecting and posing with their samurai swords. It's like a fan girl for comics and sci-fi, but replace that with badass katanas!

Basically, they're doing this:

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Super cool, huh.

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The whole trend was inspired by an online game called Touken Ranbu.

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Players take on the role of Saniwa Sage, a young girl who travels back in time to defeat evil forces.

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Not a bad trend, actually!

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