Editor's Note: Lessons in Legacy I want to preface this issue by saying one’s inner strength is always their sharpest weapon. For nearly two decades, I lived and breathed Gyaru from the outside. I believed my place was to admire from afar — to document the story without standing beside those who built it. Collaboration always felt possible, but only among others in the Gaijin Gyaru community. People like me: passionate, dedicated, but still looking in. That changed with this issue. Somewhere...