Editor’s Note ParaPara was never meant to be the main topic. 私が辿り着いたのは、ギャル文化を解体していく中で見えてきた“ズレ”だった。The gap between what people performed and what they remembered. The music, the movement, the styling — all there, but disconnected from source. だからと言って、過去を美化したいわけじゃない。But if we’re going to talk about aesthetics, taste, or even subcultural revival, we have to start with structure. What systems shaped ParaPara? Who exported it? Who flattened it? どこで音が消され、どこで映像だけが残ったのか。 This issue is about naming...