Garusaa are the main representatives of this tribe. The term garusaa (gals’ circle) came from a 2006 Nihon Television series which dramatized “circles” (groups) of young women who held music and dance events in nightclubs. It combined garu (gal) with ibesaa (event circle), a term which received wide attention in the early 2000s.
These young women, sharing the same “gal” fashion sense and values, make connections with “gals” in other regions. Several garusaa often collaborate on the same events, which become very big. Within Tokyo, dozens of circles may gather, bringing together 500 people in all.
The problem in this tribe is that although they have a lot of connections, relying only on word-of-mouth information via cell phone results in their opening homogeneous chat groups. As can be expected in such a group, information sources tend to be biased.
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