| | Writing Gone Wild: Japanese Girls' Orthographic Rebellion - Humanities Research Paper |
 | | The group solidarity function of Girl Characters was also noted by Noguchi (2005:16), who said “Sending a message in gyaru moji is considered a sign of affection, since typing it can take twice as long as inputting the same sentiment in standard Japanese.” |
| | characters” (heta moji), and is a writing practice originating in cell phone text messaging and email, but now found in other girls’ media such as this graffiti photo. |
| | Another precedent that most girls are probably unaware of, but which is a similar phenomena, are the forms of fake writing known as jindai moji (“characters from the age of the gods”). |
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