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In contemporary Japanese settings, kimono is often shorthand for "this character appreciated the traditional Good Old Ways". Even people who wouldn't normally even think of abandoning the comfort of Western wear, will go out of their way to wear fancy kimono for formal celebrations and events. For more information about kimono, see the useful notes. For specifically kimono-flavoured Fan Service, both sexual and not so, see Kimono Fanservice. Examples of Kimono Is Traditional include:

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  • In contemporary Japanese settings, kimono is often shorthand for "this character appreciated the traditional Good Old Ways". Even people who wouldn't normally even think of abandoning the comfort of Western wear, will go out of their way to wear fancy kimono for formal celebrations and events. For more information about kimono, see the useful notes. For specifically kimono-flavoured Fan Service, both sexual and not so, see Kimono Fanservice. Examples of Kimono Is Traditional include:
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  • In contemporary Japanese settings, kimono is often shorthand for "this character appreciated the traditional Good Old Ways". Even people who wouldn't normally even think of abandoning the comfort of Western wear, will go out of their way to wear fancy kimono for formal celebrations and events. For more information about kimono, see the useful notes. For specifically kimono-flavoured Fan Service, both sexual and not so, see Kimono Fanservice. Kimono is a likely wear-of-choice for Yamato Nadeshiko, and will underline her such qualities Up to Eleven. An elderly character wearing kimono will likely represent the traditional ways, demanding respect as the iron-fisted matri- or patriarch of their family. Sometimes the whole family is dressed this way, and might seem stuck in the Middle Ages when it comes to values. If the Shrinking Violet fianceé or would-be-so is shown in kimono, expect her to have been brought up in "Kyoto style". In short, character wearing a kimono daily means that they will most likely follow the expected ideal of a Japanese person of their age, sex and position. In a notable exception, however, a working age male daily wearer reads as somewhat of a rebel, as he most likely won't be a white-collar salaryman. In modern Japan, the skill of dressing up in a kimono and carrying it is largely limited to dancers, geisha and such, and afficinandos. Being able to dress oneself up in a kimono is oh-so-WOW, while yukata-wearing skill is more like a citizen responsibility. Kimonos are also not cheap by any means. Thus, daily kimono wearer characters have a certain aura of elite in the Japanese mind. Note that simply wearing yukata does not qualify a character to be Traditional In Kimono -- it's considered a different type of garment altogether in Japan, and has different connotations. Similarly on the opposite end, wearing an uchikake, i.e. a loose, unfastened outer kimono on top of the normal kimono, in normal conditions (outside weddings) multiplies all the traditionalness, class, and wealth indications the kimono itself gives to a character. Examples of Kimono Is Traditional include:
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