Mundane Halloween is back!
Japan does Halloween better than anyone, but best of all is the annual "mundane Halloween" contest sponsored by website @dailyportalz.
The point is to dress up as something super ordinary.
Here are some of my favorites from this year...
"Person who tried to cut their own bangs, failed, and now claims it's the latest fashion"
"Two people who wore the exact same outfit and now its super awkward"
"Person who wants to use up every bit of toothpaste in the tube"
"Foreign tourist who can't find any public garbage cans in Japan"
"Person laid off from their job in the opening scene of a film"
In a similar vein, "Random character who appears in the early stages of the TV series in order to show that if you get bitten, you become a zombie"
"Person who got confused about how to combine different sauces when eating gyōza, and now no longer even cares"
"Soy sauce"
"Person whose skeleton is being estimated by machine learning"
"Person who accidentally shook their carbonated beverage before opening it"
"Branch manager who decided to help out at the cash register"
"The champion of some sport or another"
"That mildly annoying person wearing a huge backpack and playing a smartphone game on a jam-packed train"
"Twitter engineer just fired by Elon Musk"
"What the customer actually wanted"
The above costume references the final frame from the age-old "tree swing" meme that is having a moment on social media in 2022 for some reason.
"Person whose face is blurred out on Google Street View"
"An ear of corn"
"The Ring-side Fairy" (Tamariseki no yōsei)
A mysterious woman who recently attracted attention on Japanese social media for watching sumo matches alone in a very expensive ring-side seat.
Here are some pictures of the "Ring-Side Fairy" gathered from the background of TV broadcasts
"TV newscaster reporting on a typhoon"
"People brushing their teeth in the company women's restroom on their lunch break"
"D-list celebrity acting as store manager for a special one-day promotion"
"Dad on his day off from work"
"List of family members in a beginner English language textbook"
"Person in line at a convenience store"
"The only person at the event whose name-tag string is super long for some reason"
Want even more? Here is my thread of favorite "Mundane Halloween" costumes from last year:
Still not enough? Here is my thread from 2020:
Need just a bit more?
Here is my original thread from the 2019 contest:
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