Remember, Girls, Farting Is Okay!

オナラは本当にはずしくないよ！ねぇ、私は男の人だから、そう言うね。かわいい日本人の女の人もオナラを出来るかな。

Girls, have you ever been in a situation when your stomach was growling or your intestines were working, but just weren’t comfortable farting?  End these embarrassing situations just by listening to “Onara hazukashikunai yo!” (Farting isn’t embarrassing!), as previously featured on Twitter.  In the music video, three girls forming the group Onara Lovely dance and release pink hearts sliding down between their butt cheeks while Satopuu, the lead dancer, sings the lyrics guaranteed to convince you that ripping a good one isn’t just acceptable for guys, but for girls too!

Would the effectiveness of this little gig be lowered if I reveal that the singer is a cross-dresser?  The young man is Satoshi Kanada, an actor and comedian who was born in the prefecture of Aichi, not far from my girlfriend’s hometown.  Him and his partner Akiyoshi Kawashima form the Tokyo comedian duo, Hannya.  I suppose he spends his spare time dressing up in the way typical young city girls do in Shibuya.

The video is made to defend the righteousness of farts to children as it is included in the kids show “Pirameki” on TV Tokyo.  Not only they talk about cutting the cheese, but they also have a tough-looking mascot resembling Mr. T in a 3D style from the 80’s.  (Remember “Money For Nothing” or the first “Virtua Fighter?”)

If you like the video above, here’s another one.  It’s the same dance, but the introduction scene is with a different reluctant girl.

In case you haven’t figured it out yet, “onara” is the Japanese word for “fart.”  Consider this your bonus Japanese vocabulary word for today.  Please use it wisely.

Will you start dancing or singing this song after every fart from now on?  If you’re interested, and you can read Japanese, learn the lyrics!  Also, be warned, farts from women can smell just as bad as men’s.