Pingmag's interview with Magibon, the girl who made Youtube videos of herself staring at the camera and became really popular in Japan. I wrote a blog post about her a long time ago at http://www.jessyoko.com/blog... and it's still the most popular, most commented entry on my blog. - Jess Lee from Bookmarklet

She looks a little strange - Shevonne

She makes me want to punch babies. >_< - Alvin Woon

Well... she is a cute little thing. I don't get it though. - Yolanda

Anime eyes must be the attraction -- emphasized by the distortion of the webcam? - Brian Sullivan

マギボンて日本以外でも有名なんかね？ - Akira Miyamoto

@Akira: She has fans in other countries as well, but I'd say she's more popular in Japan than anywhere else. She gained fame on 2chan with Japanese users, and it was the Japanese media that invited her to perform on shows and stuff. - Jess Lee

あーGyaoの取材が来たってやつね　そうそう　お返事ありがとね @Jessﾀﾝ - Akira Miyamoto

To, uh, "perform"? With perform meaning stare at the camera and say nothing? What has this world come to? And get her off my lawn! <sigh> - Adam Lasnik

i spotted a weaboo. u forgot to show the pic celebrarting her scary tooth..i think its part of the phenomenon ;) - Chris Hofmann

i like her teeth (remind me of a bunny) - minus-one

she does resemble an idealized anime character, but i fear the attraction/popularity might be a bit more dark in nature. - Cee Bee

I'm agreeing with cee bee here. I hate to be all jaded and skeptical about such things, but...uh... - Lainie

cynical perhaps, but the the idolatry of "cuteness" with young female imagery in japan stems from a cultural dysfunction that borders on the illicit - Cee Bee

She's hypnotizing me! - George The Writer

I agree with Cee Bee that part of her appeal is she looks younger than her age, which from what I understand, is a prized commodity in Japan. - MVB (Grinch of FF)

This is the worst thing ever. - Chris Baskind

I think the taboo word we are looking for is hebephilia. - Alvin Woon

http://kotaku.com/5119471... - Chris Hofmann

hebephilia, hmm... i prefer to call it "moe" 萌え (don't really like words with "-philia" part) - minus-one

@Alvin - not really. Finding her attractive though she looks young (but pubescent) would not indicate hebephilia unless it was an exclusive or overwhelming trend in someones preferences. Even at that, she is perfect for the Japanese market anyway. All that said, she has HUGE eyes and she is just damn cute. - Soulhuntre

pathogenisation is the only way to deal with uncommon things for freudians :) im happy to be immune to that as a deleuzian lol - Chris Hofmann

@Chris Hofmann actually, hebephilia is pretty much the word (it gets it right, ne?); it's just that i'm not ready to be called "hebephil"... better "otaku" (・ω・) - minus-one

I'm not a huge fan of intentional cuteness. Maybe that's why I don't really enjoy this. It just irritates me. - Lainie