It works like this: the guy is going off to college and if he has girl admirers, they chase him down for one of his buttons from his high school uniform. I've seen this only in shoujo manga books and I'm guessing that this probably happens in real life because it's a repetitive theme. What does it mean? Is it like the girls getting a piece of the guy before he goes off to college? Or does the guy give it to the girl he's interested in? Lastly, does it work with girls too like the girl giving the guy one of her school uniform buttons?
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its guys giving to girls only i believe, the tradition came about as a result of the second button on a guy's school jacket uniform being the one "closest to his heart" and several girls might ask but he's supposed to give it to the one girl that he really likes. I guess it might be a like their "last chace at highschool love" before they go off to college. also some girls may feel braver asking on the last day of school if she knows she wont have to face her classmates and the guy who rejected her after that day.
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On the day when we have graduation ceremony, some girls come to and ask guys" Can you give me the second button" Why we call the button SECOND, because this is from the upper button. I'm not sure if you know our old style school uniform, though, there are 5 or 6six buttons on the unfirom. The color is black and there is stand-up collor.. ahh absolutely you know it caz you have many Japanse shoujo comics. and,, what?? Why the girls want the second button, caz this button is located near heart,, the guy's heart. This has very important meaning for girls. I'm 26 man. When I was a junior high school student, we saw that matter. But I don't know whether it is happening recently. BTW,, I have not been asked by girls for my second button...,,lol
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Naoki summarized the reason why it should be 2nd button only very well perfectly. Yes it is sort of pure first love memento for girls. Girls at some HS often do so asking abashedly but competitively in Japan.. Boys normally don't care about that kind of things because they are always not too romantic, dude. The boy who is requested has option to decline either.
