Bored under lockdown, Japanese gravure idol draws illustrations on her butt to entertain fans

One gravure idol is so proud of her buttocks that she used them as the “paper” for telling a kamishibai-style story.

Kamishibai (literally “paper plays”) are old types of street theater storytelling with a narrator and illustrated boards. Though it is very rare to see it outdoors in Japan now, you can still find kamishibai events for children.

Maity is a G-cup idol who is ostensibly head of the “thong squad.” She got a friend to draw illustrations on her butt cheeks.

The story seems to be able two friends who get separated.

Maity then shared the results with fans in a series of posts on Twitter, one per day.

This is an original and savvy way to raise her own profile and accumulate a following on social media. Maity has just released an image video DVD, which is probably not coincidental.

Here’s a look “behind the scenes.”

And here are Maity’s buttocks sans kamishibai.

It’s not made explicitly clear but we suspect this stunt was inspired by a lack of work and/or lack of other means of doing publicity during the semi-lockdown situation in Japan.

It’s a tough time for the gravure industry, since photo shoots are basically out of the question or very difficult to do given the current coronavirus-induced state of emergency that has shut down many services in Japan.

Magazines are still publishing and new content is appearing somehow, but we expect a lot of gradols and their jimusho (agencies) will be out of pocket due to the pandemic. The majority of idols didn’t actually earn much to start with. It’s a common misconception of the industry that idols earn a lot of money. Let’s support them in any way we can! Especially if they are telling stories with their butt cheeks.