Hanky Code~ Tenimyu

[samurai_jun]

Okay, I was doing some random researching about gay symbolism and I stumbled across this. It's an article about an early form of gay symbolism called the "Hanky Code". Basically, a gay guy would wear a colored hankerchief normally in a backpocket to show what his preferred role in a relationship was (left for seme, right for uke). The colors themselves also had their symbolism as well (ex. Red-black stripe means "into bears"). However, this can also apply to anything that can hang (minus the colors), which brings me to what I saw in Tenimyu.

In Tenimyu Dream Live 3rd, if I applied the hanky code (or at least the side thing) to the characters' casual clothes, I'd find this:
- Ootori's chain on his pants is hanging off the right
- Shishido's belt is hanging off the left
- Oshitari's chain is hanging off the left
- Ryoma's cap is flipped on the right
- Hiyoshi's scarf was tied on the left
- Kaido had a black bandana sticking out of his right pocket
- I'm not sure if this is right, but I saw something hanging out of Fuji's pocket or something on the left

However, I don't think that was any symbolism for fanservice whatsoever because I also noticed this:
- Momo's chain was hanging off the right
- Tezuka's scarf was tied on the right
- Everyone else was hard to confirm because they either didn't have anything hanging or it was hanging in a place where it was hard to tell which side it was on.

Oh well, that's my babbling for today!