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Maybe related: [Attire for a Japanese summer festival: Why don't the boys
dress up for the summer festival while their dates
do?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67619/attire-for-a-japanese-
summer-festival-why-dont-the-boys-dress-up-for-the-summe)

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This doesn't seem to be talked about in the anime or even in the manga. We
just see the 3 other student council peeps meeting up in the background of
Kaguya's thoughts:

S01E11:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eGbD0.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eGbD0.jpg)

Chapter 44:

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dhM34.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dhM34.png)

This however is brought up in the movie:

Chika (Fujiwara) asks this.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lpqHY.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lpqHY.jpg)

Miyuki responds claiming to always wanting to have awareness of being
president of their school's student council.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/44bJf.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/44bJf.jpg)

Yu (Ishigami) asks (jokingly? semi-jokingly?) if it was because Miyuki didn't
have any fireworks attire or something.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6UDIT.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6UDIT.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sRX3c.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sRX3c.jpg)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6gXth.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6gXth.jpg)

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Questions:

  1. Why does Miyuki REALLY attend the fireworks festival in school uniform? Seems like we can only speculate, but I'm wondering if perhaps some native Japanese or at least people familiar with Japanese culture will be able to shed some light here. Does Miyuki actually have no, what do you call it, yukata or something? Or what?

  2. It is indeed weird or something to attend the fireworks festival in a school uniform, right? Or what?


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Attire for a Japanese fireworks festival: Why does Miyuki (Shirogane) REALLY attend in school uniform?


I guess it is simply a character thing for Shirogane. That is, the black
uniform (and the chain) more or less works as a symbol for him.

Realistically, boys wear only white shirts without the black jacket (like
[this image (top right)](https://www.ookuraya.jp/ktc_top.html)). It is just
too hot in Tokyo. So the answer to 2 is that it is already weird to wear the
black jacket in summer in the first place wherever he is. Being in school
uniform to watch fireworks is not common, but won't be that eye-catching.

The clothes Fujiwara wears is called
[yukata](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B4%E8%A1%A3). In modern Japan,
people wear this in summer, especially for festive days (and note that
fireworks is a summer thing in Japan). What Ishigami(?) is wearing in the last
picture is called [jinbei](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%9A%E5%B9%B3),
which got popularity as summer wear more recently.


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Shirogane does not have much clothes besides his student uniform. In chapter
119, he says,

> I've cut down on expenses the last couple of years... for the sake of our
> family. I've only bought second-hand clothes for myself, and this is the
> thanks I get?

He also says,

> Since I started high school, I've just worn my uniform when I go out. The
> only clothes I've bought these last couple of years is a hoodie and a pair
> of sweatpants to wear at home.

Additionally, what clothes he does have are a fashion nightmare, as Kei finds
out. When she lambasts him for having the fashion sense of an eighth grader
for the weird clothes he picks out, he tells her that these are indeed clothes
he bought while in the eighth grade, since he hasn't bought any new clothes
for himself recently.

Thus, his uniform is really the only safe choice for him to go out in. As the
president, he probably does want to wear his uniform and gold chain to
represent the school, but he also says,

> It's true. I'd like to dress fashionably if I had the money. I want to wear
> nice clothes when I go out. But I know Shinomiya's clothes are all super
> expensive designer labels... My uniform is the nicest, most expensive outfit
> I own. If I allow myself to want new clothes, I'll never stop shopping. The
> best way to curb my desire... is to suppress any interest in clothing. But
> Kei is a girl... I saved money so she could spend it on nice clothes.

Since it's been asked whether Shirogane even owns a yukata (or other festival
attire): In season 2 episode 2 “ _Kaguya Wants to Know / Kaguya Wants to Give
a Gift / Chika Fujiwara Wants to Confirm It_ ” Kei says her family has agreed
that birthdays are wastes of money. This characterizes her family quite a bit.
I cannot say with certainty whether Miyuki Shirogane owns a yukata or not,
however, given how frugal and cash-strapped he and his family are, in lieu of
any further information, I would conclude that it is unlikely. Any kind of
attire that's only going to get worn a few times a year (or maybe not at all
if he doesn't go to any festivals) would be a waste of money in Shirogane's
eyes.


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