Uchiha Mai took the bundle off his back, opened it in front of the three women, and laid out the custom-made outfits before them. They were, impressively, three sets of oiran costumes.
In truth, oiran costumes were not particularly different in style from ordinary kimono. Their colors were merely more vibrant, and their patterns more flamboyant.
But then again, ordinary kimono were not necessarily devoid of vibrant colors either.
The kimono Orochimaru, Danzo, Jiraiya, and the others usually wore were fairly monochromatic. The kimono Uchiha Mai normally wore were no less colorful than oiran costumes.
With looks as a foundation, anything would look good on him.
And the oiran costumes Uchiha Mai had custom-made for the three women had been specially modeled after the outfits worn by the GARNiDELiA trio in one of their music videos.
Black backgrounds covered in scattered flowers, slightly shorter skirts, paired with roomy shorts—they did not look frivolous at all. Instead, they looked lively and energetic.
"Subarashii!"
Kushina picked up the clothes before her, spread them open, and liked them more the longer she looked. Unable to contain herself, she praised them aloud.
"What's so subarashii about them?"
Tsunade folded her arms across her chest, glanced at the performance outfit in Kushina's hands, and complained, "Aren't the colors a little too vivid?
They're gaudy as all hell, like a male peacock in heat eagerly spreading its tail to attract females.
Only some clueless brat who had just entered puberty would like clothes this flashy."
Tsunade's words carried a pointed implication, and she accidentally revealed her true age.
Young people liked more eye-catching clothes to show off how different they were, while Tsunade had clearly passed that stage of life.
Uchiha Mai dressed flamboyantly because he had no choice.
If he did not draw attention to