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Menhera (メンヘラ) is a Japanese slang term refering to people that are suffering from mental illness or are in need of mental health care. It is derived from the words "mental", "health", and the suffix "er", meaning "mental healther". Originally, it was born in 2channel's mental health board as a nickname for its users. Due to the negative stigma associated with mental health and illness, it is sometimes abused in a discriminating manner. However, in the recent years, it has evolved into a mental health awareness subculture that tries to change the view on mental health in Japan.
"My sister is beautiful, cheerful, bright, and homely", but she is actually a Menhera girl.
Menhera by Kurumi Nanase October 21, 2020
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メンヘラ (Menhera) is Japanese internet slang for somebody who has, likely suffers from mental illness or needs help for their mental illness.
The term was seemingly popularized on 2Channel's (now 5Channel as of late 2017) mental health board Menherer (now Menhera) and was originally abbreviated as "Menhel", deriving from the word "mental health".

It does not refer to any mental illness in specific but is moreso an ambiguous term of nuance.
Although Menhera is intentionally different from previous slurs and used to avoid discrimination, there is still a stigma surrounding it.
Being that Menhera are mentally unstable and their behavior can escalate very quickly: stalking, throwing tantrums, attention-seeking, testing their partner's loyalty and threatening self harm.
In the late 2010s, Menhera began to emerge in the form of a fashion through the substyle 'Yami Kawaii', that would challenge Japanese society's views on mental health bluntly. Pastel medical accessories like syringes, pins with nooses + pills and vent art on oversized clothing on full display.
A series of satire comics by Bisuko Ezaki titled "Wrist cut warrior Menherachan/メンヘラチャン" that originally started off as vent art became popularized through Yami Kawaii as well.

The character has now become a staple in the fashion. However, controversy arose when in early 2019, Ezaki trademarked the word 'Menhera'.

It has since been bastardized as only a 'sickly cute aesthetic' by westerners on Instagram.
"Dating a menhera is already a hassle, imagine trying to break up with them"
Menhera by TriMeruu October 9, 2020

Menhera-Chan

Menhera-Chan is a name used for 2 characters that are visual representations of the japanese term Menhera, which refers to people that are suffering from mental illnesses.

The first one is the character made by Bisuko Ezaki in 2013 who is the unofficial face of yami kawaii, a form of Japanese kawaii subculture that connects cuteness to darker themes including depression, self-harm, and other forms of mental illnesses.

She looks like a small girl with two pink pigtails in purple bows. She wears a pink schoolgirl uniform, white tights, and a pair of black loafers. Her left arm is bound with white bandages, and she wears a purple bow around her neck with a red heart brooch attached to it. Lastly, she wears a kagome crest on her neck, which symbolizes a union of opposites.

The second one is from the Manga "Menhera Shoujo Kurumi-chan" created by Pom in 2018. It's a story about the younger brother "Taichi" who is swung around by his older sister "Kurumi Nanase" also referred to as Menhera-Chan.

This version of Menhera-Chan is a small girl with brown hair, a black oversized hoodie, black thigh highs and wears black platform shoes. She also has a twin sister "Konomi Nanase" who looks almost identical, but has shorter hair, different shoes and doesn't wear high socks.

She is well known for a bunch of stickers that are used all over the internet, especially Discord.

Many trans people (especially transfem) relate to her, because of her clothes and general appearance.
Person 1: Who is she, and why has she seemingly taken over all trans/egg memes?

Person 2: It's Menhera-Chan.
Menhera-Chan by UnduGT July 2, 2026

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The Metherall 

The act of shitting viciously for hours...unitl your ass is swollen, bloody and is in unbelievable pain. This causes hardening and discomfort. The only remedy is for a 4 inch gerbil with shark like teeth to eat through the inner layers of the buttocks and deflates the entire anus back to it normal size.
After having an incredible case of montezuma's revenge, Pat sent his grilfriend to the nearest pet store in search of a gerbil that could help cure his worsening case of the Metherall's
The Metherall by b38 July 31, 2006
Meheraj's are usually intelligent. They laugh a lot and are very socially interactive . Everyone like them, but they fail in love. They dont get the first love (sed right?), but they still smile🙂.
Meheraj's always smile.
Meheraj by Zara 143 February 3, 2022