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looks like the government is finally cracking down on visual kei

Can't they arrest someone from a shittier band instead

NONONONONONONONO NOT CHANTY THEY DONT DESERVE THIS apparently shia's an airhead so i guess he had it coming hurrrdurrrr

I don't think the contents of the photos/LINE messages are all that relevant, though. Private information is private information. I wouldn't want people sharing my photos or the conversations I have with my friends on LINE to the world and I'm a nobody. Privacy is an even bigger issue for people in the entertainment industry. Even if no one on MH cares about LONDBOY, the band has a decent enough following in Japan so I could understand Rio not wanting people to spread his private life around. Especially since having a significant other often very negatively affects the career of an entertainer/musician in Japan. I mean a few years ago there was that AKB girl who shaved her head to apologize to her fans for a having a boyfriend.

except you can't be a rape apologist when there's no rape (other than in the little fantasy world you created for yourself when facts didn't go your way)

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i've seen the following speculated on tanuki... it sounds like they really don't know anything 1. drugs 2. stat rape (with Rio's case there was no way people wouldn't guess this tho) 3. ore ore sagi it's very interesting to me that like lynch. with Akinori, Chanty has seemed to be able to dodge the press for now. i really wonder what separates cases like Rio's from cases like Shia's but at this point i have nfi

Feels so weird without seeing Yuki and Masashi with them....

Until he is caught lying you have to give him the benefit of the doubt. If he is caught lying, either the police or the girl in question will dispute his version of the events with undeniable facts very shortly. I still see no proof that he intended any harm to this girl with his penis, and instead thought he could leverage his position as a band member to get easy pussy. It's creepy as fuck, shady, and very suspect, and it probably happens a lot more than we care to admit, but it doesn't automatically make him guilty. It just makes him stupid, horny, and desperate. And none of what he did absolved the girl of any blame either - I just have even less details on her so I can't say anything yet. None of us can, so there's no point getting emotionally invested in this. The real detail I want to know is what they were questioning RIO about for him to willingly divulge information about this girl and that this kind of slip up could even occur. There is a lot more to this story than the media is willing to let on.

Kamijo doesn't look like a washed up 80s rocker so I don't get why people are claiming Zin is trying to be him. He doesn't even look aristocratic this time. If he did, then you could say he's a budget Kamijo because right now I'm not seeing the similarities. And I'm not feeling this look. It's like they all belong in different bands.

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I hope it's something small like drunken disorderly conduct...

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like please! this is the proper buzzkill i swear to god if he got booked for anything more than parking tickets or weed i'll fly to japan and smack the full stop out of his name myself

yea esp with jp and their privacy laws or just a greater perceived respect for private property, i can't see why he wouldn't want to try and do damage control tbh what she had was most likely some irrelevant private convos (prolly trashing fans), purikura or nekkid sleep picz and that isn't a big deal in itself but she must have been incessant on pissing them off and so they said fak u bitch 911 halp! n then the police probably wanted more deets and as he spilt the deets about why the chick wanted rio 4 dead they realized he was a deviant vrocker and so they SLAPPED on those fucking charges

the only right answer for this is backstreet boys - everybody, my dear fito...

Now this looks like some kind of damage control, and probably the best decision he could've made imho. If the blogs are true, then he probably wasn't aware that the girl was underage (fake ids or not), and when he saw the shit was about to hit the fan, he went for spilling the beans upfront. Maybe there were dick pics or words that sounded like he was enticing minors and such. Going to the police not only ensures he is not avoiding responsibility, but shows he is willing to make himself available for questioning and follow up. it goes a long way on making the authorities trusting your story

Yes, but go deeper. What were the contents of these photos and LINE messages which were enough for him to get the police involved? There wouldn't be a threat involved unless there were some gravity to these pictures.

because rapists have never lied about their crimes before i'd rather be that than a rape apologist so go for it hun!

I don't feel an inkling of sympathy for him. As many people here have said before, many bandmen have made these same mistakes, you would think others would see this and be more careful? This ain't his first offense either, apparently so I'm starting to think he's a pedo. So yeah. Continue blaming your bandmen's stupid failures on the coo coo fangirls, when the bandmen, the actual adults, should be a lot more careful since their livelihood and freedom is on the line. Btw: sorry if I sound bitter, it isn't to anyone here in particular but I saw a shitstorm of FB comments borderline defending Rio and I legit wanted to combust

LONDBOY has also announced that they will have a oneman live on the 15th, but they're not including Rio (???) ....

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I hope he will be back soon.

GAGA was such a nice band. tohka pig squealing was on point, their two singles kicked ass... till this day I can't understand their disbandment =(

^ There were 2 blog posts, one by Rio and one by the band's official account. The contents of both are similar (half of Rio's post was an extended apology) - except in Rio's post he mentioned the girl was circulating photos of them, and in the other one it mentioned she was disclosing the contents of their LINE conversations and letters. As for the whole fake ID thing, I'm not sure if that's merely "Rio's version" of the story since (i) you'd think the official account would have verified it from a more reliable source than someone who's an alleged suspect in the case to avoid further embarrassment; and (ii) if there had been substantial discrepancies and/or reasonable doubt in Rio's account (it's a quite a bold claim after all) I doubt he would have been released so quickly.

Given the title, I'm actually a bit worried about the vocals lol. Please don't try some weird falsettos or something Kamijo.

@Donttalkbackin some way or another he didn't fit the stipulations for a "sincere romantic relationship", which as you kindly informed us up the thread, is usually determined by parental consent. if parental consent was involved he wouldn't have been arrested. what is your point with all this? the dude provided information to the police and the police found that it was sufficient enough to arrest him. if your problem is with the law itself then that's fine, but it doesn't change the reality of what happened and the fact that as it stands, what he did is considered a crime, and one he very stupidly incriminated himself of in an unrelated discussion with law enforcement.

is there a contest for the most fucked up comment award i'm not seeing or

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The scene is KNOWN for having too many underage fans; The fans are KNOWN for being crazy and doing creepy shit for their favorite musicians; Japanese enforcers are KNOWN for taking this seriously; There has been SEVERAL cases of colleages being fucked by this; There is SEVERE consequences for the careers of those who are arrested; When you see people making the same mistake for the 14098742109812th time, it stops being something to argue over, the stupidity on that level speaks for itself. If you really wanna bang that suspiciously young-looking girl that bad, ask for some ids and take pictures of it, for god's sake

inb4 they come out w/ acapella songs with a beat since there's no guitars/bass

fucking gorgeous

HAHAHAHAHA get it cuz they're all mickey mouse. They aren't the wooorst on-screen lyrics tho. I'm very interested their true visuals are still strong even with this level of gimmickry, the song itself got more engaging by the end and it sounds good overall! >arms flapping at :58 is A+ cartoonishness

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i want my faves to go into my vagina

that message dead-ass sounds like LITERALLY just about every "new dark-ish vk band trying to describe their concept" post that has ever been made in the last decade or smth

It's creepy, I'm getting Lovecraft vibes. Certainly unique. 8/10?

ugh why is it the ugly one dropping his solo CD first

also i need to note that this is the purest picture in existence: thank u koichi for killing me and giving me infinite life all in one go

I don't think it's bad at all. It's definitely a nice break from the gloom that DEG spiralled into in the DSS era. There's a mix of darkness, beauty, complexity, and strangely, playfulness. We haven't had fun songs like Cause of Fickleness and Chain Repulsion for quite a while.