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Show Yourself (again)
plastic_rainbow and 6 others reacted to Gesu for a post in a topic
Might delete later but here's me with no makeup and two eyes, what d'you guys think -
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new demo band "モア" (MORE) has formed
Luminous and 4 others reacted to platy for a post in a topic
Everyone in vk needs to take creativity workshops before naming their band. -
3 pointsboth my computer and my brain are dead after writing that huge tradeoff post
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Musicians who used to be Visual Kei, but now are in normal bands
Komorebi and 2 others reacted to Tokage for a post in a topic
Psycho Le Cemu's vocalist Daishi has his band The ROMEO, basically just your standard rockabilly. Shinjuku Gewalt & FLOPPY's Toda Hiromu is (was? idk if they're still around) also involved in a band called NESS, as far as I know they're not really tied to the VK scene. Sasabuchi Hiroshi (ex Plastic Tree) has gone on to play in the shoegaze bands Tokyo Shoegazer and CQ I believe Shuuji 1 (ex cali gari) went on to be in a bunch of punk bands, never really saw member pics of any of them so idk how visual they were Would The God and Death Stars still count as VK? Otherwise I guess you could add Aie to the list as well, his project The Madcap Laughs was definitely not VK at least -
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News forum rules updated: don't start off a thread with a copypaste of the original J
Ada Suilen and 2 others reacted to suji for a status update
News forum rules updated: don't start off a thread with a copypaste of the original Japanese text of the topic you're covering. It looks out of place and therefore looks very low effort/lazy, because of the extra work other users have to do to translate and correct the post. Again, the news forum is a cooperative effort, so if you need any help with certain topics, we're here to help! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to shoot me a message! -
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Pregnancy
colorful人生 and 2 others reacted to Peace Heavy mk II for a post in a topic
you're ready to be a lv. 5 girlfriend? -
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Show Yourself (again)
reminiscing2004 and 2 others reacted to Karma’s Hat for a post in a topic
been a while since there was a face to the name -
2 points'Ho boy. continuous cover-session band, "麺はコシが命" (Menwa Koshi ga Inochi) (formed in 2018) has formed into new limited-time/demo band called "モア" (MORE) (not to be confused with the superior More which is sadly going on hiatus this year...) on January 19. They will hold their first live on April 28 at Archemi's sponsored event at Live House RUMIO. Hopefully they change their name when their demo period ends... [lineup] Vo.ハヤト (hayato) (ex-MEL (on Gt.) -->テマネキ (Temaneki) --> 麺はコシが命 (Menwa Koshi ga Inochi)) Gt.ミナギ (minagi) (ex-ジェミニア (Jeminia) --> 麺はコシが命 (Menwa Koshi ga Inochi)) Gt.XeXe (麺はコシが命 (Menwa Koshi ga Inochi/ as 壇)) Ba.流 (ryu) (ex-Revine --> 麺はコシが命 (Menwa Koshi ga Inochi)) Dr.詩乃 (sino) (麺はコシが命 (Menwa Koshi ga Inochi)) Twitter
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Musicians who used to be Visual Kei, but now are in normal bands
Reiko and one other reacted to violetchain for a post in a topic
Oh, I can't believe I didn't mention ZIGZO! I'm sure most people know them, but because I saw someone who thought Tetsu dropped off the map or something once: ZIGZO is made up of Tetsu from MALICE MIZER, Sakura from L'Arc~en~Ciel and Ryo and Den from BY-SEXUAL. Plus Tetsu also has the bands nil, The JUNEJULYAUGUST, THE BLACK COMET CLUB BAND and Indies Denryoku, although ZIGZO is probably the only project of his that qualifies as "successful". -
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Musicians who used to be Visual Kei, but now are in normal bands
returnal and one other reacted to suji for a post in a topic
I edited my first post with Junna's new project, but yeah he's in a doujin project called Ariabl'eyeS with two female vocalists. Strangely he still has the vk look going, so that's good to see~ -
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DADAROMA new maxi-single "デンドロビューム" (Dendrobium) release
PIZAZ and one other reacted to deadman for a post in a topic
捨て猫のロンド (Sute Neko no Rondo) So after xaa xaa’s sad doggo song, they make this abandon cat song, I hope its planned move by both of them to start the animal abuse kei revolution. -
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キズ (Kizu) new single "平成" release
raspberrynilla and one other reacted to frayed for a post in a topic
Basically they wanted to release the Heisei PV today and had every intention to, but they weren’t satisfied with the result yet - so rather than give us something they weren’t satisfied with yet, to tide us over, they made the lyric video for us -
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new demo band "モア" (MORE) has formed
PIZAZ and one other reacted to IGM_Oficial for a post in a topic
Yeeeees Loki slayyyy Oh, wait -
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ユナイト (UNiTE.) new maxi-single release
colorful人生 and one other reacted to The Piass for a post in a topic
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キズ (Kizu) new single "平成" release
Ozileras10 and one other reacted to Karma’s Hat for a post in a topic
Fucking boo what happened. What are those riffs? They sound like they came from Seremedy or some shit -
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When you’ve been a huge fan of an old VK band for years and you finally decide to get
monkeybanana4 and one other reacted to robkun for a status update
When you’ve been a huge fan of an old VK band for years and you finally decide to get some stuff of theirs, and their band name is sooooo fuckin awkward that your folks see it and are like “..the fuck?” Lolol -
2 pointsExactly. When @BrenGun said what he said, I don't think he meant to emphasise the gender of the parent. One of the parents does need to stay at home and look after the children (or at least, a relative or trusted friend). Not to give you my life story here, but I think it'd help to put this into perspective so no-one gets #triggered. In my case, it was my mother who worked and my father who looked after my brother and I until he passed away (nine years ago today, it's March 19th here in England), then my mother quit work and the task of looking after me was delegated to my brother until we were both a little older and I was more able to look after myself and my brother got his own job. My mother then started working part-time, but even with a part-time job she was never around to look after because... well, because she was a shitty parent, to put it bluntly. Not having someone around to look after me really fucked me up. Even if one of the parents works - hell, even if both of the parents work - they should still be dedicated to their child. Yes, having a career is good for you and your family (in fact, it's arguably essential for you and your family), but not if you put it before your family. Regardless of how you spend your time away from your family, you absolutely have to be committed, because the children suffer greatly if you're not. Besides, if they're babies, I don't think you have any excuse to go out all the time without them instead of looking after them unless you absolutely have to (e.g. work, doctor's appointments, etc). I'm not saying you wouldn't be a good mother personally, but it's not the sort of thing you can gamble with, so spend some months thinking about it before you make a decision. All the best x
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Pregnancy
suji and one other reacted to 123Sandman321 for a post in a topic
If you are willing to sacrifice the well-being of your child for your career, you shouldn't have your own children in the first place. My point is that if either of the parents isn't ready for the commitment, they shouldn't go through with it. -
2 pointsThey're so fun live (batsu is crazy), especially because of this type of songs they really do stand out at taiban (lives with multiple bands) I can't get into their previous single, but if they're doing this random shit again, I'm good. Low quality MV? Whatever!
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2 pointsI don't have any pets atm but during the past 8 years I had several generations of rats living with me. Sadly I don't have enough space for a big cage to get some again in my new apartment and I horribly miss having rats so much ...
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Pets and animals
platy and one other reacted to Koumori for a post in a topic
I got a new family member on Sunday. Meet Kuma the Shiba Inu! -
1 pointTatsuhi ex. ZORO is now in band named c'pool and changed his name to tatsuya. Also Takeru ex. SuG in his solo project sleepyhead.
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1 pointA lot of what we've heard about from Kisaki in the past is hear say. Drama from the 90's may as well be fairy tales. It's very hard to pin down a lot of salacious behavior to anything resembling a serious crime. That's why I think this comparison misses the mark a bit; it's true that visual kei has its dusty corners where I wouldn't want to be caught sneezing, but @Gesu also has a point in that big enough crimes get prosecuted independent of any affiliation to visual kei. This ain't Kisaki's first brush with the law, and the media was also quick to snap up SHINTARO from BLACK CAT and Setsuna from THE EGOIST for their crimes.
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1 pointmost vk wouldn't exist if they all took creativity workshops ba dum tss
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1 pointYoshiatsu 20 years from now be like
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Musicians who used to be Visual Kei, but now are in normal bands
Komorebi reacted to ChimeraKei for a post in a topic
The only ones I really remember right now are Kasumi and Shiren (Yukimura) from Unlucky Morpheus. Kasumi was the owner of the Visual Kei label Dear Dolce and his friend Shiren was in the Visual Kei band Raddock. I think Waggaki band had members that were part of Visual Kei scene too. -
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ユナイト (UNiTE.) new maxi-single release
Gesu reacted to colorful人生 for a post in a topic
That's the same merry go 'round in Neverland's "Merry go land" MV :D. The song is nice, but I kinda miss their heavier stuff imo (not like "silence dreamer" on this single w/ those really subdued/airy screams.) -
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new demo band "モア" (MORE) has formed
Gesu reacted to VkBrutaliaN for a post in a topic
they look cool so hopefully they'll sound good as well. -
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ユナイト (UNiTE.) new maxi-single release
Gesu reacted to chemicalpictures for a post in a topic
so Biribuoano was their way of saying believe it or not? lmao song is okay, I love unite but at this point I'm waaay more interested in APPLIQUE -
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DADAROMA new maxi-single "デンドロビューム" (Dendrobium) release
sleepy coffee reacted to suji for a post in a topic
or maybe Velvet Eden's 捨て猫 (Sute Neko)??? #sorrynotsorry this look is atrocious btw i also need time to check out the sample -
1 pointVo.ハヤト (Hayato) is ex-MEL-->テマネキ (Temaneki) and Gu.ミナギ (Minagi) is ex-ジェミニア (Jeminia)
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1 pointI feel like the sound quality is probably because of the whole special format they used to record the single with. I can’t imagine that would carry over to YouTube well. That said, I liked the song.
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1 pointWow. I guess MH is going on 12 years in a few days. Amazing, and it's all thanks to the community for keeping it alive. I have been lurking on and off since the TW days. One of my fondest memories is reading and laughing at the crap jrock bands thread and how the horrible song by idiot or w/e became a running joke among the old regular members for a while. That was fun even if only as a vicarious memory. There are so many familiar usernames still, which is strangely comforting to this occasional visitor. Hoping everyone has been well.
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DADAROMA new maxi-single "デンドロビューム" (Dendrobium) release
suji reacted to monkeybanana4 for a post in a topic
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Show Yourself (again)
Gesu reacted to Kyo_Toriko for a post in a topic
Looks refreshing and Kawaii desu! -
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Show Yourself (again)
Gesu reacted to sleepy coffee for a post in a topic
i got hassan of serenity from the fate franchise -
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1 pointVK Holic ask members and anybody don't know Gilles de Rais
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Tbh I fuck with all of Hiro's projects from visage to verxina but I feel like I'm the
Elazmus reacted to sleepy coffee for a status update
Tbh I fuck with all of Hiro's projects from visage to verxina but I feel like I'm the only one who actually digs verxina the most for the exact reason some people dislike it. I just love how messy and over the top it sounds sometimes, it feels more unique and different in that regard -
1 pointSo,is there anyone here who decided to quit SMOKING (nicotine) for real and still through the abstinence process or even feeling the abstinence?
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Angelo new live DVD/Blu-Ray "Angelo Tour 2018-2019「WAVY EFFECT OF RESONANCE」" release
Yukimoto reacted to Shaolan974 for a post in a topic
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1 pointWhy is it that when people make baseless accusations about innocent people, everyone believes it and their reputation gets ruined, but when someone is proven to be an absolute cunt with irrefutable evidence against them, money settles all and, eventually, no-one gives a shite? Disgusting, naïve and disrespectful to everyone involved. I just hope the poor kid's alright and that Kisaki is eventually incarcerated. This is why I stay out of shit like this until there is evidence. I believe in innocent until proven guilty on both sides and no amount of bullshit will ever cloud my perception on that. Kisaki can fuck right off if he thinks he can buy his way out of this mess he started. Still, I'm not going to say that this damages all of VK. Yes, what Kisaki did was fucking abhorrent, and it undoubtedly damaged his reputation and, unfortunately, probably those of the people who have worked with him in the past as well, however I said that I believe in innocent until proven guilty on both sides, so I'm not going to let this take away my faith in the genre. Don't get me wrong, my faith in him is down the toilet, but that's him as an individual. Instead of letting his actions define what could and couldn't be possible in the lives of the many, many J-rockers we all know and love, I'm going to just separate him from it all. It's argued by a lot of people here that the art should be separated from the artist, so I'm separating Kisaki from VK. Abusing someone isn't a staple of the genre, it's a crime.
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1 pointI'm surprised to see so many votes for Homura Uta ! This album is very special and original.
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Jupiter new album 『Zeus ~Legends Never Die~ 』release
Gesu reacted to sleepy coffee for a post in a topic
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1 pointbest weeks of the year incumming xx
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1 pointArsMagnA (-LostFairy- & Ariabl'eyeS) Nocturne (Full Version)
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Show Yourself (again)
plastic_rainbow reacted to Jigsaw9 for a post in a topic
felt cute, might delete later