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Didn't you just make a new topic, like, just a few minutes ago? Nevermind that, it's sad to see you go this quickly. Thank you for reviving discussion on MH with your threads, especially since you're a newbie who has lots of questions and there's nothing wrong with that. There hasn't been a lot of discussion on certain subjects before you came and posted about them, so I commend you for that; it really helps other newbies navigate this weird world of visual kei through a newbie's standpoint, followed along by replies of longtime fans with years of experience (which largely makes up the majority of this forum) However, you must also realize that this is an open forum, where anybody is free to dish out their opinion, whether it be good or bad. You don't have to agree with it, but you have to deal with it; that is reality. I know you're young and you stand by your opinions, but I used to be like you, blowing up when someone said something negative about someone or something I care about, and it escalated to the point where I suffered consequences and basically had to grow up and redeem myself. That's basically how it is in the real world; sometimes you can't convince people that you're always right, and they stand by their own ideals no matter what. What's most important however is at the end of the day, their way of thinking shouldn't matter to you. You live your life by your own principles and your own beliefs, and you alone are in charge of that, not anyone else. All I'm saying is, don't let these people get in your head, and you'll be ok. Hope to see you again soon!

To cap off their 25th anniversary celebrations, cali≠gari is releasing a new EP titled "この雨に撃たれて" (Kono ame ni utarete) on 2019/08/28. It will have the theme of "rain trilogy", i.e. the songs will be connected to rain. Except for the title track, the rest will be previously released songs but in newly recorded versions. Interesting tidbit, the EP will be released under Victor Entertainment. The release will come in two types: 2CD "Yuudachi-ban" edition and CD+DVD "Akisame-ban" edition. 夕立盤 (Yuudachi-ban) tracklist: 【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame) M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame) M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame) 【特典】特別教材1週間でマスター！ボーカリスト養成講座 課題／M5.この雨に撃たれて　自由曲／M6.冷たい雨　M7.続、冷たい雨 (I have no idea what this last part is, something about teaching vocals? Maybe karaoke versions of the songs?) 【Disc-2】10-Rebuild- (remixed and re-recorded version of the "10" album that was released 10 years ago) M1. ママゴトセンター M2. マッキーナ M3. 偶然嵐 M4. -踏- M5. ハラショー！めくるめく倒錯 M6. 月光ドライブ M7. 飛蝗者読誦 M8. 混沌の猿 M9. シャ.ナ.ナ M10. スクールゾーン M11. 電気睡蓮 秋雨盤 (Akisame-ban) tracklist: 【Disc-1】cali≠gari "Rain Trilogy" new recordings M1. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) M2. 冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame) M3. 続、冷たい雨 (Zoku, tsumetai ame) M4. 冷たい雨～続、冷たい雨 (Tsumetai ame ～ Zoku, tsumetai ame) M5. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM short ver.) M6. この雨に撃たれて (Kono ame ni utarete) (in-store BGM long ver.) 【Disc-2】映像集 ※“この雨に撃たれて”に関する様々な映像の予定です。乞うご期待！ (I guess this will be music video(s) or compilation of images connected to the title track?)

Crushing on people is hard cuz I would straight up just tell them if it was up to me but u know... societal boundaries.

If anyone's curious, looks like one of the single's songs was already released under the おぎゃー name:

Today is the day of the release of the new album Kaya「DRESS」23/6, listen on digital platforms!!! 😍💙 Global distribution start with various download sites and streaming services! Online music distribution is available worldwide from June 23, 2019 !! Delivery list: https://jvcmusic.lnk.to/Kaya_Dress

How ironic. Excuse me if I sound harsh, because you seem young and like the kind of people who are used to their cozy social media "safe spaces" and haven't really experienced classic forum culture. But people having opinions you don't agree with is normal and I personally like that MH is one of the last places where people can share their thoughts, as controversial as they may be, without getting flamed, doxxed or "cancelled". It's a shame that you read this as "toxicity". Also like suji said: the world isn't going to end just because someone says something on the web. And MH, while petty at times, is relatively well behaved corner of the net. Anyway, I probably don't add much here, since nowadays I am just a mere silent reader and rarely participate anymore. But I came back and saw that the forum discussions were revived and just wanted to say thanks, because it has been some time since this forum had interesting, engaging topics to offer. It would be silly if you leave the place just because you feel offended, but do what you wanna do.

The rivalry between 0,1 g no gosan and Mathilda is just hilarious.

Doku どく is ex おぎゃー OGYAA 1st Single『クイ』(Kui) 24.07.2019 M-1 : クイ (Kui) M-2 : 少数派迫害帝国日 (Shousuu-ha hakugai teikoku-bi) M-3 : 餌 (Esa) M-4 : 劇 (Geki) Vo.しん sin (ex Nuru ぬる in ゴア Gore, おぎゃー OGYAA) Gt.いのり inori (ex ゴア Gore, おぎゃー OGYAA) Ba.はくや hakuya (ex CLACK Inc., おぎゃー OGYAA) http://doku.website/ https://twitter.com/doku_offi 2nd TRAILER

It is okay to have strong female characters who kick ass and have large tits.

Not only between J and Sugizo during 2000 summer all the members hated each others, in autumn the situation became critical between them, they not speak to each others after the concerts, each depart from their sides etc... J hated Inoran for few times coz during this time Inoran said ""I'm going back to Tokyo because I'm not well" while in reality he leaving for record his album. Until theirs comeback in 2007 they not speak to each others except Inoran and Ryuichi.

no one: @suji :

thread idea: ''bandmen you could probably take on in a fight and how you would fight them''

https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/study-finds-80-nes-characters-believe-earth-flat-moves-right/ This is just so great. 😂

My last comment. Aww, thank you 😭 Honestly, out of like maybe 7 or 8 people on this place, your legit one of the most chill on MH. I honestly tolerate you than some of the more annoying ones one here. You seem nice and pretty awesome. I’d love to talk to you once I get back. ありがとうございます!

1.The Era of women's suffrage, the flappers, all that jazz was good feminism. However, this modern-day crusade on a strawman is quite frankly bullshit. 2. People generalize everything, so of course they do. 3. Male feminists are, and excuse my French..pussy starved (can't believe I'm saying this, but I find no other words to describe it) beta males and it's being uncovered now that a big swath of them are pedophiles. 4.Feminazis make real feminists look bad, but the feminists are eating themselves as they battle with the identitarians over identity politics. 1.It's okay to be anything excluding a murderer and a baby rapist, you do you, but don't expect everyone to follow you to the gates of oblivion. 2.There are plenty of legit girl gamers and they're respected for the most part unless someone is just a dick or a thirsty 12 year old. There are also gaming thots who just want attention and money by using their bodies to coax horny pre/teens too young for Skinemax. That being said the gaming landscape until recently due to Xbox throwing the hammer down on free speech, has been a place of public discourse, there are the LGBT and racists and everything else, but that's fine because gamers come from all walks of life. 3.Female characters should be whatever the creators want them to be, they're art, not real and they could be a little girl or a full grown woman with DDDs, horns, muscles and a tail.

Their new single 『もろたでニッポン！』(Morota de Nippon!) will be released on 2019.08.01. 冬也(Touya) has joined the band today. https://twitter.com/vr_to_ya TYPE A : 1944 yen CD : 01.もろたでニッポン！(Morota de Nippon!) 02.最後の線香花火(Saigo no senkou hanabi) 03.タピってチマチョゴリ(Tapitte Chima jeogori) TYPE B : 1620 yen CD : 01.もろたでニッポン！(Morota de Nippon!) 02.最後の線香花火(Saigo no senkou hanabi) 03. ダンデライオン(Dandelion)

Videogame ''journalism'' is almost as much of a joke as music ''journalism'' is these days. In fact, I'd argue videogame journalism is probably the worst off of the two, although the majority of the big players in both fields have at this point fallen to the level of Vice or Buzzfeed-tier corporate-sponsored woke garbage, to the point where it's probably more productive in the end to just check out commentary free gameplay videos and trailers when they eventually drop on YT and staying the fuck away from literally everything else connected to that industry

VK was remotely popular where I live at the time I was in High school, so there were some "cool kids" that liked it and i know there were some meet ups in the local scene. But being shy and introverted I never went there. And at Anime+Manga Cons I only ever stared at the VK cosplayers, never interacted with them. At my school there was one class above me that had three girls who self identified as "Visus". That was when VK and Anime reached peak hype in the German speaking lands, so I guess between 2006 and 2008/9-ish. Youth magazines really tried hard to sell it as a subcultural movement thing, so you had people walking around saying that they are "Visus" and these three girls were fully into it, dressing in mid 00s grb and with way too much eyeliner every single day, bags donned with hundreds of band buttons and weaboo shit and whatnot. I kinda admired it and envied that they had the guts to look like that. Nowadays I find it kinda silly though… most of those early attempts of foreigners to dress VK looked really shit (and more like Emo or Scene). And same with them. But they tried, I guess. So people at my school knew what it was, but apart from those "Visu" kiddos no one really cared that much and nowadays I doubt there's anyone but very few people left in this country who do. Ok, some of my classmates were mallgoths (and so were I), and they kinda thought Mana looked amazing, but they still preferred to listen to Cradle of Filth and Marylin Manson, lol.

∧ucifer or as they're probably known as for simplicity's sake; Lucifer or better yet, the first of three Lucifer bands was formed in 1999 for the bizarre of reasons; an anime. Yep, that's right, these guys were brought together to become literal anime characters and to promote an anime called Kaikan Phrase. They were only around for four years and their singer is pretty much the only well known member as Makoto has gone on to do it all from a solo career, another band and several acting roles. I remember seeing the video for Datenshi BLUE back when I first got into VK around two years after they disbanded, and I noticed that there wasn't a page for these guys and vk.gy doesn't have much either. Wikipedia actually has the most info about the band which is suspect at best. Either way, I would love to know if there's been other bands created just to promote and or larping as anime characters.

Love everything about this. I've been listening to Gore and Ogyaa today and I really like Sin's voice. Can't wait for the whole thing and more.

(CC for the English translation ^-^)

I've been trying to wrap my head around that for quite a few minutes now lol Ao looks fabulous, as always!

Already been done, friend. Some annoying, cuckoo feminazi who makes video essays on misogyny in video games (I forgot her name but she's very famous for her dumb shenanigans). Apparently Bayonetta is a nothing but a male fantasy, blah blah demeaning to women and completely unrealistic blah. If she took off her conspiracy glasses she would see that Bayo is actually the best case of female empowerment in games. I will fight anyone who says otherwise because she is what we were always waiting for lol

there used to be a rumor that both sugizo and j hated each other's guts and that's one of the reasons luna sea broke up. not sure if there was truth to it, but they seem to be doing well since the band came back (from the looks of it at least). also can't comment in a thread like this without talking about the time toshi quit x-japan because of his cult. there also seems to be beef between gackt and the rest of malice mizer as they had plans to make a special concert at tokyo dome last year and he refused, leaving mana frustrated.

Uhm, they are.

peelingwards - i'm faster than you

Wish I could find download from it

honestly stupid af mv, ok song

Sena is like if Lightning had a brother or a sex change, just blows the mind.

Nowt wrong with Sena in sexy clothing

1. Opinion on feminism as is with everything, there are people who take it too far, and others who don’t. i’m all for the general idea behind feminism. terfs? not so much. 2. Do you think people tend to generalize all feminists as “man haters”. some do. 3. Would you consider yourself to be a feminist? probably. 🤔 4. Does the existence of man haters or “femenazis” ruin the reputation of actual legitimate feminists? extremists always seem to be the ones who get the most attention in media or whatever. i think it’s most likely to make everyone look crazy, so kinda a propaganda.  Regarding Video Games 1. Is it okay to be Politically Correct? (EX: Making female characters less sexualized) tbh anything you want to do is ok as long as you’re not a sexual offender, pedo, or a murderer (unless you exclusively murder sex offenders and pedos, ofc) is okay. 2. Do you think gamers tend to be more...toxic when it comes to the inclusion of Women, LGBT etc topics in games? absolutely. 3. Should female characters be less sexualized? this one is tricky for me, like women can wear whatever they want to. who cares? but fictional characters don’t decide what they’re wearing. it’s possible to make a female char sexy without her being hypersexualized (like sena lightning). but there are also some boss female characters who are sexualized as well, and the way they dress adds to how dope they are? so, idk. 🤔

Because of their band name and some of their songs that are talking about death and suicide, they were forbidden to play at budokan

he does all the compositions and lyrics in kizu

In any situation I usually lean towards more experimental (and progressive) bands, even if they're experimental to a fault. I don't know how much of hand Lime has in composing, but when he was in LEZARD all their songs sounded like variations of the same song. Since Sora took his place their sound has become much more diverse (whilst keeping their signature melodies.) I'm noticing the same thing playing out with Kizu, but it's not like consistency has ever been a bad thing. Kizu provides a solid live experience for bangya, while DIMLIM's target audience isn't as focused (a mixture of gya and metal doods.) They might fare better if they dropped the vk look, but they're too stylish to give that up T_T. I think if Deviloof can pull it off, so can DIMLIM. Kizu is probably going to last longer, but DIMLIM is too much fun. I like surprises, Kizu doesn't give me surprises.

nokubura finally stink and now nazare and dimlim can claim the spot as heavy kei kings

Kaya - 愛の讃歌 / Edith Piaf (美輪明宏訳詞 (Akihiro Miwa ver)) PV I guess Kaya's major again~

You are correct in that Kizu targets females as they do a lot of instores and interact with fans, like most vk bands. I don't think DIMLIM particularly targets males, though. Rather they just don't really do instores or interact with fans that much cause they're all awkward af. Not doing instores/eigyou is a no-go for a lot of bangya. In addition, they don't play often (1-3 times a month), they manage themselves, they don't really have money or a lot of connections, Sho doesn't use SNS and the others are bad at it (another turn off for bangya as well as overseas fans), and they're not consistent with releases. The quality of their releases post-Issei have been top notch, but in the past year they've only put out a 10 song/2 SE album and a two song single with a 10 month gap between them. Also I don't think they would achieve more if they dropped VK (tbh they're barely vk as it is). There's no money in metal in Japan unless you make it big and very few bands do. I like both bands a lot, but I stan DIMLIM (no surprise there) They're kinda clueless and not very consistent about certain things, but they're doing their best with their limited resources and I really respect/appreciate that, and their improvement post-Issei is honestly incredible. I love Kizu's music and they put on great shows. I had a lot of good times seeing them in 2017, but there were so many crazy/desperate/violent people at their liquidroom oneman last year. My friends and I were being kicked by the people in front of us for 90% of the time🙄 I haven't gone since because I don't want to deal with that crap anymore. It's a real shame they have such terrible fans cause the guys really are good at what they do. As for DIMLIM's lives, they are a lot more chill.

@secret_no_03 GZUS,i'm not saying that the murderers were feminists declared,nor @Euronymous said so. we pointed that all these things are,indeed,related to each other. @Gesu i was always pro abortion.but after multiple researchers and videos about the subject i changed my opinion. abortion is murder.your body is yours,but from the moment that there's another living creature inside of your,it's no longer your decision whether the kid has to live or not.The fetus/kid is depending on you,but it's not you,you don't have the right. Even at the most horrible cases like raping,the mother must bear with it for the sake of the baby,and if she wants to,give it to the adoption when it's born.

when it comes to such horrible cases,feminists or the movement sympathizers always say stuff like: "oh,these or extreme cases" or "feminism is not like that",etc. the thing is way more complex than we can imagine,and there's also the whole left-wing political agenda in it, they dominate the mainstream media,they will do their best to deliver the news the way they think it's best.

what? your argument is just that the article doesn't mention feminism? the murder case is DIRECTLY linked to feminism. just like @Euronymous mentioned, what feminists does nowadays is just spread confusion and the demonization of male,this movement fell into a state of misandry. i had the displeasure to frequent university with some feminist girls and they openly adimited that if they had an "unplanned" child they'd just go for the abortion. There you can sense all the craziness of this movement. You said yourself that the killers did what they did only because the kid resembled the biological father. Well,isn't that the worldview of the feminists? hating on male? i'm not saying that every feminist is a murder (even though abortion is murder),but when you spread the hate,like they do,you end up creating these monsters,and consequetly victims. @Euronymous is absolutely right.

Well in the case of infanticide in India and China its state sanctioned murder, not exactly a group.

Which is exactly why biological men have no business competing with biological women in sporting events and is exactly why there are now a rash of civil suits in regards to trans-athletes, but that's a topic for another day most likely.

BONUS:

Found the "Yukari Telepath" album ages ago via one of the /wsg/ Japanese Music threads. I've been sorting through my hard drive again and decided to revisit them. I feel like I could pick out a couple of consistent MH members on the threads, but I could be mistaken, lol.

Gt.Ko'ki and Dr.Gunnar have officially joined {mid:night} on April 23

[tracklist] 【収録曲】 ■DISC１ ーOPENING SEー In the name of justice 弾丸 メテオ ～夢寐の刻～ Revive ～荒廃都市～ Next Generation エトワール ～白き異端者～ Lapis lazuli ～君を思うほど僕は欲しくなる～ STAR SAPPHIRE Crystal Crown The Secret Rose Garden 微熱～雨の幻想曲（ファンタジア）～ Another Kingdom 千夜一夜のダラブッカ Quartet ～真夜中の四重奏～ Ghost in the mirror 花惑 ■DISC２ 鬨の声 Deadly sin ザハブを継ぐ者（Dr.solo） Blood war Stray children 組曲「狂王」 第一番 ～灯火（とうか）の雄馬～ 第二番 ～死の影を運ぶ鳥～ 第三番 ～美醜なる不死の獣～ 第夢番 ～旅鼠（レミング）の行進～ 第幻番 ～死出虫の舞踏会～ 第四番 ～黒羊は忠誠の夢を見る～ 第五番 ～落陽に哭（な）く蝙蝠～

I'm not sure if anyone's really influenced my hair, but I've noticed it's kinda similar to Masashi from Versailles'. My makeup sometimes changes, but not drastically. I just like studying VK makeup and finding things I like by accident... and even then, my makeup's not really that VK, anyways. Rip. Oh, well. At least I always make sure to put that obligatory pale stripe down the bridge of my nose. As for my clothes, I want to be a tanbi kei goth-loli. I have a big wish list on Lolitashow, but my bank account says "no" at the moment. Right now, I'd say I'm closer to otome kei than anything. My hair's kinda VK, but everything else just screams "otome". Not that I mind. If I play otoge, I may as well look otokei. Also, I know you can't see it in that picture, but there's a massive black bow on the back of my head, just as there always is. Just the way I like it.