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    Welp, I have my first day of hospital work experience tomorrow. I'm basically going to be doing a nine-to-five job for four weeks but instead of getting an actual paycheck, I'm being bribed with Universal Credit. Wish me luck and pray I don't crap my pants out of fear!
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    Ro plz

    OZ will disband

    I listened to “to continue” today and I shed a tear. Long live -OZ-
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    I've done some digging and from what I've gathered, it seems that he was involved in some kind of scam. https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20191115-00427315-fnn-soci Omi (ex. TRA TRA TRA) has also tweeted about it
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    Is this how Japanese trans people adress their coming out publicly?
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    Yeah, unless he did something so bad that it explains why they fired him. Public shame is a powerful motivator in Japan.
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    libertine

    DIMLIM

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    I dont think them being sloppy live is any indicator of what a recorded release will be like lmao it could just be without a bassist and backup guitarist they're really off right now during lives but I mean lmao for recordings Retsu was already responsible for everything besides lyrics so what's going to change. I remember people on here that thought Kidoairaku was a sign of the end times cause of how bad it sounded at first and then it turned out to be like a 1kbps rip that we were all listening to lol
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    Miyoshi's (ex-Raindia) solo project the deadly school will release two consecutive singles (?): 2019.12.05 1st EP 劣等賛歌 1. 劣等賛歌 (Rettou sanka?) 2. Not in Love 2020.01.17 死ノ学舎 -the deadly school- 初音源 1. 春、想う人 (Haru, omou hito) 2. 病みノ果て (Yami no hate) And it seems his side project "miyoshi twin Ver:N.E/M.O" with Takamaru (Vo./Gt. JANKY SON'S SQUALL) will also have a release on 2020.03.13 (I assume the 2019 is a mistake). I hope both CDs aside from being sold at lives, will be available at Miyoshi's webshop -> https://deadlymarket.stores.jp/ / https://deadlymarket.theshop.jp/ Separate event announcements: 2019.12.05 Shimokitazawa MOSAiC - the deadly school / マルコ (Marco) / エンヴィル (Envyl) / masqueradedejavu / JANKY SON'S SQUALL / re:gletA 2020.01.17 OTONARI Mizuhodari - 死ノ学舎 -the deadly school- / 平隥一心 / やちよゆゆ / 藤村サ樹 (a.k.a mint) / 真理龍 天使徒 太陽神 / キッシー(saves) 2020.02.21 TokyoClub Meguro - Oneman
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    300 RT Ready Go Full Beautiful MV 🥰
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    saiko

    DIMLIM new album, "MISC." release

    This is the first thing that comes to my mind every time I read complains about Dimlim.
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    so happy the production isn't utter shit like with their 2nd maxi single!! so all in all these samples sounded really awesome and i am so looking forward to it! 8D
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    Tani has just turned 42 today and now has two daughters.
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    Well the first days, you won't be able to contact anybody at all if you end up in Japanese jail. And it takes a long while before you will be released, even if you are innocent. So it's not that weird. Oh well happens... reading the yahoo news, well it's Yakuza scam stuff.
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    gensou

    Visual Kei Youtubers

    There's Shotayan who I watch occasionally. Although he doesn't often mention any specific bands he definitely has some v-kei related content and he used to play guitar in a band (アンフェイト, Unfate). The only downside is that it's all in Japanese so it's a bit more exclusive. Luckily there's lots of subtitles and he's easy to understand so as long as you have some Japanese knowledge you should be fine. https://youtu.be/p5EGJPDJDec
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    super early prediction but i think NICOLAS is gonna be my favorite band of 2020 (assuming they actually make stuff available to purchase for us)
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    the title and title song of the 1st single are changed to 劣等賛歌 (Rettou sanka?).
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    platy

    Sex/Porn Discussion 🔞

    All mainstream porn is gross and unbearable imo, Japanese even more so. However, amateur Western stuff is where it's at and some Japanese porn from smaller studios has creatively satisfying scenarios. Amateur Latin American stuff is good too and usually feels more spontaneous.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_geTK3NS354 Trailer for their album.
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    AoiMoon

    Visual Kei Youtubers

    Well, I don't know if is this kind of thing that you guys are searching for, but I have an youtube variety channel focused on Visual Kei: https://bit.ly/2NIzKtX We started this channel because we couldn't find a channel like we wanted (with content about vk that wasn't just reacts). We are always trying to bring new things: news, discussions, reviews, curiosities, and even a little bit of Japanese culture and language. VK Onee San is still in it's beginning, but if you guys can subscribe and like the videos, we will grow and make things more interesting.
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    Gesu

    random thoughts thread

    I gotta disagree with you here. Maybe this is one for the unpopular opinion thread but I think you have every right to tell someone how to raise their children. The argument I often hear against this is "raising children is hard" but the way I see it, if it's hard, you should be taking every piece of advice in your stride and even if you're not following it, you should at least give it a chance. His daughter is eighteen years old, he is no longer legally responsible for her and her virginity is none of his business. I'm not saying he can't be there for her when she needs him, nor am I saying that sex trafficking/STDs/single-motherhood isn't a problem, but just because someone is having sex that doesn't mean they're in danger and it sounds to me like he's demonising sex when he could just be having a civil conversation about it with her. This whole "daddy's little princess" mentality is so backwards and all it does is regress young women instead of encouraging security, freedom and healthy father-daughter relationships. It may seem all very well and good now but how's she gonna fare when she has to be completely independent? Is she gonna have any idea what to do when she's faced with an adult issue or is she just gonna turn to her father to bail her out of every situation? To clarify, I don't mean to sound hostile nor do I mean to attack you personally. In fact, I agree with your last few paragraphs... but if the generation before us can't take a bit of criticism when it comes to the way they parent, why should we take any criticism from them? This is why children don't listen to their parents, because many parents unfortunately feel like they can do whatever and get away with it because "how dare you question my parenting style". There's no such thing as a parenting style. Either you parent or you don't but how you interact with them on a personal level is dependent on you and I can't separate the way someone raises their kids from the way they are as a person.
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    CAT5

    random thoughts thread

    A few random thoughts that have been bouncing around my head this past week: #1: People trying to cancel T.I. for essentially being a father. Firstly, it's really no one's business how this man chooses to govern his household. Secondly, there are over 60,000 missing African American girls and women in the U.S., sex-trafficking is at an all-time high, new strands of HIV and STDs are still being discovered, the rate of single-motherhood among African American homes is THROUGH THE ROOF, but T.I. is getting shit for being "overprotective"???? Fuck outta here. We NEED more overprotective parents. #2: The way ppl have responded to this is yet another indicator that society has gone far, far off the rails. But I do think there is a silver-lining to this massive attack on men and masculinity. A lot of ppl have been hurt and traumatized by the abuse and misuse of masculinity. I get it. But swinging the pendulum in the opposite extreme through feminism and attacking any and everything that is masculine is definitely not the answer. I just hope people wake up and realize that both genders are equal in worth, but different in function. We balance each other. We need each other. You'd think this would be obvious by the fact that all of us are alive because of *GASP* a man, and a woman, but we just complicate things endlessly with vain rhetoric that obscures that reality. #3: I saw someone post this on fb recently and it made me chuckle a bit: it's obviously satirical, but it wouldn't be so funny if it didn't reflect our reality in some way. I've come across a lot of people (on and offline) that are triggered by new or different viewpoints, and I think it's pretty troublesome...I think it's worse online because ppl will unfriend, unfollow, or block you. It's like everyone creates their own little, self-contained echo-chambers. I don't see how this is helpful to anyone. We live in a big world. With people of all kinds of backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs. So what good is it to live in a world like this and not be able to interface with people of different mindsets without getting emotional, defensive, or hostile? Why can't people simply hear each other out and try to understand each other's perspectives? I think the reason is that people simply do not like being uncomfortable. I can understand it. It's uncomfortable to have your beliefs questioned or challenged by others, and probably even moreso for one to question their own beliefs and ideas...and whatever they hold to be true. It's wild to me tho, because ppl would rather get hostile or cut ppl off for having different views before they even try to understand the other person. Which also makes no sense to me, because what if that other person has some wisdom to offer you? What if they could provide some insight that might be resourceful to you? What if they could offer some knowledge that might help you see things in a more well-rounded, or truthful light? So many ppl cut themselves off from this potential out of the fear that they might actually be wrong. Because being wrong doesn't feel good. It doesn't feel...comfortable. But it's ok to be wrong. It's also ok to be corrected. How would you know not to put your hand in a fire if you didn't know what fire felt like? People like that, who avoid the discomfort, stunt their own growth. And i've realized that people ultimately value comfort more than they do truth. And the irony there is this: how is anything outside of the truth truly comfortable? If it's not truth, it's a lie. So it's not actual comfort, It's just an illusion. Many people are comfortable living in delusion. And most of us happily delude ourselves daily. I'm not exempt from this either. I mean, i'm damn sure guilty of this too. But it took my delusions being shattered (which is painful as fuck) to realize that I didn't and still don't know a thing. It took one strong wind for me to realize the house I thought I was "comfortable" in was actually a house built of sand. I had to realize that I didn't know a thing. And how could I? This world is vast and infinite (GITS quote ), and i'm just little ol me. I'm just one speck of dust amongst billions, so who am I to walk around thinking i got everything figured out? It's entirely possible that some of those other specks just might know something that I don't They might just have another piece that I can add to this jigsaw puzzle called life. They might not. But i'm never gonna know if I only interact with the specks of dust that only think things that I agree with, or things that make me feel "comfortable". Anyways, i can ramble on and on. I'll stop here.
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    psychonnect_rozen

    Sex/Porn Discussion 🔞

    So this hentai is i watched is about this dude. He has a little sister who has a crush with him and he has a crush on his friend. So one day, he gets a dvd in his mail. He pops it into his computer and it’s basically the girl he has a crush on being gang raped by a bunch of guys. He guiltily watches as she’s being deprived and ruined by a bunch of ugly guys while he masturbates, with him being guilty. He continues to be sent videos of her being raped while she acts all innocent while she’s around him at home. Dude is traumatized. It turns out his little sister is paying a bunch of creeps to rape and mindbreak his crush and films her being defiled to him as a fuck you. She eventually kidnaps him and rapes him. Even worse, she gets pregnant from the ugly guys and gives birth to a child with the guy who has a crush on her. That’s how far I’ve gotten into it. It’s fucking disturbing and uncomfortable. And yet it’s my friends favourite hentai for some reason It’s called Otome Dori for all you sick fucks. Have fun. Be sure to play Tsumi to Batsu while your watching EDIT: Also forgot, the dudes still rape her after she’s married and the never ending cycle continues. In the end, the guy is traumatized, depressed, broken and in despair
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    emmny

    the GazettE

    i agree with a lot of the viewpoints in the topic i find japan lives seem really rigid and thats not my personal taste for a show, but at the same time western lives are too loose, with the odd drunk singing off key behind ur ear ruining the song and people fucking crowd surfing unnecissarily and doing another annoying shit and overall just not being conscious of others the phone thing is annoying though, im trying to have fun and dance around not worry about ur fucking footage bro like a pic or short clip is fine but put it down after a while plz or just go to the back.
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    Kaye

    the GazettE

    This, really. I've been going to concerts for the past 10 years and I've seen it evolve. Personally I find it one of the most annoying things when the first few rows of a venue are just people standing there with their phones up. It obstructs the view from people behind them + they get mad at you when you accidentally hit them because of a pit or a rowdy crowd. I've seen people literally watch the shows through their phones and cameras while the band's performing right in front of them. Like, go home and watch a live DVD instead? I understand the need to record at least something to make it feel like you've been there. A lasting memory. But full shows? I'm usually in the middle of crowds when I go to gigs, and I'd rather not have to watch out for someone's iphone crashing to the floor, or someone's nasty stares when they can't keep their phones still. I'm fairly sure that's just called "setting the atmosphere" rather than "shut the fuck up, don't move, and fucking listen to mmmeeeeee." It's a type of respect to go along with what the band asks you to do for certain songs. Screaming and yelling is ridiculous imo too. Reminds me of when Dir en grey "demands" the crowd to be quiet for Kyo's acapella parts and every now and then there's this bunch of screaming fangirls who can't read situations. It ruins the moment. It really does. Singing along to songs? Now that shows something.
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    アゲハ -AGEHA- has announced that Dr.HIROKI has been dismissed from the band due to his arrest. The band lost contact with him on 11/13, and he didn't come to their rehearsal on 11/15. Around this time, they learned that he had been arrested; no details have surfaced at this time. The band has since made the decision to dismiss him and continue as a three-man band. Their upcoming album has been postponed as a result, plus upcoming radio appearances, interviews, etc. to promote the release have been cancelled. https://a-ge-ha.tokyo/info/2896532
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    It's very common in Japan. It's a usually job done by the Yakuza. I also wonder why people transfer money to someone they don't even know.... I mean, if your grandpa has left money, why the hell would you TRANSFER money first to get it... it's not logical. Also this teach us, be careful to which you lend your bank information.
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    From what I can understand, they sent people emails saying things like "Your grandfather left you xxx yen as an inheritance. If you pay a handling fee/commission, you'll get the money." Apparently they swindled people out of about $1 000 000 (1 hundred million yen) in total?
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    I would appreciate any more info you can dig up about the scam and the other members. Thanks!
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    are they referring to his band or????
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    and you're too young to have tons of plastic surgery x
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    colorful人生

    Sex/Porn Discussion 🔞

    "HEY STEP-BRO-" Yeah, at this point it's almost always amateur for me for Western material. JAV is def. nice since it covers a huge range of niches, but the acting (esp. the kawaii shtick) can be a little much. There's a PornHub channel called "Hunk Hands". I thought I wouldn't care at all for the vlogging style, but I find his content pretty interesting. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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    He was also a Johnny's idol when he was a kid!
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    After the pitiful, cringe-worthy performance I saw last Friday I wouldn’t hold my breath for the album. Here’s some tea: some gya commented on twitter how disastrous the whole thing was and Retsu blocked her from his account and the official account. Then proceeded to whine on Instagram. The other guys looked so done. I’m willing to bet they either want out or a different path but can’t say no to Retsu. Btw, it was SO bad I couldn’t even stay for the whole performance. The only other band that made me nope the fuck out in the middle of a song was Yumeleep. A bunch of westerners with me also walked out of it and thought it was painful to look at. I see more agaru in this band’s questionable future. They won’t make it past the album, that is, if it’s ever released.
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    Can someone elaborate on Ryuya's departure from a musical/musician's standpoint? Does he feel his performance has plateaued with the current music style of band, or if his outlook on whether or not he is a good guitarist at all hit him so hard that he's calling it quits? It's always hard to digest Japanese formality, and so nuances on whether or not they are leaving on good terms or not doesn't interest me. I'm more interested on the music's sound, and how that comes back to the musician and their current state. I really feel for the guy, as any musician who prides themselves in their work would be crushed if they suddenly realized that they might be the reason for the future stagnation of the band, or if they know that this is all they can do and suddenly realize the gap in talent within the other members as time goes on. It really screws me up that guitarists are always the ones that seem to always have this internal conflict within themselves and find leaving the band or retiring completely as the easy way out. As far as the replacements go, tempos and rhythms can be matched in terms of performance, for both guitar and bass. What can't be replaced is the flow and scaling, which for those who had already pointed out, seems to have been tapped out with the current lineup. It definitely explains why the latest single was sporadic, and I had a feeling that they would get worse on the next release. This news is terrible, but the fact the others will continue activities brought up these thoughts and I wonder if they were being limited in progression in the first place?
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