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  1. The 3rd Kizu oneman (the first one I managed to get tickets to - it was a bloody battle) was really good. Great production value - every song had matching video art and overall it felt very well thought out and presented. It feels like they've gained a lot of confidence since the first time I saw them (last July at the Little Hearts tour - they seemed very timid back then).

    They announced their next single and mentioned their next oneman (Zepp Tokyo! Sweet!). Was hoping for a bigger announcement release-wise (album??), but can't have it all. :P 

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    2. Duwang

      Duwang

      Oh!  lol. If you see a white girl with long straight black hair feel free to say hi.

       

      Kizu has a lot of fans who buy a million tickets to try to get early numbers so a lot of tickets went up on Twitter for under list price the past two onemans. I might try the lottery for Zepp, though.

    3. ricchubunny

      ricchubunny

      My friends are Kizu jouren so they buy like 40 tickets everytime for getting Saizen, so if you have problems for looking for tickets next time let me know and i can get one for you guys :) 

    4. qotka

      qotka

      @Duwangsure thing. if you see a white baba with glasses and wavy hair that's me. :D 

       

      oh, so that's where all the tickets were going? should've guessed! 

       

      @ricchubunny, thank you! :) 

       

       

  2. This is a long shot, but might as well give it a go - anyone in Tokyo on the 21st/22nd of May and wants to go see a MUCC oneman (or two!) in Zepp Tokyo? I have an extra ticket for each day, both FC. The friend I was supposed to go with won't be able to make it, so I'll be passing them on (for the original price, of course - 6000yen per ticket).

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    2. qotka

      qotka

      cool! let me know when you get your schedule and know for sure. ^_^

    3. shellyshally

      shellyshally

      Hey! I should be able to go!! C:

    4. qotka

      qotka

      awesome!! both days or just one? :))

  3. qotka

    Happy birthday! :) Have a good one~!

    1. CAT5

      CAT5

      Thank you, qotka!!! :D 

  4. To be honest I was afraid the current tour MUCC are doing will end up cringy, with the string band and the fancy hall venues and all. But boy was I wrong. It was definitely different, but they did it just right - the strings weren't over the top (except in Daikirai, which was hilarious but also kinda cool and actually worked??), the piano added a nice touch to some of the songs and the setlist was just perfect for the more formal atmosphere. Going to the tour finale tonight, hope they change it up a bit for the enseiers (there were many of them this time, since the tour only had 5 dates - easymode!).

  5. Just saw DEZERT and they were, well, interesting. I had a blast but half of the time the vibe was super strange and at some point Chiaki got off stage and people were like '....OK now what'. We waited about 5 minutes for him to come back in the awkwardest silence ever. Then he got back on stage, took Miyako's guitar and started playing random chords to the crowd's cheers. That was after in the beginning his mic flew from his hand and it took them too long to find it on the stage. No wonder the tour is called 千秋を救うツア.  

    1. emmny

      emmny

      lmao i hope they caught this on niconico !

    2. Peace Heavy mk II

      Peace Heavy mk II

      the savior we needed

    3. qotka

      qotka

      can he be saved though?? asking for a friend.

  6. I promised myself I won't buy any more MUCC releases this year because it's getting ridiculous. I just pre-ordered their self-cover album because 1) shit, the tracklist (I can't wait to hear what they'll do with '1979' and 'メディアの銃声') 2) look at this shiny piece of garbage: DHHQc7pUQAAz7rF.jpg

     

    I need help.

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    2. PsychoΔelica

      PsychoΔelica

      *flashbacks of Tatsuro in Female shoes* lolol

    3. qotka

      qotka

      Sorry but that was hot, I'm not even sorry 

    4. PsychoΔelica

      PsychoΔelica

      Nope. I don't think so.

  7. Kizu's first oneman at Ikebukuro Edge is sold out (capacity 250) - this is pretty impressive!

     

     

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    2. Shmilly

      Shmilly

      I was going to try and get a ticket... oh well

    3. qotka

      qotka

      @ShmillySorry to hear! I was considering it myself but blew it I guess. Should've seen it coming.

    4. Kiryu999

      Kiryu999

      That's cool! They'll probably annonce a new release at that live, can't wait :) 

       

  8. Xaa Xaa's drummer is quitting?!

    Enough internet for me today. D:

  9. Me on birthday: I'm 30 now, I'll act like an adult from now on. Me today: I lost the ticket lottery for the extra MUCC tour dates. I will cry on the train if I want to!!!

  10. gonna see grimoire, xaa xaa, zonbi and kizu today. never heard about the other bands on the bill but they seem fun (razor and ensoku? let's see what i've been missing out on!)

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    2. Himeaimichu

      Himeaimichu

      You're welcome!!

    3. platy

      platy

       I'd loooove to see grimoire, xaax and zombie in one night,hope I'm not too late by next year. Enjoy it! 

    4. qotka

      qotka

      Grimoire, Xaa Xaa and Kizu totally killed it. Zombie and Ensoku were fun too. I've seen Zombie perform a more energetic set about 8 months ago but it was still great seeing them again. Razor were probably amazing too, but they came on last and I was too tired to notice anything except how shiny Ryoga's pants were + Kouryu's Black Swan realness.

  11. This is probably their meh-est single to date but dat video, I can't stop watching. GET HIM GURL.

     

     

  12. One of the artists on this lineup is not like the others!

     

    http://mixlemonedjelly.hide-city.com/2017/pc/lineup.html

     

    I mean, I get memorials / tribute events, but the way this is presented is all sorts of grotesque.

    1. orange~

      orange~

      god I love hide

    2. Peace Heavy mk II

      Peace Heavy mk II

      is it because dj ina is anime?

    3. Himeaimichu

      Himeaimichu

      Holy shit this lineup is a mess.. 

      Let's see, we have a guy whose name is one letter, Pretty standard. A band that's pretty debated over whether their Vkei, but they did do a song with Ningen Isu... who is also debated over being Vkei or not, 

      A bunch of prisoners escaped from jail, some dudes I have no idea who tf they are, 

      Some hardcore looking dudes in hats, an anime character,

      Some other band, a relatively normal Vkei band for once,

      An idol group who have no idea who hide are and were probably forced by their manager to do this, 

      an unpronouncable name, Hitsugi, a bunch of old dudes trying to be young

      Some dude named Kiyoshi who I'm convinced is Kiyoharu's long lost twin. 

      Ehh bunch of no names, Daizy Stripper, some other group I have no idea who tf they are, 

      Exist trace, some dude in a Kimono, a weeb, and another idol group. 

  13. Not sure if bored or intrigued
     

     

  14. You know you're officially fucked when you begin thinking 'well if I don't use the air conditioner this summer I'll be able to afford at least two more lives' 

  15. So tonight's MUCC live felt for the first time like a real rock concert. Idk how to explain it? It was in a tiny club, they were cosplaying themselves from 18 years ago but it didn't have that... v-kei pretentiousness? Which I usually dig, don't get me wrong. But this was a lot more like a 'western' rock concert at a local shitty run-down club, where the toilets are full of posters to hide the peeling walls. I never thought I would get to see them like that, and even when I got the ticket I still didn't think it would feel authentic. But it did. 

     

    Setlist from Twitter this time because I'm busy healing my soul and my shoulders (my punishment for being that tall gaijin standing up front is obviously to lift all the short girls when they wanna crowdsurf): 

     

     

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    2. qotka

      qotka

      Speaking of - I love how MUCC bangya are 50% grannies 50% girls who weren't even born when they started. And the crowd surfing is so legit it hurts.

       

      @WhirlingBlackwhat dates are you going? Also 15,000 for a ticket???

    3. WhirlingBlack

      WhirlingBlack

      The general sale tickets (I don't live in Japan so had to rely on those) sold out in 1 second and thus I had to go to scalpers and they charge a premium to say the least.

       

      I'm going to the two dates in Osaka and one in Kobe. It's what I could afford and have time for puzzling around my 10 date Dir en grey tour, haha.

    4. qotka

      qotka

      Yeah there were like 20 tickets for each venue on the general sale from what I heard. No wonder I could basically recognise 90% of the faces yesterday - same FC gya every single time.

       

      Whoa sounds like your time here is gonna be intense, have fun! :D

  16. I may have spent 3 hours today crying at the Budokan because MUCC decided to play their selection of MEGA EMO SHIT (from stuff they released from 1997 to 2006 + some stuff from the new album). I mean I was trying to write something cynical but they started the show with Kuchiki no Tou and ended it with Zuta Zuta so it was like a very delicious emo sandwich. I'll never refuse a good emo-sandwich. 

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    2. qotka

      qotka

      I was with my husband at A2. Not German though, but maybe it was us? He lifted one of the crowd-surfing girls on his shoulders at some point. It was so much fun, but it could've been a lot crazier - something just didn't feel right with the energy there. Maybe they should've let more people into the standing block, because it felt like there were only 4-5 very active rows and the people behind us were just... hanging there. XD

       

      I think the thing they did with Myakuhaku as closing/ending is all about the polarity of the two shows - life, death, everything is connected blahblah (<-- reads too much into poetic vkei stunts lol). But I get where you're coming from.

       

      media no juusei is epic, but i think some of the magic is lost in a big venue. when they did it at club citta last month i gained about 10 years of life. plus Tatsurou's theatricality throughout the song adds a lot to it - the crazy man talking with himself and the scary faces. Speaking of - do you remember which song it was yesterday when Tatsurou was alone on stage and just did a scary face with creepy lighting etc. (i was mesmerized XD but for some reason my memory is very foggy on this one).

       

      And holy shit yes! At this point I'm about to go from 'shut up and take my money' to 'take my credit card and do what you need to do'. :(  But seriously speaking, I hope this year doesn't burn them out. All these releases (even if they're remasters/re-recordings/compilations) and 4 tours? They better take a break after this.

       

    3. TrentReznor

      TrentReznor

      It must be you guys then, maybe French? I remember the guy tried to help/push when one girl just suddenly faint there, was it him?

      From the first floor today the ground looked much more crazy (like everyone active) though with less "crowd surfers"

       

      I dont remember that exact moment from Tatsurou, maybe it was in the "minibreak" they did when only him and Sato reminded in the stage for a few seconds?

       

      Taking into account they sales are not as good as it used to be...is a bit risky all this releases...3 compilation albums in 1 year, + 2 remasters (at least), +1 tribute album, the LP reedition, + at least 1 live dvd (I guess it be a box set, like the "live chronicles" series) and 1 MV dvd, pfff sounds way too much, and there is still one "egg" to be discovered, hope they take some rest after it.

       

      But this Friday I go back to Beijing (I was in Tokyo for just 10 days) so the anniversary lives part is done for me:(

       

       

       

       

    4. qotka

      qotka

      possibly us then! :)

       

      2nd day had less crowd-surfing songs and more... general headbanging/moshing ones? to be honest, although i like the 1st day setlist more, the 2nd day felt a lot more like i thought Budokan would feel like.

       

      yeah, i'm not sure where they're going with all these releases. plus rumors about oishi masahiro screwing l'arc over makes me wonder where all the money they will make off these releases is going anyway. and yes, they should rest. the bangya will live without seeing them for a couple months lmao

       

      glad you got to go to both days! hope you have more cool opportunities like this soon. :)

       

       

  17. X Japan went through the trouble of changing their tour name to include the word ACOUSTIC in it, but it's still called WORLD TOUR and all six dates are in Osaka and Yokohama? OK THEN. lol

  18. today i broke a personal record of self-embarrassment and was THAT gaijin on a live niconico broadcast.

    1. Komorebi

      Komorebi

      Been there. 

       

      It'll soon be forgotten

    2. 蝉時雨色 -semishigureiro-

      蝉時雨色 -semishigureiro-

      Ahw is it #GaijinConfessionDay again? :D

    3. qotka

      qotka

      everyday is #GaijinConfessionDay

  19. today i got kicked in the face at a live. i think there should be like a badge for that or some shit.

    1. Elazmus

      Elazmus

      usually you do get a badge it just fades as the swelling goes down

  20. we kinda only just met but (yes i'm being very awkward right now) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

    1. emmny

      emmny

      im totally looking forward to getting to know you, so nothing is awkward here! thank you <3

  21. Luna Sea just KILLED Budokan. Like literally I think Sugizo may have killed a guy who was sitting on the second floor with a water bottle. But seriously it was a GORGEOUS performance. 

  22. So there was always this sweet little v-kei section at the main branch of Disk Union in Ochanomizu. Today I went there with a friend who's visiting Tokyo, hoping to find some lolz or land one of the cool rare releases they sometimes had there. But when we got there it was gone, replaced with a general 200yen/loud rock section. I'll be lying if I say it didn't sting a bit. </3

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