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Oh, I miss Lestat. Was cool to see someone else in the world who both liked VK and unironically enjoyed the band Tigertailz. She had a lovely writing style as well.

I've always been a fairly casual poster, but I've had a lot of fun browsing around this forum over the years. I love watching the development of threads about new bands, in particular. Watching people try to guess whether they'll be good or flop from only a photo and a 30-second teaser, or watching the hype slowly build or die over the weeks always makes it fun to visit the news section.

That story about Kawaii_Minpha discreetly farting to try to get a masturbating neighbour to go away was also one of the strangest things I've ever seen on a forum. Lol, even if that person was just trolling, that's a mental image that has really stuck with me. 😂

On 12/22/2020 at 9:52 PM, TristanRose said:

yup exactly i know theres alot of people into obscure interests like visual kei who struggle with this haha im glad theres at least the internet where i can connect with others who share my interests otherwise id be all alone with this 😂 i tried bringing up visual kei to some of my friends that are into glam rock stuff because i thought they wouldnt be too weirded out by the bands looks since glam rock was pretty much almost the western equivalent to visual kei but they never show any interest i guess because the different language is an issue to them lol

Coincidentally, I'm also from Canada, and I got into VK through someone's post about it on a glam rock/metal forum years and years ago, so there certainly is crossover potential there, but I was also really into anime, so it being in Japanese felt like a plus at that point.

Was sad to see this today. I liked their debut track a lot, and I thought the concept was fun. I did get the sense that there wasn't much room for them to continue the storyline after they started playing live more though. Hopefully they'll continue in a different form later on.

I don't really follow MUCC, despite liking a few of their songs, but I'm still a bit sad to hear about this. 23 years is such a long time to be in a band - especially with the same line-up. Must have been a hard decision to make.

On a side note, it's going to feel weird living in a world where the drummers of MUCC and ROTTENGRAFFTY don't randomly look like brothers. They've gotta find another guy with that look, or the balance of the world might be thrown off. 😅

I'm glad they're keeping at it, especially the digital release system. Really surprised that they suddenly added a new member at this time too.

This was region locked when I really wanted to see it, but it suddenly became playable recently when I wasn't paying attention and YouTube was autoplaying music videos. Lol, glad I got finally got to see the famous "Chotto matte Tohji".

BALZAC

https://www.balzac308.com/livestream/

They're playing the whole "Zennou-naru Musuu-no Me-ha Shi-wo Yubi-sasu" album to celebrate its 20th anniversary (+ more songs)

BALZAC LIVE STREAM: ’Zennou-naru Musuu-no Me-ha Shi-wo Yubi-sasu’
Venue: Shimokitazawa SHELTER
Start Time/Date: December 18, 2020 (FRI) 21:00 JST (Video archive will be available for 3 days after the show ends)
Ticket: 2,500 yen

FEMM looking like half-transformed Silent Hill characters wasn't on the list of things I was expecting to see this year, but I'm kinda into it.

The song isn't my favourite, but wow, I thought he couldn't get any hotter after Sexual Healing, and I was wrong. Lol, that nurse cosplay at the end alone.

Good Morning America's "Mirai e no Spiral" album is always one of the first ones to come to mind for me when this topic comes up. It's one of the few releases I can think of where I can look at the tracklist and remember exactly what every song sounds like. It's just so solid from start to finish.

Also,

Suck a Stew Dry - Loveless Letter

Frederic - OWARASE NIGHT

AA= - #4 (Technically it's two albums called # and 4, but I still can't decide which one I like better, so...)

LEGO BIG MORL - NEW WORLD

BALZAC - Blackout

9 minutes ago, Karma’s Hat said:

Didn't they even say in an interview that the whole ranunculus thing with 24 was released for spotify bucks? 

It was even more direct than that - it actually said right in the news post about some of the releases on their website that if fans leave it on loop in the background while they're studying, going to sleep, etc., it's a way to support the band.

https://direngrey.co.jp/lang_en/news/3271/

I'm still kind of amazed by how different Jinmenusagi looks in every video I've seen of him. My first impression of him was from the Hayai MV, so when I saw the one for so goo I thought it was only showing the guy he was collabing with, or that it was starring an actor or something. I didn't realize until months later that it was him the whole time. 😅

It's genuinely astounding how many people seem to not understand what Vampire Hunter does in Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links, despite it being written on the card. Lol, I've won so many duels because people just keep attacking it.

Man, the practice text conversation Ryo wrote went from 0 to horny so fast. He knew he was going to have to read that out loud too. 😂

"shinin' like I'm Ayu Hamasaki" 😂 lol, I love Tohji

I don't really post comments directly to artists' social media or send them direct messages very often (or at all, for the latter), but a very indie (non-VK) artist once specifically called out some details of an article I wrote about his band on Twitter - he was very happy that I mentioned their hometown and super surprised that I embedded videos from a local event/radio show or something instead of MVs. I thought it was really cute.

As a writer that can be a bit too detail-oriented sometimes, it's nice when people notice things like that.  

Yosuke Kubozuka (known for the movie GO, dramas like Ikebukuro West Gate Park, the live action of GTO, etc. and recently in some stuff in the West like Martin Scorsese's Silence) has been a reggae singer under the name 卍LINE (Manji LINE) for several years now.

He's admittedly not the best at it, but some of the tracks are kinda fun.

Also, absolutely yes to Party All The Time. That's such a great track.

I feel like I'm pretty off with some of this, but I gave it my best shot. If you have any corrections, please feel free to let me know. My Japanese needs all the help it can get. 😅

ディストピア / Dystopia

Music and Lyrics: Mika

Do you understand?
Your thoughts are being restricted
I was brought to life again
Reality is awkward, and I hate it

It keeps ringing out so much that it’s getting annoying
The voice of my heart is
Becoming a brilliant lie
The days are cycling by

I want to disappear under this sky
If I’m just going to be in this rotten form,
I’ve had enough of this body already
I searched for an unoccupied heart
And was stabbed through with a pure lie*
In this fleeting world**

I’m bearing my anguish***
But the thoughts still won’t stop
Nevertheless, it was snatched away
I want to live
Wavering like this is agony

If I give up completely,
With a kind and graceful heart,****
And calmly tell a lie,
I will sleep

I wonder what’s waiting at the ends of the earth?
It’s fine if I don’t get to see the answer
We can “drift away” from sadness now

I want to disappear under this sky
If I’m just going to be in this rotten form,
I’ve had enough of this body already
I searched for an unoccupied heart
And was stabbed through with a pure fang*****
In this fleeting world

Notes: 

**, ***, **** Not sure about these lines in particular

*, ***** With these two, I'm not sure who is stabbing/being stabbed, tbh. Either way feels like I'm reading it wrong, so I'm not sure which to go with

ディストピア / Dystopia

Kimi ni wa wakaru?
Kisei sareru shikou
Watashi wa mata ikasareta
Genjitsu wa bukiyou de kirai da

Urusai hodo ni
Nari-yamanai
Kokoro no koe ga
Azayaka na uso ni nari
Hibi wa meguru

Kiesatta itai kono sora no shita
Kusatta katachi dake naraba
Kono karada wa mou dame da
Yadotte nai kokoro o sagashita
Tsukitateru wa muku na uso
Utsusemi no naka de

Urei o obiru
Izen yamanu shikou
Shikashi nagara ubawareta
Ikitai
Sou yuragu koto ga kutsuu da

Akirame kireba
Shakuyaku taru kokoro no mama de
Odayaka ni uso o tsuki
Boku wa nemuru

Saihate ni nani ga matsu no ka
Kotae wa minakute ii
Kanashimi kara bokura wa ima
“hanarerareru”

Kiesatte itai kono sora no shita
Kusatta katachi dake naraba
Kono karada wa mou dame da
Yadotte nai kokoro o sagashita
Tsukitateru wa muku na kiba
Utsusemi no naka de

Kanji:
^In the video description

SKY-HI did one of the best free live streams I've seen all year the other day. It's really well thought out, smooth transitions, great setlist, cool line-up of guests, nice lighting and camera effects, and he performs with tons of energy for like an hour and a half. Plus you get the added bonus of seeing his parents being super cute and supportive at the beginning and end. 😄

This is a special no-audience concert he did at his parents' home, so they're just kind of hanging out in the background for a few songs and they come out to celebrate with him after the big announcement.

Lol, I finally drew a Saber, but A. it's Gilles de Rais and B. his Noble Phantasm kinda sucks. His card also reads "Slightly scrawny man. Not that hyped up." Thanks, game. 😅

I randomly started playing Fate Grand Order yesterday, and wow, I've summoned like 15 assassins but I can never seem to draw a saber. Lol, I have like at least one of every other class, but not a single saber.

I mean, I do like the assassin characters the best, so it works out, but still.

So I checked out some of the content from the new Hololive English branch recently out of curiosity, and I'm kind of loving Mori Calliope.

"later on, as I was writing some 'flaming bars',..." is a quality lead-in to telling your fans you want to call them "Dead Beats".

https://youtu.be/M1_GeIfn48M?t=1465

And, honestly, 'flaming bars' is a fair description.

Gawr Gura randomly covering Tatsuro Yamashita and saying "City Pop Shark - that is me." is also quality content.