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DIR EN GREY PLAYERS BOOK - Kyo interview (2016)

“The freedom that can only be felt at that moment I want to cherish it, and I don't want to be tied down to the song”— Kyo

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Source: DIR EN GREY PLAYERS BOOK P.17-20 (Text: YUKINOBU HASEGAWA)

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“There's something different about people who express themselves with their bodies and people who express themselves with instruments”

ーーYou first bought a guitar because you wanted to be in a band, right?

Kyo：I had the image that band = guitar (laugh). If I wanted to play in a band, I'd want to own an instrument, but I am not able to do that at all.

ーーHave you ever challenged any songs?

Kyo：Back then, X (now X JAPAN) was really popular, and there were quite a few people playing X around me so I was given the score of “BLUE BLOOD."* But I'm such a beginner that I don't even know which ones are difficult and which ones are easy. I looked at the score and wondered if I could do something like this. The guitar soon became not something to play, but something to display (laugh).

*Blue Blood is the second album by X Japan, released in 1989

ーーEven so, you still couldn't get over your passion for the band, so your next choice was to be the vocalist?

Kyo：I borrowed a bass from my friends, but it was just for fun. HIDE-san (X JAPAN) was the first guitarist I liked, but I'm generally attracted to vocalists. Moreover, there were many special vocalists. It just so happened that a lot of people in the band that I like wear makeup, so I thought I'd like to be part of a band like that. At the same time, I also liked Endo Michiro-san* (THE STALIN) and other punk music, but they didn't blend well back then, in my opinion. Isn't it a different genre? There were not many bands that could coexist in multiple music genres, probably GASTUNK. I had the impression that if I was going to do different types of music, I would have to do it separately. That's why I joined various bands. There were Punk-style bands, and there were also Visual-kei bands.

*遠藤ミチロウ (Endo Michiro) is the vocalist of THE STALIN.

ーーWere you not that particular about music style or genre?

Kyo：No, I really like intense music.

ーーWas it the era when Endo Michiro-san was throwing pig heads at live shows from THE STALIN?

Kyo：When I was in the second grade of middle school, it was the time when X had released “BLUE BLOOD”, and BUCK-TICK had almost released “TABOO"* or not. I only fell in love with THE STALIN later.

*TABOO is the fourth album by BUCK-TICK, released in 1989

ーーThe late 1980s was a time when the indie scene in Kansai was very strong.

Kyo：But I was still in middle school (laugh). The only source of information was TV, and I was like, “What's indie?” That's why I know X and BUCK-TICK. Somehow, I later learned about THE STALIN and GASTUNK. Back then, there was a video called “Takarajima VOS"*. There were a lot of other omnibus videos out there, so I was shopping all over the place and looking for them.

*宝島vos (Takarajima VOS)

ーーYou’ve got a lot of things that attract you. Was it all intense (music) since then?

Kyo：Yeah. Thrash Metal was also in fashion, and Metallica was becoming popular. And Skid Row, which is not Thrash Metal, was also popular back then. But I wasn’t attracted to that. I don't like bands that look good in bandana (laugh). After graduating from middle school, I worked at the central market in Kyoto. I had blonde hair and was approached by a band member who was working at the central market. Later, I became a roadie for their band, which was a Hard rock band.

ーーWas it a Bandana-kei band which you didn't like very much?

Kyo：It's a Bandana-kei band, but they wore makeup. I toured with that band as a roadie. After watching many bands, I gradually understood what was going on, because I also had formed several local bands.

ーーDid you get any advice from the bands you were with or from the bands you met on tour?

Kyo：I was 15 years old back then, and the people in the band I was with were 22 or 23, so I was still like a child. We didn't have too many deep conversations, like what a vocalist is or how a song is made. My specialty was loading and unloading equipment and making hair stand up. But I noticed something. The band members were close, but there was a little distance between the vocalist and the instrumentalists. There's something different between people who express themselves with their bodies and people who express themselves with instruments. And like not drinking, health care, these are different from people who play instruments, right? I learned a lot.

ーーAs a vocalist, was there anything about the live experience that blew your mind?

Kyo：It's a bit special… Back then, Kamaitachi* was popular in my hometown Kyoto, and they were all red. I don't know if it was an agreement with the company or not, but the band I was with as a roadie all wore gold enamel outfits.* Also, when they released an album, they didn't play any songs from the album. They said, “The company chose those songs on their own, and we don't really want to play them at our shows.” I've been looking at things like that, so I thought the company was not very good (laugh). If possible, I would do my best to do it myself.

*かまいたち (Kamaitachi) is a Visual-kei band that formed in Kyoto in 1985 and disbanded in 1991. All the members had red hair.

*金のエナメル。I guess it's some kind of material (?)

ーーYou thought it's not good for adults to get involved?

Kyo：I thought it would be bad (laugh). It gave me a strange image. So I tried to find members, put up flyers in music stores and second-hand CD stores, contacted them myself to form a band, but nothing really went well. It's really difficult to start a band.

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“I don't want to make any compromises I don't want to do anything else”

ーーDid you have an ideal form for the band?

Kyo：There was absolutely something that I thought was cool. I can't put it into concrete words, but there was something unshakable. In my first band back then, there were about 8 people in the audience, and we were playing against about 5 other bands, so there were only about 30 people in total. Tables and chairs were set up, and after their favorite band was finished, the audience would start eating. I understood that, but I got very angry when people talked while I was performing, so I complained about it during the MC. I think I feel the same way from then to now (laugh). I knew that the fans and the audience were important, but I wasn't mainly focused on them, and I would do exactly what I wanted to do.

ーーIsn’t it similar? Wearing white makeup on face* and waving a bamboo sword (laugh). It's like a live fight.

*白塗り。It's like the Kabuki actor or the Geisha who puts on white makeup from face to neck.

Kyo：That's the punk band (laugh). We didn't fight, but we played shows similar to that. I was not interested in being a vocalist who sings well. Even if I didn't sing, I thought it was fine as long as I could express what I wanted to express and the atmosphere of the moment. There was no fixed concept that I had to sing just because I am a vocalist. That's why I didn't sing much at live shows back then. Even after I became DIR EN GREY, until the end of the “Withering to Death.” tour, I was still called a vocalist who doesn't sing. I did what I wanted to do, but I didn't feel that I had to sing because I'm a vocalist. It was like that.

ーーDid you feel like you were letting out your inner anxiety and confusion?

Kyo：That's part of it, but it might have been better if I was a part of my role as a performer. It would be good if I could show what I think is cool and what I want to do.

ーーDo you want to see the surprised faces of the audience?

Kyo：I think it happened to some extent, but after the live show, I just want to perform on stage that I am satisfied with. This is a very self-centered idea. I was satisfied, so everyone else must be satisfied as well and that's why they came to the show, right? For example, no one would want Endo Michiro-san to sing for the audience. It's like Endo Michiro-san is doing whatever he wants. That's what I wanted to be like. That's why I'm not saying anything like trying to be happy through our songs and MCs. That's how much I hated it.

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“I was not interested in being a vocalist who sings well There's no concept that I have to sing just because I'm a vocalist”

“I don't want to leave any regrets On the contrary, I want to move forward to a more difficult place”

ーーLiving with trauma all the time is also the main reason, right?

Kyo：That's probably true. The only person I can trust is myself, and basically I always think I can't get along with other people, or maybe I just refuse to get along with them. When I was in my previous band, and maybe in the early days of DIR EN GREY, I didn't talk to other bands at all, so I was told by people around me that I had anthropophobia. Of course, they weren't my enemies, but even if I told them, they wouldn't understand. It was like I had given up. In that case, I don't want to make any compromises in what I do, and I don't want to do anything else.

ーーYou have shown a colorful voice from the early days to now. Did you always want to broaden the range of expression in the songs?

Kyo：No, until the end of “MACABRE”, I wanted to do more than just sing. It’s kind of hard to explain, but I didn't think too much about singing or voice. To be honest, I was more prickly in DIR EN GREY's indies period and my previous bands. I had no money, no friends, and always felt like I was going to explode. That feeling faded away unconsciously after our major debut, I guess it's because I was busy doing interviews and photographing every day. After several days of interviews from morning to night, instead of anger and dissatisfaction, I thought more about the fellowship with the members and the need to overcome this busy period. Something I cared about had changed. I think my sweetest period was about halfway through the MACABRE Tour until I injured my ear (sudden hearing loss in the left ear). That's why it was my least favorite period. I was not sure how much longer I would be able to do it after my ear injury. I had to make sure I didn't go back to my naive self so that I wouldn't have any regrets. For that reason, I decided to go to more difficult places and became more strict with myself. During the period of “Kisou”, we studied and incorporated new musical tastes into what we've been creating up until now. From there, I started to put more emphasis on my own vocal style. I started thinking about how to use my voice and what only I could do. When creating these works, I paid close attention to details such as the localization of the voice and the texture. But I thought that works are works and live performances are live performances, which are different things, so people kept saying that I was a vocalist who couldn't sing. I was also told that “DIR EN GREY should just release CDs” or “If you can't sing it live, don't do it”, but in my mind, CDs are CDs and live performances are live performances. If you want exactly the same things as CDs, please listen to CDs. At live shows, you can still feel something even without singing, right?

ーーThose live shows were filled with great tension. You mentioned the word "study." What exactly did you do?

Kyo：I'd say I've started listening to all kinds of music, regardless of genre. Didn't I just say that I don't like hard rock music? But that's just what I imagined, so I started listening to it trying to find something. In my own way, though. Still, it's okay to hate what you hate. I think that was when I listened to the most variety of music. There was no YouTube yet, and videos were not easily available, but back then Marilyn Manson simply made an impact on me, and so did Nine Inch Nails. I realized that there were foreigners who were visually interesting. There might have been more foreigners if I went back further, but I had never heard of them. Then I started listening to various kinds of music, but the vocalists I liked were overwhelmingly Japanese.

ーーEndo Michiro-san and Nakamori Akina-san. Also Cocco-san who you had been listening to a lot since those days.

Kyo：I liked BAKI-san from GASTUNK and KIBA-san from Gargoyle as well. I liked KIBA-san's unique style of not moving or laughing at all during live performances back then. I also liked the early VIRUS and the bassist NOBORU-san. I liked those eccentric people.

ーーDid you become prickly because of your admiration for eccentricity?

Kyo：Or rather, there were some strange rules in my mind that I didn't realize until I injured my ear. It didn't matter after the injury, the strange rules started to be broken, but I was worried that it would be bad for the image of the band. I think I was able to break down the various elements I had before and put them together without rules.

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“The style that only I can create I packed it all into UROBOROS”

ーーThen it spurred on and led to insane live performances. I guess you just couldn't stop yourself anymore. There have been many times where you started bleeding after shows and an ambulance was waiting at the backstage entrance. So what kind of mental state were you in when you were standing on stage?

Kyo：I think the most extreme tour was the “Withering to death.” Back then, the members did not get along well with each other, and the stage was a place for me to release myself. I didn't sing many songs, and if I didn't like something, I would go back to the dressing room right away, so I guess I was too honest with myself (bitter smile). I've become even more prickly than the indies period, and I greedily did everything that I wanted to do or that I thought was my expression. I was getting more and more extreme, and even vomiting blood, but I also had the feeling that it was just a fake, and I thought that was boring. I decided to try to do it with the real thing. I wanted to make the expression of pain in the lyrics more realistic, so that people could understand just by looking at it. I wanted to express it freely using my own body, sweat, blood, and various other things. So it exploded.

ーーI think it was “THE MARROW OF A BONE” that changed things in terms of vocal approach and style. It's also swerving in extreme directions such as death, growl, guttural, etc.

Kyo：Up until “Withering to death.”, I was creating works as works, and the live performance was like an explosion of myself. “THE MARROW OF A BONE” is a combination of both sides. The single “RYOUJOKU NO AME” (凌辱の雨) had harmonies and a beautiful finish, but the album is a single piece with no harmonies. We changed the way we made the song because we wanted to make it as close to the live performance as possible and express aggressiveness. I kept the vocals as close to the live show as possible, with as few takes as possible, and kept the momentum going. So when I listen to it now, I think it's the most painful song I've ever sung.

ーーAt the same time, the many ways of using your voice have become a part of your personality as a vocalist. What kind of process did you go through to broaden your singing style?

Kyo：In my opinion, I think it has been narrowed. Up until “Withering to death.” I had been using various techniques to expand my voice in the work, but with “THE MARROW OF A BONE” it suddenly shrunk. After performing live, I got really pissed off at being called “The vocalist who cannot sing” (laugh). Some people thought that I was just doing a good job of making sound recordings on the computer (laugh). Until then, I had intentionally included soundtracks that without singing in the coupling song of singles. But in the end, nothing seemed to be conveyed. There was a great sense of distance, so I felt that I was the only one walking to an unknown place, I had to pull them up. So I decided to raise the quality of our works above “Withering to death.” From a global perspective, what is the style that only I could create? I did some research on myself, and I packed it all into “UROBOROS.” Moreover, I felt like I've almost 100% recreated it in live performances so no one would complain. After I actually did it, I was able to create exactly what I had envisioned, and I felt satisfied that I could become a singer with a unique style. After that, when we toured overseas, I was selected in many rankings in the metal vocalist category, and I felt that I had done nothing wrong. I think it was with “UROBOROS” that I finally found a match between my live performances and our works.

ーーFrom that album, you started recording songs at home.

Kyo：I created an environment at home where I can sing when I want to sing. Until then, I had been singing in an environment where I had to go to a studio and have an engineer there. But I thought that was not good enough. I felt that this style would not be complete unless I was in a position to sing with the feelings I wanted and at the time I wanted.

ーーAs a result, you have quite a vocal range from growl to clean. Do you sometimes approach singing stoically, thinking that in order to perfect your style, you need to broaden your vocal range?

Kyo：There are vocalists who can somehow shout, sing, and have a high-pitched voice. However, I realized that there aren't many vocalists who can take each of these to a very high level, so I researched and pursued them greedily. Think about it, “UROBOROS” is still a bit naive, but it feels like the first part of the current style.

ーーWhat exactly do you mean by research? If you're a guitarist, it's easy to copy a song you've never played before and make it your own.

Kyo：I don't have that kind of know-how, and I haven't had voice training. When we make new songs, I sing based on my first impression of the song that the members brought. Then I add my own color to it in my own way while paying attention to those impressions, that's how the style was formed. I just accepted what came out naturally from me and repeated it over and over again. Also, I did it in a way that I can enjoy. “ここでこう来んのかい!?”* It's like I'm enjoying it myself (laugh). In the end, music always tickles my heart. It feels good when the chorus comes just when you think it's coming. I made it in such a way that I could enjoy it myself, and then it came up with something bizarre (laugh). If you are just trying to be like someone else, you are just repeating the same thing from the beginning, and you will never be able to create something new. The reason you find something interesting is because you've never seen it before. I don't think I can create anything new without doing so, so I'm just doing what I think.

*Sorry I don't know how to translate it into English

ーーIt depends on the song, but does it take a long time for you to find the vocal arrangement?

Kyo：It doesn't take much time. There are no rules anymore, so when I hear a song, I just kind of sing it, and sometimes it is almost completely decided on that basis. Of course, there are times when I have to remake it. I used to listen to all kinds of music for a while, but now I don't listen to much music anymore. If you listen to only one kind of music all the time, you may become fixated on it. I don't like that either. When I listen to a piece of new song and want it to be intense, I don't imagine an intense band, but rather an intense, messy picture. Or it's sad to see a withering leaf. That's probably where I get my strongest images from.

ーーYou express yourself through music, but music is definitely not the only thing that sparks your imagination.

Kyo：That's right. I just pull from what I feel and see in daily life and make it into musical form. I feel like anything is possible when it comes to expression.

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“I don't practice at all I think of live performances as practice”

ーーAt your live performances, there is a vocal solo piece called “INWARD SCREAM”, or a place to express yourself. How did you start that?

Kyo：Basically, I don't talk during live performances. In the past, I used to force myself to talk, but there was a strange idea in the company that I had to do MC because I'm a vocalist. Why do I have to do all the talking? But DIR EN GREY has a lot of songs in different tunings, so there there are often gaps between songs. And when I don't do MC, the scene becomes quiet, doesn't it? (laugh) So I asked them to let me do it without MC because I had my own idea. The people in the company were reluctant, but once I did it, their attitude changed (laugh). Fans sometimes ask us to play DIR EN GREY songs, if I’m going to sing “INWARD SCREAM”. But even if we didn't have “INWARD SCREAM”, we wouldn't have more songs (laugh). I hope you understand that first (laugh). We are not doing this by reducing the number of songs.

ーーI feel like I'm suddenly lured into the world of esotericism with “INWARD SCREAM”. Compared to songs that have already been released as sound sources, do you feel that you are in a different world in terms of tension?

Kyo：Not really, but the binding will be completely removed. If it's a DIR EN GREY song, the melody is already decided, and to a certain extent, the lyrics and the worldview of the song are also decided. These just came naturally from within me. But “INWARD SCREAM” is more like a state of zero, or rather, a flow from the previous song, and what kind of movement and voice I will make. It is a free expression of those things. I've always been interested in “living things”*. It is important to keep the same quality as CDs, and unlike in the past, I've raised the minimum standard. Even so, I still want to cherish the freedom that can only be felt at that moment, and I don't want to be tied down to the songs.

*生物

ーーI guess you are seen as quite eccentric overseas.

Kyo：Is that so? I am always looking for a vocalist that only I can be. I have always been non-style, but I like the process of creating and then destroying, so I want to keep changing.

ーーIs this the same for your ideal style?

Kyo：There is no such thing for me. It's just like, “I want to do this”, “I want to express myself like this at the next show.” These thoughts keep changing during the tour, that's how I feel. Lately, I feel like I'm moving further and further to the edge (bitter smile).

ーーYou have a shaved head and piercings, and sometimes you put on make-up and turn into four eyes, so it looks like you've gone completely out of bounds (laugh).

Kyo：Yeah, yeah (laugh). It doesn't matter (laugh).

ーーIt's also related to the expression “INWARD SCREAM”, you insist on using a shielded microphone on stage, right?

Kyo：To be honest, it doesn't matter either way. Without a shield, I can broaden my performance range, and with a shield, I can express myself in different ways. However, I prefer to have a shield. On stage, everyone is dressed all in black. A bright red shield is like a blood vessel, and it gives me an impression of being alive, and the sound is connected to the shield. Also, wireless microphones are thick in structure, right? That's just not cool. If there is a shield attached, there are restrictions on my movement, but I have a weird rebellious feeling that I should express myself regardless of the restrictions (laugh). Besides, the sound is usually better with a shield. It also avoids any trouble with radio waves. As long as it is shielded, I don't care what kind of microphone it is, whether it's dry sounding* or the front end has gotten bumpy (laugh).

*カスカスのマイク

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“Make the expression of pain more realistic I wanted to express freely using my own body, sweat and blood”

ーーAren't you particular about the recording microphone?

Kyo：I don't care what kind of microphone I use, but I sing the same way on the recording as I do on stage. I am not used to singing with my hands behind my back on a stand mic (laugh). I always sing with a hand mic. That way I can control the mic subtly, such as moving it closer or further away with my hand, and I can use it live as it is. I enjoy doing things like creating delay-like effects using only my own live voice, without using a delay device. I also enjoy doing things like making my voice sound quieter by using a live voice and a hand microphone instead of using a machine to reduce the volume or level. “AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS -UNPLUGGED-” was recorded in one shot, but there's a clattering sound at the end. I did that by rubbing the hand mic against myself and banging it against the wall (laugh). I prefer the hand mic because I can act on my own ideas right away.

ーーDo you have any recent vocal practice tips?

Kyo：My vocal range has expanded, and people say that I must have practiced a lot. But I don't practice at all. I think of live performances as practice (laugh). When I record a song, the director will tell me how far the key has been extended. It was interesting to me, and I would think to myself, “Next time, I got this far, and then this far more.” There was a time when I played it like a strategy game, but I got tired of it now.

ーーDoes it have anything to do with the menacing thought, “If other guys can do it, I can do it too?”

Kyo：No, no, I have a very low opinion of myself. Other vocalists practice hard and put in a lot of effort. I always think, “No, no, I can't do it.” It's really impossible for me.

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yridenergyridenergy · 4 months ago

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Hi hope you doing well I wanted you to help me if you can cause it is beyond my power,I'm so sorry for making trouble for you and thanks anyway

Hello everybody, wish great things for all of you

I don't know how many people will read this ,I think nobody care about what I think and what i want so I thought that this place is good to talk,I'm actually don't like to talk I always think I will take people time

I live in a small town in iran ,well I think having dreams for me was always sin japanese rock really changed my life, I had goal after that but it seems I'm always so weak for having dream ,I really liked buck-tick songs their songs was really life saver I really liked atsushi voice after that I listened to dir en grey songs it was very special and different also seeing people like me for the first time made me really happy cause toshiya's personality was really same as me ,after few weeks I watched Nippon budokan dir en grey 2014 at YouTube and I saw fans happiness at the live and from that day I think that I want to be a rock star at japan and wanted to see all of them ,I told my parents that I want to play electric guitar but they didn't allowed me at first and I was so sad after 6 months they told me that if you want to learn first you should learn classic guitar so I went for two years and now after two years I found that at the beginning they just wanted to play with me and they didn't wanted me to play guitar and didn't want to let me go to japan ,now the only think I have is my tears ,when I talk about rock that makes them angry I wrote this to ask you fans if you can tell the dir en grey that there was a girl that wanted to be a guitarist I really want to be a guitarist and I need help ,I am very limited, so I ask for your help

Hello! I sincerely apologize for the delay.

I've been pondering over this ever since you sent me this plea. It would be odd for someone else to send your message to Dir en grey, because then it's more like hearsay and it could seem like a story.

Your best option would be to communicate with Kaoru via TheTheDay, I think. Because he is a guitarist, but also because I think he's more likely to read fan messages and maybe respond. Shinya is guaranteed to read such communications too, but he might not reply seeing as it is a personal message rather than a question, and he's a drummer.

TheTheDay is run through the co-yomi platform, so I don't think overseas fans had as much difficulty registering on that than with the freewill-online sites.

Being a rock star is quite the dream to have! Few people make it into a band, and even fewer actually taste popularity and success. It's never too late - you can at least keep it as a hobby and explore your avenues. Good luck!

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dojae-huh · 2 years ago

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I've not heard of a single rock kband ever, if op knows any please share.

Most pop rock bands produced by the 3 main labels don't do well at all, they only perform small venues and pubs mostly.

Doyoung loves mellow songs as much as he loves rock so him trying to break into mellow songs or pop songs won't be anything shocking.

Most Koreans follow trends, if one day pop rock becomes a thing we might get a song from doyoung. I love Jaehyunnie and I like the cover but for me it was too stripped down.

This song is very popular in Japan so I hope Jaehyun gets new jfans

youtube

Muse performing a cover in Japan

I also hope op isn't confusing Japans love for everything rock with Korea

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OP said Korean rock scene is on the rise because there are shows on TV and new groups.

There is a female rock-band that got in I-tune chart, but it sounds very j-rock to me. Frankly, most k-rock groups sound very j-rock to me.

I know Lucy, N.Flying, The Rose, CNBlue, Onewe and there are JYP's ones. But I know them either from kdramas or by watching "new k-pop" weekly videos on YT. J-rock, on the other hand, is an established sub-culture in the West. Buck-Tick, L'Arc-en-Ciel, The Gazette, Dir En Grey, X-Japan were there before the Korean Wave (hallyu). X-Japan is one of the most known Japanese artists, if not the most known abroad. Ah, and Baby Metal recently took the punk-rock scene by storm.

And I don't even listen to the groups mentioned (sans a couple), heh. Obtained the knowledge by osmosis.

I don't see Doyoung daring to go pop-rock, even if he likes it. He wants big stadiums. But I hope he'll continue to sing collabs and make a cover with a live band. It's nice to see him enjoying what he is doing.

#ask me away #Doyoung is my bias

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mrnicholas · 5 years ago

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2020 - 20 Facts!

I’ve been tagged apparently.

Tagged by @jchb32273

1. Do you make your bed?

Heeeeeell no. I’ve never understood the point of doing it. So it looks nice when you’re not on it? Why does your bed need to look nice? Especially since you’re just going to mess it up again, in my case almost immediately. I practically live on my bed.

2. What’s your favorite number?

7! Seven. It’s less the number and more the word. It’s just a really pretty word.

3. What’s your job?

Being a conduit for the forces of evil. And drawing?

4. If you could, would you go back to school?

Yes! Definitely. I actually really loved school.

5. Can you parallel park?

Can not.

6. A job you had which would surprise people?

Nothing would surprise people. I don’t have an impressive resume to begin with.

7. Do you think aliens are real?

‘Aliens’ as in little green men and ufos or other sentient life in the galaxy? No to the first, yes to the second. I have no proof of this, I just think we’d be pretty arrogant to think we’re the only intelligent, society building life in the universe. Whether or not we actually are remains to be seen. I hope not. If humans are the smartest species out there....well that’s depressing given the state of things.

8. Can you drive a manual car?

Can not Part II: The return of Nope.

9. What’s your guilty pleasure?

Writing incredibly smutty and romantic fanfics with my best friend. Because reasons. It’s one of my favorite things ever and something most people only expect from teenagers not grown women in their mid thirties

10. Tattoos?

I wish. If I had money and a decent pain tolerance I’d be covered in them. Alas I lack both so my skin is naked and sad.

11. Favorite color?

I have no idea. I really really love lime green, and chartreuse, but not for everything. I really like really bright citrus colors, green, orange, yellow...I like really dark forest greens and teals, dark blood reds...but I can’t say if any of them my favorite. Most colors I like paired with other colors and not by themselves. Everything is better when it has a friend. Everything I get is black and white...most of my clothes are black and white or just black...my room is decorated in black and white, neither are colors. I don’t know the answer to this question.

12. Things people do that drive you crazy?

1)Believe that their opinions are facts and then try to force them on other people. 2) When people can’t or won’t try to see things from a perspective other than their own.

3) Not consider anyone else but themselves, even and maybe especially strangers. It takes literally no effort to be considerate of someone else.

I have a very long list. No one has that kind of time.

13. Any Phobias?

Dead people/Zombies. Creepy underwater areas. Insects/spiders. Giant australian stick insects are the most horrifying things I’ve ever seen. I panic if there are insects near me. I’ve determined this is how I will die. Once I was trying to kill a spider on the ceiling in my bathroom and I climbed up on the counter, fell off, over the toilet and slammed my back into the shower faucet. I’ve had bad back problems on and off since then.

14. Favorite childhood sport?

None. I’m not and have never been a sports fan. I am also not coordinated.

15. Do you talk to yourself?

Every day. I have a tendency to act out scenes when I’m left alone. A habit from childhood that I’ve never outgrown.

16. What movie do you adore?

Oh man...All of them? lol I have so many. I love dark movies from my childhood like Beetlejuice, Death Becomes Her, The Frighteners, . I love classic movies. Love Philadelphia Story and All About Eve, The Odd Couple, Arsenic and Old Lace, a thousand more of those. I love Adventure movies, Marvel movies, vampire movies, romantic comedies, and HORROR. I love supernatural horror. I pretty much love everything except incredibly cheesy (in a bad way) movies, really immature comedies (which seem to be the thing nowadays) and super artistic movies. Most everything else I usually find something I like about them....most of the time. There have been plenty of exceptions.

But if we’re talking movies I can watch all the time for no reason whatsoever...Interview with the Vampire and Moulin Rouge come to mind.

17. Do you like doing puzzles?

Depends on the kind of puzzle. I love word puzzles, riddle puzzles in video games, but like a puzzle puzzle where you put all the pieces together? Not really.

18. Favorite kind of music?

Jrock! Mucc, Dir en grey, Buck Tick, X Japan, Pierrot etc. I have a very long list of jrock bands I love. Other than that I really love music from other countries.I have a lot of Turkish music, Russian, French, German, Mongolian.....I love videogame music. I love classical. For western music it’s a really weird mix. I have Spice Girls, Rihanna, Raja Kumari, Metallica and Marilyn Manson on the same playlist. It pretty much runs the gamut except for country.

19. Tea or coffee?

Neither. I hate both.

20. The first thing you remember you wanted to be when you grew up?

First thing ever? Ballerina when i was three for some weird reason. Then I realized that I was a clumsy mess and ended up with gigantic boobs. Also I have no discipline.

Not tagging anyone, because...reasons? Mostly because it’s 4am and I’m really tired, but also because I don’t really want to. But thank you for tagging me. I’m sorry you had to read my rant.

#20 questions #I have to pee #Good night

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rinkakku · 5 years ago

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tagged by @asaris thank you so much 🥺

Rules: Answer 21 questions and tag 21 people you would like to get to know better

Questions:

Real name: i have so many names, like two actually (but i don't like the first one) but you guys can call me Maria

Nickname: i don't have a "official" nickname, but my best friend irl calls me Amu-chin (because he says my personality matches Amu, from Shugo Chara... yep, he's also a weeb)

Zodiac: le(h)o

Favorite musicians or groups: Kagamine Len my god almighty i'm really into HypMic (Fling Posse especifically), i also like Marina, Dir en Grey and Buck-Tick

Favorite sports team: *inhales* kARASUNO

Other blogs: this the only one i have and it's going to the grave with me

Do I get asks: no, send me asks i'm starving 🥺

How many blogs do I follow: 1073 (i looove to follow new people)

Tumblr crushes: all of my mutuals, little Maria loves you all (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ )

Lucky numbers: 7 (because i was born in july, yep i don't have creativity)

What am I wearing: my pajaaaamaaas

Dream vacation: i would like to go to the beach... i mean, i hate the sun but i really wanna see the sea again

Dream car: none by now (first i need to get my driver's license, because i wanna look like a hot bitch while i drive)

Favorite food: pizza and lasagna (who am i? Garfield?)

Drink of choice: any type of soda

Instruments: i tried to learn how to play flute and guitar when i was little, but i gave up reeeaally soon

Languages: brazilian portuguese is my native language, i (try to) speak english and i'm trying to learn japanese

Celebrity crushes: Keira Knightley

Random facts: - i have the habit of sleeping with a plush since i was 5 years and i still do it at the sweet age of 23, i feel awkward??? when i don't have something to hug while i'm sleeping;

- i LoOVE to buy new notebooks and pens everytime i have the chance, i'm a stationery hoe

tagging @snaspants @casuallyakward @princess-of-water-lilies @lightwolf23 and everyone who wants to answer it~ (of couse, feel free to not answer if you don't want to~)

#YES #I OVERCAME MY OVERWHELMED MIND WITH WORRIES AND ANSWERED IT!!!!#thank you for tagging me #💖💖💖💖

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kurumeki · 5 years ago

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9/25

If you want to read the story of Morrie getting (almost) arrested in NY, please scroll down for the bolded section of this post.

Wednesday was really busy, but I had great time! First I met with Emily, a Canadian, who lives surprisingly close to the place I’m staying at. Emily is also a fan of Morrie, but mostly of bands like Der Zibet, BUCK-TICK, AUTO-MOD, Soft Ballet, etc. I’m always down for meeting Morrie’s fans.

We met in Nakano at midday and got a little lost on our way to the amazing store with visual kei (well, not only, but mostly) merchandise and magazines. I had no idea such place is in Nakano! I would have never found it myself. Emily discovered it by accident, and when we finally got in, I just kept saying “oh my god, oh my god”. Because really… There was so much merchandise, either really old and new items. From bands like: X JAPAN, DIR EN GREY, BUCK-TICK, LUNA SEA, Acid Black Cherry, L’Arc~en~Ciel, VAMPS, GLAY, Golden Bomber… Of course items there were not the cheapest, but some items surely were cheaper than the original price. One of items I really would like to buy, but decided not to (for now) was a long hoodie from BUCK-TICK, not sure from which tour it was, but the design is amazing.

There are also lots and lots of magazines, I got myself four: three issues of ROCK AND READ and one volume of FOOL’S MATE I.S., all featuring Morrie. I paid for all of those less than 3,000JPY. There are some really old volumes of FOOL’S MATE, SHOXX, Arena37C, etc. If you want to know where is the store, just shoot me a message and I will tell you!

After a quick lunch at McDonald’s (a safe choice, because I wasn’t sure what we can get in that area), we headed to Shinjuku and after getting just slightly lost we found Book Off and Disc Union that Emily haven’t been to yet. I was glad she got herself some CDs! For myself, I bought my favourite album from Hyde, Roentgen, and Kiyoharu’s newest album Covers. It was used but in perfect condition and I got it for just 2,200JPY. I also found hide’s 8cm single for my friend.

Did I mention Emily gave me X JAPAN’s Heath’s solo album? I listened to it today for the first time and he has surprisingly pleasant voice and his music is a solid old school vk rock.

After saying goodbye to Emily I headed to another meeting – this time with Luka, a middle aged bangya of Morrie. I met Luka last year at Creature Creature live. She is the gambling bangya I once mentioned. Luka took me to an Okinawa style restaurant, where for some reason all dishes were containing bitter melon. This veggie is okay, but too much of it is… no. Anyway, I had such great time with Luka! We were gossiping about Morrie all time. She brought me the 10,000JPY prints of Morrie you can buy at his solo lives and that he later signs for you. These portraits are taken by Morrie’s NY photographer friend, Tre. Tre’s pictures are stunning even when you just see them online, but the actual prints… THESE ARE GORGEOUS. Totally worth the money. So beautiful. Colors are so vibrant, I can’t describe it. We also discovered with Luka we have the same Morrie sticker on our Suica cards and I found that hilarious. I also learned that Luka, just like me, didn’t get into Morrie’s music years ago; she rather found out about him because of his fanboy. Which was…. SUGIZO of LUNA SEA. In my case that was yasu from Acid Black Cherry, so it was great to talk to a Japanese person who got to know Morrie in a similar way.

After eating and a couple of drinks, we decided to change places and just went to some bar in Kabukicho. We ordered beers and that’s where Luka started telling me very interesting stories that Morrie himself shares with fans, mostly at Solitude lives. Here is a story of Morrie (almost) getting arrested:

Some of you surely know he moved to New York in late 1992 and lived there for over a decade with his wife, Heather. Well, he still does, but during that period he rarely make any public appearances and mostly stayed in NY the entire time. Anyway, Morrie was in New York (he lives somewhere in Manhattan) when 9/11 happened. This event really made a big impact on him, he even wrote a song for DEAD END titled Matenrou Game (Skyscraper Game) that tells about this event. When 9/11 happened, Shoyo Iida, his close friend and guitarist of EZO, was staying at Morrie’s apartment that time. When WTC towers collapsed, many streets got closed. And those two idiots, Morrie and Shoyo, went into that area, to check it out. Mostly because people were really confused with what was happening, there was kind of chaos, and because of curiosity. And of course they got pulled over by police. Shoyo didn’t have his documents on him, Morrie did, but still police was super suspicious of them and it resulted in them almost getting arrested. In the end, they just got a ride in a police car back to Morrie’s apartment.

Luka also told me about going to Shoyo’s restaurant in Kyoto (he is a sushi chef) and getting the same exact seat as Morrie there and the same meal. We talked about Morrie’s philosophy, his inspirations. Before I knew it, it got really late and I had to run for the last train home. But, I had quality time with Luka and I can’t wait to see her tomorrow, in Yokohama, at Morrie’s Solitude live!

#personal

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friedesgreatscythe · 7 years ago

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i was tagged in a few lil meme things by @myrcella, @cincosechzehn, and @danamercers these past few days, so i’m gonna lump them in here (because i didn’t want to ignore them!!)

cinco’s first:

1. What scent always makes you happy or calm? Cherry blossom or nag champa incense.

2. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint chocolate chip!

3. What is the first movie you watched that made you cry? I don’t remember... probably Titanic?

4. If you had $1000 to spend on something that was not a bill or loan, what would you buy? Ticket to Vegas to visit @augur-of-ebrietas. I’d put the rest in the bank lol

5. If you could visit any country on the planet right now, what would it be and why? Sweden. I’ve already been to Japan, and I kinda wanna see continental Europe. Preferably when it’s cold.

6. How many blankets and pillows do you normally sleep with? My weighted/anti-anxiety blanket and about... eight? nine? pillows.

7. If you could add one feature to tumblr, what would it be? A block system that actually blocks the users and keeps them off my fucking dash.

8. Think about your favorite story/game/etc. What is ONE thing you would change about it? I never, ever liked how in SH3 Heather goes to the mental hospital instead of Douglas. That made no goddamn sense; it was transparent asset reuse. It would’ve made more sense for Heather to go to Leonard’s house, or for the two of them to stick together in their investigation in Silent Hill. What’s more, Heather’s actual time in Silent Hill is so quick that it might as well barely exist. I really would’ve liked to see her explore more of it, similar to how Silent Hill 1 let you go through the resident district, then across the bridge to the downtown area.

9. What are your favorite fanfic tropes? Enemies to friends to lovers, soulmates/dreamsharing, slowburn.

10. Tea or coffee? Herbal tea, black coffee.

How does the song you’re listening to rn make you feel? I’m not listening to a song, but the last one I heard made me wanna dance.

Do you like plushies? Yes! I have a few.

What’s the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? When I studied in Japan, one of my host sisters (she was a toddler at the time) would stand next to her toy box and sing at it, thinking she was Snow White singing at the well.

Did you ever buy something only to regret it the moment after? Pretty much every purchase I make comes with some kind of regret :/ Like “I really don’t need this, do I?”

What’s the first vidya game you’ve ever played? Mario 64 and Echo Night.

Your biggest interest rn? Far Cry 5 / southern gothic / nuclear apocalyptic scenarios

Do you like horror stories? Yes! Horror’s my favorite genre, and all deviations of it, too.

Did you ever write a full story? I write novels! And novellas. Sometimes short stories.

What are your favorite lyrics from a song? 消えない傷でも綺麗でしょ？ “These scars won’t fade, but aren’t they beautiful?” I have it tattooed on my left arm over some self-injury scars.

What is your favorite line from a book or movie or game? The fear of blood tends to create fear for the flesh, Silent Hill 1.

Nicknames: Krist, Kris, Krissy Liz.

Gender/pronouns: Cis female, she/her

Star sign: Cancer

Height: 5′2″

Time: 9:36 PM

Birthday: June 24th, 1987

Favorite bands: Dir en grey, BUCK-TICK, NIN, Linkin Park, Alice In Chains, Converge, Daughter, the GazettE, Katatonia, Portishead.

Favorite solo artist: Tori Amos, Zoe Keating, BANKS, Ayumi Hamasaki, Lana Del Rey, Emilie Autumn, Chelsea Wolfe, Fraunhofer Diffraction, Utada Hikaru.

Song stuck in your head: Beyonce - Sorry

Last movie you watched?: TLJ, probably. I actually can’t remember.

Last show?: Smackdown (wrestling), and if that doesn’t count, then GBBO.

Why did you create your blog?: Livejournal was bought out by a Russian company, and all my friends were coming here, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I can’t say it was a good decision.

Other blogs: I have several active sideblogs. @reyloshrine, @lokiarsene, @kristwrites, @skyholde and @lotuskasumi are the ones worth sharing.

AO3: lotuskasumi!

Do you get asks?: Not often, no.

How did you get the idea for your URL?: I LOVE SISTER FRIEDE FROM DARK SOULS 3 jkdfsla

I follow: A... lot.

Followers: 1,025 but I’m pretty sure only 30 of them are active.

Average hours of sleep: 7~8 hours.

Lucky number: I dunno!

Instruments: None.

What are you wearing?: White shorts, bralette. It’s so hot.

Dream job: Professional author who does guest lectures at universities and gets to travel to do public speaking and humanitarian work through the arts.

Dream trip: I’d like to visit Greece, I think. I’d also like to go back to Kyoto for a while.

Significant other?: :(

Last book I read: The Bible (research!)

Top 3 fictional universes: The Soulsborne worlds, Rule of Rose world (or fairytales in general), Howl’s Moving Castle’s... castle lol.

I tag @kylos-ren, @wolfwitcheress, @w1tchmom, and anyone else who wants to do one of these. Pick whichever set of questions you’d like (I’m honestly too lazy to come up with different questions, rip)

#luna speaks

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maryannemagnolia-blog · 8 years ago

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Report of a trip to Japan, September 2016, Buck-Tick related parts

Conversations with Japanese fans, BT cafe, Climax Together 3rd. I know it’s very late. I just want to post something and practice my English. My memories could be wrong.

Osaka, Yousukou Ramen

That small restaurant The Mortal members have been to in 2015. It’s hidden deeply in the streets of Umeda, difficult to find even with the help of Google Map, it was smaller than I thought it to be, there were only about 10 seats, and I wouldn’t say it was very clean inside.

The Ramen was very delicious, I was satisfied with its taste, but one bowl was not enough to fill my stomach at 3pm. Due to nervousness, I didn’t say Acchan-chan’s name.

(On that morning, I had much trouble finding a store called Umeda Loft, then the next day I had much trouble finding the live house Umeda Club Quattro, I guess the Feng Shui of that place does not suit my birth time.)

Tokyo, a hotel

I talked to the staffs of the hotel I lived in. One 20 or 30-something staff knew BT, when another staff who looked around the same age as him asked “What’s that?”, he answered “Old Visual Kei”, then praised my taste in music, “very good, very good. It’s rare (to see girls like me coming to Japan for bands like BT, I guess that’s his meaning)”

Tower Records Kinshicho

The Tower Records famous for a whole shelf of BT stuffs. It’s one the 4th floor (or maybe 3th or 5th I don’t quite remember) of a shopping center which is not faraway from the JR line station. If you want to buy BT’s CDs in Tokyo, I suggest you either go there or Tower Records Shibuya.

At the shrine of Morioka Ken, the boards had not been as full as they were in Cayce’s photos.

Sadly I didn’t have enough money to buy everything, I already bought many records in Osaka and Kyoto, so I only bought Mona Lisa Overdrive, Sabbat, Minus(-)’s D and the only one Togawa Jun album there (in the J-pop section).

Tower Records Cafe in Harajuku

On September 10th, I went to the Tower Records Cafe. I know there would be many people since the next day we shall Climax Together, but I didn’t realize I had to wait for two hours out on the street, but thank for the line of ladies dressed in black I didn’t get lost, okay several gentlemen were there, too, there were 40+ year old ladies in Visual Kei style outfits, 30-something ladies with elegant make up, in normal clothes, there were also JKs younger than me and 30-year-old men who looked just like any Japanese salarymen.

I talked to the nice looking lady behind me. She asked about the official translation of Buck-Tick in Chinese, it’s “花火師”, which means “pyrotechnist, it made her laugh so hard, and no, we rarely use that name.

I introduced her to Tumblr. She laughed again when I searched “Buck-Tick” on Tumblr, photos came out were Acchan, Acchan, and Acchan, “Nothing but Acchan!” Then she introduced Tumblr to her friends on LINE as a place to find many beautiful Acchan pictures.

She started another topic: “Do your parents love Japanese music, too?”

“My mom is Sakamoto Ryuichi-san’s fan.”

“She likes YMO?”

“She hates YMO.”

“Oh, then does she like Buck-Tick?”

“Not really, the only BT songs she likes are Jupiter, Dress and Flame.”

“Anyway,” she said, “I’m glad BT’s songs are liked by Sakamoto-san’s fan.”

It seems Sakamoto Ryuichi and YMO are one rank higher in dignity than all those rock bands.

When I finally got into the Cafe, it’s long past lunch time, I was very hungry. Climax Together 1992 was played on the screen, I felt very difficult to eat my pasta which was not spicy at all despite what was written on their websites while the man I love was singing about despair, pain, madness and desire to die.

Later, friends reported that they waited for 4 whole hours outside the cafe on September 12th, so I’m the lucky one!

Bar Teranga in Ebisu

It’s the bar Imai mentioned in his blog, owned by his wife’s sister Akane, who is also an indie musician. It’s hidden in the streets of Ebisu, on the third floor of a building, with only one tiny signboard outside.

I went there for the evil purpose of examining whether she looked as cute as she was in photos, or it’s photoshop’s doing (I’m not evil enough to think about meeting or stalking BT members, I swear), but I didn’t see her, that night only the male staff Takizawa Ryo was there, he is an indie musician, in 2012, some fans got extremely angry (I’m not sure why) after they found that the BT charity bags were sold at his concerts...but it has already passed, Imai has explained in his blog, Cayce has posted on her blog, so I’ll stop here.

The bar was small, gothic style, there was a wall full of Jrockers’ signatures, including all members of BT, Aki from Sid, Motokatsu, someone from D’erlanger, someone from Merry, Sakurai Ao maybe, and so on, I said “someone” and “maybe” because I couldn’t decipher their signatures which were all so artistically written. Only Shirosaki Jin, the big fanboy and former NO.1 host wrote readable kanjis. I heard there was also one written by Die, of dir en grey, but failed to find it. Aside from signatures, they also used Jrock magazines and BT tour goods as decoration, you can find BT stuffs even in the toilet. The Sakurai Drops box is surprisingly small.

There were three customers when I entered the door, all about 40 years old, two ladies, one gentlemen. I sat down, ordered curry rice and beer in English, the two ladies said “Oh, foreigner?” Then, one of them said:

“But why this bar... Bakuchiku fan?”

“...Yes.” I answered.

They gave me a very warm welcome by screaming and shouting.

“Do you speak Japanese?”

“Only a little.”

“Yokohama Arena?” She tried to speak very slow.

“Yes, but my seat is terrible.”

“Whoo, you come to Japan for a concert!”

“Uh...I came for sightseeing.”

“But your main purpose is the concert, isn’t it?”

And yes.

We talked about BT, Visual Kei and Jpop. “It’s amazing that Japanese music has influence on other countries’ people.” they said. Later, they began talking about baseball, Johnny’s idol groups, and the coming Visual Japan Summit (finally I remember that name).

The curry rice was nice. One of the ladies drank so much High-ball but her face didn’t change a bit, I envy people like her.

I left before all three of them, “Good night! See you tomorrow in Yokohama.” The Japanese fans said.

(Small information:

There is a bar in Minatoku, Tokyo, owned by NAO (BY-SEXUAL) and BT’s former manager Kojima, the name is “Azabu Kyuuban”, or “Azabu NO.9” in English. Many Jrockers had been there, including members of BT, Glay, Plastic Tree, Golden Bomber, Kishidan, Nocturnal Bloodlust and so on. Some BT fans love to go there after the Budoukan show, so if you want to go there that day, too, remember to pre-order.)

Yokohama Arena

There are big “横浜アリーナ” and “Yokohama Arena” words written above an exit of the station, you can follow the ladies in black as well.

I arrived at Yokohama Arena at about 12:30 pm, there was a long, long goods line in the rain, even there were many staffs selling the goods and they were quick, I think I still waited for more than 1.5 hours outside, and when I finally got into the venue, I found there were still many people waiting in front of me. Aku no Hana 2015 remix was played, when Kiss Me Good-bye was over, National Media Boys came, so they must played it for more than once, friends who came later than me reported they heard another album there. I heard almost one Aku no Hana inside the venue, than my turn of buying goods finally came.

It was reported by Japanese fans if you came at 3 pm, you did not need to wait, so I guess at concerts if you don’t want the most popular goods such as Sakurai Drops or Acchan eye masks, it will be better if you don’t come very early.

After buying the goods, same with many fans, I walked to a nearby shopping center, spent two hours there. One oddity was that, when I went to the toilet in the shopping center, everyone waited there was BT fans, I can tell they were fans because all of them wore either BT T-shirts, or typical bangya clothes such as black lace dress and black high heel boots, one of them wore a Mr. Matsumoto guitar print scarf, that famous one with red hearts.

Then back to the venue, people had already lined up for entering. Passersby looked at us curiously.

Since everyone has already watched the WOWOW video, I’d better not say too much about the concert itself, so just a few things:

1. Chandeliers were beautiful.

2. Beside me was a middle aged man, he cried during Jupiter.

3. People clapped their hands during the intro of Dokudanjo, it’s a bit hard to learn.

4. I didn’t realize Imai played Passing Mountain then, feel ashamed.

5. Imai��s guitar was so loud (noisy) that I could barely hear Acchan talking, and it was because Imai’s guitar, not my poor Japanese, Japanese fans have reported same problem.

6. I think you already know that, but the spoken words in Dress are “早く、行かなくちゃ” (I have to go, now).

7. Acchan said: “It must be difficult to see from there, I’m sorry”, then turned the stage light to the stage side and 2nd floor seats, fans who were lit up all waved their hands, screamed in happiness to him. He is a very gentle person indeed.

This year I plan to visit Japan again.

I will go to Fujioka, Gunma to see Imai Shouten. But before that I need to learn more Japanese.

Oh, actually this Gunma-chan (with serious bear) is not the first Gunma-chan.

The original Gunma-chan is this:

#buck-tick #atsushi sakurai #sakurai atsushi #acchan #imai hisashi #hisashi imai #live report #does it count as a live report?#gunma-chan #tower records #ramen #J-rock related bars

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