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7 pointsHello, My name is Kristy Ive always found my latest goss to Vkei music through Visualioner and Youtube. Recently a friend of mine uses this forum and she recommend me to come here and join the monochrome heaven family. I remember the the first two bands that brought me to Vkei were Alice nine and An Cafe. I've been listening to Vkei since 2005 and stuck with it ever since. My favourite bands are Gazette,Sadie and Nocturnal bloodlust. Currently listening to Jiluka, Rides in Revellion, Dexcore, Fixer, Razor,Royz and Dadaroma. Lovely to meet you all
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MH JRock Awards 2017 RESULTS!
Shir0 and 6 others reacted to YuyoDrift for a post in a topic
RESULTS! First off, I want to thank everyone who participated! For those who planned to, but could not, it's OK! There's always this year's awards to look forward to. Maybe. Anyways, On to the Results! ______________________________________________________________ Best Overall Artist/Band Best Album Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP Best Cover Art Best Song Best Look Best Newcomer Best Veteran Best PV Saddest Disbandment Most Overhyped Band Most Overhyped Release Most Underhyped Band Most Underhyped Release Most Disappointing Release Most Anticipated Release Band that Changed their Sound for the Best Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017 What the hell were they thinking!? Award Best Revival/Returns There were SO MANY ties , as well as categories that had NO CLEAR WINNER. In any case, thanks everyone once again for participating in the JRock Awards this year, and let's look forward to if/when we host 2018's! -
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[Review] DIMLIM - The Silent Song (2017.12.27)
chemicalpictures and 2 others reacted to The Reverend for a post in a topic
I hadn't seen the music video for the title track yet when I made this... where's the rest of the band (the guitarists are still in the band right???) -
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+ = *getting this out of my system*
IGM_Oficial and 2 others reacted to nekkichi for a status update
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3 pointsOh hey it's great value mia
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Old fan returning after some years!
NightFall and 2 others reacted to koutetsuhime for a post in a topic
Hey everyone. I'm koutetsuhime, or kou for short. I've also gone by awakenthesadist/medicalshower in the past on LJ and batsu (ohh boy blast from the past). I also ran a few communities over on Livejournal, so if you recognise me from there or batsu, heeey. It's really quite strange to come back to a fandom you used to know so well and feel so lost, so I thought I'd join this community and try to get settled back in. So apparently I made this account way back in 2012 and never introduced myself, oops. Seems like a little while after Versailles went on hiatus, I kinda lost interest in VK, and now I'm trying to return to being somewhat involved in the VK fandom. I got super into the metal fandom for a while there, even doing concert photography and shit, but I was getting a little bored of it and somehow ended up coming back to VK. Embarrasingly enough, I think it was that terrible Finebros 'people react to VK' vid that sparked my interest again. Of all things. I don't have many newer bands I like, but I've been obsessing over DADAROMA like crazy! And that last lynch. release was pretty awesome. (I'm totally open to band suggestions.) I'll forever continue to love Aikaryu, but I also still quite enjoy Phantasmagoria, Unsraw, Deluhi, older Versailles, really old Dir en grey, and some others. I also listen to various metal bands, BAND-MAID, aaaand... Babymetal. I really need to get back into my listening game, honestly. A bit rambly, but yeah, that's me. よろしく☆ -
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Show us your lock screen wallpaper!
platy and 2 others reacted to IGM_Oficial for a post in a topic
New year, new phone, new wallpaper. -
3 pointsI guess they had . . . no desire to continue. ;<
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REIGN new album "べリアル (Belial)" release
Mamo and 2 others reacted to The Piass for a post in a topic
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3 pointsI also can't read all Kanji/katakana, however I've figured out the tracklist CD NAME: べリアル Tracklist: 01. EXORCISM 02. SINGIN in THE REIGN 03. エミリアの土曜日 (Emilia no doyoubi) 04. VENOM 05. Pupa 06. 桜流し (Sakura Nagashi) 07. Ghost Labyrinth 08. defective scene (Only in regular version) 08. Shallow 「P'」 (Only in Limited edition) 09. RISE 10. TONIGHT DVD 「Pupa Music Clip」 + 「Music Clip offshot」
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REIGN new album "べリアル (Belial)" release
Mamo and one other reacted to The Piass for a post in a topic
Their new album will be released on 2018.02.14. -
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KIYOHARU new live venue limited single 赤の永遠 / 罪滅ぼし野ばら 2/9 Release
Ada Suilen and one other reacted to Kiyoharu is God for a post in a topic
A new KIYOHARU single has been announced. AKA NO EIEN / TSUMIHOROBHOSHI NOBARA will be released on 2/9, however it's limited to a live venue release rather than a wider public release. AKA NO EIEN is the lead song off the upcoming YORU、CARMEN NO SHISU album (slated for 2/14), while TSUMIHOROBHOSHI NOBARA will be only be contained in the single. JIN OKI plays flamenco guitar on AKA NO EIEN. Duran plays guitar on TSUMIHOROBHOSHI NOBARA. Yuji Okiyama (who played BASS on Kiyoharu's earliest solo releases) and Katsuma (coldrain drummer) will fill out the rhythm section. Single jacket has been handled by YUTARO (sads' bassist). https://natalie.mu/music/news/265292 https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000150866#utm_source=tw_BARKS_NEWS&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_auto -
2 pointsSomeone brought this up from another board with regards to Phenomenon: But Diru will never become another NIN though, no?
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random thoughts thread
raphael and one other reacted to allisapp for a post in a topic
I got a job~! Now I have to start practising swedish way more Even though it has gotten lot better in just two months. (I will work in a hotel, where I have to speak in three langauges. If I was brave enough, I would try to learn japanese hotel vocabularly but my boyfriend keeps telling me not to and refuses to teach some stuff because he would want me to speak keigo.) -
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浅葱 (Asagi) first full album 「斑」(Madara)
Komorebi and one other reacted to Manji 卍 for a post in a topic
Wagakki band with male vocals, nice -
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浅葱 (Asagi) first full album 「斑」(Madara)
maryeon and one other reacted to emmny for a post in a topic
excited for the song with mia x leda, the solo mia rips into as the preview fades out sounds amazing also that random nagoya-but-not-at-all-nagoya end track is weird but im curious and hearing how yo-ka and jui sound on their backing vocals (hopefully they can take some parts away from asagi because it'll be a nice contrast) -
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Dir en grey
The Moon and one other reacted to DogManX for a post in a topic
Just listened to the new .. "album" .. i guess. That shit made my head hurt a lot. I mean... if you wanna cash cow the shit out of this band, at least give them something listenable.. those remasters are of the worst kind I ever heard... and OH Yeah, this is like the first time I listened to the remake of a remake of a song, or even the remake of a pre-remake. Awesome right? My ears are puking but oh well .. some die hard fans will come all over this just because there's DIR EN GREY on it. At least they kept the cover authentic. This really sounds like a CD with ALOT of scratches. I'm out. VOS sucks. 0 points. -
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MH JRock Awards 2017
Mihenno and one other reacted to Kathy for a post in a topic
Best Overall Artist/Band : Jiluka Best Album : Jiluka - Xenomorphic Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP : Lievre Clay - Fatsia , The Black Swan - 蟲聲, and 黒百合と影 - 昨日の怖い夢。 Best Cover Art Best Song : The Black Swan - 蟲聲 and Jiluka - Omelas Best Look : The Black Swan - 蟲聲 Best Newcomer : Lavans and グラビティ(Gravity) Best Veteran : ユナイト Best PV : Rides In ReVellion - F.A.T.E. Saddest Disbandment : SuG and Lievre Clay Most Overhyped Band : Dadaroma Most Overhyped Release Most Underhyped Band Most Underhyped Release : The Thirteen - Evil Mad Science Most Disappointing Release : Vexent - Victim Most Anticipated Release : Deviloof - Devil's Proof Band that Changed their Sound for the Best : Baboo Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse : Pentagon Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017 : Jiluka What the hell were they thinking!? Award Best Revival/Returns -
1 pointI hope more people will take part next time! Thought I'd see sukekiyo in many more categories lol
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1 pointAlso Rinkaku, pay attention to the single ver. and the album ver.
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[Review] DIMLIM - The Silent Song (2017.12.27)
The Reverend reacted to yakihiko for a post in a topic
@The Reverend Nice review Rev. I sure to say both guitarrists are still on the band, I just can't say if this was recorded before or later the original drummer and bassist depart. -
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1 pointBest Overall Artist/Band: Jiluka. Everything they released this year was flawless (to me). Best Album: Acid Blood Cherry and Pantheon -Part 1- (Matenrou Opera) take the crown this year. Gotcharocka's Screamy was also really good. Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP: Jiluka - Xenomorphic. D's Orokashii Ryuu no Yume was also great and Do As Infinity released pretty solid singles. Best Cover Art: I never really pay attention to those, but Grimoire's cover art for Uranometria alone makes me want to buy it. Best Song: Ajna. Best Look: D's dragon look is what I had been waiting for since 2014. No kidding. Best Newcomer: Kizu. They are great on CDs and live. Best Veteran: D and Mucc. Best PV: I literally only saw like 3... Grimoire's PV for Frabjous Natch was entretaining to watch. Saddest Disbandment: Yusai. I had high hopes for them. Ramiel also kinda hurt, they were nice live. Most Overhyped Band: 0.1 no Gosan. They aren't that great imo. Most Overhyped Release: Virge's first mini. Everyone was going nuts about it and I found it dissapointing. Their singles were better. Aiolin didn't live up to the standards either. Most Underhyped Band: Amabo needs more love, though all their releases being live limited doesn't help them AT ALL. Most Underhyped Release: Can't think of one, really. Most Disappointing Release: Maybe Keel's Shishi... I expected more. Aiolin's releases too. Most Anticipated Release: Ajna. I actually looked at the PV several times, and I NEVER do that. I also ordered it with EMS cause I couldn't wait a month to get it. Band that Changed their Sound for the Best: Definitely D Band that Changed their Sound for the Worse: Probably NoGoD? Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017: Jiluka and D, hands down. I don't want to count to check which one eins either because I'll get depressed. What the hell were they thinking!? Award: That fairy-kei look D threw at us in may. I can't believe I have photos with them looking like that. Best Revival/Returns: I don't follow such old bands, but probably the only one I'm interested in is Mary Rue, cause You <3
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1 pointBest Overall Artist/Band - JILUKA, ARCHEMI, Matenrou Opera Best Album - Pantheon Pt 1 (Matenrou Opera) Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP - Black Pentagram (Unlucky Morpheus) Best Cover Art - TRACES Vol. 2 (the GazettE) Best Song - "Violet" by Unlucky Morpheus, "Night Howling" by Aiolin Best Newcomer - アクメ(ACME) Best Veteran - KAMIJO Saddest Disbandment - BLESSCODE Most Overhyped Band - LACK-CO Most Overhyped Release - THE CORE by RAZOR Band that Changed their Sound for the Best - Matenrou Opera Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017 - the GazettE Best Revival/Returns - リグロ(llll-Ligro-)
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Questions about an item i just ordered
TheZigzagoon reacted to reminiscing2004 for a post in a topic
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1 pointTHanks for sharing, They look gooooood Cant wait for the new album <3
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Questions about an item i just ordered
TheZigzagoon reacted to robkun for a post in a topic
Apparently it was one of their first singles, released back in October of 2002. Limited to 2000 copies. -
1 pointThis exists on youtube actually, i didn't know that this was the live in question because the footage was short (the YT edit cuts out the outro so i thought more was to follow, LOL) thanks though!
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General KPOP Thread
thegirlavoidingmariacross reacted to efuru for a post in a topic
Yeah I agree. And Choerry has the potential to provide some cute stuff. I hope they’re the only cute ones. I don’t want anymore cutesy members. -
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General KPOP Thread
efuru reacted to thegirlavoidingmariacross for a post in a topic
(Sorry for responding so late, had to get past holiday season lol) I agree, though now we have Chuu (<3) I think she and Yeojin will be providing the majority of the 'cutesy' stuff though. -
1 pointNever listened to the band until now (because of everyone praising the new single) and I really like what I hear. Clean vocals are nice and the growls too, the instrumental part is quite awesome actually. Loving the first two tracks but, even though I love me some hard heavy music, I'm not digging 塵外 very much, the low pig squeal sounds weird, all I can hear is "yoyoyoyoyieyoyo" Cool single. New fan here
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1 pointAhh thank you for informing me i might participate in these in the future whenever i have the time. I would definitely wanna expand on music.
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Do "Am I the only one who..." YouTube comments ever actually reveal anything new or i
suji reacted to fitear1590 for a status update
Do "Am I the only one who..." YouTube comments ever actually reveal anything new or insightful? Sure as shit doesn't seem like it. -
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Dir en grey
EzraEroguro reacted to Saishu for a post in a topic
Know what else? Drain Away should have been replaced with Amber. The fans have failed. -
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Morrigan Gt. Pitty has departed
Komorebi reacted to chemicalpictures for a post in a topic
That's worrisome, but also an oportunity for them to develop as a band. To be fair, there are few acts so derivative as Morringan nowadays, their songs all sound the same, but they generally are good, so that's not a real issue. If Pitty is indeed the main/solo composer, they'll have to get their shit together and expand their writing (the good option) or try to mimic Pitty's style (the lame option) -
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Eins:Vier self-cover best album "Self Cover Best 2018 Searching Red Light" release
zaa_zaa reacted to Shaolan974 for a post in a topic
because they don't want to become a famous rock band like the other young bands ?! Their are a lot of old bands who are still playing at Meguro Rock May Kan or Ikebukuro CHOP. The band is not their main job. They are still playing together because they want to and they like to. -
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DIMLIM
Ozileras10 reacted to Manji 卍 for a post in a topic
The whole new single is a great step up for these guys. My favorite song is innocent passion,because Sho clean singing is absolutely hypnotic,also his screams,this guy is a beast!! Can't explain why but this band placed the empty space that MEJIBRAY left in my conscience,cuz their atmosphere and Sho vocals are so similar to Tsuzuku skills,imo. Fucking good band -
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KAMIJO to start 2018 with New Singles, New Live DVD, and New Album
Vercingetorix reacted to suji for a post in a topic
KAMIJO & Hatsune Miku maxi-single, "SANG -Another Story-" will be released on March 21 in two types. Limited edition (2000 yen) will come with special cover artwork with 3D printing. Regular edition is 1500 yen. Tracklists are the same from what I can see atm. Other than that, there's no real difference between both editions... [tracklist] 1.Sang -Another Story- 2. (tba) 3.Sang -Another Story- (instrumental) 4. (tba) (instrumental) -
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1 point1. DIAURA - the one current VK band that has never let me down, ever. 2. GOTCHAROCKA - Some of the most catchy VK melodies I've ever heard. Shortcake is an earworm that I would be happy to have stay with me forever. 3. SCREW - they deserved so much better than the industry gave them. (One band that would have been far better off never crossing paths with PSC). 4. GazettE - the Holy Trilogy of NIL, Stacked Rubbish and DIM alone would get them this spot. 5-7 - the three BP Records bands, Kiryu, Royz and Codomo Dragon. Yes, they overflood the market with singles, but when they're on, they're ON, and each band has a unique charm. (Codomo Dragon, in particular, has put out some gems - Viper has one of the best openings ever). 8. Moran - only found them after they'd disbanded, wish to hell I'd found them during their heyday. Wonderfully deep, layered, sophisticated music - there isn't much other VK that can honestly be described as jazz-rock. 9. Alice Nine - if only because they were my first VK love and they earn a spot on my personal hall of fame with Rainbows and The Beautiful Name alone. 10. Lycaon - They were a rowdy, dirty sex band, but they were a damn GOOD rowdy, dirty sex band. (The more toned down Initial'L incarnation just isn't the same). Honorable mentions include D=OUT, Mejibray, Fest Vainqueur, Morrigan, Jiluka, BORN, Kagrra and older Kra (I think a lot of people forget how damn GOOD they were from their launch until they lost their original guitarist).
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1 pointI lied about the Fool's Mate #202 not having any DEG in it. It just wasn't listed in the magazine's index page. It's just a 2-page live article. Here's the DEG ad from the Fool's Mate #198 issue. I uploaded the raw version of the ad here.
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1 pointNew year postcard from FC Uruha's looking good xDD Sorry for the poor quality lol
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KAMIJO to start 2018 with New Singles, New Live DVD, and New Album
IGM_Oficial reacted to yuuzhea ikubaru for a post in a topic
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1 pointWow thanks, now I feel old and shit. Great list.
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☆2018 Predictions☆
DavidB.Rockin reacted to Tokage for a post in a topic
The Japanese government finally outlaws br00tal kei entirely, thereby saving the entire music scene because they still didnt fucking do it this year like i hoped they would lmao -
1 pointBest Overall Artist/Band: 甘い暴力 Best Album: THE LIGHT by Rides in Revellion Best Single/Maxi-Single/EP: UNIVERSE by REVIVE Best Song: イカロスの夢 by DIAURA Best Look: RAZOR Best Newcomer: LAVANS Best Veteran: Royz Best PV: 光 by アンフィル Saddest Disbandment: GAMEOVER Most Overhyped Band: キズ Most Underhyped Band: 甘い暴力 Most Disappointing Release: 輪廻転生 by REVIVE Most Anticipated Release: 君、依存、タトゥー by 甘い暴力 Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017: 甘い暴力 What the hell were they thinking!? Award: Noulla
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1 pointBest Cover Art: Marco - 穴二つ (Ana Futatsu) Best Song: Marco - 夕轟 (Yutodoroki) Best EP: Labaiser - Chain of Tragedy (improvement in production quality, along with some stellar songs) Marco - セイゾンノシルシ (Seizonnoshirushi) (improvement from their previous releases, with some pretty awesome tracks!! probably their best work by far) Best Look: MERRY - エムオロギー (m-ologie), Marco - セイゾンノシルシ (Seizonnoshirushi), Labaiser - Chain of Tragedy Best Newcomer: ガンミ (Ganmi); ヤミテラ (Yamitera); Yumeleep (if they even count as "newcomers") Best PV: MERRY - エムオロギー (m-ologie), Marco - 夕轟 (Yutodoroki) Saddest Disbandment: ELYSION (they came off as the second coming of Megaromania, but they weren't as good and in the end, they ended up flopping anyway...very disappointed about both their musical output & their quick disbandment, but I wasn't really surprised when it was announced.) ガンミ (Ganmi) (short-lived, but gone too soon, they had a lot of potential with their retro 2000s sound...) MARIA’N†ROSA (technically a hiatus, but very short-lived as they also had lots of potential as a symphonic metal band) Most Overhyped Band: R-shitei, Lack-co, RAZOR Most Underhyped Band: Marco, Kalavinka, Crucifixion (although Marco was the same way in the past, the latter two bands' stuff is less accessible but I wish it would be shared somehow, and they deserve far more recognition than they have right now) Most Anticipated Release: Marco - セイゾンノシルシ (Seizonnoshirushi), Marco - 穴二つ (Ana Futatsu) Most Disappointing Release: ELYSION - APOTHEOSIS (poor production quality, which was also prevalent in their previous singles) SIRENE - Testament ~I'm Not Diva~ (was expecting this to be a sweet kotekei release judging from Maasa's bands, but it ended up being basic bitch garbage aside from a few tracks :/) Band that Changed their Sound for the Worst: ELYSION (production quality began to deteriorate after their first single & even one of their newer songs is plagiarized) Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017: MERRY, Marco ;w; What the hell were they thinking!? Award: ZIN (Jupiter) & his America-kei project The guy from Rave staging his arrest to promote a single 厨二溺レ死ヌ。(chunioboresinu.)'s brief stint as "ベティ。" (betty.) for like 3 months... Best Revival/Returns: David (Sui solo project) (made up for Lin 2.0's floppage by releasing the amazing, "Requiemage") Megaromania (reunited after 4 years, there's now rumors of a 2018 return and the fact that they were my first vk band, I hope that's true ;w; ) ((I'm sorry this list is kinda biased and limited to only a few bands ;w; ))
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MH JRock Awards 2017
Kathy reacted to patientZERO for a post in a topic
Best Overall Artist/Band: DADAROMA, JILUKA Best Album: DADAROMA – DADAISM #3 Best Cover Art: JILUKA – Xenomorphic Best Song: DADAROMA's "MASTURBATION" Best Newcomer: DIMLIM Best PV: まみれた's "食べたい", DADAROMA'S "MASTURBATION" Saddest Disbandment: バラライカ, THE BLACK SWAN, シビレバシル Most Overhyped Band: RAZOR, ゴシップ, ラッコ Most Underhyped Band: Develop One's Faculties, KEEL, ピサロ Most Disappointing Release: Deviloof – Devil's Proof, Lynch. – BLOOD THIRSTY CREATURE, THE BLACK SWAN – RAGE Most Anticipated Release: JILUKA – Ajna-SgVer- Band that you spent most of your money on in 2017: JILUKA What the hell were they thinking!? Award: ラッコ's higiri's blackface look -
1 pointUnder spoilers for NSFW renaissance paintings. Pretty satisfied with this pairing, I don't think I've changed it in about a year.