Luca

[ramble incoming]
I don't really have this experience here much as I just don't talk on here ever, this is mostly about people on Facebook VK forums, but. Whenever I try to make VK friends, I get a vibe from the people I try to make friends with that they think they're better than me for whatever reason. I want to go like "sorry to burst your bubble but you're not better than anybody, honey".
Then again I could just be imagining it. It's really hard for me to make friends with similar interests, so I think whenever I do find a friend I interact with them too much and freak them out, I guess. So that could be why, idk

Hi, My name is Spike of Cowboy Bebop. I'm the hottest guy in space. Virgin or not I respect a woman who respects themselves.

I'd like to create a thread for this 'phenomenon', if it's accepted, of course (I think it is). I have opened up to the topic more often lately and it is quite easy for me to talk about, for some reason. I wonder if there are other people here who consider themselves out of the age range for when it would be considered normal to lose one's virginity (17 is the average age, by the way). Please share your stories, points of view, religious reasons or perhaps fears!
 
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I'm almost 23 and still a virgin. Not so 'old' for it to be considered truly strange, but I do feel some sort of peer pressure regarding sexual relationships coming from my environment. I've dated a few guys around my age but I suppose that around this age, sex comes before romance, because none of them engaged in any romantical activities with me (going out on dates, having a bite to eat, or anything else that could be considered fun, or activities that would allow two persons to get to know each other better), and they left me because I did not want to engage in sexual activities after two weeks of seeing them. It was the only thing they talked about, quite frankly. When would I be ready, how I would feel about having sex with them to get to know them better, et cetera. They wouldn't ever let the topic rest and appeared to be solely focused on the first time we'd be having sex. Apparently in this age it is easier to discover romance through sex, than to discover sex through romance. I do not know if this makes me old-fashioned, but I do feel like the odd one out there.
 
It's not quite often that I entertain in fantasies about having a sexual relationship with an actual person. I haven't ever felt sexually attracted to someone who I have dated as I personally consider this as something that needs to grow over time. Sometimes it makes me feel dirty to think about it, as in that I don't like the idea of sharing my body with someone else before I truly know how to trust them and that I am certain I will want to spend the rest of my life with them.

I really wanted one, then in my experience it was more of a chore than pleasure. I don't know if relationships are worth it if they're so tiring.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a mention of Jui (ex-Vidoll) here yet. He had a really good range and multi-faceted voice to me, and admittingly so, I believe that he sounds a little different and more limited now after his throat surgery in 2010.
 
Overall, he still has a unique voice. I have yet to find anyone that sounds even remotely similar to him.

オトギ (otogi)
active : 2003 to 2014
Notables band : アヲイ (awoi)
 

 
 
 
 
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mar
active: 2004 to 2011, retired
Notables band : It, As If In The Darkness


 
 
 
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緋絽 (hiro)
active : 2002 to now
Notables band: Visage, gossip, ヴァリル

 
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龍司 (ryuuji)
active : 2008/2011, retired
Notable band : Re:dis

 
 

Idk if he counts as millennial but Aki from Laputa is bae. Such a unique voice.
 
 

when ur gaijin card gets u old goth pussy and u destroy ur going nowhere band for it........100% worth it.

They found out he's italian

Not musician-fanboying-over-musician as is typical, but I have a feeling Satsuki is a HUGE fanboy of the manga/anime series Angel Sanctuary. His Twitter name is Satsuki_Rociel (Rociel is the name of Angel Sanctuary's main antagonist/prettyboy fan favorite), Rentrer en Soi have an album named UNENDING SANCTUARY, Satsuki posed as an angel for a couple of photos...
 
         
                                                                                                               (^ angel feathers appear randomly A LOT in AS, especially when his supposed idol
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Though nowadays he doesn't strike me as being anything like his idol:

 
 
Also MARRY+AN+BLOOD had an album whose name started with "天使禁猟区" (Japanese name of Angel Sanctuary), interestingly. I know all this because I am a bit of an AS enthusiast myself ^^'.

i want a nice XL dingus but we don't always get what we want, do we?

I don't understand what kind of trauma visual kei retirees undergo throughout their career so they intentionally avoid the magics of foundation makeup and mineral powders and go straight to pornstache tbh

If I can be frank for a second, I'm disappointed how easily distracted people are.
 
It's only been two days and there are already countless arguments about the merits and harms of file sharing. That doesn't address the real point of why we are currently in the situation we are in right now. Our hand was played and the staff was not happy. One member who goes by the name of @Kawaii_Minpha decided it would be cute to troll the staff and the website by threatening to report us to the RIAJ unless we gave in to her demands, which among other things called for banning members she does not like. If you read the messages sent to us, it turns from funny to sad in an instant. What pisses me off personally is how someone would try to ruin what we have going here for kicks. Even threatening to do so is worthy of an instant ban and I should not have to explain why.
 
As an aside, I don't really care how you feel about file sharing - facts are that if you are here, you are guilty by association - but these last few days have proven that without Monochrome Heaven there's nowhere for anyone to go. Downloads can always find a new home but to find another place where you can have mature, constructive discussions about Japanese music in an open environment will be much harder. And that place could never exist without free music so people can talk about it, because the barrier for entry is too high. We have to recognize the role that piracy plays in all our lives. That's why saying "buy music to support your favorite artists" is not the be all, end all answer. It's a good answer, but it's more complicated than that. No one here woke up one day and decided to buy Dir en grey albums on a whim. Japanese bands became our favorite bands because we pirated music long enough to become devoted enough to pay for it. Some people are at different stages of their fandom. This website has found the perfect balance of both piracy and discussion while also managing to be inclusive of all styles of Japanese music and there's nowhere else on the internet that even comes close to this. That's awesome.
 
That's why this situation has the staff thinking about what we exist for. This website may not mean much to many members here beyond downloads but the staff has poured countless hours of time and energy into investing in the website and the community. Are we harming the scene? Yeah, no doubt. But we probably do a lot of good as well. With the countless messages I've gotten over the last few days about "where all the free music went" I'm not convinced we can do good without doing some harm as well. The tools are not in place to promote visual kei globally without piracy, and I doubt there ever will be. The scene wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for all of us here. We either take the good with the bad or abstain entirely.
 
There is more to this website than just downloads and the constant activity over the last few days proves that this community is strong. Stronger than even we may have realized ourselves. This is awesome, keep up the good work! Having said that, I've thought a lot about Kevin from Batsu and how he freaked out and deleted the download section when he thought the feds were coming for him. His approach was blunt, but I understand how he felt. He figured Batsu could weather the storm and would be better for it...and that unfortunately did not work out. If push came to shove we would make a similar decision, and that's why for the last two years we have been working hard to provide other reasons for people to come back here. While the download section is offline I implore you all to go check out the News, Rumors, Review, and General sections to start. There's enough tea there to keep you sipping until things are finalized.
 
The staff is still ironing out the details so expect more information soon. I can confidently say that the news will come as a shock to everyone but some people will not notice and others will.
 
Consider this an early morning rant.

DONT KNOW WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT WOULD CHANGE LMAOOOOOO
like seriously
- Literally ex-Lycaon
-Same Composers
-Same Yuuki
- Yuuki is the babe
- TYPE B AND C 
- Lycaon: Season 2 
- Initial L'ycaon
 
MY BABIES ARE BACK <3 <3 <3

bring the hate, its a Lycaon thread
What is trash is, VK bands fronting like they are brutal when their harsh sucks, and are just trying coping the west!
sorry mom

How do you do that

✨let✨2017✨be✨tha✨year✨of✨Initial✨'L✨ ✨y✨'✨a✨l✨l✨

Buy Yuuki's Jewry from the look at his client's store
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@blackdoll
~Yuuki~
After the last live, I thought from the bottom of my heart, I would like to play music in the darkest corner of a stage
Before my eyes, I recruited the best drums, base and guitar.
That is 『Initial'L』!!!
It's dumb but, A person who thought we would be more well known if we changed the members is even dumber

why can't 2k16 be normal.

Maybe he was planning on retiring for good and this was all a calculated move to go out in a brilliant burst of drama and fame?

hitomi's doing this for the lulz don't worry friends! the icon of legitimate artistry received an intense...financial sum...to help...a dinosaur with his solo project.

lmao Initial'L Lycaon "because they're all the same ppl anyway right?"

For real CDJapan? zero fucks given x'D