itsukoii

hi

i'm canadian too, but i'm in northern ontario. it's lonely here lmao

hi again
 
 

hi

Excuse the cringey name; I used to draw a lot when I was a kid, especially in my preteen years when I doodled my "DoodleZ" daily, whether it was on my notebook paper or on my homework. After high school though, my passion started to die down as I lost confidence in myself, even when I took art class in college and got to experience new things such as painting and gridding.
 
Now, I've had the itch to draw again; it's an ongoing progress, but I'm really eager to draw again, and I want to start that off with vk portraits x) I remember having a lot of fun with those in art class. But I would like to do something bigger and better someday, like maybe do more than just a sketch...by painting it too~ 
 
But enough of my yammering, I'm here to post some doodles that I've done before, or have done recently.
 
Kyouki (Grieva) (2014)
I would like to finish this one
 

 
Sui/Misery/Yushi (Megaromania/Lin) (2014)
*Outlined with sharpie, so it looks shitty
 

Okay so I'm going to try and re-cap what has happened lately.
 
As you probably now, this is the schedule they've had up until now: 
 
黒百合と影“さん”執念記念単独 「解体ツアー。」
2017年 11月10日(金)静岡Sunash
11月11日(土)名古屋MUSIC FARM
11月12日(日)大阪新神楽
 
ファイナル「“し”の告白。」 11月23日(木)池袋BlackHole
 
Besides this they also have their bounenkai, shinnenkai, and a total of two event gigs (ambush attack with TBS and Visual Parade).
 
Contrary to what Aimi is saying above, this is not a lot of gigs, as a matter of fact it is a surprisingly low amount for a two month span. 
 
Their Japanese fans are pissed off at them as of lately because:
1. The name of their latest tour (kaitai tour) kinda implies that they would announce a disbandment (the tour final is named Acknowledgment of Death)*
2. Despite this, the only thing that was announced during this gig was:
- K switched name to Yohan
- Kuro starting to use his old guitar again, the one he used in:
 
 
3. Rosshi was announced to be added to their official line-up several months ago at an instore event, yet that has not happened officially. 
 
To summarize it, they are mad at them because they are trolling their fans and making them attend shows where they imply that they are going to announce serious information about the band, yet does not do so. 
 
Also, regarding Kuro's instagram - he posted two pictures there after their tour final. One that said that he loves his bandmembers, their staff, making music etc, but he's been doing this for ten years and it is getting very tiresome. He later deleted it and posted a picture of sleeping meds (prescribed ones) and wrote that he's drinking them with alcohol (after a fan apparently advised him to do so instead of spurring bullshit).  Some hours later his instagram was gone. 
 
* keep in mind, this is not the first time they're doing something like this. Remember their " " tour, where they said the secret meaning would be announced at the tour final? Nothing was announced there either. 
 
My personal opinion: I feel bad for their fans (myself included, how do they only release two songs in a year?), and I also feel that they probably have problems within the band that needs to be solved. Perhaps the best solution would be for Mei to start a band without Kuro and K, but I don't think that'll happen. Either way I'll support them until the very end. 

Hey guys!  
 
As you may have noticed, the news section is more active than ever before since a certain character has departed, and more and more users are able to contribute their findings without any disruption or intimidation. With more contributors than ever, we each have our own writing style; some of us simply copy and paste band announcements and then translate them - whether by machine or on our own - to the best of our ability, and some of us take a more journalistic approach by adding more details rather than the standard news format of the past.
 
To keep our status as one of the leading J-rock news sites/forums, we've decided to add in some rules and regulations to keep the forum in order and to help future contributors post without any issue:
 
REQUIREMENTS:
- intelligible English - As English is the default language of this forum, all topics and posts should be in English, excluding the International Lounge. Also, by posting and translating into English, it is possible for Monochrome Heaven to gain more exposure and recognition worldwide as an overseas news source to sites like JROCK NEWS and Shattered Tranquility as English is one of the most common languages in the world. With this in mind, think about how you'll make your post: make sure to proofread spelling, grammar, etc., so that it can be more coherent and understandable to the reader.
 
- Translations to romaji are required mainly for band and release names, since most of our users are not proficient in Japanese (Google Translate is fine, but you are free to request/suggest alternate translations for the sake of accuracy, especially since song titles are a bit more challenging) As elaborated further down below, vkdb or Google can help decipher any names if you need to double-check.
*If there's any issues with making translations using Google Translate, I suggest using RomajiDesu! Not only will it romanize the kanji you want to translate, but also show an English translation for each character used (if you're interested ^^).
 
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**Highly recommended for topics whose releases are announced after the creation of a thread. Ex. "Plastic Tree to perform OP" turns into "Plastic Tree new single, "Inside Out". This prevents any confusion, skimming through extra info, and especially unnecessary duplicate threads.
 
- Please Please PLEASE use the report button if there's a double-post or issues in the thread. (the first thing I do when I get up in the morning is to check up the news and try to find some things that are out of order. Some days, I won't be around, nor will the rest of the staff, to do that as we do focus on our own lives too. Reporting a post is a much easier way of getting our attention rather than simply posting in the thread about the error, or even worse, unnecessary drama...) 
 
- Speaking of cooperation, this is NOT a competition. If someone else posts what you originally left out/posted seconds ago, or the reverse (some info is left out because they didn't see/understand it), don't make a big fuss (unless it's a double-post of course) ; after all, providing news is a team effort, so it's better to work together and to help each other out! ♥ 
 
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- Make a new topic if necessary, especially if the band's previous thread hasn't been updated in a long period of time. In other words, don't necro long-dead topics, especially if you're only doing so to request an old release. That's what the Requests section is for btw.
 
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Band/release names in kanji and romaji are recommended (makes it easier for hardcore/casual/non-Japanese speaking fans to search up their faves; may have to extend this to the download forum as well) If there's any problems trying to figure out a band/member's name, especially in romaji, google them or check out their webpage/social media/vkdb page, which can all be very helpful.
 
- BEFORE posting, use the search function to check if anything has been posted yet. This can prevent double-posts of topics (such as accidentally making 2 threads about a band's new single), and confusion/competition between users. 
 
- When making a new topic, please don't copypaste the original Japanese text onto your post, as it looks out of place and completely lazy. At least make an effort to translate it into English so that everyone can understand it. (2019.3.19)
 
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- Put some effort in how you actually research and post news. If a band is disbanding at the beginning of 2018, and the actual date of their last live has been posted, please post that date instead of "so&so will disband in January/February 2018". Most news topics don't need a lot of digging, but for posts like these, it'll totally save up a lot of time and stress.
**Also, not everyone can keep up with a certain band/release (and understandably so), so threads often tend to go dead even though new stuff is being announced via the official source. It's highly recommended that you follow a band's twitter or check their webpage ever so often for new updates so they well, won't be forgotten or fall off the face of the earth. xD
 
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- Don't go overboard on making your news look pretty or overexaggerated. We've had some issues with certain users putting in too much formatting on their text, posting too many Youtube/Twitter/etc. embeds all on one post, and it's tiresome to actually go through everything, especially when dealing with a slow internet connection or other factors. Extra formatting such as big text, abusing the bold italic formats, or puking rainbows is completely unnecessary and distracting when all we want to read is the news. If you want to proceed with posting lots of tweets/picspams/videos that are relevant to the topic, fine, but put all that shit under a spoiler. 
 

so this is a video with keisuke and his band 黒い巨塔,about 5 or 6 years ago
 
 

more hours = more $$$
 
get it henny!!!! 💰💰💰

can they stop changing names and reCORD SOME FUCKING MUSIC

I've been wanting to write some of this stuff out forever because I'm a huge digital packrat and I like to archive these types of things... I don't think any of this has been written out anywhere before, but I'm not sure how much people actually care about the fan culture part of VK here, especially the Japanese fan culture, and especially the online Japanese fan culture. But, just in case any of you are also level 50 Turbo Nerds I thought I should post it here. I hope this is a sensible place to put it??

this piece is WAY too long for how lame the subject is and i'm so sorry
tl;dr: tanuki is old as fuck and there used to be another tanuki and forums are dead, long live tanuki

edit: fixed a number i screwed up
 
 

Didn't know Umebo from HER NAME IN BLOOD made macrame jewelry on the side. Seeing things like this really makes me want to start doing more crafts.
 
I made a few paper flowers recently, but following step by step guides just isn't as satisfying as making your own designs.

Why does everything and anything P.T.P related cause me to start crying? And I didn't get into them until shortly after K passed away. Someone randomly suggested them to me once and they have ruined my life. I am an emotional puddle.
 
Not sure if lyrics have ever touched me as much as K's have. It's eerie. But they've really helped me during tough times. I started to listen to them regularly when I was deeply depressed and would go for long walks (I think I would walk around for five or so hours a day, just aimlessly, for two months) or bike rides. Kind of associated a lot of their songs with healing.

@itsukoiiHell yeah! Schmelz Cure are such a guilty pleasure of mine and they have a few rippin' tracks.
@helcchi+1 for Horizon having an incredible riff.
@r...That Phobia song is one of the first riffs I thought of for this thread, excellent choices.
 
Here's one of my fave riffs by a nobody VK band:
 
 

Vertex were amazing instrumentally... too bad their vocalist wasn't up to par

リベリオ (Ribelio) new single "ERROR MIND" will be released through ZEAL LINK at 2017/12/20 (3 tracks, 1620 yen).

LMAO.
 
this pleases me

worked my first training shift of my first job today
 
im... gonna die

mekakusi were quickly forgotten but made this memorable opening riff
 
Most of heartless’ riffs
 
Miss those days when heartless, meth, EYA, ClearVeil and Lycaon ruled the roost in Nagoya 
 
 
 
 
Hi:BRiD in surround sound
 
llll-Ligro-'s catchy devil meets disco
 
Every Kansai-based band in the mid 2000s ever
 
Oshare
 

Vertex were amazing instrumentally... too bad their vocalist wasn't up to par

This song makes my ball hairs grow balls and then hair on those balls. So good. When the breakdown hits, it's a fucking sin not to headbang.
 
 
 
I was a total sucker for the whisper-kei movement of the early 2000s. 
 
 
"Break all the rules, break all the lines" ... "love you feel to be loved" – Gotta love the Engrish!
One of UNDER CODE's finest that didn't last quite long enough for their potential

Translated Issei's comment bc it's rife for drama

 
 

LMAO.
 
this pleases me

LMAO.
 
this pleases me