Komorebi

YES!!! Thank you so muchh!!!  S2 
I'm sure it was worth the wait.

Just so you know, and to prove Aimi's points. A whole lot of VK bands have Latin American street teams with staff that works hard to promote the band all over Latin America and not just one country. You see less of that on the English speaking communities and half of those who do aren't exactly street teams but stores.
 
To further illustrate this point beyond VK, Latin American countries do have some sort of Brotherhood countries like US and Great Britain do not have with their neighbors.

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I'd say it probably because it's big in South America. Mexicans and most of South Americans share a common language, so it's easier to form bigger fanbase communities that speak Spanish.
Whereas with English speaking countries, there aren't really as many, so while a Spanish Speaking Vkei community may have members from all across Latin America, English Speaking ones will be mostly United States and Canadians, with some British and Scandinavians. Where as Spanish is pretty much the official language of almost all of South America, and all of Central America, English is only official in a smaller amount of countries, and the only countries I know with a large amount of fluent speakers that aren't the US, Canada or the UK are in northern Europe.

There is a super large fanbase. It might be a cultural thing. Maybe VK is more acceptable/appealing to our culture. And there's people willing to invest in events and artists.
though anime sells more, half of the acts are usually strongly connected to anime. 
We have Yama-B and Flow already booked.

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Actually, Chile got like 12 Japanese acts in 2017 and 2 in January 2018. 
Argentina's got nothing on us.

We're all waiting for you, komorebi.  XD

"Vk is like literally THE ONLY thing i spend money on during that timeperiod... like i don't buy any DVDs, Manga, Video Games,...."  
 
@VkBrutaliaN, are you me?

"Vk is like literally THE ONLY thing i spend money on during that timeperiod... like i don't buy any DVDs, Manga, Video Games,...."  
 
@VkBrutaliaN, are you me?

I thought I was the only one as OCD as this with CDs.

@patientZEROyea know that slim CD cases just to good cuz almost every live limited single release comes in one of these etc. but since you got me the idea of storing bonuses together with the CD i think i really will start this cuz this is the best idea so you 100% NEVER can fuck up any fotocards/bonuses which came with the CDs.
only bummer it will probably take easily up to 8-10 hours to store all bonuses i already have out of their boxes they are currently into and put them to the respective CDs... luckily i upload pictures of my buyings for years now so i should be able to combine (with help of those pictures) most of the extras i have without any problem... XD So as a conclusion i'd say chances i will be "reworking" my collection like this are right now like 80% but i'll sleep overnight about it... XD only very small bummer also i definitely need to buy a few more sleeves but this should be worth it in case i really decide doing so which i am pretty positive - so thanks for getting me this idea! 8D
although once when i showed my favorite bandman a picture of my CD room during a concert (although at that point it was only finished to like 30%) he said already my room looks like a CDshop. and with this new storingmethod i guess my collection will get even more a CD-shop-like atmosphere... haha

@patientZEROwell yea the bottom bit is open but imo if you pull them of your shelve carefully the CDs won't make any scratches on the surface whatsoever so that wouldn't bother me in the slightest...
BUT the idea with storing also the respective shop bonuses like extra DVD's or fotocards etc. in it i must say is pretty cool! ;D
like with the completely blank bonus DVDs i get i usually just rip-off some peace of paper and just write the BAND/release name on it and keep it in a separate box... some goes for fotocards...
 
so i gotta say i think it would be pretty damn cool to have the shop bonuses together in a sleeve with the actual CD! only problem might be you can't see the backside of the CD anymore and 2nd if you maybe got a DVD and for example a 5 fotocardset if you would slide this all into the protective sleeve and you'd do that with many CDs in your shelve the automatically appearing gabs between the CDs would look kinda weird...
hm... now i am a little bit torn apart cuz on the other hand it would be pretty handy to store everything together but on the other hand it might look shit because of the so appearing gabs between the CDs on the shelves.... GAHHH!! XD

@VkBrutaliaNWell, if you do that, you're leaving the bottom bit open to the elements and if you pull them off your shelf, you'll get scratches in the CD case ... but only on the bottom. The sleeves were only like $10 for 100, so they're inexpensive. I kept the JILUKA DVDs in the plastic using your zip ripcord method because they had a sticker on the front I wanted to preserve. But I used to work in a used CD shop and everything looks nicer when they're uniform, so I bought the sleeves. Also, it allows me to store bonus CD/DVDs in the same sleeve with the respective album/single because sometimes there's nothing to say what release it's from (like the one I got from ZealLink for Ajna).

@reminiscing2004 Yeah, basically what @Elazmus said. Formally Educated Musicians, sometimes those who often play outside of Vkei, like in the case of Cato Isao, who nowadays is more known for preforming Samba music in Brazil instead of support for JyuLie lol.
Also, @Komorebi, that's very interesting! Thanks!

According to some gyas, Jiluka's initial line-up formed in college but idk if they were majoring in music or something else.

Ayame from Matenrou Opera is a professor at a University or institute, can't remember which. Sono and Yu have degrees in music so pretty sure they count as professionals as well. Same as Asagi, and Hikarito went to music school too. 
 
And then Hajime Okano.

I'd guess we are talking about formally EDUCATED musicians right? 'Cause yeah most vk bands would be technically professional (although we can't rule out any and all who may also be working on the side to stay afloat loll!).
 
Love hearing all that about Matenrou Opera, it shows!

Ayame from Matenrou Opera is a professor at a University or institute, can't remember which. Sono and Yu have degrees in music so pretty sure they count as professionals as well. Same as Asagi, and Hikarito went to music school too. 
 
And then Hajime Okano.

I hope everything goes well. Good luck!

We'll surely be there by that time. That sounds like a great plan. 
I survived July last year so August can't be much worse.

I was there last summer to the end of autumn. August to December. It was brutal in the late months of the summer. The humidity is so bad. I will highly recommend you invest in a tiny bag (or purse) to hold a small hand/face towel. Also a small thing of deodorant at all times. You'll use it. Most venues have coin lockers in and/or around them, as do train stations, so you'll have a place to stash the bag before lives. The worst thing is that the trains are usually air conditioned, so you'll be sweaty and then cold when you get in the trains.
Don't let that deter you from going out and exploring, though! Always wear sun block if you're going to be outside for any length of time, but never turn up any opportunity to go anywhere. I had so much fun just walking and getting lost. Google maps works everywhere, so even if I didn't know where I was, I was always able to get home.

@Komorebi Well I'll be there for two weeks from 8/8-8/21 so I mean if the stars align, let's meet up and cry about the heat together. (though the heat will either suck the tears up or they'll just blend in with the humidity on our faces)

Idk. I'm waiting for Jiluka to drop the live and instore dates before booking. They're the only reason I'd put up with that weather.