Himeaimichu

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I just cut my hair a few days ago, and my hime bangs are already starting to cover my eyes lmao. Gonna need some light trimming.
Also, yes, that is a custom made Cuartet T-Shirt. I really hope to do a makeup look with these glasses soon, since these are like the perfect glasses for me. They fit almost any Vkei look, whether it's Oshare, Angura, or Kote Kei.
 

Yeah, kinda, but regular printers surprisingly scan stuff pretty well. I had to do it at the highest DPI setting, and it came out pretty well. I'll see if I can find a better picture of the shirt, since I think I took another pic of it when I first got it

I scanned my Cuartet Obi, edited it a bit (I replaced the pic of Saki with the one from the Lyric booklet, since I liked that picture better lol) and put the design on Redbubble for me to buy lol. 

I just cut my hair a few days ago, and my hime bangs are already starting to cover my eyes lmao. Gonna need some light trimming.
Also, yes, that is a custom made Cuartet T-Shirt. I really hope to do a makeup look with these glasses soon, since these are like the perfect glasses for me. They fit almost any Vkei look, whether it's Oshare, Angura, or Kote Kei.
 

Yup. Shinto is pretty much a textbook example of Animism, and in the past, Shamanism. Originally, Shrine Maidens were Shamans who contacted spirits, similar to the role of Korean, Siberian, and Mongolian Shamans today, however, now they basically just preform fossilised rituals and dances that once were intended to contact spirits, but nowadays are just mainly because tradition.
I actually used to consider myself Shinto, and I do still implement a lot of Shinto, and general practices from the whole Korean-Siberian culture sphere into my practices, but I stopped calling myself such because people were quick to accuse me of being a weeb lol. Plus, my main focus has mostly shifted to Southeast Asia, being that my family comes from there.
In general, Asian religions have a lot of similarities and parallels, that are a mixture of both influences from China, and practices that were probably around when humans first conquered Asia. I could go on into more detail, since I'm passionate about this, but it would be a huge infodump lol.

I just cut my hair a few days ago, and my hime bangs are already starting to cover my eyes lmao. Gonna need some light trimming.
Also, yes, that is a custom made Cuartet T-Shirt. I really hope to do a makeup look with these glasses soon, since these are like the perfect glasses for me. They fit almost any Vkei look, whether it's Oshare, Angura, or Kote Kei.
 

Memento Mori. People always just pushed them off as a Kiryu clone, but the only thing they have in common is the traditional Japanese theme

Probably does the electronics or something. 
Either that, or his job is to manipulate fans and bandmen so Noah doesn't have to lol

Angura Kei. Guruguru Eigakan and Inugami Circus Dan really nailed that early modern Japanese aesthetic.
Also early 2000s Kote Kei like early Gazetto, Gill'e Cadith, Kagerou, Cuartet and Mist of Rouge. 
 

As if we hadn't heard all the ridiculous reasons for a band to break up...
 
Three-member band shigatsu. (formed in early 2018) have disbanded on June 1 due to infidelity, mainly on the vocalist's part. It was discovered that vocalist 吉田拓海 (Takumi Yoshida) (also known as よしたく (Yoshitaku)), who had been engaged to his fiancee, was having an affair with female bassist 鈴木文香 (Suzuki Fumika) (also known as ふみちゃん (Fumichan)). As a result, the respective members have apologized for their actions and the band have disbanded.
 
Statement from shigatsu. before they deleted their Twitter and OHP:
I would have also shared their music video here, but it seems they purged their Youtube as well.
 
Original news article basically requoting the band's statement, including Yoshida and Fumi's statements:
http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/16553097/
 

Same, but with the PV VHS they released. Last time I found it, it was over a hundred dollars on eBay. 

Tenten is going to announce his new band My CHEMICAL HEAT IsLAND RE:PICTURES KuRt はなむけ my way.co.isthebomb.com

I want to desperately buy Wakaremichi by The Gazette, but everytime it gets listed on Closet Child it sells out super fast 

Nice! I hope Yura decides to start doing music again 

The video is cool but they seriously used the worst shots lol.

I always thought Kagome was a cool sounding stage name that I've seen a few bandmen use. I'll probably use it myself

I always thought Kagome was a cool sounding stage name that I've seen a few bandmen use. I'll probably use it myself

I always thought Kagome was a cool sounding stage name that I've seen a few bandmen use. I'll probably use it myself

Oh yeah, I know Childish Gambino, Tyler the Creator and Kendrick very well! They have really nice skills. I also like Denzel Curry. I think he has some bars.
Really though, my kind of thing when it comes to Hip Hop is not only good rhymes, but good beats, which I feel isn't as common any more since every song nowadays uses trap beats. (Which I don't 100% hate, it has it's place, it's just so regurgitated). I really like the kind of beatwork from the early 2000's from producers like Dr. Dre, Pharrel, and Timbaland, because they tried to push the limits of what Hip Hop is, and used a lot of cool samples. Also, I like how the drums would change up a lot, and I wish more songs today were like that. Stuff like "How we do" by The Game and pretty much anything by Missy Elliot is like my bread and butter lol.
Oh, also, there is British Grime, which is guaranteed to have good rhymes and good beats, because of the unique dialect they're done in (It almost sounds Jamaican, which would make sense, since a lot of the rappers have partial or full Jamaican ancestry, as well as the general Jamaican Dialect being influenced by British), as well as the music being inspired by UK Garage, so you got a lot of that cool, intense electronic sounds, lots of it in minor key. Essentially, Britain is sort of holding the Hip-Hop tradition way better than the US lol
 
Yeah I just don't see the big deal in the genre because it's mostly pop, but then again, music is subjective and while the I–V–vi–IV personally is grating to me, there are people who authentically enjoy it, so I can't judge them. I just have odd tastes. I will say, I do like Psy because he breaks the industry standard, and actually had to fight censorship to get his music out there when he first started out (Seo Taiji and Boys had to do the same thing) so I really admire that.
 
Oh yeah, there is definitely a right way to do it and there are a lot of artists who do. Especially IryouKei bands that often use it as a horror element. I just hate that it's so normalised to see xanny bars and sizzurp cups in music videos. I mean, say what you want about the old school days, even though it was the crack epidemic, you didn't have them smoking from a crackpipe in the music video (unless it was being portrayed in a negative sense). Then again, censorship was bigger back then. I mean, they used to censor the word gun lol. So maybe I shouldn't complain, since laws are now lax and people have more freedom to express themselves, which I'm for. Plus, if I can enjoy my weed music, they have just as much a right to enjoy their sizzurp music. 

For me, I weirdly enjoy some of Three Six Mafia, which is weird because I absolutely hate most modern rap (I'm that one person who still listens to the 80's guys from NY lol), and Three Six Mafia really popularised trap-beats (though the basic premise of it has been a thing since Miami Bass). Though, the way they did it feels more organic and less boring than most trap beats. Plus, I like DJ Paul's rapping style, which again, is weird because I hate the majority of Southern Rap styles (except him, Ludacris, and the old school ones). I can't stand "Sipping on some syrup" though, because I absolutely hate the glorification of prescription drugs that has plagued Hip Hop starting in the late 90's, but really became big post 2010. Also, where I'm from, stuff like that is so normalised and is seen as in inherent part of Southern Hip Hop culture. Essentially, the triple six is mainly a guilty pleasure for me, because I'm basically the Hip Hop equivalent of those guys who act like Nirvana ruined rock. (Only, I at least try to be open minded and try new stuff.)
 
And while I don't like the majority of Kpop, I do like Seo Taiji and Boys, because of how experimental they were and their whole thing was essentially flavor of the moment. One album is like New Jack Swing with some metal riffs sampled here and there, another album is like full on metal, and their last one even forayed into G-Funk a bit.
 
Shazna is another one for me, because pop rock isn't my thing, but their music is really nice feel-good music. Also, Izam is a literal goddess and I strive to achieve his levels of androgyny.
 
 

Diru fans who hate Gauze honestly confuse me. Like, it's one of their most influential and iconic releases. I can understand personally not caring for it. But fans that full on hate it really confuse me.

Definitely peep this thread:
big fave of mine is カリメロ
 

I can't really recommend albums, but more of artists, since a lot of the artists I listen to were in multiple bands and didn't release albums lol. 
 
Yuuga from Devil Kitty briefly had a solo project, and released one full length, which was mainly rerecordings of Devil Kitty songs, and two mini albums, which was his foray into Nu Metal. Gokiburi would continue this for their first era, but after that, he switched to Deathcore, and Metalcore with his "revival" of Devil Kitty (AKA he considers it a completely different band from the other Devil Kitty). 
Cuartet is a Visual Kei band that could be seen as a "brother band" of the GazettE, their vocalist being the dude who did vocals for Kar+te=zyanose when Ruki was a drummer. One of their guitarists was originally in Ma'die Kusse, but he left the band before their first single (he was only on Koishigure, a song released on the Eternal Records Kaleidoscope omnibus). Their style is like the GazettE's was from 2002 to 2005, although much more raw. Sadly, their production was shit, because their producer, Yayoi (owner of Eternal, the Tokyo sublabel of Kisaki's Matina, and it's successor, Climax Enterprise. The GazettE was signed to the former originally) kinda didn't put a lot of effort into the mixing. I mean, even the other bands on the label have better production. Otherwise, these guys are a cult-classic and are a must-listen for anyone who likes early Gazetto. 
DEZERT used to regularly mix Korn Metal with elements of early and mid 2000's Visual Kei. Lots of Kagerou, Girugamesh, and Mucc influences, as well as some more weirder influences, like Guruguru Eigakan.  However, as of recent, they've switched to pop rock.
 
Kuroyuri to Kage is a similar band to DEZERT, although with their own distinct flavor. They were originally called Memento Mori and had a distinct traditional Japanese theme, but they expanded to a more Eroguro inspired theme with Kuroyuri. The lead singer's current band, Gulu Gulu, continues this style. 
 

Diru fans who hate Gauze honestly confuse me. Like, it's one of their most influential and iconic releases. I can understand personally not caring for it. But fans that full on hate it really confuse me.