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Yuta will leave Karasu after their oneman on 12/18. The band will continue as a 4-member band. No reason has been given (yet).

Ikr... I'm actually going to their oneman next week... Very curious how it'll be.

I already unfollowed them again lol

Source?

That's actually the point. They CAN play live, but they're among the very few bands who decided not to play. Check the venues' schedules and you'll see lives planned almost every day. Been like that for some months already. Most bands have actually been very active while their budget is probably smaller than Kizu's.

‼️Now accepting orders for: 11/30 → ヴィルシーナ(verxina) 12/10 → 仮病(kebyo): Christmas oneman 12/16 → SARIGIA／仮病(kebyo)／リブラヴェル(libravel)／ミスイ(misui)／キラワレモノ(kirawaremono)

I live in Tokyo and literally every single band is struggling. Yet most other bands seem to try much harder than Kizu, using this time to record new singles, do online lives and "instore" events and continuing the smaller lives with the measurements. And that without complaining and blackmailing. I'll be seeing DEZERT this month and they have very strict rules such as ID and address checking, no merch sales (only online) and a seat number on your ticket. This on top of the general temperature check, mask and social distance rules that already apply everywhere. All the smaller bands I follow seem to be pretty creative instead of giving up too.

‼️Now accepting orders for: 10/25 → 仮病(kebyo) 11/3 → DEXCORE vs NAZARE

Yeah I received it. But I still think that the lack of info and/or any posts about it for a long time was bad service. I saw Japanese fans kind of complaining too.

Ugh people actually still supporting this guy

‼️Now accepting orders for: 9/19 → SARIGIA／鴉-カラス-(karasu)／CHOKE／BRAY KiD BREAK iT／UNDER FALL JUSTICE／DAMILA／ヒッチコック(hitchcock)／デラシネ(Déraciné)

That it takes time is not even the problem, I can understand that. I live in Japan and many things are postponed, but bands inform their fans about that. Usually when bands do this pre-order thing, they do write an estimate date like for example "by the end of September". Now there's literally nothing. No estimate date, no reply to my email, no posts on Twitter since 8/17. Especially the latter is very strange imo for a band (VK bands are usually active on Twitter) that has a new release.

Did anyone else reserve this? Like what is the release date? I paid on 8/16, but still no shipping information/confirmation and they don't reply to my message (via "contact" on their website) either.

They also stopped performing any of their older songs. Any live since the Corona break has been with a complete new setlist.

I love their new look. Their oneman today was great. VENOM and the other new songs > definitely approved. New band logo. They're underrated imo.

Apparently the new single won't be live limited anymore...? lol SARIGIA has an online shop now, with VENOM as only listed CD atm. So just a reminder, I can help anyone with getting anything from this store. Just PM me.

But as I mentioned before, most small bands are not focusing on their overseas fans at all. If they can't even sell out small venues in Tokyo yet, they have to focus on their sales in Japan first. Selling "rare/hard to get" stuff can help then. The point is that many overseas fans don't really wanna understand this. I've been in the same position for many years myself (not being in Japan), so it's not like I don't know how it feels. Yet from a realistic point of view, not so strange/surprising that bands do this imo. Also of course everything would be easier without a middle man. But if you have to choose between getting the item through a middle man or not getting the item at all, is a choice. To complain every time any band has a live limited release gets a bit annoying, because those complaining are the ones never contacting a middle man offering help while the silent ones do.

I feel both of you!

That's what (mainly) small vk bands do. I honestly don't understand people still complaining about it. And in this specific case, they are not trying to go abroad nor gain foreign fans, but are trying to make more fans coming to their lives. Especially onemans. That's how they make most money, so they can grow bigger. There are several people on MH offering shopping services for live limited stuff, including myself, but people rarely contact me to actually get their CDs when I tell them that I attend their lives regularly🤷‍♀️

No further details announced yet, but VENOM will be live limited and available from their upcoming oneman on 7/26. They will also reveil their new look then. Since they started doing lives again (after the corona break), they've been performing new songs only... So I guess we can expect another single soon? Or finally a (mini) album? Edit: I can't go see them live until this oneman, so I don't know anything about the new songs yet.

The onemans are still far away, but I'm definitely planning to go to at least one of the December shows in Shibuya. (I live in Tokyo) I've only seen them at taiban before, but I'm very excited about the new member, release and whatever comes with it.

‼️Now accepting orders for: 7/1 → 鴉-カラス-(karasu)／RAKUGAKI／-ジガ-(jiga)／mama.／ミスイ(misui)／エンヴィル(envyl)／ALCYON AND 7/26 → SARIGIA ✨✝️Paradox Shop✝️✨

Are you talking about ss of actual companies? Because I offer all those services just by myself in my free time. The individuals like me that I know who offer this kind of services usually have a fee of around 20% just like me. Please keep in mind that we also have to put time in your orders, no matter the price/size of the item you want us to buy. We still need to get envelopes/bubblewrap/cardboard boxes, put time in communicating with sellers, going to a physical store and/or post office etc. Maybe try doing it yourself for a few months and you'll understand. I've been doing it for more than a year, and would have 0 profit for sure if I'd ask for 10% or less. There are enough people who have been coming back to me again and again. Also I offer much more than just Mercari, so many people combine services which actually saves them money as it can all be shipped out together as well🤷‍♀️