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@anakurois right all around: it should be "osare" and "kote-osa" and the majority of these terms are out of use. it's fine and interesting to discuss the genres created and upheld in foreign fandom but it has very little to do with the current actual scene in Japan; if you want to write a paper you may want to point this fact out.

to further echo her the only ones i see getting regular-ish use in japanese fan spaces are kirakira and abare (which isn't a music genre but just bands with lots of hardcore hairwhipping over cute furi as the audience participation style),  and sometimes kote, tanbi and shironuri (again, not a musical genre or specific to vk but just whiteface bands).  no -kei required usually.
 
sofubi is 90's as shit (Waive/Sophia/Janne), misshitsu-kei/chikashitsu-kei was pronounced a dead meme even in this common bangya vocab list everyone cites that was last edited in 2009 and probably originally written long before that. what qualifies as "nagoya kei" is contentious as shit and almost means a whole separate set of bands to foreigners/Japanese gya as you can see from @Takadanobabaalien's translation of the Japanese wiki vs. thoughts here.
 
if you just want to compile anything that was ever called a genre or a "-kei" there is also pikopiko-kei (not limited to vk though, just beep boop video game-esque electronic music) and apparently according to some random old bangya blogs iryou-kei (medical themed bands ala LuLu).
 
oh, and don't forget 糞盤, the most important subcategory of all

i feel like a broken record at times like these....
 
Oshare kei is a mistake by whoever tried to write it at first. It's osare kei. 
 
Secondly, the global community is the only community who still has a deathgrip on the "~~~kei" description. In +4 years and ~200 vk concerts I've almost never heard anyone use these classifications. which is why you cant really put the label on most of the bands these days. Not to mention the terms the global community itself came up with.
 
also as an ensoku fan I've gotta point out--you used the band name for everything else but when it came to ensoku you wrote the song name this is a pen. 
 
When describing bands these days we describe the atmosphere because very few bands are strictly one way or the other. "abare" "kirakira" (I've never said or heard kirakira kei) are the two main ways to describe bands besides "futsuu." Sometimes, we do say "kote/kotekote."
 
you're looking at modern vk through a very dated system 

Hum what? These 2 bands aren't kote kei or oshare kei at all lmao
 
And all these subgenres doesn't exist 

Personally this song has a bit too much synth/effects for my taste, but overall I love it! Possibly just my Juri bias but whatever. <3 And I love the “whooa whooa” parts! Like, he sounds so good in them? haha Plus those parts are fun live! <33
 
 
 
Yeah the guitar is a bit much and a little distracting for me too. Maybe he just got a bit carried away lol but if @chemicalpictures is right and it’s just a demo, then it can only get better from here!
 
 
 
Wow. You’re going to base your entire opinion on the band from one song??
What’s “special” anyway? I’m pretty sure no band is really all that special or unique compared to any other band. Whatever bands you like are probably nothing special either. We all just like what we like regardless of it being special. But whatever.
“And that’s the only listen they’ll get from me.” As if your listen is all that important. It's fine if you're not really into the song, but really. Get over yourself.

Personally this song has a bit too much synth/effects for my taste, but overall I love it! Possibly just my Juri bias but whatever. <3 And I love the “whooa whooa” parts! Like, he sounds so good in them? haha Plus those parts are fun live! <33
 
 
 
Yeah the guitar is a bit much and a little distracting for me too. Maybe he just got a bit carried away lol but if @chemicalpictures is right and it’s just a demo, then it can only get better from here!
 
 
 
Wow. You’re going to base your entire opinion on the band from one song??
What’s “special” anyway? I’m pretty sure no band is really all that special or unique compared to any other band. Whatever bands you like are probably nothing special either. We all just like what we like regardless of it being special. But whatever.
“And that’s the only listen they’ll get from me.” As if your listen is all that important. It's fine if you're not really into the song, but really. Get over yourself.

masaya's official disbandment comment:
 
The rest are similar in essence to his, so I haven't translated them.
 
 
And here's masaya's blog entry from this morning:
 
This is such a huge loss i can't even begin to put it into words. I've followed them since they were standing along the streets outside tiny Hiroshima livehouses giving out free music to random strangers because no one cared about them, and they had to work so so so hard to get to where they are now. But if it's down to member differences (which I believe is the truth) then I guess it can't be helped. I'll be there to see them off at their last live ♡
 
 

Good song. The mixing on the drum doesn't sound crisp for blast beats. The guitar tapping during the chorus could've been moved to the solo section. Too distracting.
 
Its a more fun listen than FED, but FED's song compositions are more respectable, in that each instrument has a purpose. It seems like ZMI has a checklist of things they wanted to put in a song and strung them together. Also, FED's songs are darker, so not all songs are meant to be fun like "Be Proud".

Personally this song has a bit too much synth/effects for my taste, but overall I love it! Possibly just my Juri bias but whatever. <3 And I love the “whooa whooa” parts! Like, he sounds so good in them? haha Plus those parts are fun live! <33
 
 
 
Yeah the guitar is a bit much and a little distracting for me too. Maybe he just got a bit carried away lol but if @chemicalpictures is right and it’s just a demo, then it can only get better from here!
 
 
 
Wow. You’re going to base your entire opinion on the band from one song??
What’s “special” anyway? I’m pretty sure no band is really all that special or unique compared to any other band. Whatever bands you like are probably nothing special either. We all just like what we like regardless of it being special. But whatever.
“And that’s the only listen they’ll get from me.” As if your listen is all that important. It's fine if you're not really into the song, but really. Get over yourself.

Personally this song has a bit too much synth/effects for my taste, but overall I love it! Possibly just my Juri bias but whatever. <3 And I love the “whooa whooa” parts! Like, he sounds so good in them? haha Plus those parts are fun live! <33
 
 
 
Yeah the guitar is a bit much and a little distracting for me too. Maybe he just got a bit carried away lol but if @chemicalpictures is right and it’s just a demo, then it can only get better from here!
 
 
 
Wow. You’re going to base your entire opinion on the band from one song??
What’s “special” anyway? I’m pretty sure no band is really all that special or unique compared to any other band. Whatever bands you like are probably nothing special either. We all just like what we like regardless of it being special. But whatever.
“And that’s the only listen they’ll get from me.” As if your listen is all that important. It's fine if you're not really into the song, but really. Get over yourself.

fuckin love it! SPECIALLY those woooooh ooooh, that everybody hated lol! it's always awesome in live performances
 
but the equalization/sound engineering could use some work. But probably there's some youtube fault in it

Who would've thought this band had more promise than FED. Fuck I love Juri's voice.

Vivarush will be on the cover of Cure V-Splash Vol.39!

 

♡

I seriously love Ruimaru's tweets <333 I love how positive vivarush is in general <3333 
 
I mostly love how random Pamy is though lolol
 
I'm glad their first oneman seems to have gone well!! 

yup!!! the glow sticks were for fans to wave around during メモリーキャンドル
 
and yes you should see them again asap!!!! <3333333333333

Omg so much pink!! Lol
 
wait were the glow sticks free?? O_O 
 
seeing these pictures makes me wanna see them live again!!

some more gorgeous photos taken at their oneman yesterday:
 
 

I seriously love Ruimaru's tweets <333 I love how positive vivarush is in general <3333 
 
I mostly love how random Pamy is though lolol
 
I'm glad their first oneman seems to have gone well!! 

Vivarush had their first one-man live last night at OSAKA RUIDO which they somehow managed to sell out i'm sooooo happy for them.
 
Some photos from their oneman yesterday
 

 

 

 
 
fans even made a cake for the band T_T
 

 
 
here's the setlist:
 

 
 
At the oneman they announced a couple of things. They will be back at MUSE to hold another oneman on 2017/3/24. They also have a new look for their 2nd single オコサマジック which would be released on 2017/02/28
 
 
the members are starting to write their thoughts on the oneman and i'll see if i can translate some of them later, but here's ruimaru's tweet this morning:
 
 
 

Instore events for Lamplight=melody have started! The first one was held at Takadanobaba ZEAL LINK yestery where the band took a quiz over 5 different subjects lol.
 

 
Mizuki didn't do very well (apparently he can't do algebra at all XD) and he was like 'EVERYONE PLEASE FORGET THAT TODAY HAPPENED.' Hal seemed extremely pleased that he ranked 2nd - because, obviously there was never any doubt who would come in 1st hahaha. Shogo is like the little genius among them - i don't remember exactly, but i think no one has ever beaten him at any sort of game or quiz that the band played in instores or on their radio program LOL <333333333
 
more pics of shogo from their instore yesterday


 
today they will be going around the vk shops in Tokyo to hand over flyers and posters
 
Vif will be uploading a comment video and an interview from the band later, and i'll translate if there's any interest.
 
also, stock for the limited edition of Lamplight=melody is running low on both the band's end and in shops, so please hurry up and grab a copy if you're still thinking about it! it appears that sale numbers for their new single were pretty good (they even topped the daily ZL rankings in osaka, which came as a bit of a surprise to me, since they typically hadn't done that well in osaka compared to tokyo).
 
finally, regular sales for the tickets to their BLAZE one-man have started!
 
 

So I kinda lagged since I was (still am) all caught up in FoLLoW, but I finally got around to finishing Tra's interview in Gashukiko!
 
 
TRA TRA TRA has also announced a few more lives for next year!
 
January 25th (details TBA) and February 9th @ Shinjuku Ruido K4

 
The boys have been busy finishing recordings and making rounds to all the VK music shops!
Picspam:
 
 
Don't forget there are two types for their album! Type A has 8 tracks, but the music video DVD for UNCHAIN. Type B has no music video, but has some mysterious bonus track. Time to start saving money!! <3333
 
Oh and there will be a Hiroki article in the next Gashukiko issue! I'll translate it whenever I get my hands on it :DD 
Hopefully it won't take forever and a day to get around to it this time lol
 

So I kinda lagged since I was (still am) all caught up in FoLLoW, but I finally got around to finishing Tra's interview in Gashukiko!
 
 
TRA TRA TRA has also announced a few more lives for next year!
 
January 25th (details TBA) and February 9th @ Shinjuku Ruido K4

 
The boys have been busy finishing recordings and making rounds to all the VK music shops!
Picspam:
 
 
Don't forget there are two types for their album! Type A has 8 tracks, but the music video DVD for UNCHAIN. Type B has no music video, but has some mysterious bonus track. Time to start saving money!! <3333
 
Oh and there will be a Hiroki article in the next Gashukiko issue! I'll translate it whenever I get my hands on it :DD 
Hopefully it won't take forever and a day to get around to it this time lol
 

So cool for the PV! I'm gonna go for the other type for the bonus track though. =)