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New Project HALLOW has formed and will start activities on 1/28 at  高田馬場AREA (Takadanobaba AREA) 
 

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https://www.last.fm/user/holographicSky/listening-report/year
 
my scrobbles went down by a half wow lol. probably cuz i work full time now.
 

For some reason it'll only show me my top 5. lol
I've been using the same account on and off since 2004 so it's weird AF
 
Thank you @plastic_rainbow! Now it went from being weird to positively humiliating. This is why I love last.fm!
 

2017 has been an...interesting year, with so much unexpected drama and surprises that's to go down in history for years. So much has happened that I was able to put together two lists of band members caught in embarrassing , illegal, and reprehensible crimes and scandals. Before we put this year to rest for good, let's take another look at visual-kei and some of the less glamorous acts musicians have been up to this year.

Also before I begin, I have to shout out a few members who gave serious help in making this list possible. Thanks to @suji, @tetsu_sama69, @cvltic. and @doombox for all their help, as well as for those who broke the news in the first place and those that corrected my facts after publication!
 

Keina (ex-DIVEIN)
 
The first entrant on the naughty list is bassist Keina, who was fired earlier on July 7th from indie visual kei band DIVEIN (ディヴェイン) for "violating the rules of the visual kei industry". Earlier in 2017, KEINA was hospitalized for tonsillitis and took a break from musical activities. While on break, he participated in a session band without the rest of DIVEIN's permission, and this angered the other three members of the band. He also spread confidential information about upcoming lives and photo shoots on the side, so that was enough to get him the boot.
 

蕚 (Utena) (ex-DEGENE)
 
DEGENE announced on September 26th that they fired their vocalist 蕚 (Utena) for "bad behavior". Digging a little deeper, we find out that Utena committed violent acts against certain members of the band, trashed band equipment, and sent one or more people into mental break downs. The band stated that they could not find any way to improve his behavior, and each member felt a sense of crisis about his behavior. The other four members came to the same conclusion: “I can't work with him anymore”. In contrast, Utena's announcement about his departure did not mention his bad behavior. DEGENE went on a temporary hiatus until they could replace him.
 

Chaos (Glamscure, ex-INSANITY INJECTION)
 
One of the dual vocalists of Insanity Injection, Chaos, got the boot on May 31st for being involved in "deplorable acts on many occasions". What it was has not been clarified, but it was something bad enough to sow feelings of betrayal among the members. One can only speculate what he did, but he hasn't made another appearance since his departure, so perhaps he was blacklisted from the scene? The band has continued without him as three, which as we will see shortly is not usually the norm. Good on INSANITY INJECTION!
 
Update: Turns out that Chaos is still active in the VK band GLAMSCURE!
 

塁 (rui) (ex-REVLOW)
 
The last bassist of REVLOW, 塁 (rui), was fired from the band on August 5th. Management and band members discovered on July 29th that Rui was involved in many "anti-social acts" that corresponded with recent criminal acts in various Tokyo restaurants. Of note is that the official announcement used the kanji "反社会的", which is often used to refer to the yakuza. REVLOW cancelled the rest of their live dates, including their first one man show scheduled for August 29th, and rescinded the release of their CD, "'REVLISM-EP", scheduled for Aug 23rd. The band has not yet returned from hiatus, and none of the other band members have appeared in official projects. It's sad when an up and coming band gets ruined by the poor choices of one member. Three lumps of coal, one for each member you screwed over.
 

冬音 (Fuyune)  (ex-サムクロ (Samurai Crows))
 
It's ironic that I found this picture of the purple-haired maverick while in a topic discussing crimes and other scandals. He was fired from his band サムクロ (Samurai Crows) on 2017/05/11 due to misconduct during their live at Ikebukuro BlackHole at 2017/5/5. He got a little too amped up and destroyed equipment, refused to apologize for it, and was caught verbally abusing people via private messaging service SNS. This is not only a rule not to be broken in visual kei, but also a rule not to be broken in society! Fuyune's misconduct caused the band to be dropped from their label, Me teaR music, and the band has been on hiatus after their live at Shinsaibashi paradigm on 2017/7/8. The other three members have moved on to a project called Bokutachi no neverland; Fuyune is still missing in action. I wonder if he has been soft blacklisted from the scene...
 

俐乃-rino- (ex - Synk;yet)
 
Remember how we established rules of the visual kei scene all members have to abide by? I can safely say one of them is to inform your band members and your label whenever you participate in a session band or a side project. Synk;yet's ex-guitarist Rino broke these rules and was terminated from his band and artist contract with Starwave Records on 2017/01/30, shortly after the return of bassist Shiori. The official reasons were "betrayal and breach of contract". Rino secretly planned musical activities with other management companies for two years behind other members' backs. He also had "private exchanges" with fans for money requests, but nothing confirmed as sexual. Synk;yet went on indefinite hiatus on 2017/05/21 despite their best attempts to keep it together, and Rino has wiped all traces of his online presence so no one knows what he is up to.
 

『L.』(ex-VAJRA)
 
Let's take it back to 2009 for a bit when grotesque face masks were all the rage and it was cool to rip off Dir en grey. There was an visual kei band named VAJRA, essentially a Dir en grey rip-off parading around as a silent tribute band, and mimicked all of their antics to carve out a meager existence in the indie circuit. VAJRA started by word of mouth and shot up in popularity quickly by sticking with the flavor of the month and putting on electrifying performances. Some of these lives would include fish hooking, vomiting, and public masturbation on the crowd, but the violent, unpredictable, ink-spitting guitarist『L.』took it too far one day. He was known for punching female fans in the face, giving them black eyes, and dragging them around by the hair on the stage, but he took up a notch for a live at Sendai on 2010/05/10, and caused fans serious injury. At first, he was put on house arrest and banned from lives temporarily, but soon after he "left" the band due to musical differences. There's room for interpretation on this. It is not known if he left because he wanted to and this was the breaking point, if he was forced out, or if he truly left on his own accord. VAJRA couldn't keep up the pace without him and virtually disappeared into disbandment. 『L.』found Jesus and work as an oshare-kei vocalist for the band Awake, now known as Eru.
 

Aki (ex-2bullet, ex-JackRose, ex-Concerto Moon)
 
Remember Takahiro from FAZ? He was covered in our first edition of the list and was caught trying to defraud people to fund band activities. It turns out that he had an accomplice! Aki, along with Takahiro, tried to defraud an elderly woman of 3 million yen. He was arrested once in November of 2016 and again in January of 2017, both for links to Takahiro and suspicion of fraud.  Norifumi Shima of Concerto Moon immediately dismissed him from the band, while vocalist Re:i announced that JackRose would enter hiatus, since Aki was the composer and keyboardist. Ouch.
 

Ryuusei (ex-暁月 (Kyogetsu))
 
Another unwritten rule of the scene - one that is good practice to follow in most situations - is to keep internal band drama private. I love juicy drama stories as much as the next person, but band members spilling the beans about strife in their own project will only undermine their musical efforts. What happened to 暁月 (Kyogetsu) demonstrates this perfectly. Our story begins on early September 2017, with a few incendiary tweets from guitarist Ryuusei on Twitter. In the first tweet he claims that all bangya not attracted to him are into Himura of Bananaman, or ugly men in general. The second tweet was a little more pointed:
 

This hit a raw nerve with a lot of fans because it came on the heels of several unexpected disbandments. But this was just the tip of the iceberg. On his blog, Ryuusei went into detail about several aspects of the scene which up to now were just rumors and which come together to make life difficult for him and his band. A few of the things he mentioned (while also explicitly noting that he didn't know everything) were:
 
Ticket quotas as fees for live performances. Ryuusei does the math on how many tickets they need to sell to cover for the fees, which is dependent on how many fans show up to see them and that's before the band members split the money five ways. Poor return on investment for popular vk standbys such as cheki. Name drops the GazettE in a section about how well popular bands with a "pretty bassist" do financially. This got Reita's attention with a fiery response of his own. Low wages paid from the indie labels. How difficult it is for bands to recover once they are "in the red" and how close 暁月 (Kyogetsu) is to reaching that point after three years. Asks fans to spend more money at shows, less at host clubs, and to tell him more information about salaries of other band men.  
You can see how this won't go over well. It's one thing to blow the whistle, but when you do you better know all of the facts. Constantly dropping figures about how much your competition makes relative to you while claiming you don't know for sure is a fast way to draw a ton of well-deserved criticism both from outside and within, and that's exactly what happened. On top of that, the claims made do not mesh well with the stories I've heard about what lengths some fans will go to support their favorite artist or band. I know that some tsunagari will go as far as to feed, clothe, shelter, and fuck a band man or two just to support them! But treating your fans like ATMs and literally telling them to "If you have money, use it. High schoolers, study so you can make money in the future." is trash. To me, it seemed like Ryuusei is looking for a scapegoat for his band's poor performance. Fans struck back by revealing his name, his bare face, his DMs, and even coordinating to send 100 pizzas to his house! Ryuusei threatened to get the police involved if the situation escalated further.
 
His behavior afterwards is what sealed the deal. His band mates wanted nothing to do with the controversy this generated, as the vocalist even went so far as to hold an "apology twicast", and posted many apologetic tweets, even individually replying to people to apologize long before Ryuusei commented on the issue. However, Ryuusei did eventually apologize before backtracking the very next day. In his second blog post, he starts by claiming he only apologized because he was forced to. He then deflects the contents of the first post to "netogya" (a derisive term referring to online fans that don't go to shows, meaning most of us here), apologizes for name dropping bands and labels, claims he's always trying to be controversial and that this is no different, and claims that he thought this was common knowledge so there would be no problem. This only provided fuel for the fire.
 
The sad thing is that, as you could have guessed by now, these guys were virtually unknown before this. Shame is a very powerful deterrent in Japanese culture, and I've seen lesser drama capsize bigger bands than this. By constantly undoing the damage control his band members tried to provide, and by backpedaling and baiting Tanuki, Ryuusei put Kyogetsu in a spot where they had to kick him out to continue or disband. They did both. Bassist Shogo jumped ship first, but the formal disbandment of Kyogetsu was announced for October of 2017.
 

Setsuna (ex-THE EGOIST)
 
Whenever I write one of these lists, one person ends up doing something that eclipses everything else I discuss. Setsuna, guitarist of THE EGOIST, takes the "honors" for this position this time, although it's not something to be proud of. 2017 was not a kind year to THE EGOIST, as they paused activities earlier in the year when they lost contact with their vocalist, but things came to a breaking point by the end of the year in what will remain a black mark on visual kei for a long time to come. The timeline gets hazy at points but what we do know for certain is that Setsuna, also known as Keisuke Kawasaki (thanks NHK!), began an intimate relationship with a woman named Uran Hirayama while engaged. Uran didn't know he was engaged when she met him with the wedding planned to the degree where the venue had already been picked. The marriage was held sometime during his relationship with Uran as well.
 
It is not confirmed if she was a mitsu of his, but what we do know is that they had a very tumultuous relationship, all documented on Hirayama's twitter. Uran used the account as a regular personal account initially, but at some point the account became flooded with pictures and screenshots of the newly minted couple. Many LINE screenshots show both happy times as well as arguments, including one where Uran demanded to know if Setsuna had slept with a tsunagari/mitsu of his named Ayumi. He initially denies it, but admits to eventually sleeping with her once and apologizes, swearing Uran is the only one he really cares for. He ends up saying something similar on his public Twitter: "I've had relationships with various women, but aside from Uran I was just messing around. I'm very sorry. I'm considering marrying [her] in the future". No mention of his wife. Other pictures included Disney date pictures, many pictures of them in the snow as a couple, and of course the now-infamous video of him eating out Uran's ass (note to future readers: he chows down). Considering this is all in public view, it didn't take long for his "wife" to come across some of it; she apparently went ballistic when she found purikura of her and Setsuna kissing in his wallet.

  Things get demented as the year winds down to a close. The messages on Uran's Twitter become more alarming; her profile stated 'I wish to be reborn and marry Keisuke in my next life', she posted screenshots of one of Setsuna's tweets that basically said he "will be one" with Uran (which he quickly deleted from his page), tweets about gifts she bought with the money she got from sex, and more. At some point, Setsuna informs Uran that he was married and in retaliation, she dumps all of this information on her Twitter. She also had at least one suicide attempt around December 3rd, likely in response to all of these happenings. Despite his marriage, he still publicly pines for Uran after all of this. The following is my guess of what happens next: Uran tells Setsuna about her suicide attempt(s) and he tries to talk her out of it, but ends up agreeing to commit double suicide with her a week later on December 9th. We know this because Uran sent the explicit details of the plan to one of her close friends around 3pm that day, which was later posted to her Twitter page. The person who posted the notice in no uncertain words claims it was intended to be a double suicide and firmly believes that was their original intention. This same friend also contacted the police with all of the information she had at her disposal, but by the time the police showed up to Uran's apartment at 9pm the deed was done. She was found on her futon, her room was locked, there were no signs anyone had been through her belongings, and there was a handwritten suicide note next to unused charcoal briquettes. I can only guess the plan was to lock themselves in a room and suffocate to death, but Setsuna had a last-minute change of heart, ended up choking her to death, locked the door, and left.
 
It took the detective work of another of Uran's friends to connect Setsuna to this mess and to send the police to his door. He admitted to the killing and was promptly arrested. When asked his occupation, he claimed he was a "part-timer" and did not mention THE EGOIST, his band mates, or his label. Thus, the band was able to avoid most of the wrath of the Eye of Sauron, but they still chose to disband anyway to distance themselves from the stigma as much as possible. I don't blame them. The story stops here for now, but there are a lot more questions to be asked than can be answered. As for the most important one, as one of Uran's friends put it, "The only way to know the circumstances that led to Uran being the only one who died is to ask [Setsuna] himself". Maybe this information will come out in a court trial soon.
 
UPDATE: THE EGOIST disbanded earlier in 2017 due to the departure of their vocalist.
UPDATE 2: His trial started one year after the incident. Setsuna stated that Uran asked him to kill her, so he "helped her". Since the tribunal couldn't verify if that is true or not they accepted that Setsuna killed her on request and therefore reduced his sentence from 13 years to 3.5 years in prison.

Thanks for reading! Hopefully, band members will behave and another one of these lists won't come for a good while

We're a bit later than usual due to all of the seasonal business, but here's our latest installment of recommended tracks! We're not quite done with 2017 just yet!!!  
 
@The Reverend's Pick
"流れ☆" by Free Aqua Butterfly
"Nagareboshi" by Free Aqua Butterfly

I try to use writing mini-reviews for the Recommended Tracks thread as a chance to expand my musical horizons, explore things from around the varied Japanese music landscape, and share my discoveries; and then sometimes I throw those noble intentions out the window and just use this as a platform to talk about a band I really like that has released something cool lately. Free Aqua Butterfly's "流れ星" (Nagareboshi) is a pick from the latter category.
 
Free Aqua Butterfly have been a pet band of mine since I first heard them on the Deep More Deep #3 compilation back in 2015, and they do not at all fit the mold of J-bands I usually like.  I think being Visual Kei is at least partially defined by the other bands you play shows with, but Free Aqua Butterfly barely look like a VK band most of the time and have a very J-indie lineup that includes a girl on bass who shares vocal duties pretty equally. (I wonder if it's weird for her to be playing at VK event shows with 25 boys who all spend longer on their makeup than she does?)
 
Recommended if you're looking for some catchy, sweet pop-rock that is played and presented without any pretense, or if you're intrigued by the idea of VK band using a dual-female/male-vocal setup and playing upbeat tunes that don't veer too heavily into 'oshare' territory.
 
@doombox's Pick
"PULSE" by defspiral

It was nice to see defspiral back in rare form this month with “PULSE”; It’s been a while since they've been quite this leather clad and smokey eyed -- possibly not since they were in their previous incarnation as The Underneath. defspiral have been riddled with some identity issues over the years that kept them from gaining as large of a following as they deserve, but I’m glad to see they haven’t lost their spark along the way. The song’s vibe is dark, dangerous, and sexy. Basically, the perfect storm to get your heart racing!
 
@plastic_rainbow's Pick
"絲" by BABOO
"ito" by BABOO

Who would've thought that BABOO, one of the biggest WTF bands of 2017 with their supposedly 'kawaii' toddler-in-diapers act, would turn things around and reemerge as a band with a lot of promise? Dropping the cute and bright oshare-kei look, they've gone darker yet still embody a kind of tainted playfulness to their look and sound. Upon listening to their new single 黒白-kokuhaku-, I was blown away by the very first track, "絲" (Ito). It starts abruptly but introduces an ardent guitar that soothes an empty heart, and Bero's impressive vocals float about in the background and come back to the foreground like a guiding light as he sings with heightened emotions. If you thought the year of 2017 was feeling short on notable VK ballads, you can add "絲" to that miniscule list. With such an unexpected change in sound within one year of their formation, it's not certain whether BABOO will stick with their current direction or not, but whatever they give us next I hope it'll be just as good!
 
@CAT5's Picks
"凍狂" by 八十八ヶ所巡礼
"koukyou" by 88kasyo Junrei

It's been three years since 88kasyo have released a proper album, and to the average J-rock fan that seems like an eternity. To make matters worse, the guys have teased our starving ears with a few new music videos since the end of 2016, and now going into 2018, they've yet to announce any new releases! "koukyou" is their latest appetizer and it's a delectable mix of catchy hooks and melodies offset by the band's quintessentially progressive quirk. Their sound is continually being refined, and here they've hit the perfect stride between accessibility and untrammeled instrumental wankery. In short, it's a jam! Let's just hope they actually release something new this year!
 
"同じ夜" by DAOKO
"Onaji Yoru" by DAOKO

"Wait....THIS is DAOKO????" is exactly what I thought when I first heard this track. It's dark, cinematic, atmospheric and dare I say 'mature'-sounding? Basically, the song is a stark contrast from the 'kawaii' hop-hop of her early career and miles away from the nondescript Jpop fodder that she's releasing now. It's produced by indie up-and-comers D.A.N., which explains why it's so different for DAOKO, as it essentially sounds like one of their songs with her on vocals (which is actually an improvement over D.A.N.'s tonedeaf vocalist, but I digress). It's great to hear DAOKO excel in a style so foreign from her usual, and although this song is a one-off, it shows that she has the ability to morph and adapt to the artistic inclinations of her producers. I just hope she does more cool collaborations in the future, because I could take an entire album of this!
 
"鏡面の波" by YURiKA
"Kyoumen no Nami" by YURiKA

I'm a HUGE haisuinonasa fanboy, so as soon as this song started and I heard the robotic vocal lines, the strategically place guitar-flourishes, and the single piano hits that sound like raindrops gracefully hitting the ground one by one, I KNEW this was produced by Yoshimasa Terui! His style is unmistakable, and YURiKA sounds right at home with it. I love how Terui brilliantly tailors his mathy and experimental tendencies to the kind of wondrous and imaginative pop soundscape that you'd expect from an anime OP - all without sacrificing ingenuity for accessibility. I haven't heard every OP of 2017, but I love Terui's work so much that i'd proudly deem this the best anime theme of the year anyways!  
 
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Liked our list? Have some new recommended tracks of your own? Feel free to comment below and share your thoughts!  

- MUCC will drop a new release two days after they go back from hiatus and go on a European tour
- Kizu will release an album and it's gonna be great but not extraordinary 
- Xaa Xaa disbandment/hiatus (I hope not but they've had their share of struggles this year)
- or just release some very mediocre singles before getting their shit together?
- Some DEZERT-related drama - seems like the industry is expecting a lot of them these days
- or they'll just release a half-assed album
- or the best album in the history of vkei lol
- Yoshiki will step up his social media celebrity game and start a vlogging channel 

- MUCC will drop a new release two days after they go back from hiatus and go on a European tour
- Kizu will release an album and it's gonna be great but not extraordinary 
- Xaa Xaa disbandment/hiatus (I hope not but they've had their share of struggles this year)
- or just release some very mediocre singles before getting their shit together?
- Some DEZERT-related drama - seems like the industry is expecting a lot of them these days
- or they'll just release a half-assed album
- or the best album in the history of vkei lol
- Yoshiki will step up his social media celebrity game and start a vlogging channel 

- MUCC will drop a new release two days after they go back from hiatus and go on a European tour
- Kizu will release an album and it's gonna be great but not extraordinary 
- Xaa Xaa disbandment/hiatus (I hope not but they've had their share of struggles this year)
- or just release some very mediocre singles before getting their shit together?
- Some DEZERT-related drama - seems like the industry is expecting a lot of them these days
- or they'll just release a half-assed album
- or the best album in the history of vkei lol
- Yoshiki will step up his social media celebrity game and start a vlogging channel 

At lynch.'s countdown show last night, Akinori appeared during the encore, and after an apology, announced he will be returning to the band.

マイドラゴン(My Dragon) will disband on 2018.04.01 after their live at マイナビBLITZ.
 

I imagine for most of us that have been into VK (or general j-rock fans) for a decent amount, there are certain songs that when you hear them they take you back to a specific memory, whether it was one made while that song or one evoked by that song's lyrics/music. I figured it would be interesting to see what songs have really resonated with you all over the years, so c'mon, play along and post a song/memory associated with that song.
 
I'll go first!
 
The FLARE - "Lyra"
 
My (now) husband and I were planning on taking our first trip to Osaka and it just so happened that The FLARE was scheduled to play one their final tour shows there in the middle of our trip. There weren't a lot of business/budget hotels in Osaka at the time (there still aren't compared to other bigger cities, though there's more hostels and the like than there used to be lol... ) and everything was booked so we had to stay at this run down love hotel each night. I don't remember much about the live itself (even after watching recordings like this off the DVD for that tour) except that the whole atmosphere of it was like being in a trance. That said, I made the poor decision to wear these cute heels instead of something more comfortable and the whole time my feet were in excruciating pain and it was a hella long to walk in the cold to the venue and back and standing in this stairwell for number call. Anyways, this song reminds me of that trip, being young and carefree in love, and the Cafe de Crie we ate at every morning there, but mostly the painful lesson that when it comes to lives comfort > style.

a Christmas edition of my special bby, the shining star on top of my tree, my precious angel
 
♥♥♥ rei-rei (マルコ) ♥♥♥ (bottom, with a kawaii xmas tree on his head)
 

- MUCC will drop a new release two days after they go back from hiatus and go on a European tour
- Kizu will release an album and it's gonna be great but not extraordinary 
- Xaa Xaa disbandment/hiatus (I hope not but they've had their share of struggles this year)
- or just release some very mediocre singles before getting their shit together?
- Some DEZERT-related drama - seems like the industry is expecting a lot of them these days
- or they'll just release a half-assed album
- or the best album in the history of vkei lol
- Yoshiki will step up his social media celebrity game and start a vlogging channel 

- MUCC will drop a new release two days after they go back from hiatus and go on a European tour
- Kizu will release an album and it's gonna be great but not extraordinary 
- Xaa Xaa disbandment/hiatus (I hope not but they've had their share of struggles this year)
- or just release some very mediocre singles before getting their shit together?
- Some DEZERT-related drama - seems like the industry is expecting a lot of them these days
- or they'll just release a half-assed album
- or the best album in the history of vkei lol
- Yoshiki will step up his social media celebrity game and start a vlogging channel 

I second @qotkare: XAA-XAA disbanding. I don't want them to but I  see it happening in the second half of the year, unfortunately. 
 
Also:
- If XAA-XAA doesn't disband before September: XAA-XAA/DADAROMA twoman tour #3.
- Whenever XAA-XAA disbands: Kazuki and Reiya will form a new band.
- DEZERT will continue to suck MUCC dick and release crap.
- Kizu will have a oneman either at Akasaka Blitz or Tsutaya O-EAST.
- JILUKA will have their 6th official oneman become their 11th or 12th actual oneman.
- DADAROMA will continue to pump out releases of varying quality in short intervals.
- There will be some sort of drama related to 0.1g no Gosan. 
- Mejibray will be done for good as of the 22nd.  Maybe not next year but in 2019 Tsuzuku and Koichi will form a new band.
- Some ex-bandman will open a cat cafe.

DIR EN GREY new studio album. It's about time.

this, and
- i can't see initial'L doing much more with their basic ass looks and lamestream pop music... so, disbandment? or a VERY slow year... tbh, i'd like to see satoshi in a solo project or in another band
- the gazette's new album will leave me dead in a ditch because it'll hopefully be around as heavy/good as dogma was
- more brootal-kei qeddeshit copies will start popping up? we have DELUCIDE now, let's see how they fare in 2018...

♥my predictions♥
-new single(s) or another EP from marco - preferably a full album 🙏🙏🙏
-new singles from merry with gara continuing to serve THOTful lewks ✨
-new singles or maybe an EP from david??? ;O
-megaromania full-blown comeback, produced by sui himself (if the rumors about a new single are true???)
-sui basically slaying 2018 with both david & megaromania wrapped around his finger
-moar poorly produced singles from labaiser, largely thanks to starwave, and hopefully another awesome EP to make up for it
-definitely gonna go broke for these bitches especially after i graduate
-kisaki actually manages to revive mirage for about 2-3 yrs before everyone turns 60 (at least)...
-insanity injection finally puts themselves out of their misery & disbands
-danger gang goes on hiatus/disbands???
-🙏🙏still praying for exist trace to flop out of existence already🙏🙏
-moi dix mois finally squeezes out their hastily-done album from their anal orifices
-z probably makes another flop band cuz fuck art cube i guess
-deviloof continues to snatch cockturnal buttlust's brutal-kei crown 👑

just some further details regarding why her twitter account was how it was @patientZERO@Shmilly-- Uran and Setsuna were in a relationship until she found out that he was engaged, and then finally married to someone else, which prompted her to dump all the information you see on that twitter. apparently his wife had found out about their relationship and snapped, and in turn Setsuna finally told her about his wife. as you've noticed, even after this he was continuing to pine about Uran on twitter and such, tweeting something like "i want to be one with Uran in any form, any world", despite the fact that he is married to another woman.
 
so yeah, not only is this dude at least complicit in the death of a 20 year old woman but he's got a wife who will have to deal with the consequences of his choices, too.

(i wanted to include this info but it was like 5:30 am when i posted, sorry!)

as a side note, he told police that his occupation was part-timing so the genre and band scene isn't actually mentioned at all, at least not in any of the articles i've spotted.

Moi dix Mois event, "Deep Sanctuary VI ~MALICE MIZER 25th~ Anniversary Special" will be held at Toyosu PIT on September 8, 2018.
 
Participating artists:
ZIZ
Moi dix Mois
MALICE MIZER (special session)
special guest: Yu~ki (ex-MALICE MIZER)
 
Guest Vocalists (MALICE MIZER roadies):
Shuji (caligari/GOATBED)
Kamijo (Versailles)
Hitomi (Umiyuri, ex-Moran)
 
Guest Drummer (Kami's Master):
Sakura (gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy, Rayflower, ZIGZO)
 

been debating for a long time if i should show myself here or not but i trimmed my hair yesterday and felt pretty happy about myself so hi
 
i miss my longer hair tho. this was me from a year ago. i was thinking about growing it out like yusuke koba's mane but having to tie it up at work made me feel more girly so i've been going back to shorter hairstyles
 

Girugamesh certainly deserved to be on the MUCC tribute album because both were senior and junior bands. Unfortunately, it's a shame that they couldn't use the band name after the disbandment. It sure is a big surprise seeing Girugamesh secretly participate on a bonus track, and it turned out to be a killer one. <3

Welcome! I'm sure you'll feel right at home.