Masato

In Japan yes, during a "world tour" *cough* not so much....

There is also the "Visual Sentai vs. Kusomen" or whatever it is called by Jin Machine. That one was actually really fun to watch.

I think it's even worse for the likes of Satsuki, Mikaru.... where they get ~15-25€ entrance fee from 10-35 people per gig... plus goods... but they have to pay the venue, transportation etc. ..... I mean it's a nice passtime to go to these shows, but I don't think you can make real money from that.... Save on hotel costs by sleeping at your friends place/in a van?

You could just steal some random person's meal at the pic-up counter by taking it and running away. Who said it had to be your meal to begin with? 😏

Isn't every vk band except Golden Bomber obscure? 🧟‍♂️

Is instore culture dying, too? Along with physical stores and free VK mags like Gab?

How about tinder?

So they stopped spending money on outfits?

What, you don't think they staff your local conbini? 😱

So that's where the money goes! Self-promotion over album production 🙄

I think this is slightly better

I guess while you can live on the money they give you, they whore you out in any possible way, especially with their recent youtuber antics in adfition to instores, lives and other promo activities.... This is not for everyone.

It used its wings to fly there!

Is there some website with easy up and download and no registration? I can upload it for you again....

Ehhh??? Which ones? I have downloaded most of them.... I think it was the furitsuke videos.... 😑 they decided to upload it only on their furitsuke twitter channel, the songs are mostly there still. https://twitter.com/kaitoufurituke?s=09 This is really annoying.... I liked to have them on youtube, but you can't do anything about it.... They also deleted some stupid dork videos like Masato teaching people how to do facial treatment and face massage. 😂 I have a lot saved on my phone though.

Especially if your band is small, you should promote them rather than be protective.... it might help to keep them going longer

I think this also has a lot to do with the fact that the fans have been weeded out. Former Meji stans that tired hard to accept 8P-SB, but could not and hated it, are not attending the shows anymore. So the hate is probably less now and the live more fun, artist more relaxed....

I once remotely stalked a bandmen on pokemon go, by looking up the locations of the pokestop gifts he would send me. I am so proud of myself! 😂 After a while it got boring though when i had figured out his hood. I did nothing with the info, just knew he was living on campus at his university. Lol

Well, they do have the anti-high heel movement now.... 😅 That is a start

Who is Onan?

I just had a feeling the whole BL thing was more pronounced back in the day anyway.

But Genki's waifu is definetly Koichi! No room for no side bromance anymore! *lol*

I went to Cologne and the venue was super crap! They did not turn on the aircon and even before the live you were drenched in sweat. Soundcheck was also so~so, they could have tuned Ruki better. Still, the crowd went crazy, so that was fun. I liked some songs more than others, but that's to be expected. Reasonably solid performance, but it also felt very short. On the other hand, we could get fresh, cooler air, a plus here.

Don't gays feel embarassed by the fanservice, too? Or is it hot for them? But well, I guess it's affirmative that bands still do this, especially when they are small and need more fans... But it's seemingly not as common as it used to be. The only band where I can accept BL and find it funny is Golden Bomber, cause it's super, super, super staged.

Hahahaha Well, I guess it's like the general onnagata thing, someone of the band gets appointed to do these kind of things, if they want or not... Also band guys often don't even get along so well (disbandment wave...) But man, when there are rumors you are married and sleeping around with girls and then they pretend this BL stuff at events or on stage I feel it's super forced and it's embarassing to look at. 😑 I would be ok with them just cuddling now and then and saying the other guy is cute or so...