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I'm sorry, but that promo is not for sale, it's also like one of my favorite piece of my collection. I bought it like 8/10 years ago and never seen another one around here in the western market. So theirs first concerts were in august, not in march? About the 2ND Demo, I'm writing it that way because I give priority to how it's written on the cover (DEMO) but at the same time acknoledge that the official form is "2nd DEMO". It all makes sense in my head, don't worry. 😅 If you have other corrections on my list I would gladly take them, send me a pm when you have time and feel like doing it, please.

It's not a bad anime song per se, but it's completely unsuitable as an OP of that kind of anime. I doubt they were asked for a ballad. I think they were given free artistic rein to entice them to work on it and now who commissioned them are kinda regretting it, maybe. Maybe as an ending theme it could have worked much better.

Sadly I don't speak japanese, but I think I found out what privilege DVD it should be. It should be from YesAsia for Philia. Here a screen shot (with the Philia era costumes).

Thanks, I was pretty sure i was legit because the person that sold it to me few months ago was honest and sold me a bunch of juicy stuff too, but I thought it was better to ask around (it's the first promo of this kind I have bought) and maybe someone will even be able to give me precise info on the disc if I'm lucky (like in what occasion was gifted to the fans etc.)

I know it contains a video message from the band, but I was wondering if it was some random homemade copy/bootleg or some legit (last minute) promo coming this way from the band. Thanks

I'm not crying it's only onions raining in my eyes. Back then I knew Lareine weren't very big in Japan, but I didn't know they struggled so much, and had so much passion for what they did (And that we could have had them still if someone would have responded to those ads! 😡) Now I'm even more glad I started to stan them so early and spent so much money on their new releases when I started to be able to buy original stuff (I know that they got only a minimal fraction of the ¥¥, but still), before they disbanded. Thanks for sharing this and fighting the good battle versus the Kamijo haters, for us too (non japanese speaking western fans). Luckily here in Europe I don't remember much negative reactions at the news of the birth of Versailles and its members. On the contrary.

Just to clear things a bit for me after (my) hyatus. Is this still the same new album they announced some years ago after the reunion and was never out?

IF ONLY! (about the demo)😆 No, my collection is much smaller because even though I collect Lareine material since like around 2005, I'm on a budget and I did not have direct access to the japanese second hand market till now, so I needed to be VERY patient to wait for the right occasions (=sales with NOT too overinflated prices). The list is full of errors because I don't speak japanese, so I must rely on cross-checked informations from different western sources sadly (When I find different dates for the same item I put two differen versions when I'm not sure it's an error or they are speaking about two different prints), but I'm always open to corrections. I don't lie to myself thinking I'll be able to complete it (not with my budget), but I like to see what I have and what I still need looking for, and I like that sensation when I mark down some more difficult to find item. Congratulations over your collection! I know it was very hard work for you.

Hello! During all this years I accumulated a few spares that now I'd like to trade for stuff I'm looking for (instead of leaving them forgotten on a shelf) NOW TAKING PRICE OFFERS TOO. What I have up for trade: Kamijo - “Louis” single reg. edition first press (with obi, card and autograph card) almost mint condition Kamijo - “Louis“ single limited ed. type B first press (with obi, card and autograph card) almost mint condition -Versailles group postcard from CDJapan -Lareine “Metamorphose“ (missing obi) gently used condition -Lareine “Reine de Fleur II“ (with obi) *SOLD* What I'm looking for: Lareine,New Sodmy, Versailles, Kamijo. All the stuff NOT underscored in purple on my Google doc plus: flyers, cards, postcards, fanclub magazines, buttons etc. If you have something you don't see mentioned in the document feel free to ask anyway because I might be looking for it and don't know/forgot. I'd prefer to swap inside Europe, but might consider overseas offers depending on the case. FEEL FREE TO REQUEST MORE PHOTOS if you need them.

This I think was (partially?) thanks to the fact that in those day Lareine wasn't one of the cool bands to stan (too pop-rock and kitsch), so pretentious *ssholes stayed away and in the fanbase there was people enjoyin them and very happy to see someone else doing it, since there was not very much of us around. Or at least this is the impression i got from the italian VK fanbase pre band disbanding.

You don't happen to be italian, right? I know that the "friend" thing is more likely to be a friendly thing, but I know people that like the illustrator in your avatar and since it's not a very famous artist in the western fandom, I thought better to check if you might be someone I know/knew for real. 😆

In their site they say that 300yen are per item not per order though. (If you subscribe now they give you 300yen coupon) Does FromJapan accept to write a lower value on the package? I searched on their site and they say nothing against it, so I'm hopeful.

I forgot about Lareine's Etude and its blurry selflove hymn cover.

Not my genre and, like someone else before already said, VERY "generic", but they are not bad being what they are. I was bracing for much worse.

To this day I still discover some promo single or the like I didn't even know did exist. Their complete discography is HUGE (they very much liked their variations for the same material)

Versailles - Noble (EU promo) + its flyer (front/back photocopy) I ended up paying a bit more than I would have liked, but since it was my birthday present it was all right.

Italian is my native language, plus I speak english and a tiny bit of french too.

Do you still have it? Are shipping fees 2,66€ for Italy too?

I have it and I LOVE it, but Lareine- Blue Romance... *insert graphic design is my passion old meme*

If in future you should change your mind and decide you'd like to split the collection, please contact me about: -MALICE MIZER - Memoire DX -Versailles - Noble, Maru music (NA) I may be interested to buy them.

Hello! I'm an old Visual Kei fan. I started by listening to Lareine around 2000 then carried on with X Japan, Malice Mizer, Moi Dix Mois and Versailles. With the decline of forums I lost a bit sight of the scene, but a few months ago I started to regain a bit of contact with how things are going now, because I'm missing all of it. Lately I'm starting to listen to Kizu too.

Sent you an enquiring PM about Noble.