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I went, but there wasn't any After Image VHS tapes or casettes. I'm sorry ☹️ If there's anything else you're looking for I'd be happy to help, though!

Sorry for the late response! I'll probably be going up to Osaka this Saturday, if I see anything I can get it for you!

Mana without makeup.

Mana without makeup.

So ur with ur honey and yur D=Out wen the phone rigns. U anser it n the vioce is "visual key new album coming uot now" U tell ur girl n she say "visual is ded". THEN WHO WAS PHONE?

4 words: Kamijo shaves his head.

I think I've seen some AFTER IMAGE VHS at Pure Sound in Osaka, next time I visit I can take a look for you! I can't guarantee anything though. 

i was looking for a thread like this to discuss some of the legendary happenings i've been reading about so
 
-the guy from HenzeL getting pelted with natto during a show and heckled to the point his mom tried to stop them
-KLACK showing a beheading video during a big festival while being the most irrelevant band there
-the time Rentrer en Soi kicked out their guitarist who happened to be Yuuga's brother who impregnated a girl after trying to make him make her get an abortion, and Yuuga got so mad Satsuki had to get on his hands and knees and apologize on stage
-when Koma from kurara zeroshiki stole a song from an ero game and got caught
-when Byou/Toge and Yuuto from JOKER told Kazuhi he had to leave the band right after they did a show
-the time Vogus Image's vocalist accused Tora of stealing their shit, and Tora clapped back by calling him a druggie
-Zipang's entire existence: the head of their label was arrested for meth, and the vocalist said he was so fucked up on drugs that they couldn't even talk to him, so he decided to leave the band. But the label head posted on their site and claimed the vocalist raped someone and ran off with million of yen, and that he had fired them because of it.
-Yukiya from JILS kicking someone for recording a show
-when Sugizo got a parking ticket and said it was like being in Germany under Hitler
-Vidoll writing a whole dramatic song about the time someone posted Rame's email address on tanuki

but guys tbh the biggest wtf has to be everything malice mizer related
why did they break up what happened to kami (We know the alleged COD but STILL) what happened to klaha why'd gackt ACTUALLY leave (he basically blamed it on their money whore ways but there is no bigger money/fame/attention whore than gackt so i'd easier believe that mana is actually a 3000 year old space alien) is mana actually dada's son (my fav)

If I have permission from an admin, then I'll drop the highlights.
Mostly I just don't want anyone to think I'm doing it to smear the bandmen in question or attempting to pass anything off as an absolute truth. The stories about Harcon in particular are generally considered to be a mix of truths, half-truths, exaggerations and total fabrications.
 
The following is a selection of posts just from this archived Harcon thread:
http://old.bbs.2ch2.net/admin/readkako.cgi?bbs=visualtanuki&key=1223287368
Byou is called by his real last name throughout the thread, I've replaced it in the translation. Also, some of the content below is disturbing.
 

I also found some thread about bandmen and fighting but it's mostly about extremely early vk bandmen (RAPES, Charisma, Dynamite Tommy, X, LUNA SEA). I'll come back with those highlights when I have some time!

I've been wanting to write some of this stuff out forever because I'm a huge digital packrat and I like to archive these types of things... I don't think any of this has been written out anywhere before, but I'm not sure how much people actually care about the fan culture part of VK here, especially the Japanese fan culture, and especially the online Japanese fan culture. But, just in case any of you are also level 50 Turbo Nerds I thought I should post it here. I hope this is a sensible place to put it??

this piece is WAY too long for how lame the subject is and i'm so sorry
tl;dr: tanuki is old as fuck and there used to be another tanuki and forums are dead, long live tanuki

edit: fixed a number i screwed up
 
 

I figured most people are familiar with this song, and it's a song I thought deserved a better translation than some I've seen, so I decided hey, why not?
 

 
*Disclaimer* Just to cover any bases, I'm putting this here because this song isn't really suitable for people who are underage, but then again the first one that@plastic_rainbowposted probably wasn't either.
 
Now that that's out of the way...
 
Japanese:
 
 
English:
 
 
PV:
 
 
Some things to possibly consider:
 
The ILLUMINATI believe that enlightenment, manifestation, or a God-like awareness can be achieved through orgasm.
  In the PV, the women in tanks and the members of the band are separated, but then seem to appear together in some simulated sexual fantasy. Is this some manifestation of each member's (or their character's) sexual desires where they are they are acting as members of the Illuminati, or is it some kind of sexual/mind experiment being performed by the Illuminati? You'll notice than in their alternate costumes for this concept, the band is dressed as doctors.


  At the end of the PV, all of the women die from violent causes. Is this carried out as they climax/orgasm, or has the enlightenment through orgasm theme been replaced with BDSM and violence instead? (Possibly for shock value?) Or are the women being sacrificed like Isaac? (Thanks@Peace Heavy mk II)
  Is this MALICE MIZER's retelling of biblical canon plus some kind of Illuminati sex ceremony, or what? Is there some way all of this imagery intersects with each other?  
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter!