Ultra Silvam

It's a bit like situational depression. An event has to happen that triggers a significant negative response in someone, and the person ends up having excessive anxious/depressed/abnormal thoughts and behavior. It's usually not permanent though, the person's symptoms improve with treatment and after the stressful event has ended, but if the stressor is ongoing than the disorder can become chronic

Here's a summary of the post: Kana was diagnosed with adjustment disorder in January 2018 and he told the president of B'Forest Inc., but the president didn't understand and told him he was sick and fired him. In March he got an attorney and in June he filed a lawsuit against the president for power harassment and for money he was owed. In the first trial it was confirmed that B'Forest Inc. owed Kana 3.2 million yen and that the president did indeed partake in power harassment. The court ordered B'Forest Inc. to pay Kana 3.7 million yen. However the president made an appeal, and at the appeal hearing in August 2020 they reached a settlement in Kana's favor of 3.3 million yen and an apology for the president's lack of consideration towards Kana's disorder. Kana received the settlement in September. He couldn't write about it before because it was part of the trial, but he had been suffering from power harassment for years and eventually developed adjustment disorder because of it. Apparently the president never admitted to power harassment. Kana does not forgive the harassment and was initially adamant about the court's decision because he didn't want it to keep happening to his former label mates, but after the president appealed he just decided to accept the settlement. He wants his former label mates to be paid properly or to stop working for the label. He also made it a point to say that the president did apologize so no one should slander him or harass him because of this. In regards to how he's doing he says he is physically and mentally healthy. The trial took a long time and he had to get treatment for his disorder but he's glad he worked so hard and was rewarded by the trial. He didn't want to leave all the people that were concerned about him without answers, and he wanted to talk about his feelings over the last two and a half years, so this is why he made the post now. He would like to return to the stage again some day and hopes everyone is doing well during these times.

I think in this case it's the same thing. BPR is the label business but the corporate company is B'Forest Inc. There's only one CEO for both though

I obviously can't speak for everyone but I don't think the change in style is why most people here are criticizing them. Sure, not everyone was happy about their new sound and lack of makeup, but if they genuinely wanted to do something else than I ain't mad at them for doing it. The problem for me is that when I think about Dimlim (Retsu aside) the most recent thing I can remember is how bad and confusing the band's marketing was during the release of MISC. That sticks out to me way more than the actual music on MISC, despite me listening to it several times. And this is the most recent thing I remember because they haven't given me anything to think about since MISC, and that was nearly a year ago now. I understand why they couldn't do their planned shows, but they haven't really done anything else in the meantime. No real updates or engagements. And I honestly don't think I've ever felt this way with any other active band. Of course bands have released albums I didn't like, but my last thought about them was always "Oof, I wish that sounded better," and not "Oof, I wish they released the album on time and didn't let their guitarist on Instagram and didn't go silent for a year."

That's just not a good look though. Almost their entire fanbase before MISC was made up of vk fans and metal fans, so for them to purposefully shut them out isn't really a good move imo. No one said they had to keep being visual kei, and if they just stopped dressing up and dropped the album I don't think anyone would have had a big problem. But Retsu renouncing vk and blocking old fans and the entire lyrical concept of MISC seeming like a jab at people who didn't like their stylistic change - well that's a good way to get people to stop caring about your band. Not to mention that the actual releasing of MISC was handled very badly with it being delayed several times, having confusing info on whether it was going to be digital only or physical, nearly no previews, and then Retsu with his "essence" and anti piracy antics at that time... I think they effectively managed to push away a good proportion of their old fanbase with all that. They might be getting some positive attention outside of Japan, and they seem to have prioritized that over Japanese fans anyway considering their international bookings and Retsu doing that one interview video in English lol, but COVID put a stop to those shows so what are they doing for their new fans now? They released Kidoairaku on streaming services which is nice and all, but even their plans for an international merch store haven't quite worked out. I get that this year has been really tough but I just question where they're going to get the money to keep going with this band. They seem really inactive at the moment and that's usually not a good sign - even in these times.

Website is back up along with a new Facebook and an official note page. https://www.deviloof.jp/ https://www.facebook.com/DeviloofOfficial/ https://note.com/deviloofofficial Their EU tour also seems to be officially cancelled now instead of just postponed... Seems like they have new management.

Romaji lyrics to 管 (Kuda) have already been posted by violetchain I'm including them here for the purpose of completion 管 （Kuda） Kanji: Romaji: アンドロイドと果実 （Android to Kajitsu） Kanji: Romaji: 箱庭 （Hakoniwa） Kanji: Romaji:

リビドー （Libido） Kanji: Romaji: 悪路 （Akuro） Kanji: Romaji: 未来計画 （Mirai Keikaku） Kanji: Romaji:

Signatures? If you go into your account settings under the "Signatures" tab theres a switch you can flip to view them. Hope this helps

I tend to treat re-recordings and originals as two different songs. It doesn't bother me when bands re-record their songs as long as it sounds somewhat different or the production is better. But I honestly can't think of an re-recordings that are carbon copies of their original anyway. I feel like it's always worth their time because it's probably less effort than writing a new song, and it's something they can put on their new album/single. However of course that doesn't mean it's worth the fans time or money... My favorite remakes are Etsu to Utsu and Kyoka Suigetsu from Kiryu's 2007-2017 album. I don't listen to the originals of those songs anymore. Etsu to Utsu was my favorite Kiryu song after it came out and I never thought they would top it, so I was pleasantly surprised when they did with the re-recording. I also love most of the songs from Liphlich's first acoustic album, and I think that's a great example of remaking songs with purpose. Obviously a lot of changes had to go into making those songs acoustic and I don't think they were remade just to sound better or new.

くしゃみ (Kushami) Kanji: Romaji: ゴミ漁り純恋歌 (Gomi Isari Junkoi Uta) Kanji: Romaji: 囚人番号07番は愛した (Shuujin Bangou 07 Ban wa Aishita) Kanji: Romaji:

I love this Liphlich one for the aesthetics and for how nicely the theme fits with the actual music. I also really liked Veltro by the Gallo one when it first came out because hail satan edgy > i'm a psycho edgy

I sort mine by most favorite to least favorite. It's more convenient for me to have what I listen to the most at the top of my rack. I've tried alphabetical before but I just get lazy about it when I acquire new CD's. I keep my western and Japanese CD's separate, mostly just due to spacing issues and my aforementioned laziness. I bought most of my western CD's before any of my Japanese ones and kept them on one rack. I only really started buying Japanese CD's once that rack was already full, and I just didn't wanna reorganize them tbh

If my translation is correct, than the website says that Ray is directing all the vocals on Angel's Cry and that it's their first melodic speed metal song. Well I don't exactly know what melodic speed metal is tbh, but I'm excited now and really hoping this turns out well. The website also says that Keisuke composed Devil's Calling and Daiki composed Angel's Cry, and they're based off of demos they received from a musician they respect.

I'm hoping these are just revamps of his old compositions and he's doing this to show that he's improved, or something. Not that his old compositions were bad though (at least not imo) Also the band's twitter still lists Hiroto as their drummer, but Hiroto did post on his instagram a few days ago that he got married, so perhaps he's just been busy lol

I think it's based on this picture for sure, but I also can't figure out the specific poses they're doing. (It's really bothering me tho so someone help us!!)

首輪教育のすすめ (Kubi wa Kyouiku no Susume) Kanji: Romaji: 左手はスナッフフィルム (Hidarite wa Snuff Film) Kanji: Romaji:

I think that if you want to confront him about it and you feel confident then you should at least try. You're gonna have to stay calm throughout the entire thing though since self proclaimed assholes love to argue. You can't change someone else's behavior for them though. I grew up with some family members who were aggressive and ignorant so I just avoided them at all costs. It wasn't an ideal solution or one that made me happy, but it was a lot better than actually interacting with them and I didn't have any other choice anyway. I just spent most of my time in my room and I never spoke to or looked at these people unless I absolutely had to. I wouldn't respond when they made stupid comments towards me, even if the comments were actually hurtful. I never confronted anyone because I was too afraid to. Now I sometimes imagine what it would've been like back then if I did confront them. I think that the only way it would've worked is if I played really nice and pretend to care about their feelings while coming to some sort of compromise, so they felt like they were getting something out of it too. That's high effort manipulation though, but if you don't mind doing something like that then it might be worth thinking about.

Dressed up for Halloween as a cheap Ai from gulu gulu. I actually felt really beautiful lol

All lyrics written as they are in the booklet and romanized to the best of my ability. 変なメリーゴーランド Kanji: Romaji: 嗅覚障害 Kanji: Romaji: 不味い麻酔 Kanji: Romaji: Rubra Kanji: Romaji:

This is my attempt. The lyrics are written in the booklet but it's very disorganized as the lyrics for the songs are all split up and mixed in with each other. I'm pretty confident with 吐瀉物, but 便所2 gave me some trouble that I'll explain at the end of this post. 「吐瀉物」 Kanji: Romaji: 「便所2」 Kanji: Romaji: I can't really figure out some of the harsh vocals in 便所2 (hence the ???????) and there's no lyrics leftover. I'm also unsure about the last two lines in 便所2. I can hear the latter half of both lines, but the first halves are definitely different. I think they're just being sung differently than the way the lyrics were written though, since I don't hear those fragments anywhere in either song and I can't find anymore lyrics in the booklet.

It took a year but I think I finally managed to read the lyric booklet correctly. Kanji: Romaji: Also @Himeaimichu since you asked for this last year

If the song I'm listening to has a music video or a live video then I tend to think about that. But I'm also one of those people who imagines themselves playing the song lol. I think that stems from my long desire to be an artist. If I correlate the song with a certain point or person in my life, then I I just think of my memories. I seem to correlate songs to certain feelings of mine, so then I think about all the significant times in my life that I've felt that way. There's some songs I love that I absolutely can't listen to because of that, but I don't think this is "deep" or something that anyone else doesn't experience. For example, the song Slow Rain by Umbrella makes me a bit sad and reminds of loneliness, so I think about the times in my adolescence when I was particularly lonely. On the flip side, Radical Hysteria by Born reminds me of when I was a little punky teenager lol, so I think about those times and laugh. I wish I could be the type of person who is able to create scenarios in my mind when I listen to music. I think I've tried before but I just can't seem to do it.

I've had Sepia on repeat for a while and I think I love everything about it, even that super long outro. I had my doubts with their first single but even that has grown on me now. I normally dislike the more "mature" sound, but these guys have managed to break that for me and I actually kinda hope that this becomes their regular sound

I actually REALLY like censor beeps in songs for some reason and I don't know why. But when a song has one it becomes significantly more interesting to me and I enjoy it a lot more. I think my favorite example of a censor beep is the one at the 2:40 mark in Takadanobaba Ailen by Kuroyuri to Kage. The placement of it is just perfect; it doesn't cut off any words when it starts or ends. It sounds like there could literally be nothing that the censor is covering, and that intrigues me so much lol