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Haha cute but you kind of are. Osare is a joke term for oshare so yeah Nyasagi is right. Oshare means someone who's really stylish, osare means someone who thinks they're really stylish, but in fact they're not.

This is weird. I was under the impression that pretty much every new band popping up in recent months is of the lighter, colorful style and makes happy, strongly dance-oriented music with lots and loops and samples and autotune. Stuff like DEVI+TEC. Avidit, カメレオ or LUCHe.
Sure, it's not classic oshare but to me it's just seems like the next step of it.

I am not really into oshare, except for Aicle. because they were pretty unique, but I agree to what the people here have said. Old and classic Oshare isn't popular for the same reason as traditional or darker visual kei is- because they don't sell well anymore.
I personally don't think that heavier or darker visual kei bands are 'in' now- if that would be the case there weren't so many techno-dance rock bands who overuse autotune and are all "everything's love and peace! Let's Party!" In that case we could even dare to say oshare is somehow still alive in the neo visual trend- but only the cover in which the neo visual bands are wrapped to be sold better to fangirls and fanboys who wnat their bands to be "KAWAIIII!".

Hello everyone,
 
I'd like to start this post with a trigger warning, there will be mentions of rape in this post so if you do not want to read that then click away.
 
 
 
So back in the days it was rumored that Totto of Devil Kitty was kicked out of the band because he raped a girl. As far as I remember this was never confirmed by anyone, but the rape allegations was always nearby whenever Devil Kitty was discussed.
 
Recently I found Yuuga's original post on the matter, which was posted on Devil Kitty's official bbs, and I decided to translate the message. There's probably not a lot to discuss here (but if you'd like to; feel free to do so), I post this only because I've never seen an actual translation of the original post by Yuuga, and eventually the japanese post may disappear. 
 
So here's the original post in Japanese:
 
And here is my translation:
 
If this is in the wrong section then feel free to move it. 
 
Special thanks to @cvltic for proofreading my translation.
 
Prior to Devil Kitty, Totto was also in: MATCHLESS, DAHLIA, L,DEAR , and had a solo project.

Heya everybody! So a week or so ago, I promised I was in the works of something special for the site, and here it is! Okay, so I associate with a good amount of guys who were active in the visual kei scene. Most of them retired, some of them are still active. So, I decided to reach out to figure out what their top 5 visual kei bands were! I've gotten several responses, so I thought I'd share them with you all, since maybe some of you would be interested, especially those who are super hardcore into old school kei like I am. Enjoy!


Mar (also known as Michael)
::(PROFILE)::
~CHILD HOOD'S END/CHILD (1996~2003)~
~Indigo7 (2003~2005)~
~NICK (2006~2007)~
~High Speed Boyz (2008~2010)~
~FREEDOM BEATS ORCHESTRA (fbo) (2011~Present)~


 
 
Mar's/Michael's top 5
1. X JAPAN
2. AION
3. LADIES ROOM
4. hide with Spread Beaver
5. BUCK-TICK
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Yohey
::(PROFILE)::
~DUKE VAJRA (1994~1995)~
~E-QAL/Hyuge (1995~2001)~
~RED JAPES (2002~2004)~
~BananaBazooka (2008)~
~Burnny Crisis (2008~2009)~
~arms never rust (2011~2012)~
~noodloop (2013~2019)~
~Kizuzura Dandy (キズヅラダンディ) (2015~Present)~
~Zettai Reido (絶対零度) (2019~Present)



Yohey's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. X JAPAN
3. MIYAVI
4. Plastic Tree
5. SEX MACHINEGUNS
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Kazz
::(PROFILE)::
~STRAIGHT (1999~2002)~
~ROXXANE (2008~Present)~
 

 
Kazz's top 5:
1. Sid (シド)
2. MIYAVI
3. Gackt
4. L'arc-en-Ciel
5. Janne Da Arc
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Toshiya
::(PROFILE)::
~Sleep My Dear (1991~1992)~
~L'amour Fou (1993~1999)~
~The Raindrops (2003~2006)~
~Kyo-zon (共存) (2006~Present)~
 

 
Toshiya's top 5:
1. BUCK-TICK
2. Up-Beat
3. KATZE
4. LUNA SEA
5. L'arc-en-Ciel
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Tamaki (環)
::(PROFILE)::
~Six O'clock (1989~1996)~
~ORANGE JAM (1998~2001)~
~Rakudazubon (ラクダズボン) (2001~2003)~
~Jack Dinosaur (ジャックダイナソー) (2001~2004)~
~Liberty (2005~2009)~
 

 
Tamaki's top 5:
1. DEAD END
2. Oblivion Dust
3. Valentine D.C.
4. LADIES ROOM
5. THREE EYES JACK
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Atsushi
::(PROFILE)::
~Rummy (1994~1995)~
~ZELIACORT (1995~1996)~
~CLeiR (1996~1998)~
~THE CLOCK WORK ORANGE (1999~2010)~
 

 
Atsushi's top 5:
1. DEAD END
2. Gargoyle
3. 44MAGNUM
4. KATZE
5. JOLLY PICKLES (ジョリーピックルス)
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Asaki
::(PROFILE)::
~GUNIW TOOLS (1994~2000, 2014~Present)~
~AGE of PUNK (2001~Present)~
~BUG (2002~2012)~
~vez (2012~Present)~
~ROLL-B DINOSAUR (2015~Present)
 

 
Asaki's top 5:
1. BUCK-TICK
2. SOFT BALLET
3. THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS
4. SCHAFT
5. hide
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Kazunori (和教)
::(PROFILE)::
~SEPHIROT (1998~2000)~
~TRIC STER ROJIC (2000~2001)~
~SHÖBIT (2001~2003)~
~Shonen Kamikaze (少年カミカゼ) (2004~2008, 2011~2016)~
~ANIME GIRL (2015~Present)~
 

 
Kazunori's top 5:
1. CASCADE
2. LUNA SEA
3. Laputa
4. ROUAGE
5. PIERROT
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Donni
::(PROFILE)::
~REPTERIA (1990~1993)~
~sonic pop goes nowhere (1993~1995)~
~Acid Bell (1995~1997)~
~superbrunch (1997~2001)~
~HELP (2001~2002)~
~DOVERMAN (ドーベルマン) (2002~2004)~
~Matsudo Rocks (松戸ロックス) (2004~2007)~
~Brother42 (2007~2013)~
~loco hermanos (2013~Present)~


 
Donni's top 5:
1. X JAPAN
2. YOUTHQUAKE
3. ZI:KILL
4. SEX MACHINEGUNS
5. ROSEN KREUZ
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Yasunori (泰典)
::(PROFILE)::
~Black Berry (1998~2003)~
~Jitterbug (ジルバ) (2004~Present)~
 

 
Yasunori's top 5:
1. SHULA
2. Uchuu Sentai NOIZ (宇宙戦隊NOIZ)
3. UILUS
4. PLUSxCANNER
5. MAGGIE MAE
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Hava
::(PROFILE)::
~JACK UP (1990~1999, 2014~Present)~
 

 
Hava's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. L'arc-en-Ciel
3. Kuroyume (黒夢)
4. La'cryma Christi
5. Sleep My Dear
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Shizuru (静流)
::(PROFILE)::
~VEIRL (1995~1997)~
~PLEIADES (1997~1999)~
~INTELLIGENT SEE THROUGH (2000~2001)~
~GRAND ZERO (2002~2004)~
~閃-hirameki- (2008~2012)~
~御剣 -Mitsurugi- (2015~Present)~
 

 
Shizuru's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. X JAPAN
3. Silver~Rose
4. Gargoyle
5. MERRY (メリー)
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Takashi (岳)
::(PROFILE)::
~Puzzle (1995~1999, 2017~Present)~
~Gringo (グリンゴ) (2000~2011)
 

 
Takashi's top 5:
1. DEAD END
2. GASTUNK
3. D'ERLANGER
4. ZIGGY
5. REACTION
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Hikaru (光)
::(PROFILE)::
~BIIR (1994~2002)~
 

 
Hikaru's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. THE YELLOW MONKEY
3. L'arc-en-Ciel
4. MALICE MIZER
5. SIAM SHADE
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Ken (健)
::(PROFILE)::
~Ba-Ira (1992~1997)~
~couch>>case (1998~2003, 2009~2012)~
~add9s (2014~Present)~
 

 
Ken's top 5:
1. BUCK-TICK
2. LUNA SEA
3. MALICE MIZER
4. Kuroyume (黒夢)
5. ZIGZO
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Sammy
::(PROFILE)::
~DANGER (1986~1988)~
~BILLY & THE SLUTS (1988~1997, 2009~Present)~
 

 
Sammy's top 5:
1. X JAPAN
2. COLOR
3. Dir en Grey
4. ZI:KILL
5. LADIES ROOM
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Yosuke (陽輔)
::(PROFILE)::
~ATOMIC TORNADO (1992~1996, 2001~2008)~
~LEMON-GLASS (1996~2000)~
 

 
Yosuke's top 5:
1. X JAPAN
2. LUNA SEA
3. Dir en Grey
4. Golden Bomber (ゴールデンボンバー)
5. DELUHI
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RSK
(::PROFILE::)
~Bang-Doll (1998~2016)~
 

 
RSK's top 5:
1. LUNA SEA
2. Sleep My Dear
3. PIERROT
4. L'arc-en-Ciel
5. Dir en Grey
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Kenji
(::PROFILE::)
~STYLE (1995~1998)~
~Nuts Gang. (ナッツGang.) (2001~2010)~


 
Kenji's top 5:
1. L'arc-en-Ciel
2. La'cryma Christi
3. LUNA SEA
4. Merry Go Round
5. FANATIC◇CRISIS
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As of 2019.10.20, the band will go on hiatus !
The reason is that the drummer SIN has been seeing a doctor because of a painful arm so the band want to focus on his recovery.
 
 

I love how Yuuga's senpai (Yayoi) only a year or two after this made Jewelry lol

I know this was translated by someone long ago, but I can't find that anymore so I gave it a shot and did it myself. If anyone has any corrections/improvements just leave a reply^^ 
 
＜お洒落系代表＞ 
今日はあの子と原宿デート♪　お洒落な服着て何処いこうかvv 
右を見ても左を見ても　僕らが一番お洒落系さっvv 
何処へ行っても拍手喝采　雑誌のスナップ載っちゃってvv 
やっぱお洒落が一番だよねvvv 
ほらほらあそこにコテコテ発見　ださい服着てグラサンかけて 
今時あんなの流行りませんよ？　早く僕らと一緒にお洒落vv 
ださくてださくて見れたもんじゃない！　早く僕らと一緒にお洒落vv 
そんな服着てよく歩けますね？　早く僕らと一緒にお洒落vv 

あぁ～おっされはさいっこぉ～♪×８ 
＜ Representative of Oshare kei ＞
Today I have a date with that girl, let’s go somewhere and be oshare
Looking to my left and right, we are the most oshare kei around here
Where ever we go, people are clapping and cheering at us, and taking pictures of us for magazines.
Oshare is the best after all, isn’t it?
Hey, there’s a kotekote guy. Wearing lame clothes and sunglasses.
That’s not very popular at the moment? Hurry up and become Oshare like us.
It looks lame! Hurry up and become oshare with us.
You can walk easily in those clothes right? Hurry up and become oshare with us

Ahhh. oshare kei is the best (repeated 8 times)

＜コテコテ代表＞ 
お洒落系だぁ？ふざけんなー！！！ 
コテコテの何がわりぃんだよぉ？ 
言ってみろぉー！！！あぁぁぁぁ？？ 
どこがお洒落だー！！！こっちだってお洒落だよ！！！ 
誰がお洒落ってきめたんだよぉ！！！あぁぁぁぁ？？ 
＜ Representative of Kotekote kei ＞ 
Oshare kei? Are you fucking with me?
What’s wrong with Kotekote?
Just try and tell me! Ahhhhhhhhhh?!??
What’s so oshare about you!!! We are the most oshare!!!
Who decided what’s oshare?!! AHHHHHH!

＜お洒落系代表＞ 
コテコテって超ださくなぁ～い？ 
またまたあそこにコテコテ発見　ワイパン履いてアツゾコ履いて 
今時あんなの流行りませんよ？　そろそろ気付けコテコテ野郎！ 
ださくてださくて見れたもんじゃない！　そろそろ気付けコテコテ小僧！ 
そんな服着てよく歩けますね？　そろそろ気付けよコテコテ小僧！ 
＜ Representative of Oshare kei ＞ 
Isn’t kotekote pretty lame?
There’s another kotekote guy, wearing wide pants and creepers. 
It’s not very popular right now, you know. It’s about time you realise that, kotekote bastard.
It looks lame! 
Can you walk around easily in those clothes? 
It’s about time you realise, brat. 

あぁ～おっされはさいっこぉ～♪×８ 
Ahhh. oshare kei is the best (repeated 8 times) 

＜コテコテ代表＞ 
いい加減にしろよ！！二度と喋れねーようにしてやろうかぁ？？ 
ダサイって言ったのこの口かぁ？？おめぇのバンドぶっ潰すぞー！！ 
あぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ？？？？ 
俺の前でもう一回いってみろよ？？何がダサイってぇぇ？？ 
良く聞こえねーなぁぁ？？あぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ？？？？ 
おめぇちっとこっち来いよ！！ 
誰にダサイって言ったんだよぉぉ？？俺か？俺か？俺の事かー！！ 
あぁぁぁぁぁぁぁああああぁぁああああぁぁぁぁああああ？？？？ 
答えろよ！聞こえねーのかぁ？聞こえねーんだったらその耳切っちまうぞ！ 
あぁぁああぁぁぁあああぁぁぁあぁぁぁぁぁぁぁああああああ？？？？ 
死ねぇぇぇぇえぇぇええぇぇぇぇぇえええ！！！！！！×９９９９９９９９ 
＜ Representative of Kotekote kei ＞ 
Let’s get this over with. Should I make you unable to speak?!?!?
“Lame”? Are you talking about me??? I’m going to beat the shit out of your band!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHH?????????????
Try and say it one more time in front of me??? What’s lame?????
Don’t you hear what i’m saying???? AHHH?
Get over here!!!
Who did you call lame??? ME? ME? ME!???!??!?!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH??????????????????????
ANSWER ME!!! Can’t you hear me?? If you can’t hear me I’ll cut of your ears!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?????????DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! x9999999
 
＜パロ＞ 
言い過ぎました、ごめんなさいです。 
ちなみに僕は・・・・・ｵ○ﾚ系です・・。はい。 
＜Parody＞ 
I said to much, I’m sorry
By the way, I am…. Os*are. Yup.

I remember the rumor that Kanon, bassist of An Cafe, was Isato's brother, vocalist of LOVEcan. More than anything, it was what was said in the An Cafe forums.
 

 

Hope you do well too!

Hello everyone, I hope you are well! 💕

I met v-kei when I was 13 years old watching a music video from one of my favorite bands, NIGHTMARE. The sound, the visual aesthetics, the movement itself made me love for life. Although I liked that kind of style very much, I started to like Oshare Kei more. Bands such as CELLT, An Cafe, Milphinne, Delphinium, Charlotte, among others. At present, I also like the Angura, groups like Jully, Heidi., Hotaru...
 
I do not like much the evolution that Visual Kei has taken in the last time, but I can not deny that it has been the aesthetic (and pseudo musical) genre that managed to steal my heart, being almost impossible that I like something else at this point.
 
I hope to contribute to this community of which they have spoken to me very well. Thank you very much to anyone who has read me and I hope we can talk, if you like 😊.

they're one of those sleeper bands who I always forget they exist until I don't and suddenly I listen to their entire discography all the time for a week. I like both eras, but I do think the quality dropped quite a bit once Tara, Tsukasa and Takumi left, but I believe it was mostly due to the fact that they probably barely had money for anything. they went from being slightly popular to playing one-mans to 30 people fast, which was unfortunate to watch happen.
 
also I love PANIC☆ch, but パニックちゃんねる >>>

I love both eras. However, I nostalgically appreciate the period in which Tsubasa, Tara and Takumi were in the band. If they had not left, they would probably have succeeded.
I remember seeing in some pages that Tara had left the band with the excuse that he had become ill, but a few months later he was with Yuu from NEVER CRAZY in his new project, Betty.

I love "恋して☆DISCORD". It is one of the songs that always vibrate in my head at any time.

Hello! I’m fairly new to this as well... welcome!

Iyagarase is a classic

Hello everyone, I hope you are well! 💕

I met v-kei when I was 13 years old watching a music video from one of my favorite bands, NIGHTMARE. The sound, the visual aesthetics, the movement itself made me love for life. Although I liked that kind of style very much, I started to like Oshare Kei more. Bands such as CELLT, An Cafe, Milphinne, Delphinium, Charlotte, among others. At present, I also like the Angura, groups like Jully, Heidi., Hotaru...
 
I do not like much the evolution that Visual Kei has taken in the last time, but I can not deny that it has been the aesthetic (and pseudo musical) genre that managed to steal my heart, being almost impossible that I like something else at this point.
 
I hope to contribute to this community of which they have spoken to me very well. Thank you very much to anyone who has read me and I hope we can talk, if you like 😊.

I do. I listened to them a ton when I first got into visual kei so they're really nostalgic and important to me. People seem to think they went downhill when Tsubasa, Tara and Takumi left but I actually love both lineups. 

Hello everyone, I hope you are well! 💕

I met v-kei when I was 13 years old watching a music video from one of my favorite bands, NIGHTMARE. The sound, the visual aesthetics, the movement itself made me love for life. Although I liked that kind of style very much, I started to like Oshare Kei more. Bands such as CELLT, An Cafe, Milphinne, Delphinium, Charlotte, among others. At present, I also like the Angura, groups like Jully, Heidi., Hotaru...
 
I do not like much the evolution that Visual Kei has taken in the last time, but I can not deny that it has been the aesthetic (and pseudo musical) genre that managed to steal my heart, being almost impossible that I like something else at this point.
 
I hope to contribute to this community of which they have spoken to me very well. Thank you very much to anyone who has read me and I hope we can talk, if you like 😊.

Oshare Kei already felt lost, since there were no bands that kept that sound so catchy and melodic that characterizes it. How good it is to listen to a band that wants to maintain this style over time 💖

Hello everyone, I hope you are well! 💕

I met v-kei when I was 13 years old watching a music video from one of my favorite bands, NIGHTMARE. The sound, the visual aesthetics, the movement itself made me love for life. Although I liked that kind of style very much, I started to like Oshare Kei more. Bands such as CELLT, An Cafe, Milphinne, Delphinium, Charlotte, among others. At present, I also like the Angura, groups like Jully, Heidi., Hotaru...
 
I do not like much the evolution that Visual Kei has taken in the last time, but I can not deny that it has been the aesthetic (and pseudo musical) genre that managed to steal my heart, being almost impossible that I like something else at this point.
 
I hope to contribute to this community of which they have spoken to me very well. Thank you very much to anyone who has read me and I hope we can talk, if you like 😊.

Panic Channel (パニックちゃんねる) was a visual kei band formed in November 2002 by vocalist MEGURU (ex. Garasu), Kana (ex. Virtione), Tsubasa (ex. Cynical Biscuit), Tara (ex. Virtione) and Yuusuke (ex. RAVAGE) . It was characterized by having an alter-ego, called "PANIC☆ch", which had a melodic and catchy sound, unlike "Panic Channel", with heavier songs and linked to kote kei.
 

 
Does anyone remember them?

I miss this band too, they were amazing.