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That's really too bad, their music was actually good haha

Here are a few that come to mind when I think Iconic vk~~~

This sounds perfect already! I can't even help it, I'm hyped af

They're looking really good in that new promo pic. I liked their last mini and their recent output in general, excited to see what they bring this time.

I really like their outfits, it's a cool look. Wtf is up with the lighting and poorly done photoshop tho... Makes them look like a rookie band.

Sweet and sour chicken, rice and roasted asparagus that I threw together really quickly after plans fell through.

Rina needs more love

Love the concept artwork! Really cool inspiration too, Suspiria is such a mood. I haven't seen the remake yet tho

Nice work, I like the watercolor piece the most, but they're all nice tbh!

Rumors are interesting imo because if there isn't a kernel of truth to them(pretty easy to tell by the language being used) then it becomes more telling about the person spreading them. I try not to be reactionary when reading rumors online as that leads to people spreading obvious lies, but it is a fascinating aspect of vk that's hard to ignore. Especially in modern vk, the bands write songs that are directly about it now, provoking more gossip. I used to read gossip blogs because it was a fun distraction and a look into an aspect of the culture we didn't have in the US, now I find it to be almost necessary for understanding/appreciating some band concepts and lyrics.

Yeah, I was trying to stay positive and he does sound better than recent recordings but yikes is right lol. I wouldnt have minded something more thoughtful from them but this doesn't go anywhere and leaves my mind immediately. 

30 minutes ago, Doesn'tEvenGoHere said:

The song itself doesn't sound bad. Reminds me of VelBet. But it's not the sound we would expect from Mamireta. I think most of us boarded the Mamireta hype train because they had that sound that was lost after Kagerou (Or Dezert's earlier work). But this song sounds generic by comparison. I wonder if it will  have any harsh vocals. That other song on Kushami "囚人番号07番は愛した" just had one line with harsh vocals so we also can't say we didn't see this coming.  Anyway, they're free to take whatever musical direction they want, but people who began to stan because of the "congested and drunk" vocals can also rightfully decide to get off board. 

I hear the VelBet similarities for sure! I get it, I also started following this band because of the style they were presenting early on and I'm def not trying to stop anyone from being over them! Just offering what my impressions were.

I should have made this clear in my original post, but the congested and drunk comment was specifically referring to the rerecorded versions of songs on the album and the last single we got. The vocalist was sounding sick/overworked/whatever and I was worried we'd continue to get more recordings like that in the future.

This was a huge help yesterday, thank you so much for putting it together in such an easy to understand way

12 hours ago, monkeybanana4 said:

Just curious, do you need to have played the other games in the series? I've only managed to play YS Celceta, and I quite liked it.

Nope, this is my first ys game!  I've heard good things about other entries(including Celceta) and plan on checking them out after a couple of other games in my backlog.

1 minute ago, ricchubunny said:

with terrific do you mean fuckn good? or the bad meaning? hahahaha

 

 

I'd recommend recochoku! http://recochoku.jp/album/A2001359071/?affiliate=4350010262

You have to use a japanese VPN for that but it was pretty easy, the song quality were good, no complications except for the VPN part (i've downloaded a Chrome extension and it worked pretty well. Just turn it off when you're putting your card data for your safety!)

 

haha, I have the damn japanese itunes card but my computer and itunes are not being friends rn, itunes won't let me create an appleid.  I'm in the middle of troubleshooting the issue, but if someone(who isn't a complete rando) with a japanese itunes account can come through I'm willing to just go through them.

1 hour ago, ricchubunny said:

Anyone thinking in buy it there and share here? 

I bought the B-Type with the multi-angle live DVD so i'm going to upload it here, but it gonna take a little bit time since i'm in Brazil now lol Would pretty cool if anyone can upload the album here meanwhile

I'm considering buying it and a few other newer releases from other bands but I'm hesitant to go about the whole japanese gift card/itunes account because I've had weird experiences in the past. Will absolutely post here once I figure it out lol.

It doesn't sound nearly as dire as some are making it out to be. Plus there's just not enough to go off of yet. Vocalist is sounding noticeably less congested and drunk here, I'm optimistic.

So does anyone k now if this a parody of a particular band/song? I wasn't feeling this as much as other songs I've listened to from them, but it's kind of cute and catchy

Cool video, nit quite as crazy as I as hoping for considering the outfits but it works. Mahiro's screams seem to have less of effects and layering than usual towards the end, I like it. They should consider expanding on that in the future.

Doesn't sound too bad at all, will keep an eye out for them next year

I loved what we saw of the music video and the b-side previews sound great too. Really looking forward to the whole thing.

Congrats on making it ten years, ya'll really don't need another best album though. 

I started Ys 8 on the switch last week and it's really addicting. I love how well easily combat flows, exploration is fun(not overwhelming like a lot of modern games) and while it won't win any awards, the writing is decent to passable; anime tropes are present for sure, thankfully there's more to it the characters and they're mostly tolerable so far. There's a decent variety of things to do and it all gels really well and feels cohesive. I don't have a lot of negative to say about this game, graphics will be an issue for some as they are late ps2/early ps3 quality but personally I find them serviceable when in handheld mode. I tried playing docked for an hour and all of the games graphical issues are exacerbated, shading in certain areas has those blocky ps1 textures that looked bad in the 90's and slowdown becomes a problem. I've heard that the switch port is the worst in that regard though, so it's probably less of an issue on ps4/steam. I'm not too far into it, so who knows it could fall apart, but so far this is the best arpg I've played in a long time.

I'll check out the Yuna track out of curiosity because I like her

woof, those are some really bright, ugly outfits. Take note everyone else in the scene, this isn't a good look.