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What I don't understand is why people think VK should be different of any other music styles. On its core, VK is basically just a bunch of bands that use similar composition tropes to mix it up with the flavor-of-the-month-genre around the world (If visuals are THAT important to you when talking about MUSIC, you really should check your priorities). Being so, sometimes you enter on a 80's binge, EDM craze, 90's pop, Symphonic metal addiction, right? And other times you never listen to that genre for months, until something old or new gets your attention again, right? So why VK should be any different? Why you HAVE TO listen to it, and it's such a tragedy when nothing new interests you for a while? It's like people put VK on a pedestal of greatness, and gets upset when find out that there are much more sucky-ass bands around than great ones, like everything else in this planet.

What I don't understand is why people think VK should be different of any other music styles. On its core, VK is basically just a bunch of bands that use similar composition tropes to mix it up with the flavor-of-the-month-genre around the world (If visuals are THAT important to you when talking about MUSIC, you really should check your priorities). Being so, sometimes you enter on a 80's binge, EDM craze, 90's pop, Symphonic metal addiction, right? And other times you never listen to that genre for months, until something old or new gets your attention again, right? So why VK should be any different? Why you HAVE TO listen to it, and it's such a tragedy when nothing new interests you for a while? It's like people put VK on a pedestal of greatness, and gets upset when find out that there are much more sucky-ass bands around than great ones, like everything else in this planet.

Sounds interesting, indeed! Specially Trick x Trap, which is a blatant rehash of Hotarubi/Natsu no Yukue, they weren't even trying to hide it, lol
 
 
To be fair, early DIV was pretty much all Shogo, so it kinda makes sense. Dude is talented AF.

MOTHERFUCKIN ROU REYNOLDS HELL YEAH

MOTHERFUCKIN ROU REYNOLDS HELL YEAH

Rayka please come back.

QUEENS OF DESERVING A MAJOR LABEL SIGNING

Thanks for this list, @Original Saku, I'll definitely check out No.6! Sounds cool, and the short lenght helps a lot, lol!
 
I'm already familiar with Death Note and Monster from that list, both are great, specially Monster! While I do think it kinda overstay its welcome with that kid that never gets caught, it is one hell of a story!
 
One of my top 3 stories that I would LOVE to see more similar, but don't think will ever find one is Eden: It's an Endless World. You simply can't match the world, the mythos and the confusing as shit plotline it have, a MUST for anyone who likes militar/dystopian/cyberpunk stories.

@chemicalpictureshttp://blog.honeyfeed.fm/6-anime-like-zankyou-no-terror-terror-in-resonance-recommendations/
 
That link may help you out a bit, but honestly there aren't many shows out there that captures the same vibe that ZnT does.

I'm not really used to watch animes, but was intrigued with Terror on Resonance, on netflix, and I quite liked it. The development of the characters was interesting (Lisa could have been better explored, but I understand her role as a plot device to forge a contrast with the main characters. Five role wasn't amazing either), with some interesting messages and a dialogues. Nice script overwall, and AMAZING OST!
 
Any recommendations of other similar anime, following this more realistic vein?

I'm here to revive this thread since this is one of my favorite songs.
 
This song was featured in a live limited release called "kagerou no jiten ＜otona no shoten＞".
and if you own a copy of it you can see what all the "kore", "sore", "are" were about.
 

 
So he's like "Oh, I know you are actually ashamed of this, you are not pure because of this, and you are filthy because of this".
 
Basically the song is about how people fantasize about famous idols to the point that it becomes an obsession to them, sexually, not very romantically and delusionally speaking.
(「いつも以上に興奮覚えました」 → It means he got more aroused than usual after he watched a drama scene played by the idol on tv)
So since the idols get a lot of attention, people get jealous of it as they can't get noticed by the famous person in question.
(他のブタ野郎よりもずっと「キミのことは理解するハズだから」→ "I'm suppossed to understand you more than those jerks" refering to other fans)
Also this obsession leads to becoming an stalker, and in Japan idols get harassed by stalkers pretty often.
(1. 全部知ってます。→ "I know everything about you".
2. 頭の中はキミで溢れている。→ "I think about you all the time" *sexual connotation.
3. 触りたい。→ "I wanna touch you" *sexual connotation.
4. キミも結局汚いメスなの？→ "Are you a dirty whore too after all?" refers to jealousy, since she gets a lot of attention, she knows a lot of men, who she may have messed around with, idols don't make their way just for their talent, you know.
5. 気持ちのイイのはいつもいつも僕だけだし　少しサミシイ今日この頃です。→ "I can only get pleasure by myself, so it feels a little lonely to be like this right now" pretty much what happens to people when they masturbate thinking about someone who they want to be with but can't be be with, in other words, he can't sleep with her so he can only masturbate to feel good but it doesn't feel that good because he wants her really bad.
6. 僕は根暗な狂いセオリスト → "I'm an introverted crazy theorist" means actually "I'm an introverted harcore fan who day-dreams a lot", a theorist is someone who constructs theories, in this case it's used as someone who contructs a fake reality based on their twisted thoughts/obsession).
 
Daisuke it's representing it as fan x idol thing, but it's pretty much headed to the fact some bangyas get delusional af, just like what happens in "mousou nikki" for example.
But obviously, it's not only a vk thing, it happens in all types of industry, from j-rock, j-pop, to even av idols.
It exposes how some people act due to a delusional obssesion towards a person *regardless of which industry they're in* who is/may be "out of their league" but still hold into a little hope.
(キミはとっても人気者だから　ボクのコトなんて知らない知らない。→ "You are so famous you don't even know about my existence").
(キミとボクは理想の二人だから → "We're perfect for each other" as in hoping they will get together someday).
 
That's pretty much how I see it.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.

As long as depression isn't treated as the fuckin life-ruiner illness that it is, as long as people think it's not thaaaat of a big deal, we'll keep losing people to it.
 
wasn't a fan, but this is such a shame. RIP.