chemicalpictures

Ask @suji. Part of the saga is in chat.

feel for you, man. I hope you find the strengh you need to stay strong and sober for years to come. Always remember the people who love you, the people you love, and all the difference you make in their lives.

Me too! I really enjoyed them at the point that their unique album inaugurated my reviews blog five years ago 🙂

there were quite a few I genuinely loved, but in the end it's probably this one
 
 
as for Japanese music, I don't think I liked anything as much as this
 
 

step by step and plugin are my personal favs

"Iroha-uta" was a bop

feel you, my man. Isshi and Shunsuke ex-bis and Eldorado gets me every freaking time.

feel you, my man. Isshi and Shunsuke ex-bis and Eldorado gets me every freaking time.

I basically grew up having Kagrra, as my favorite band and Isshi as the vocalist I looked up to the most. I always remember him every July and everytime I listen to his music. I really wish he were still alive, but I hope his memory lives on.

I agree with all the reasons mentioned above. The state of MH is affected by a multitude of factors. The state of filesharing, the state of the VK scene, the season, aging fanbase, and so on.
 
However, one thing I've noticed that has had a serious effect on our community over the years - and something that rarely gets mentioned - are the individual attitudes of our members. Now no community is perfect, but I've noticed that there's a subset of users here who seem to pride themselves on being "bitchy" and "petty", and seem to have set their hearts on being divisive - the kind of users that would rather talk shit about other users than discuss music with them.
 
Most probably don't think of themselves as part of a community here, but the fact is - we're a community because we all have a common unity - J-rock and Visual Kei. So when you have users injecting divisive elements like the ones I just mentioned, it becomes cancerous to the community as a whole. I've seen users here continually hold other users in contempt for shit they did YEARS ago. I've seen users start shit with other users for no reason. I've seen users intentionally set out to "burn" other users just to seem "cool". I've seen users intentionally stalk and harass other members. I've seen A LOT being staff here for over a decade.
 
Hell, even I've been thrown under the bus by certain members here - and if anyone knows me, I've always strived to be as understanding, agreeable, and diplomatic as possible - as a staff member, fellow fan, and friend. But regardless, there are people who are purely intent on being divisive - even when you approach them with good intents. But for what? Who does that help? Who does that serve? It definitely doesn't help the community at all. 
 
I can't tell you the amount of times people have come to me personally and explained how they want to participate here, but they're afraid of getting bitched at for having a different opinion, or attacked for any odd reason. Many people have left the community for these very reasons as well. I'm pretty sure some people get off on being an asshole or a "sassy bitch", but that shit ain't cool to people who just wanna come here to fellowship with other J-rock fans in peace. We all got lives outside of here (which are difficult enough as is), so the last thing any of us want to do is log on to see some GROWN-ASS ADULT with the maturity of an emotionally neglected 13 year old project their own misery on to others. That shit ain't it.
 
And yeah, lest anyone want to call me out as a hypocrite -  I READILY admit that I've played my part in the divisiveness and the nonsense in times past as well, and I take 110% responsibility for it. I'm not innocent either and I'll be THE FIRST to tell you that I ain't perfect. Far from it. But the point of this post is not to place blame on anyone or to call anyone out. It's simply to call awareness to the fact that we all contribute to the state of this community on an individual level as well. Our individual contributions have a resounding effect on the whole, like a ripple effect. As staff, we can enforce certain rules here. But we cannot dictate the attitudes of the members here. We can't dictate how you choose to interface with the community here. We cannot dictate the state of your heart. Nor would we want to do any of that.
 
I simply want to point out that the actions we take here, no matter how meaningless or miniscule they seem, DO have an effect. And based on those actions, the state of our community will either be tilted in a better direction or a worse direction. It's up to yall to decide.

Regarding MH, which is the only place I actually care and visit on a daily basis, I don't think that's true. I've seen the same 30~50 faces for the last I don't know, ten years, with newbies joining now and then. Sometimes oldies take a break, just to come back a few months later.
 
Also, most of us are kinda getting old, needing to spend more time with work/family/study and etc
 
Now if you meant the western vk culture in general yeah, I kinda agree. Rap is the new rock, and the most interesting musical innovations are happening there, besides all those problems @colorfuljinsei mentioned above.
 
But don't worry, as long as zeus wants, we'll have MH to bitch and complain about the shitty vk trend of the year

@Peace Heavy mk II Is really that so? I've seen people talking about sharing less often, but we've got pretty much all the more important releases some time or another, right? It's maybe taking a bit longer, but overall I haven't noticed that much of a drought

Regarding MH, which is the only place I actually care and visit on a daily basis, I don't think that's true. I've seen the same 30~50 faces for the last I don't know, ten years, with newbies joining now and then. Sometimes oldies take a break, just to come back a few months later.
 
Also, most of us are kinda getting old, needing to spend more time with work/family/study and etc
 
Now if you meant the western vk culture in general yeah, I kinda agree. Rap is the new rock, and the most interesting musical innovations are happening there, besides all those problems @colorfuljinsei mentioned above.
 
But don't worry, as long as zeus wants, we'll have MH to bitch and complain about the shitty vk trend of the year

Regarding MH, which is the only place I actually care and visit on a daily basis, I don't think that's true. I've seen the same 30~50 faces for the last I don't know, ten years, with newbies joining now and then. Sometimes oldies take a break, just to come back a few months later.
 
Also, most of us are kinda getting old, needing to spend more time with work/family/study and etc
 
Now if you meant the western vk culture in general yeah, I kinda agree. Rap is the new rock, and the most interesting musical innovations are happening there, besides all those problems @colorfuljinsei mentioned above.
 
But don't worry, as long as zeus wants, we'll have MH to bitch and complain about the shitty vk trend of the year

Regarding MH, which is the only place I actually care and visit on a daily basis, I don't think that's true. I've seen the same 30~50 faces for the last I don't know, ten years, with newbies joining now and then. Sometimes oldies take a break, just to come back a few months later.
 
Also, most of us are kinda getting old, needing to spend more time with work/family/study and etc
 
Now if you meant the western vk culture in general yeah, I kinda agree. Rap is the new rock, and the most interesting musical innovations are happening there, besides all those problems @colorfuljinsei mentioned above.
 
But don't worry, as long as zeus wants, we'll have MH to bitch and complain about the shitty vk trend of the year

I mean c'mon, point me a vainqueur song better than this one
 
 

Absolutely. They were the best JdA-kei band ever

I mean c'mon, point me a vainqueur song better than this one
 
 

I mean c'mon, point me a vainqueur song better than this one
 
 

yeah, I think so too, unfortunately =\
 
I believe they did an interview couple weeks ago stating that this was a revival for this event only, that yuuchi was really busy with sukekiyo, but maybe it sparks something in them to work it out somehow
 
thanks for the heads up!

yassss happy birthday @saishuu the crankier, meanest that has one of the best music taste here in MH!

i'm proud my work has finally been recognized
 
lmao thank you @chemicalpictures my dude! you're awesome

excuse me
 
 
but god, GAIA is so good. I miss JdA 😞

yassss happy birthday @saishuu the crankier, meanest that has one of the best music taste here in MH!

I'd absolutely go for Horizon. It has the best bang-for-buck ratio of all those 3, imo.