Ikna

It would be cool if they both have a comeback. As long as it doesn't end up being a mess like Ruellia's.

Yes. This shit is gorgeous. Flawless ! I love this band so much. Their PVs are THE shit. And this is the best look of 2k14. As someone mentioned above, I too miss their more br00tal stuff, since this is the 2nd PV they release out of a ballad, but it's really great. Too bad they don't get the recognition they deserve. This band is way better than most of those indies people idolize nowadays.

Nobody asked the most important question yet: WHERE IS POST-BRITPOP KEI?!?!?!

Post-neo vk pls.

crying and vomiting

黒死蝶ノ花束
Kokushichou* no hanataba
Bouquet of black death butterflies

「黒き花を愛した人･･」　それは甘く冷酷な遊びに酔い死涸れる
 'Kuroki hana o aishita hito..'
'The one who loved black flowers..'
Sore wa amaku reikokuna asobi ni yoi shikareru
So sweetly drunk on your cruel game, drying up dead
死を急ぐ群れ舞うのは　浮かぶ彩は恐怖の予感の下に
Shi ni isogu mure ni mau no wa
Them, hastening death, fluttering about in a swarm
Ukabu iro** wa kyoufu no yokan no moto ni
Their color rising to the root of presentiments of terror

「白き花を愛した人･･」　名残惜しさ･･私怨･･涙流す
'Shiroki hana o aishita hito..'
'The one who loved white flowers..'
Nagorioshisa.. shien no.. namida nagasu
Regret.. resentment.. shedding tears
過ちに沈む雨雲は　禁句の言葉含み笑う
Ayamachi ni shizumu amagumo wa
A depressed raincloud of mistakes
Kinku no kotoba fukumi warau
Holding back the forbidden words you laugh

幼さの余る　幸薄き命
Osanasa no amaru
The remains of innocence
Sachi usuki inochi
A fortunate and delicate life
美しさ故に　この体、月に食われ逝く
Utsukushisa yue ni
Because it is so beautiful
Kono karada,
This body,
Tsuki ni kuware yuku
Eaten by the moon

淫ら乱れ至上の彩は「白」
Midara midare shijou no kage** wa 'shiro'
The obscene shadow of disordered dominance is 'white'
一夜限りの此の身委ね天高く舞踊る
Hitoyo kagiri kono mi yudane ten takaku mai odoru
For one last night I'll entrust this body to the sky dancing high
甘美く弱さ窺う瞳は「黒」
Amaku yowasa ukagau hitomi wa 'kuro'
The eyes spying on its sweet weakness are 'black'
悩ましさに身を清め、深くうたかたの夢に生きる
Nayamashisa ni mi o kiyome, fukaku utakata no yume ni ikiru
Cleansing the body deeply, seductively, living in the foam of fleeting dreams

愛し愛され理想の罠は「死」を…
Aishiaisare risou no wana wa 'shi' o…
The ideal of loving and being loved in return, a trap that made 'death'...
成り敢え無い「黒」と「白」よせめて両手に死の花束を
Nari aenai 'kuro' to 'shiro' yo semete ryoute ni shi no hanataba o
Tragic 'black' and 'white' at least take this bouquet of death with both of your hands
赤い糸など存在かった「裏切り」
Akai ito nado arienakatta 'uragiri'
The 'treachery' that a red string*** and the like didn't exist

灰になるまで此の身散らし、春に成る迄土に孵ろう
Hai ni naru made kono mi chirashi, haru ni naru made tsuchi ni kaerou
Scatter this body until it turns to ashes, make it sprout from the ground until it's spring again
 
 
 
----
 
 
 
*The word  黒死蝶 - kokushichou literally translating to 'black death butterfly' is most likely derived from the word 黒死病 - kokushibyou meaning 'black death disease' - the plague.
**written 彩- 'aya' meaning color or paint
***referring to an invisible red string that connects fated lovers by their little fingers

Dir en grey's next album has to be a Dragon Ball Z Tribute album plz

[track list]
01.ARCANA-The Hierophant-(instrumental)
02.JESTER
03.眩く太陽(kurumeku taiyou)
04.ARCANA-LOVERS-(instrumental)
05.BURN
06.STARDUST
07.ARCANA-Temperance-(instrumental)
08.Hermit
09.the Fatal Day
10.BABEL
11.Faust
12.Mephistopheles
13.Perverted Martyr
14.KAISERIN-Rosenkreutz-
15.Chariots
16.ARCANA-Justice-(instrumental)
17.MOON
18.Grim Reaper
19.ARCANA-The Emperor-(instrumental)
20.JUDGEMENT-the die has been cast-
21.ARCANA-The High Priestess-(instrumental)
22.The WORLD
 

All I can think of on this topic is that America should have limitations on the usage and the carrying of guns and stricter laws about it.

…。【サイレンス】(silence) new maxi single "やさしいせなか(yasashii senaka)" will be sold in advance at their presents live "沈黙の、宴。(chinmoku no utage)" at Ikebukuro CHOP at 2015/03/10 (1,620yen)

Oh this topic has been dead for a month! Well, time to revitalize it.
 


Visual kei fans are paradoxically some of the most open-minded and some of the most close-minded music lovers on the planet.
Now why are we open-minded? Take a look at your average visual kei band.
 
 


  There's no way in hell that shit would fly in any other country but Japan. One band could do it and it would be seen as a gimmick. But an entire scene revolving around that concept died out in the 80's with glam metal and there's still a bad taste in everyone's mouth about bands that don't prescribe to some pre-approved dress codes. I still live in a country with a split personality; one half wants to accept and embrace diversity. The other thinks that being gay is some unhealthy sin because you happen to like the parts you came equipped with. How many of us on this forum don't talk about visual kei to our real-life friends because they "wouldn't get it"? Are you afraid of being judged for listening to your "tranny metal"? How many of us are here because this is the only place on the internet where we can talk with other people that do "get it"? The fact that we're able to look past the visuals enough to give the music a try says a lot. There are a lot of fans of Japanese music who look down on visual kei because they think all the fans are horny teenage girls and all the music sucks.  We gave it a shot and all discovered something to love here, and that's why you're reading this post, right?
This is where the paradox comes in. Visual kei fans can be the most irritating, closed-minded individuals you will find on the Internet. We rival black metal fans in how obnoxious we are in claiming what is and isn't visual kei, and there's no consensus on what "it" actually is. What's worse is that we have some preconceived definition of what "real visual kei" ought to be. If you don't look a certain way or if you don't play "the right kind of music", it's much harder to keep anyone's attention. You could play the exact same music as a visual kei band and get no attention just because of that. When a session or band member leaves the visual kei scene to go play in another band very few fans will actually follow them to see where they end up - simply because they aren't in a visual band anymore. Bands that straddle the line between visual kei and something else get universally ignored no matter how amazing their music is.
Most notably, we've given off the impression that a band can pull a NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST and do nothing but add visual kei hooks and ugly costumes and they'll get tons of fans simply because they have visual kei hooks and ugly costumes. What the fuck guys? I thought we were supposed to be open-minded and about the music.
But of course, it was never about the music. It's about the looks. It's always been about the looks long before most of us got here and it will be long after we leave. If you're the kind of person who says that you listen to all sorts of visual kei and you go on to name 30 of the same band, 28 of which are recently started indies bands please be honest with yourself. You like the way the bands look and that's why you listen to visual kei, and that's fine. Just don't lie to yourself and say it's about the music when the bands you listen to range from average to absolute garbage. I honestly feel like if I hadn't thrown my administrator weight around earlier this year and exposed I.T.G for the lazy, cheap sacks of shit that they are someone on this forum would be hyping them all crazy.
Oddly enough, the reasons why we don't give chances to fringe visual kei is the same thing other people to do us if we try to expose them to visual kei. How open-minded can we actually be about visual kei if we ourselves don't give all of it a chance?
Take this not as a rant from someone who thinks he's got better musical taste than you. Take it from someone who was where you were quite some time ago (if said rant applies to you), who has some regrets about his visual kei phase, and wished he looked beyond the borders of visual kei to find other types of music sooner. There is some irrational fear in the back of many fans minds where they think if they start listening to other types of music that they will be "less" of a visual kei fan. I was one of those people once. That's false. None of us here believe that. Monochrome Heaven won't blow up because you decided to listen to something else. Visual kei isn't going anywhere either and you'll discover that all types of music can coexist peacefully on your MP3 player. So if you have some sort of irrational fear about trying out something new, the only person that's stopping you is you.
After all, the worst thing that could happen is that you discover you don't like something and that visual kei music is the only type of music you enjoy. But I can assure you, with all the blatant stealing and "inspiration" vk bands themselves find outside of visual kei, there's something out there that you will like. It might not even be metalcore.

SET-LIST at 2014/11/08:
 
SE.type:Go[sick]
01.中絶
02.潔癖症ノ僕。
03.灰降ル丘...
04.死闘
05.僕ノ自殺理論
06.Bondage
07.Lost tears
SE.子宮
08.鬼経-kikei-
09.黒い涙
10.罪-tsumi-
11.夕刻絶交センチメンタル
12.最後ノ晩餐
13.甘イ右脳、赭イ左脳。
14.浸喰-shinsyoku-
15.蜥-tokage-
16.無常成ル世界ノ解答
17.罰-batsu-
18.刑法第39条第1項「心神喪失者ノ行為ハ之ヲ罰セス」
 
EN1
drums solo
01.孤独人形症候群
02.退廃的狂葬
03.Wish
 
EN2
SE.[schwarz] of Hades
01.Dead[en]D
 

^you forgot MERE REVEIL.
 

 
But then Lanus Dune, Ruellia & co. were all connected because they shared members and they tried to be trve old skewl... so kind of logical that they look very similiar.
 
 
Oh, and Kyouki also did the Obscure PV look
 

 
Hm... does Mao's Rosario look count as Obscure inspired too? (Edit: okay, I have overlooked that small Sadie pic you have already posted, Peace Heavy mk. I am really blind or too tired right now)
 

ZEDEKIAH CD "KARMA+3" has been released through disk union at 2014/10/25 (1,512yen), for which songs have been remastered
 
[track list]
01.邪鬼(jaki)
02.ナルシズム(narcism)
03.人面獣心(jinmenjuushin)
04.KI・RE・TU
05.人霊(jinrei)
06.Bonus Track 001(ZINGARA)
07.Bonus Track 002(手弱女(taoyame))

I am taking the freedom to revive this thread, though with a more specific question (or more of a personal thought I want to share). I have been thinking the last days a lot about the connection and possible influence of japanese popculture, especially manga and anime, and Visual kei.
Now we surely have all come in contact with a lot of foreign "journalists" who branded Visual kei as some kind of real life version of Manga characters. I am sure we all can disagree with them at first though it's understandable that they come to that conclusion as many VK hairstyles seem to be borrowed right from a shonen manga. But maybe that assumption isn't even that far off. So comes my question: did Mangas and Animes have had an influence on Visual kei? And how big is it? Are VK bands the real life versions of a shojo manga reading girl's wet dreams?
It's certain that Visual kei music and bands had influence over Manga artists so it seems more logical that the type of leather wearing bishonen with long or crazy styled hair are the result of manga artists stanning for their favourite musicians and vocalists. See Kaori Yuki who is probably most well known for having integrated typical VK fashion into her Mangas (especially Angel Sanctuary, which is filled with VK guys). I remember people pointing out that some of her characters are even based on real VK bandmember, such as Hyde (L'arc~en~Ciel)
What I found very interesting (and a nice look into early 90s VK history) was the connection between VK and Shojo mangas. In 1989 Manga-ka Kusumoto Maki started to work on the shojo manga Kissxxx. The story is about the love between the singer Kanon and the sister of his bands' bassist. Kanon is the vocal of a punk band called "Die Küsse" (which may ring a bell). Maki was apparently inspired by local punk, post-punk and wave bands and bases the look of Kanon on those. At the same time Visual kei was taking influences from these genres as well. I am not sure if Visual rock already existed as a word at that time, but Kanon can still be seen as your prototypical VK guy.
According to comments surrounding the manga Kissxxx had a huge influence on VK (and not the other way round it seems). It may be oldest record of the phrase "Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier" to appear in connection with VK. I don't think it has started to be become a ctachphrase in VK until 1990 at least. (but someone can proof me wrong anytime)

In the early 90s Penicllin have made a song and video about the manga, featuring Hakuei as Kanon (and replaying some of the key scenes of the manga. Also all outfits are based on the original character's clothes)


Then there was a 90s VK band called DIE KUSSE. Mejibray named a song after the fictional band too, but according to Tsuzuku the song isn't directly connected to the manga (but the line "eins, zwei, drei, vier" is referenced and according to the same interview about the single Meto aimed for the punk look because Kanon was in a punk band). I am sure there are many more groups referencing the story or taking inspiration from it. Kusumoto Maki also did a illustration for the cover of Vk band's Gilles de Rais album 殺意. And I think Deshabillz borrowed a picture from an eye (in one of the chapter pages) from the manga for a cover of their tape.
So yeah… maybe that does add a bit to the whole 90s Vk history and where it got it's influences. It would be cool if someone was able to translate really old magazine articles as this would help "recovering" some of it's history. I find it strange how no one has ever mentioned the influence of manga in such a discussion though.

Perhaps not much of a musical opinion, but I do think it belongs here in some form or manner.
 
The attitude of some visual kei fans annoys me so much. The fact that people are getting harrassed because they decide to share a PV on the internet (and said people actually plan to report the video for copyright breach) because it's a rare item baffles me. I feel like the "I do it to respect the band"-excuse is usually just another wording for "this thing is rare and for having it my e-penis enlarges and anyone who decides to share it with others must be stopped or my status will decrease". Not to mention that people like this usually flaunt their purchases around in other people's faces, then get upset when someone else does decide to share it. Lmfao grow up.

Really dig it! I like Chiaki's singing style. His vocals me not be the strongest, but he sure knows how to use his voice to make the songs even more interesting. I also agree that they have a strong mid 00s VK thing going on, which makes me always a bit nostalgic. And they can pull it off rather well too.
Now I am excited for the album. I hope there will be previews for all songs.

I am taking the freedom to revive this thread, though with a more specific question (or more of a personal thought I want to share). I have been thinking the last days a lot about the connection and possible influence of japanese popculture, especially manga and anime, and Visual kei.
Now we surely have all come in contact with a lot of foreign "journalists" who branded Visual kei as some kind of real life version of Manga characters. I am sure we all can disagree with them at first though it's understandable that they come to that conclusion as many VK hairstyles seem to be borrowed right from a shonen manga. But maybe that assumption isn't even that far off. So comes my question: did Mangas and Animes have had an influence on Visual kei? And how big is it? Are VK bands the real life versions of a shojo manga reading girl's wet dreams?
It's certain that Visual kei music and bands had influence over Manga artists so it seems more logical that the type of leather wearing bishonen with long or crazy styled hair are the result of manga artists stanning for their favourite musicians and vocalists. See Kaori Yuki who is probably most well known for having integrated typical VK fashion into her Mangas (especially Angel Sanctuary, which is filled with VK guys). I remember people pointing out that some of her characters are even based on real VK bandmember, such as Hyde (L'arc~en~Ciel)
What I found very interesting (and a nice look into early 90s VK history) was the connection between VK and Shojo mangas. In 1989 Manga-ka Kusumoto Maki started to work on the shojo manga Kissxxx. The story is about the love between the singer Kanon and the sister of his bands' bassist. Kanon is the vocal of a punk band called "Die Küsse" (which may ring a bell). Maki was apparently inspired by local punk, post-punk and wave bands and bases the look of Kanon on those. At the same time Visual kei was taking influences from these genres as well. I am not sure if Visual rock already existed as a word at that time, but Kanon can still be seen as your prototypical VK guy.
According to comments surrounding the manga Kissxxx had a huge influence on VK (and not the other way round it seems). It may be oldest record of the phrase "Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier" to appear in connection with VK. I don't think it has started to be become a ctachphrase in VK until 1990 at least. (but someone can proof me wrong anytime)

In the early 90s Penicllin have made a song and video about the manga, featuring Hakuei as Kanon (and replaying some of the key scenes of the manga. Also all outfits are based on the original character's clothes)


Then there was a 90s VK band called DIE KUSSE. Mejibray named a song after the fictional band too, but according to Tsuzuku the song isn't directly connected to the manga (but the line "eins, zwei, drei, vier" is referenced and according to the same interview about the single Meto aimed for the punk look because Kanon was in a punk band). I am sure there are many more groups referencing the story or taking inspiration from it. Kusumoto Maki also did a illustration for the cover of Vk band's Gilles de Rais album 殺意. And I think Deshabillz borrowed a picture from an eye (in one of the chapter pages) from the manga for a cover of their tape.
So yeah… maybe that does add a bit to the whole 90s Vk history and where it got it's influences. It would be cool if someone was able to translate really old magazine articles as this would help "recovering" some of it's history. I find it strange how no one has ever mentioned the influence of manga in such a discussion though.

I am taking the freedom to revive this thread, though with a more specific question (or more of a personal thought I want to share). I have been thinking the last days a lot about the connection and possible influence of japanese popculture, especially manga and anime, and Visual kei.
Now we surely have all come in contact with a lot of foreign "journalists" who branded Visual kei as some kind of real life version of Manga characters. I am sure we all can disagree with them at first though it's understandable that they come to that conclusion as many VK hairstyles seem to be borrowed right from a shonen manga. But maybe that assumption isn't even that far off. So comes my question: did Mangas and Animes have had an influence on Visual kei? And how big is it? Are VK bands the real life versions of a shojo manga reading girl's wet dreams?
It's certain that Visual kei music and bands had influence over Manga artists so it seems more logical that the type of leather wearing bishonen with long or crazy styled hair are the result of manga artists stanning for their favourite musicians and vocalists. See Kaori Yuki who is probably most well known for having integrated typical VK fashion into her Mangas (especially Angel Sanctuary, which is filled with VK guys). I remember people pointing out that some of her characters are even based on real VK bandmember, such as Hyde (L'arc~en~Ciel)
What I found very interesting (and a nice look into early 90s VK history) was the connection between VK and Shojo mangas. In 1989 Manga-ka Kusumoto Maki started to work on the shojo manga Kissxxx. The story is about the love between the singer Kanon and the sister of his bands' bassist. Kanon is the vocal of a punk band called "Die Küsse" (which may ring a bell). Maki was apparently inspired by local punk, post-punk and wave bands and bases the look of Kanon on those. At the same time Visual kei was taking influences from these genres as well. I am not sure if Visual rock already existed as a word at that time, but Kanon can still be seen as your prototypical VK guy.
According to comments surrounding the manga Kissxxx had a huge influence on VK (and not the other way round it seems). It may be oldest record of the phrase "Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier" to appear in connection with VK. I don't think it has started to be become a ctachphrase in VK until 1990 at least. (but someone can proof me wrong anytime)

In the early 90s Penicllin have made a song and video about the manga, featuring Hakuei as Kanon (and replaying some of the key scenes of the manga. Also all outfits are based on the original character's clothes)


Then there was a 90s VK band called DIE KUSSE. Mejibray named a song after the fictional band too, but according to Tsuzuku the song isn't directly connected to the manga (but the line "eins, zwei, drei, vier" is referenced and according to the same interview about the single Meto aimed for the punk look because Kanon was in a punk band). I am sure there are many more groups referencing the story or taking inspiration from it. Kusumoto Maki also did a illustration for the cover of Vk band's Gilles de Rais album 殺意. And I think Deshabillz borrowed a picture from an eye (in one of the chapter pages) from the manga for a cover of their tape.
So yeah… maybe that does add a bit to the whole 90s Vk history and where it got it's influences. It would be cool if someone was able to translate really old magazine articles as this would help "recovering" some of it's history. I find it strange how no one has ever mentioned the influence of manga in such a discussion though.

I am taking the freedom to revive this thread, though with a more specific question (or more of a personal thought I want to share). I have been thinking the last days a lot about the connection and possible influence of japanese popculture, especially manga and anime, and Visual kei.
Now we surely have all come in contact with a lot of foreign "journalists" who branded Visual kei as some kind of real life version of Manga characters. I am sure we all can disagree with them at first though it's understandable that they come to that conclusion as many VK hairstyles seem to be borrowed right from a shonen manga. But maybe that assumption isn't even that far off. So comes my question: did Mangas and Animes have had an influence on Visual kei? And how big is it? Are VK bands the real life versions of a shojo manga reading girl's wet dreams?
It's certain that Visual kei music and bands had influence over Manga artists so it seems more logical that the type of leather wearing bishonen with long or crazy styled hair are the result of manga artists stanning for their favourite musicians and vocalists. See Kaori Yuki who is probably most well known for having integrated typical VK fashion into her Mangas (especially Angel Sanctuary, which is filled with VK guys). I remember people pointing out that some of her characters are even based on real VK bandmember, such as Hyde (L'arc~en~Ciel)
What I found very interesting (and a nice look into early 90s VK history) was the connection between VK and Shojo mangas. In 1989 Manga-ka Kusumoto Maki started to work on the shojo manga Kissxxx. The story is about the love between the singer Kanon and the sister of his bands' bassist. Kanon is the vocal of a punk band called "Die Küsse" (which may ring a bell). Maki was apparently inspired by local punk, post-punk and wave bands and bases the look of Kanon on those. At the same time Visual kei was taking influences from these genres as well. I am not sure if Visual rock already existed as a word at that time, but Kanon can still be seen as your prototypical VK guy.
According to comments surrounding the manga Kissxxx had a huge influence on VK (and not the other way round it seems). It may be oldest record of the phrase "Eins, Zwei, Drei, Vier" to appear in connection with VK. I don't think it has started to be become a ctachphrase in VK until 1990 at least. (but someone can proof me wrong anytime)

In the early 90s Penicllin have made a song and video about the manga, featuring Hakuei as Kanon (and replaying some of the key scenes of the manga. Also all outfits are based on the original character's clothes)


Then there was a 90s VK band called DIE KUSSE. Mejibray named a song after the fictional band too, but according to Tsuzuku the song isn't directly connected to the manga (but the line "eins, zwei, drei, vier" is referenced and according to the same interview about the single Meto aimed for the punk look because Kanon was in a punk band). I am sure there are many more groups referencing the story or taking inspiration from it. Kusumoto Maki also did a illustration for the cover of Vk band's Gilles de Rais album 殺意. And I think Deshabillz borrowed a picture from an eye (in one of the chapter pages) from the manga for a cover of their tape.
So yeah… maybe that does add a bit to the whole 90s Vk history and where it got it's influences. It would be cool if someone was able to translate really old magazine articles as this would help "recovering" some of it's history. I find it strange how no one has ever mentioned the influence of manga in such a discussion though.

「マリア」ガ眠ル懺悔ノ「柩」
'Maria' ga nemuru zange no 'hitsugi'
'Maria' sleeps in a 'coffin' of repentance


例えば僕から総ての色彩が　失われ闇に落ちて逝くよ
Tatoeba boku kara subete no iro ga
If, for example, all colors were taken  from me
Ushinaware yami ni ochite yuku yo
I'd fall into darkness
黒い箱庭に敷き詰めた十字架　悪意囁く絶望の「マリア」
Kuroi hakoniwa ni shikitsumeta juujika
A cross overgrown with a black miniature garden
Akui sasayaku zetsubou no 'Maria'
A desperate 'Maria' whispering evil

「月が満ちて行く　絶望に染まる
'Tsuki ga michite yuku
'The moon is waxing
Zetsubou ni somaru
Dyed in despair
青い血が　流れ出していた」
Aoi chi ga
Blue blood
Nagaredashiteita'
Has been shed'

覚醒れば光が満ち溢れていた　白い羽が舞う麗しの楽園
Kakuseireba hikari ga michi afureteita
When I awoke I was bathed in light
Shiroi hane ga mau uruwashi no rakuen
White feathers were dancing, a glorious paradise
美しきがこの体を包む　花園へ導く美徳の「マリア」
Utsukushiki ga kono karada o tsutsumu
Beauty wrapping up this body
Hanazono e michibiku bitoku no 'Maria'
A virtuous 'Maria' guiding me into a flower garden

罪を隠し　又　一人
Tsumi o kakushi hitori
Someone concealing a crime
Mata
Someone
Hitori
Once more
「マリア」が眠る懺悔ノ「柩」へ
'Maria' ga nemuru zange no 'hitsugi' e
Upside down I sneak a look
逆さまに覗く
Sakasama ni nozoku
Into the 'coffin' of repentance 'Maria' sleeps in
「柩」の中は絶望か花園か?
'Hitsugi' no naka wa zetsubou ka hanazono ka?
Inside that 'coffin', is it despair or a flowergarden?

人々は　皆　記憶の中で眠り
Hitobito wa
People are
Mina
All
Kioku no naka de nemuri
Sleeping inside their memories
現実から架空の空へと終焉
Genjitsu kara kakuu no sora e to kaeru
Returning from reality to a fictitious heaven
開いた「柩」へと導かれていた
Aita 'hitsugi' e to michibikareteita
Having been led to an opened 'coffin'
悲鳴と歓喜に歪む夜へ…
Himei to kanki ni yugamu yoru e…
Into a night that's bending with screams and pleasure...

もしも願いがただ一つだけ叶うなら
Moshimo negai ga tada hitotsu dake kanau nara
If only you could grant me this one wish
僕の背中に銀色の翼をください
Boku no senaka ni giniro no tsubasa o kudasai
Please give me silver wings on my back
見渡せば貴女は何処にも見えない…
Miwataseba anata wa doko ni mo mienai…
When I look around you are nowhere to be seen...
腐り逝く楽園…
Kusari yuku rakuen…
A paradise rotting away...

「絶望の柩を選ばされた貴女は　腐り逝く人々に取り憑かれた奇形の人形のよう
 'Zetsubou no hitsugi o erabasareta anata wa
'You, forced to choose the coffin of despair
Kusari yuku hitobito ni tori tsukareta kikei no ningyou no you
Became obsessed with the rotting people like they were your malformed dolls
ただ病的な感情を一人吐き散らせていた　震えた手首から蒼白く美しくも醜くも見
間違う
Tada byoutekina kanjou o hitori haki chiraseteita
The only thing you could do was spewing out your perverted emotions alone
Furueta tekubi kara aojiroku utsukushiku mo minikuku mo mimachigau
From trembling wrists, so pale, beautiful, yet ugly
冷酷な青い血を　横たわる無数の残骸たちの口へ　次々と注ぎ込んだ…
Reikokuna aoi chi o
You poured cruel blue blood
Yokotawaru musuu no zangaitachi no kuchi e
Into the mouths of the ruined ones lying there in countless numbers
Tsugitsugi to sosogikonda…
One by one...
僕を恨む貴女は　蘇り逝く残骸達を従え　きっと　僕を殺しに来るのだろう…」
Boku o uramu anata wa
Resenting me, it seems
Yomigaeri yuku zangaitachi o shitagae
Following the resurrecting ruined ones
Kitto
You are surely
Kitto boku o koroshi ni kuru no darou...'
Surely coming to kill me... '

「月が腐乱り逝く」
'Tsuki ga kusari yuku'
'The moon is festering'

月が死に老ける　悲しみに染まるマリアの姿は
Tsuki ga shi ni fukeru
The moon grows old and dies
Kanashimi ni somaru maria no sugata wa
Marias figure, dyed in sadness
逆さまに覗く　「柩」は貴女と奇怪な残骸達を吐き出す
Sakasama ni nozoku
Sneaking a look upside down
'Hitsugi' wa anata to kikaina zangaitachi o hakidasu
The 'coffin' spits out you and the strange ruined ones

今　私は貴女に囚われ
Ima
Now
Watashi wa anata ni toraware
I'm imprisoned by you
吊るされた罪が楽園を滅ぼす
Tsurusareta tsumi ga rakuen o horobosu
And the crime of hanging me ruins paradise
失明した白い眼球に刻まれた血文字は
Shitsumeishita shiroi medama ni kizamareta chi moji wa
The bloody letters you carved into my blinded white eyeballs
架空の瞳に血の涙が流れ出す様に
Kakuu no hitomi ni chi no namida ga nagaredasu you ni
To make tears of blood stream out of fictitious eyes

ドロドロと垂れ流していた私の…
Dorodoro to tarenagashiteita watashi no…
Gooey gooey, my discharging...
ケラケラと笑っていた　奇形の人形達
Kerakera to waratteita kikei no ningyoutachi
Cackling cackling, the malformed dolls were laughing

「マリア」が眠る懺悔の柩　血で血を洗う×××の様に
'Maria' ga nemuru zange no hitsugi
'Maria' sleeps in a coffin of repentance
Chi de chi o arau ××× no you ni
Washing off blood with blood like xxx

魔鏡に映る私の姿　残酷なる生命…「裏切り」の結末
Makyou ni utsuru watashi no sugata
My figure reflected in the devils mirror
Zankokunaru seimei… 'uragiri' no ketsumatsu
A life becoming cruel... An end with 'treachery'

I am a transethnic japanese girl from da heart, even though my genes aren't azn, and I was blessed with sexy visual kei guy headmates too!!!!

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(okay I stop with the bad tumblr related jokes )

No, I never wished to be japanese. I can't even understand anyone who says they want to be born as a diffeent ethnicity... I can understand it when people wish to be born in different places though, because living and spending your life in a country is something you can choose. Ethnicity and genes are not something you can select as if you'd play a Sims game...
And sorry, I always feel it comes off as a bit fetishizing and weird when someone are so totally obsessive about looking like someone else. I sometimes have this happen to me as I am not fully Austrian... I am half arabic and people always aproach me with the weird "Oh I like you, you are so oriental and exotic and such a lucky mix of two cultures! Can I have your almond shaped eyes please?" But maybe it's just me, because I generally don't like people to come near me.

Anyway... I am certainly not happy with my body and my appearance, but I just accept that I can't really change those issues. I'd also like to have hair that isn't just a mess of thick frizz and have clean skin and whatnot, but I think those issues aren't really related to ethnicity - japanese people as well can have a hairstructure that doesn't allow styling, they can be ugly and have the same problemes as anyone else. We might just not notice it as much as foreigners because what we always see from Japan and Asia are the musicians, stars and middle class teenager who have the money and "tools" to make them look perfect. Without make up, surgery, photoshop and beauty products they look as shitty as everyone else.
So I believe that people who obsess about being, and even more extreme, becoming asian or japanese have a really twisted sense of reality. All the have in their head when thinking about japanese people are anime characters and japanese rock or visual kei guys. Of course the same creepy shit happens in japan as well when teens there pay shit loads of money to be transformed into european looking abominations...

"new groove". I wish they would just stick to their old formula, which worked really well. Seriously, more synths and less growls please.