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On 3/10/2018 at 8:12 PM, seikun said:

has he gone down on the popularity scale in the VK scene in Japan?

i'm like 8000 years late but this dude is the inventor of the "air instore" AKA the instore you keep on the store's calendar to save face even though no one is attending so you don't actually hold the event at all.
it's not that he's just unpopular, it's that he's complete despised.

this is the first time i've ever missed a first out so much, or even thought about a first out after their episode. during all the unbearable crying eureka screentime i just went to my happy place and thought about miss vanjie

just close the thread i can't take any more of this, someone's gonna come and say they call them twelve thousand and twelve

for their stupid name P∽L was a big fav of mine... apparently the symbol is a reverse tilde. haven't seen it anywhere else.


being a 12012 stan was tough, definitely the people i talked to irl called them 'twelve' or 'twelve-oh-twelve' unless you were trying to stunt on people with your japanese by calling them ichini. my parents always just called them "the numbers band".
edit: totally forgot, if you were an elitist or a shipper you'd call them 凶器所持/kyoki shoji (possession of a dangerous weapon, related to the penal code) because 1) it was cool 2) the band members wouldn't find your lewd fanfic. eventually they adopted the name for their side project/session band and ruined it for the shippers lmao

there was also that Kra side project, 36481? (question mark included). this is apparently how you spell "KRA" in pager/beeper text input. the missing number replaced by ? is 6.
and if it's OK to stray from band names, i was mystified by deathgaze's 294036224052 release until i learned it was the input required to spell "gokiburi" (cockroach) using page/beeper texting in reverse.

lol this is a collector's edition for AK stans who stopped following while he was gone
now they have an excuse to go to a signing session with him & that's the only reason it exists

it's definitely a reference to the song! specifically the pre-pulse_ MCs where hazuki asks everybody if they want to fuck/says a bunch of other filthy shit... it's kind of a fandom in-joke to use the word "pulse" in place of "sex" sometimes

tri-monthly bump time in anticipation of the prodigal son returning home this weekend

they've almost sold out makuhari which is incredible (the yellow triangle on the page indicates that there are few tickets remaining)
to even get the triangle is far beyond what i expected

they're also offering nagoyan fare at the venue with incredible names such as:
i'meshi-ck b'cuz love you (dote-meshi)
i believe in men (kishimen)
light-ni-ng (dote-ni)
you-lynch. (youlinji)

i did my best!

lynch./GUILTY

lyrics. hazuki  music. yusuke

i close my eyes and swim
feel like i'm melting into the sea that leads to you

i don't wish for anything more than this
ah, what a sinful night

you
show you a dream, set alight a sleepless dream

fluttering, falling into your depths
softly sinking into your depths
i stop time and i'm falling

i close your mouth with a kiss
feels like my whole life is paralyzed

i can't wish for anything more than this
ah, i don't even need an answer

you
break you into petal-pieces*, kill you with mischievous fingers

fluttering, falling into your depths
softly sinking into your depths
hold my hand

you
i'll forget you when the sun rises
like this
let me show you a dream that never ends

why
did i love you?

why...?

fluttering, falling into your depths
softly sinking into your depths
i stop time and i'm falling

*"into pieces" barabara is written with the kanji for roses. i have a feeling this song is related to VARIANT from the ETERNITY single which has similar lyrical themes -- swimming, blood = flowers, killing.

thanks for the summon! the word kikei itself is considered a slur by some people because it's thought to be connected with discrimination against atomic bomb victims, the disabled, even now those affected by Fukushima, etc., so @Zeuswas on the right track. especially in light of Fukushima i could see publisher pushback against the word being stronger than ever. i remember horror manga artist Junji Ito writing that his editor told him to be careful if drawing anything related to deformity or mental illness because of discrimination reasons. but yeah, continuing on, while you might see a disabled person on television once in a blue moon, the deformity taboo is so intense that people with deformities themselves are basically taboo or persona non-grata, something you'll see with other groups that cause discomfort or might be considered burdensome in Japan  -- like burakumin , how you only find most homeless if you know where to look for them, etc. perfect material for something trying to be transgressive.

lmao they roasted her ass, brb with a translation

edit: tbh i have no idea why they don't just fire her, except maybe that they're afraid she really will cut and run unless they keep the offer out there
 

[Information]

Thank you for your continued support of @LGOS.
We made a notice about support bassist Tamaki on January 6th, but we heard voices of concern from fans. We will make a report on the current situation.

Members have given her advances on fees due to frequent financial mismanagement by Tamaki. She has often appeared at live shows without attending practices, and we have been unable to get in contact with her many times.

After discussions, in order to regain trust, we will carry out activities with Tamaki going from official member to support bassist.

We had contact with her up until the early morning of January 5th, but on the day of our show on January 6th, we waited as long as possible until the performance but we still haven't been able to get in touch with her.
 

However we have found information that Tamaki is working in high spirits, drinking and enjoying herself, so it is believed that she is healthy and has at least the bare minimum amount of money needed to get by.
 

As she has all of the money lent to her by the members as well as the sales from goods, and she is in possession of instruments lent to her, we'd like for her to draw the line here.
As we cannot contact her, if any of you know her we would like to hear from you.
 

We are very sorry to make a report that may cause shame to those close to her. Please understand that until now, we had taken her privacy into consideration and reported only the bare minimum, but since so many of you showed concerned, we have decided to make the report you see here.
@LGOS.

there's non-insignificant chance you have to pay contract cancellation/breach fees or "inconvenience fees" if you try to leave without running away, especially if it does have something to do with shacking up with a girlfriend/knocking somebody up

(full statement is threaded on twitter)

they were able to confirm Kana is safe as they received a handwritten letter from him wherein he stated his current situation makes it hard for him to continue music, and that he wants to distance himself from the band. the band will still try to speak with him directly.

another year another tobu
out of curiosity has there ever been a case of a bandman disappearing where he didn't just run away? because afaik the rate is 100%

@AlroyHazuki can play bass, guitar, is the only other competent drummer and can play piano to some degree
Yusuke is the only other competent singer. if he plays another instrument we'll never know cause he always takes vocals in Hazuki's place
AK can play guitar at least enough to take the lead parts when they do their part swaps
Reo can play bass
Asanao can play guitar just barely well enough to do non-complex stuff on stage

as their alter egos AK and Asanao will sing but it's exactly what you'd expect

4 hours ago, emmny said:

also...if hazuki wrote the basslines back in the day then he's truely a god (stuck pain, the whirl all stick out). some of yukino's basslines sounded so...yukino im shook

wrote them and played them on the recordings! he did the same for all of berry's guitar, too. literal second coming of christ

fun fact: reo suprised hzk and gifted him that J model bass entirely for the ONE J song they covered at their new year show, #1 dad

AK wasn't an original member but he joined when lynch. went major so maybe as far as the label is concerned that's good enough?
they're on King Records (more specifically a subdivision called Bellwood)
if this was Danger Crue or something AK would be fully blacklisted probably, idk why King flipped on this except maybe that lynch. had an impressive sales year

i'm a little shocked to see Umebo is having such a hard time, idk why but i assumed there would be less stigma in the metalcore/hardcore field that HNIB worked in? i'm sure their arrests are linked too, but i don't know why their treatment is so different since they both seemed to have the same arrested > suspended sentence OR nonprosecution thing happen (Umebo was active on FB within a month of his arrest).

bloodthirsty was fine but i much prefer avantgarde/d.a.r.k. over anything on sinners; trigger is maybe the worst title track they've put out ever for me (it's that or ballad) but there's no accounting for taste, it sold pretty well despite what i think


also for bonus hints-we-all-missed points, the original, 4 member edition of the trailer that now shows all five of them was aired at their aug 11th show and was filmed early aug/late july.
hazuki posted the storyboard he drew for the trailer (legendary artiste) on IG and it clearly shows the crawling scene drawn for AK.
just something for the timeline. i'm genuinely surprised king rec reneged on their earlier zero tolerance-esque statement that quickly lmfao

7 hours ago, nekkichi said:

until yusuke ragequits and goes on something better/more creative tbh

i will say if anything ever fucks this bands up eventually it will absolutely be a division between hazuki and the guys who drink his kool-aid (reo and AK) and yusuke. reo might be the leader but love hzk as i do, he's a high functioning megalomaniac and reo toes his line.

also i can see why individuals would be pissed/think this is kind of a shitshow because it undermines the statement their label put out to a hilarious degree...
but on a macro level it makes sense, imo. emmny said it best about the (highly successful) PR it gave them even thru a mediocre release in SINNERS, and AK is beloved in the industry including by other bandmen because he is an extremely affable dipshit, an effect amplified by him being the protege of reo/hzk/a well-connected band with a good reputation. being the only one with charisma other than hzk, AK was responsible for a lot of their charm/public face and he's very good at what he does on that level as well. yusuke and AK were inseparable prior to this anyway so it doesn't surprise me at all he caved with or without pressure from hzk & co.

2 hours ago, nekkichi said:

reputation!

4d chess


here's some info about Akinori's time away from the band for anyone curious about the circumstances leading up to this, as reported by a fan from the show last night and some rumor mill stuff that ended up being true or partially true:
 

At lynch.'s countdown show last night, Akinori appeared during the encore, and after an apology, announced he will be returning to the band.

1) tvtropes is not a source, just a bunch of poorly informed meme-y opinions
2) "The reason I posted this was cause this was before fanservice became a cool thing to do and all. Back when fangirls didn’t actually like it." <- what evidence/train of thought is this based on
3) "They mentioned also how it was in a lot of cartoons or whatever. They were talking about one of those TeenTop guys when they mentioned mannerisms, and this reminded me of that." who is they?!
4) what the fuck

big ups to jpopasia for conveniently farming a bunch of information from here for their article: http://www.jpopasia.com/feed/22632/ex-the-egoists-setsuna-admits-to-strangling-20-year-old-woman/

you listed your sources as NHK and sankei, didn't even include all the info from the sankei article, and none of them mention his identity as a bandman or the relationship between the two, his marriage. the only tweets you mention from the now locked twitter are the ones mentioned here.

>Details on the relationship between him and Uran were revealed by her friend who called the police. She posted photos of LINE conversations and more between Setsuna and Uran via Uran's twitter account for which she has the login data.

this isn't even correct, Uran herself posted all this stuff before she died, but because you were too slow to pick up the story before the acc was locked you don't even know that! eat me tbh.


now let me add the new info from sankei:
An autopsy was ordered. She was found on her futon, her room was locked, there were no signs anyone had been through her belongings, there was a handwritten suicide note and some unused charcoal briquettes.
www.sankei.com/region/news/171212/rgn1712120019-n1.html

 

7 hours ago, Nyasagi said:

- she was a psycho fan, who manipulated him into something evil and maybe into choking him, too

i know her twitter was recently locked but there was plenty of evidence they were in a relationship and he was clearly fixated on her (despite his marriage). he'd even tweeted that while he'd been with other women, Uran was the only one he cared for. i honestly don't know how you could conjure up a situation where she manipulated him in this case...

anyway, the person who'd updated her twitter after her death said she was certain they were serious about the double suicide, because the message she received at 3 pm on the day of from Uran explicitly stated the plan (the police showed up at 9 because of this poster's tip and Uran was already dead). there's no reason not to trust the person who posted on Uran's account after her death, the details are consistent and another friend of hers posted a convo where Uran apologized after an earlier suicide scare on Dec 3rd. the tipster also said "the only way to know why Uran is the only one who is dead is to ask [Setsuna] himself", so him being unable to carry out his part of their plan seems the most likely.

mostly the same as the article in the OP, with some additional info:
he admits to choking her and thus he's being investigated under suspicion of murder

just some further details regarding why her twitter account was how it was @patientZERO@Shmilly-- Uran and Setsuna were in a relationship until she found out that he was engaged, and then finally married to someone else, which prompted her to dump all the information you see on that twitter. apparently his wife had found out about their relationship and snapped, and in turn Setsuna finally told her about his wife. as you've noticed, even after this he was continuing to pine about Uran on twitter and such, tweeting something like "i want to be one with Uran in any form, any world", despite the fact that he is married to another woman.

so yeah, not only is this dude at least complicit in the death of a 20 year old woman but he's got a wife who will have to deal with the consequences of his choices, too.

(i wanted to include this info but it was like 5:30 am when i posted, sorry!)

as a side note, he told police that his occupation was part-timing so the genre and band scene isn't actually mentioned at all, at least not in any of the articles i've spotted.

Summary of NHK article : 20 year old woman Uran Hirayama found dead in apartment in Chiba on the evening of the 9th after police received a report from a friend that Uran had sent her message hinting at suicide. Marks were found that suggest pressure was applied to her neck, but cause of death is being investigated. 30 year old male Keisuke Kawasaki arrested on suspicion of assault.

Source: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20171210/k10011253701000.html

Tweets posted from the twitter account formerly used by Uran to expose various LINE conversations and intimate details of her relationship with Setsuna, updated by the friend who tipped off the police after the incident confirming that the suspect in the article is Setsuna and the victim is the same Uran:

The tweets written here suggest that the plan was initially a double suicide, as Uran had detailed it to the person updating the account and gave her the login info.
Please note that the gomikuzu_x twitter is NSFW.