Ito

Hey, hold on now. Calm yer tits, everyone. 
 
 
Okay now, I don't understand people with scat fetish or sweat fetish or even fucking foot fetish, or even a fetish for god damn my little ponies. But it's not my place to say what is an alright form of sexuality and what is fucked up. Generally, any fetish is fucked up, really. You shouldn't have any. But who of us doesn't? My opinion is that ANYTHING is fine as long as it's fiction.
 
Are you moralizing furry fetishist as well? Because god damn I'd find it sick to fuck a dog. Yet there's furry porn and I don't think it's wrong at all. I don't think it "sexualizes" animals. I don't think it increases the amount of zoophiles out there. If someone can suppress their sexual frustration towards little girls by reading lolicon, hell, let him keep it! I'd rather have creepy guys read fictional child porn than search for more "alive" material, like other people's kids on a beach photos, or worse, start acting upon their urges. That's what I imagine would happen in Japan if lolicon was banned. People wouldn't be just like "Oh well now I realize what I was doing wrong all along. I now lack a fetish for little girls. Praise Jesus." Do you see that happen? Really? Do you?
 
Yes, I think child molesters and confined paedophile should be fucking castrated, but unless they've done something to a child, or at least seriously considered doing something to a child, I've nothing against them and neither should you. Different people like different things and have different urges. A good person is determined by knowing which of them is okay to act upon. 

I have been using Ito as a user name since middle school (so for...13-ish years now? Dear god...). It can from me wanting to have a "cool" alias to sign on my terrible middle school drawings, so I just started writing down names and seeing what sounded cool and was fun to write. The funny thing is that it wasn't even supposed to be "Japanese" lol. The name has stuck with me since and I use it pretty much every where online. It's not stuck too much outside of the internet though, but my mom some times jokingly calls me Ito. XD
 
Also:

dammit, their goes my hopes of a VK band that plays stoner metal.

Zess's desk be like:

dammit, their goes my hopes of a VK band that plays stoner metal.

dammit, their goes my hopes of a VK band that plays stoner metal.

D - 7th Rose [2010]

 



 

fuck why am I doing this to myself

 

Okay so the first installation in this trainwreck series will be the one album I wasn't able to shut up about for approximately 2 years and I hereby want to apologize to all of you. I had to listen to this at nighttime and stay up until 4AM because it's goddamn hot outside and people are actually being hospitalized. I couldn't move a fucking muscle without sweating from all possible locations. FUCKING GLOBAL WARMING KIDS.

 

I'm listening to my own Lossless rip, fully formatted for the best torture listening experience. ANYWAY, HERE WE FUCKING GO. ALSO LOL WHAT IS FORMATTING.

 

1. 7th Rose ~Return to Zero~

Okay so basically just an interlude leading up to the actual title track of this album. Not sure if this is a build up to hype you up or to have the holy spirit protect you from the monstrosity following this interlude. Pope Francis/10

 

2. 7th Rose

Jesus fuck. Asagi's either suffering from sincere bronchitis or the main avex guy was ill and hired Maria Cross to do the retake on the harsh vocals, who probably just was like "well at least it sounds better than whatever I do" and gave it the thumbs up. The harsh vocals are atrocious and I have absolutely no idea why anyone in D thought this was a good idea. This entire fucking song is a mess because literally NOTHING adds up and everyone's just heavily ramming around on their instruments while Asagi sounds like he just shat a lego garage. The good thing about this song is that the chorus is actually good and it isn't poppy, which has been a trend lately. Then again this album was released before MEJIBRAY even formed so idfk. But whatever, I fucking love this song anyway. Holy shit why do I still like this, probably nostalgia/10

 

3. 花摘みの乙女 ～Rozova Dolina～

A wild studio formatted synth string appeared! Always love me some of those. D, you were major at this point in time, couldn't you hire a guy to do the actual recording of these strings I mean holy shit. Apart from that this song is actually pretty fucking cool. Asagi's dramatic vocals are actually placed really well, the accoustic work is perfectly executed and everything just sounds fantastic. If only it weren't for the synth strings/10

 

4. Tightrope

This song somehow relates to some other D or ASAGI solo song but all I remember from this was that PV that included dogs and Asagi being chained to a wall with ropes and singing about freedom.

 



 

Tightrope was actually the song I expected to really hate by now but fuck it's really catchy. Since I'm more of an individual song kind of person I'm sort of glad I gave this one a fair relisten. Everything else that somehow slightly sounds like this sucks. I actually really enjoy something for once/10

 

5. Crimson Fish

This is the song with the most individual plays according to iTunes. Then again, "according to iTunes" my most played track is a song that I haven't even played like 10 times so yeah iTunes fucking sucks. Apart from the fucking horrible synth strings and the misplaced echo-y intro, this song is actually still really good? Holy shit. This song still fucking rules/10

 



 

6. Independent Queen

Obligatory heavier middle song comes in right at the middle point of this album and it's really not that surprising. Welcome to fucking VK, kids. OBLIGATORY GUITAR SOLO RUINS EVERYTHING. Does D have a fucking contract that obliges them to put a fucking guitar solo in every song even if it doesn't need one. Obligatory Engrish as well, lovely. Eh this song is whatever, I can't even be bothered to make semi-decent comments about it. I'M INDEPENDENT QUEEN/10

 

7. 13月の夢見丘

The year doesn't have 13 months, that's fucking silly. What are they teaching kids in schools these days.

 



 

Folky song of the album that I actually really like because it's so overly fucking cheesy. The synth strings don't really sound that horrendous here so who fucking cares. My review, my opinion. Sort of want to skip through a field now/10

 

8. Day by Day

Day by Day is, I don't know what it is. It's an okay poppy song I guess but why the fuck is it on this album. It's placed at the worst fucking place too, right in the middle of where this album is starting to bloom. It's like someone finally being able to buy that car they always wanted and then accidently setting it on fire. This is leaving aside that Toki no Koe is going to fucking kill anything good going on until this part though. Why was this necessary/10

 

9. 絡繰り絵巻

Could've done without the heavy bits. Starts of good, then gets progressively worse. It's like eating a Subway sandwich when halfway through the lettuce starts to get gross and sulky because the fucktard who made your sandwich put three fucking bottles of ranch sauce on your sandwich. That's how this song feels to me. Overall it's still good, I just wish I could take some bits out. Subway needs to use less ranch sauce/10

 

10. 鬨の声

This is where I can unleash all my inner fury because this album was actually going really well up until this monstrosity. I HONESTLY THOUGHT THE ALBUM FLOW WAS GOING TO BE PICKED UP AGAIN AFTER DAY BY DAY AND THEN THIS FUCKING HAPPENS.

 



 

Who the fuck approved this. These 5 guys sat around a table and thought "well this sounds good enough to print on disc". Multiple avex guys could've fucking approved this. The harsh vocals are once again fucking atrocious. The instrumentals are awful, this song is too long for the kind of song it tries to be. The obligatory guitar solo is actually the best part here, for the rest it's as big a train wreck as this current review. Hope burned before my eyes/10

 



 

11. Sleeping Beautiful Beast

Thank fucking god for a decent ballad. This is what I'm talking about. Is there software that deletes certain tracks from discs because that's what I'd like to do to Toki no Koe. Sleeping Beautiful Beast would be even better placed after Karakuri Emaki (or whatever the fuck it's called). This review could've been called "Toki no Koe ruins everything". Pretty fucking good/10

 

12. 三日月揺籃歌

Outro sort of thing? Idk sounds pretty good to me though it would've been better to end with Sleeping Beautiful Beast because this sounds more of an intro than an outro to me. UNLESS IT'S LIKE AN INTRO TO 7TH ROSE. BUT DIDN'T THAT ONE ALREADY HAVE AN INTRO THOUGH.

 



 

Actually sort of yes. Depends on which version of the album you have. If you have type A and B it's pretty neat. If you have type C this one doesn't make any fucking sense. GOOD OLD VK STRIKES AGAIN. Depends on which version you have/10

 

13. 風がめくる頁

BONUS TRACK DESU. Okay this song is nice and it works as an outro but not this sort of outro. It's a goddamn single on an album that's nothing similar to it, why the fuck is it even on here. Like I know this one's at least optional but jesus. Liking it more when it's not a fucking closer/10

 

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FINAL VERDICT TIME

 

VERDICT OF 16-YEAR OLD ME:

VERDICT OF 21-YEAR OLD ME:

 

For the amount of hate this album gets by fans of the band, it's actually really good. I still consider it their best major album, because it really just is a good record. Toki no Koe is like the only thing that really makes you cringe on here, that's basically it.

 

DO I WANT TO PUNCH MY YOUNGER SELF IN THE THROAT FOR LOVING THIS?

 

NO

 

Alright, that's it I'm fucking done. I'll be keeping how many times i want to punch myself in the throat for liking what I did. So far that score's on zero, HA.

 



 

NEXT TIME ON BLAST FROM THE PAST [PROBABLY, IDK]:

 

NIGHTMARE - majestical parade

Zess's desk be like:

Zess's desk be like:

While I hate AKB and most of what it stands for and does (which this article does talk about), it seemingly jumps off the deep end...which Zess seems to have covered quite well. I mean, there is no doubt that these girls are being paraded around as objects of sexual fantasy. I'm one to believe that the reason the members can't have boyfriends is so that the "ronries" can project themselves in tot his spot.  I also think the group as the music value of a wet noodle.
 
And while I find most of it deplorable, I don't think that this is anything new for Japan. So much of his comments lack any information to back it up. This feels like something written by a conspiracy theorist.

I just found this article and figured it would be a good thing to drop in here:
 
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/faq-what-are-some-alternatives-to-beats/

While I hate AKB and most of what it stands for and does (which this article does talk about), it seemingly jumps off the deep end...which Zess seems to have covered quite well. I mean, there is no doubt that these girls are being paraded around as objects of sexual fantasy. I'm one to believe that the reason the members can't have boyfriends is so that the "ronries" can project themselves in tot his spot.  I also think the group as the music value of a wet noodle.
 
And while I find most of it deplorable, I don't think that this is anything new for Japan. So much of his comments lack any information to back it up. This feels like something written by a conspiracy theorist.

While I hate AKB and most of what it stands for and does (which this article does talk about), it seemingly jumps off the deep end...which Zess seems to have covered quite well. I mean, there is no doubt that these girls are being paraded around as objects of sexual fantasy. I'm one to believe that the reason the members can't have boyfriends is so that the "ronries" can project themselves in tot his spot.  I also think the group as the music value of a wet noodle.
 
And while I find most of it deplorable, I don't think that this is anything new for Japan. So much of his comments lack any information to back it up. This feels like something written by a conspiracy theorist.

There's a lot of interesting points raised in this article. My main issue is that I have to take a lot of this at face value. The article begins by assuming that the reader doesn't know about the underpinnings of the idol industry (and to be fair we don't). He even mentions such grievances as "getting laid off without notice, no maternity or paternity leaves, discrimination against women, sexual and moral harassment in the workplace, poor wages and did I mention no overtime pay?" But there are claims made in this article that I want some other sources for, some of these claims being:
And once the girls “graduate” (i.e., fired) from the group, they’re left with no skills or abilities and their detour into the sex trade is a lot swifter than the days of Onyanko.

I'm not the most versed in this topic but I have observed that when an idol member "graduates" from one group they move into another group. Is this not the case for AKB48? And if this is not the case, how many of them have ended up in the sex trade? Do we have proof or is this just a logical jump made from something he said a few paragraphs earlier?
  Yasushi Akimoto is a Zegen through and through – he’s found a way to cash in on the criticisms and problems within the AKB, by having the girls sing songs (written by him of course) about revolution, sacrifice and worker exploitation. 

Like which songs in particular? Pointing to specific song lyrics and translating them helps a lot for foreigners like me. Otherwise I just have to take it at face value. I have a problem with this because...
   [...]the man certainly knows how to make a yen from peddling idoru fantasies to love-starved males with glasses and bad skin.


I omitted quite a few other records of theirs but look at those numbers. Millions? I'm sure that there's more than the "love-starved males with glasses and bad skin" straw man listening to them to make those sales happen. Hell, I know of female foreigners that buy their singles and love this idol group, although that's purely anecdotal. He's playing up the sex angle here to discredit the guy at the top and that's disingenuous. 
  unfortunately, the gold stays firmly tucked in his pocket without benefitting the girls he ruthlessly expolits. 

Argument would be stronger if we had figures about how much members of AKB48 make, or how much idol pop members make generally. Either we have those figures and he can use them to back up his claim, or we don't and he can't. Just making this claim without evidence is also dubious. Now before someone jumps down my throat, I don't feel any particular way about this article. I am not trying to defend or discredit the author. I just feel like the polemic writing showcases that he has an agenda of his own and has no statistics or sources to substantiate his claims. That's lazy journalism.

I understand big corporations want to make money. But why do they have to do it at the expensive of being fucking assholes.
 
It's like they are some bully on the playground that goes around breaking people's shit and offering to sell them a slightly shittier version for way more money.

I hope that more town run internet stuff like this starts happening though...because god know's that the corporations aren't going to make things better.

Ever since I made that Hide animorphs, the X jokes have gotten real weak

opening the state religion of donation-based hide-necromancy with your spiritual master yoshiki. every other sunday: riding a dead horse

The band will be relocating to Los Angeles and changing their name to X LA.

Alt. important announcement: Official X-Japan Brand Chastity Belt.
 
Yoshiki quoted as saying: "With this tool, you too can experience our next album. No release!"

"We've finally found a way to bring Hide back from the dead!"

I couldn't decide which is the appropriate response, so here's the top four that came to mind immediately upon seeing the picture:comment that came to mind:
 
"IKEA is really desperate in the Japan. Although, it appears that all parts seem to be in order." Fake edit: Edited due to the fact I read Shinya instead of Toshiya the first time around.

Is there an in-between? I was at a show in Austin a few weeks back and it was PACKED - people were sort-of dancing/swaying/jumping around and leaning all over each other, but not like, outright pushing or shoving like I see in crazier shows. I joined in. It was fun, like being one with everyone around you. It was a groovy psych-band. 

I am kind of in between. I can't say I am a fan of all out moshing...I feel like it really takes away from the music and that's the reason I'm there. That said, if the song if full of energy I want to be jumping around and feeding back into that. If the band if playing a heavy song, I'm gunna be head banging. It drives me nuts when I am at a show and everyone is standing still (unless the show calls for that).
Worst mosh ever? When douchey guys try to start a circle pit at a Boris concert.

I just bought The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky myself. Played the first 15 min of it and already in love with it. There's a lot of small numerous bugs that hinders the gameplay so I'm waiting on some of those fixes before I start playing again.

I figured I would share this little gem I made for the MH facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/106056489470285/photos/a.152389364836997.38451.106056489470285/669425983133330/?type=1&theater