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God, the LEGO album stream is so pretty. The lighting is really beautiful. Kanata's voice sounds so good too.

LEGO BIG MORL played all of the songs from their new album in order, and they left an archive up. They decided to do it without a support drummer though, which was kind of an odd choice. (I mean, they explain that since it's their first album as a trio they wanted to do the first show together as a trio, but it still feels kinda strange.) It's really pretty-looking for a free livestream though. Great lighting.

Right now, Chiba Yusuke (The Birthday, TMGE, etc.).

Mainly on my laptop. If I can use a computer instead of my phone for something, I usually will. I have a fairly small phone, so I find it a bit fiddly to type on and it's not great for watching videos. Didn't help that my phone's headphone jack wasn't working for a long time either.

I think 沈黙の中の君 is my favourite of the three. He's kind of giving me vague Sharaku vibes in the MV for that track too, with the visor and those moves, which is always a plus in my books.

The 1408 one is so good.

Mandala loop

Lyrics: shaka bose
Producer: MiiiKXY

Rasenjou ni joushou shiteku ai wa
SHUMEERU no koro kara kawannai n da
Kimi mo ore mo AITSU mo owannai n da
MANDALA LOOP
Soko ni YUNGU

Rasenjou ni joushou shiteku ai wa
SHUMEERU no koro kara kawannai n da
Kimi mo ore mo AITSU mo owannai n da
MANDALA LOOP
Soko ni YUNGU

Kimi ga dore kurai kanashii ka
Ore wa wakaranai kanashii na
Dakara kizuite kita mirai wa
Kako e to meguru hoshi ELIZA
Risei to honnou intoyou osu mesu kimi to ore
Onoreto tamen no sekai
Kodoku no MAAKU PYRAMID
Kimi to futari dattara sankaku mo shikaku
Shikaku wa itsuka en to naru shikaku
Hito wa mijikaku tamashii irekau
Hontou wa nanimo kamo aishitai minna ga

Rasenjou ni joushou shiteku ai wa
SHUMEERU no koro kara kawannai n da
Kimi mo ore mo AITSU mo owannai n da
MANDALA LOOP
Soko ni YUNGU

Rasenjou ni joushou shiteku ai wa
SHUMEERU no koro kara kawannai n da
Kimi mo ore mo AITSU mo owannai n da
MANDALA LOOP
Soko ni YUNGU

Rasenjou ni joushou shiteku ai wa
SHUMEERU no koro kara kawannai n da
Kimi mo ore mo AITSU mo owannai n da
MANDALA LOOP
Soko ni YUNGU

Kanji:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7No3F5YTV0

GLAY

Dragon Ash

The Birthday

SALU

Suck a Stew Dry

Lol, wasn't expecting this.

Guess I need to get around to listening to #6. I'd put it off because the single felt kinda joyless, but looks like Takeshi still had some fun with the other tracks. 😄

Huh, I didn't realize Jinmenusagi had so many tattoos. He didn't seem like the type.

I can't say I'm particularly familiar with Hololive - especially that sort of content - but I've seen a few videos from AZKi, who I believe is one of their main music-focused V-tubers. She has a cute voice.

Jesus, people are throwing money at ELLEGARDEN so fast during this live stream that my browser can barely play it. Can't blame them though. 😂

Old concert from SHANK (until August 31st only).

37 minutes ago, Chell said:

Yeah. Guess Jin had this "troublesome sht" image to him for a long time, but now I can't even see that. Big old-NEWS fan here and my best boi was Ryo so ever since he (finally) left Johnnys and solo debuted I've been following what he does, and am I glad this series came up! (because his music is underwhelming at best compared to what he did back then lol.)

 

Lol, I  just didn't like Jin because he always seemed so full of himself. It seems like he's mellowed out a bit over the years.

I started watching the series mainly because I like Kanjani8 and Ryo's drama work. Yeah, I still haven't even checked out his solo album yet, since I wasn't really wild about the trailers. Plus Subaru was always my favourite in Kanjani8, so I need to get around to that one first. ^^;

On 8/22/2020 at 10:29 AM, Chell said:

THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WATCHING THAT? Oh boy that series is so funny and memeable (wish I knew where the fans gather because I often want to throw some broken English but I know nobody will get it 😞 ).

Haha, yeah, I've been laughing so hard watching those videos. While I'm a big KAT-TUN fan, I've always found Jin kind of irritating, tbh, so I was really surprised by how fun they are to watch. The dynamic he has with Ryo is so cute.

I like the MV for LEGO BIG MORL's "Wait?" a lot as well. I think what they did with it was a really cute gesture.

Hiroki, the guitarist with the blonde hair, was in a motorcycle accident, and he fractured his right wrist and couldn't play for like a year or something, but the members decided to put the band on hiatus and wait for him to recover instead of getting someone to fill in. 

"Wait?" was one of the first songs they released after coming back, and well, it's pretty easy to see what the song is about.

Eh, I agree about the Seven Deadly Sins, tbh. The part with Elizabeth's power at the end of the first season was so lame, and Meliodas is just so bland and off-putting. Merlin's outfit is also so dumb and fan service-y that it's almost insulting. I don't know how anyone is supposed to take that character seriously when she's basically just always walking around in a bikini.

The main reason I've still been kind of slowly working through it is that I really enjoyed the storylines about King, Ban and Diane. King is such an adorable character, and a romance between a male fairy and a female giant feels sort of refreshing to see.

Dragon Ash has been one of my favourite bands for 10+ years, and their original bassist IKUZONE was a massive hide fan - so much so that he had a hide tattoo and performed with hide plushies on his gear a lot. I mean, it's not really all that unexpected, but I did a bit of a double take when I first saw one of the plushies while I was watching a DA live DVD back in like 2007.

Here's his tattoo:

And here are some of the plushies he had:

^I think this is from one of the memorial exhibitions for IKUZONE

You can see his plushies in a lot of the older DA live videos on YouTube too.

I really like Hysteric Panic's "Cinderella Syndrome". It complements all the shifts in mood in the song well, and I like how it's always kind of right on the line between goofy and serious.

So I just found out that Yusei's group in Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds was legitimately called "Team Satisfaction". I assumed that was just a joke in the abridged series one-shot.

And now I kind of want to watch 5Ds.

I'm happy they made it since I like Mikansei Alice, but I'm pretty suspicious about them clearing like 65% of the goal at the last minute as well. Definitely seems like there was some cheating involved.

Yeah, when he mentioned he was trying to do medical school at the same time as the band, I was pretty sure it wasn't going to end well... His ambition is really commendable, but it definitely seems like it would be way too much to manage at once.

He was the main thing I liked about Asty, so it sucks that he ended up having to quit, but I wish him luck with finishing school.

I mean, while Asty seemed to be doing kind of okay-ish for an independent young band, it's not like they were on the way to selling out the Budokan before COVID hit or something, so I don't think anyone can fault him for making that decision. Especially with the current circumstances.