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He really is. Maybe it's a mix of being a drummer, being sarcastic and covered in tattoos. Also one of the older members...
My friend actually can't decide either so she calls herself a Junko gya. Sometimes we give Junko gifts and wonder who gets them.
 
Kazuki is the type to go "Oh, she's doing well" when asked how Junko is doing while Reiya is the type to go "J...Junko??" 
Haru lets me cheat when pulling cheki; Roji does not but he will say "See you~" in English... and then stare like a deer in headlights when anything is said back in English.
 
Yeah, like I love all the songs on Doshaburi but I think it's how they ordered it + Yuuyake is a little generic to me ? for why Kowai Kurai pulls ahead. 
 
Glad to hear it! It was even more impressive at the 1st oneman where they played 12 songs after only 2 months or so of session activity and only 3 months since Belmosaic broke up. This band is insane.

Oh nice! Roji's super talented. It's like pulling teeth getting him to talk sometimes though... lol Incidentally, he's the least popular. Like super unpopular. Though apparently recently more popular?? But I still have at least 5 girls coming up to me every live with Roji cheki trying to sell them to me (actually the last live I was at I was given like 7 as presents it was insane).
 
Their CDs are super cheap! Usotsuki is sold out, Kowai Kurai is close to being sold out if it isn't already (I believe what's at stores is all that is left?), but there should be plenty of Doshaburi no Kanojo left. The mini-albums have been ￥1,500 up to this point though!
 
I kind of love Junko (the mannequin). I think it has to do with going to the first oneman and the curtains opened and there she was...everywhere and we all couldn't help but laugh. She's just so ridiculous. I once asked Kazuki what her name was and in Kowai Kurai she was suddenly given credit as a member of the band, lmao.
 
Yes! I'm in Japan. The problem with the missing Belmosaic stuff is it is suuuper rare. And Belmosaic was so unpopular no one would really think to even try and sell it, I think. And one song you only got at the last oneman so people are probably holding onto that one... Any time I've looked it up at puresound it only has the normal CDs and not the free distributes I'm missing.

Left to right, top to bottom: Haru (gt).; Roji (dr.); Reiya (ba.); Junko (in charge of whatever mannequins do); Kazuki (vo.)
 
History
(OHP 2014-2015 history)
October~November 2014: Session activity under the name SAA-SAA Session (サアサアセッション) 2014.12.03: 1st Oneman/first official live as XAA-XAA 『感覚セカイ』(“Kankaku Seikai”) 2015.07.01: 2nd Oneman 【どしゃ降りの彼女】リリース記念ワンマンライヴ【どしゃ降りの心斎橋】 (Oneman to celebrate the release of Doshaburi no Kanojo "Doshaburi no Shinsaibashi") 2015.12.03: 3rd Oneman ザアザア１周年記念ワンマンライヴ「ソォルドアウト」(1st Anniversary Oneman "Sold Out") 2016.03~2016.04: ザアザア主催イベント ベストアルヴァム & シングル発売記念ツアー「みんなとしたいだけ」 (XAA-XAA best album & single release commemorative sponsored tour “minna to shitai dake”) 2016.04.23: 追加公演ワンマン！ ベストアルヴァム & シングル発売記念ツアー「みんなとしたいだけ」 (Additional oneman! Best album & single release commemorative tour “minna to shitai dake”) 2016.06.04: ミニアルヴァム「雨に殺される」発売記念ワンマンライヴ東京の雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru mini-album release commemorative oneman live “Tokyo no ame ni korosareru”) 2016.06.11: ミニアルヴァム「雨に殺される」発売記念ワンマンライヴ大阪の雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru mini-album release commemorative oneman live “Osaka no ame ni korosareru”) 2016.07-2016.08: ザアザア夏ツアー2016 「幽霊より怖い人間達」 (XAA-XAA natsu tour 2016 "yuurei yori kowai ningentachi") 2016.09: 「かずきとよしあつ」ツーマンツアー (kazuki to yoshiatsu 2man tour) 2016.12-2017.01: 「血祭」 ワンマンツアー (chimatsuri oneman tour) -- this is also their two year anniversary tour Releases
2014.12.01 - 「うそつき」 ("Usotsuki") 2014.12.03 - 名も無き空へ (na mo naki sora e) live house one day only free distribute 2015.03.01 - コワイクライ (kowai kurai) 2015.4.23 - ララララ (lalalala) live house one day only free distribute 2015.06.01 - どしゃ降りの彼女 (doshaburi no kanojo) 2015.07.01 - 感電、けがのおそれがあります。 LIVE DVD  (LIVE DVD of the song kanden, kega no osore ga arimasu.)  live house one day only free distribute 2015.08.20 - 鬱くしき雨音 (utsukushiki ame oto) - live house one day only split-single, limited to 200 copies (XAA-XAA's track is 今宵は鬱くしい) 2015.09.01 - 死にたい (shinitai) 2015.11.01 -  雪時計 (yuki tokei) 2015.12.03 - 「うそつき」  ("Usotsuki") - re-recorded, to be sold at the oneman live that day 2016.03.23 -  したいだけでしょ？ (shitai dake desho?) 2016.03.23 - 中毒症状 (chuudoku shoujou) 2016.05.25 - 雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru) 2016.07.20 - 妖幻鏡 -west- Vol.3  Survive as an Innovator (yougenkyou -west- Vol.3 Survive as an Innovator) - omnibus (XAA-XAA's track is 情けない男のテーマ) 2016.09.07 - カミソリ (kamisori) 2016.10.05 - どす黒い (dosuguroi) 2016.11.02 - 余命 (yomei)  
OHP, YouTube (full PVs and trial listening)

My favorite is Roji too, since Belmosaic.
Fav songs and release, none yet, but I will try find their songs around to check.
That mannequins are kind scary xD
And I would never pee with that eye looking to me lol
You are in Japan right, have you look on the indie small shops for missing Belmosaic ?

So.. fav song? release? member (lol)?
 
For me...
Fav release: コワイクライ with 子守唄, コワイクライ and 冷たい being my favorite songs off of the release Fav song: either ララララ or 花占い I think? Fav member: Roji Kowai Kurai was the most cohesive release they've put out and when it comes to lives the song that gets me most excited is Kowai Kurai itself, but my favorite songs are from other releases.
 
Incidentally... while I'm proud of my CD collection I am slightly ashamed of my Belmosaic/XAA-XAA cheki collection:
 
 
Also I didn't mention it specifically before but I've always loved their staging:

I highly recommend XAA-XAA!! But I must admit I'm super biased. There are some songs that are rather Belmosaic-esque but for the most part it's a lot darker than Belmosaic ever was. 
 
It was such a pain getting a hold of physical copies of Belmosaic CDs too (I'm still missing リツコさん and ピリオド)
So this is one of my collections of CDs I'm most proud of
 
I saw Belmosaic 2 times and I've seen XAA-XAA 7 times?
It's a really fun atmosphere and I love the band's attention to detail--live, in the artwork for their releases, etc.
They're currently the most interesting band for me personally.
 
 
Definitely hoping they aren't overworking themselves either! But I also love having so much music from them right from the start...!

I haven't try Xaa-Xaa yet, but I used to like Belmosaic a lot.
But is hard to find something from them, they had their songs on iTunes with Belmosaic, was way easier xD
Thank you for the thread.

Ooh thanks for making this thread. One of my favorite newer bands in the last few years. <3
I saw there's another mini album in September. I am liking this steady release scedule. Hopefully they aren't overworking themselves.

I really like this band. Great sound and their mini album was so good.

I highly recommend XAA-XAA!! But I must admit I'm super biased. There are some songs that are rather Belmosaic-esque but for the most part it's a lot darker than Belmosaic ever was. 
 
It was such a pain getting a hold of physical copies of Belmosaic CDs too (I'm still missing リツコさん and ピリオド)
So this is one of my collections of CDs I'm most proud of
 
I saw Belmosaic 2 times and I've seen XAA-XAA 7 times?
It's a really fun atmosphere and I love the band's attention to detail--live, in the artwork for their releases, etc.
They're currently the most interesting band for me personally.
 
 
Definitely hoping they aren't overworking themselves either! But I also love having so much music from them right from the start...!

Left to right, top to bottom: Haru (gt).; Roji (dr.); Reiya (ba.); Junko (in charge of whatever mannequins do); Kazuki (vo.)
 
History
(OHP 2014-2015 history)
October~November 2014: Session activity under the name SAA-SAA Session (サアサアセッション) 2014.12.03: 1st Oneman/first official live as XAA-XAA 『感覚セカイ』(“Kankaku Seikai”) 2015.07.01: 2nd Oneman 【どしゃ降りの彼女】リリース記念ワンマンライヴ【どしゃ降りの心斎橋】 (Oneman to celebrate the release of Doshaburi no Kanojo "Doshaburi no Shinsaibashi") 2015.12.03: 3rd Oneman ザアザア１周年記念ワンマンライヴ「ソォルドアウト」(1st Anniversary Oneman "Sold Out") 2016.03~2016.04: ザアザア主催イベント ベストアルヴァム & シングル発売記念ツアー「みんなとしたいだけ」 (XAA-XAA best album & single release commemorative sponsored tour “minna to shitai dake”) 2016.04.23: 追加公演ワンマン！ ベストアルヴァム & シングル発売記念ツアー「みんなとしたいだけ」 (Additional oneman! Best album & single release commemorative tour “minna to shitai dake”) 2016.06.04: ミニアルヴァム「雨に殺される」発売記念ワンマンライヴ東京の雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru mini-album release commemorative oneman live “Tokyo no ame ni korosareru”) 2016.06.11: ミニアルヴァム「雨に殺される」発売記念ワンマンライヴ大阪の雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru mini-album release commemorative oneman live “Osaka no ame ni korosareru”) 2016.07-2016.08: ザアザア夏ツアー2016 「幽霊より怖い人間達」 (XAA-XAA natsu tour 2016 "yuurei yori kowai ningentachi") 2016.09: 「かずきとよしあつ」ツーマンツアー (kazuki to yoshiatsu 2man tour) 2016.12-2017.01: 「血祭」 ワンマンツアー (chimatsuri oneman tour) -- this is also their two year anniversary tour Releases
2014.12.01 - 「うそつき」 ("Usotsuki") 2014.12.03 - 名も無き空へ (na mo naki sora e) live house one day only free distribute 2015.03.01 - コワイクライ (kowai kurai) 2015.4.23 - ララララ (lalalala) live house one day only free distribute 2015.06.01 - どしゃ降りの彼女 (doshaburi no kanojo) 2015.07.01 - 感電、けがのおそれがあります。 LIVE DVD  (LIVE DVD of the song kanden, kega no osore ga arimasu.)  live house one day only free distribute 2015.08.20 - 鬱くしき雨音 (utsukushiki ame oto) - live house one day only split-single, limited to 200 copies (XAA-XAA's track is 今宵は鬱くしい) 2015.09.01 - 死にたい (shinitai) 2015.11.01 -  雪時計 (yuki tokei) 2015.12.03 - 「うそつき」  ("Usotsuki") - re-recorded, to be sold at the oneman live that day 2016.03.23 -  したいだけでしょ？ (shitai dake desho?) 2016.03.23 - 中毒症状 (chuudoku shoujou) 2016.05.25 - 雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru) 2016.07.20 - 妖幻鏡 -west- Vol.3  Survive as an Innovator (yougenkyou -west- Vol.3 Survive as an Innovator) - omnibus (XAA-XAA's track is 情けない男のテーマ) 2016.09.07 - カミソリ (kamisori) 2016.10.05 - どす黒い (dosuguroi) 2016.11.02 - 余命 (yomei)  
OHP, YouTube (full PVs and trial listening)

Left to right, top to bottom: Haru (gt).; Roji (dr.); Reiya (ba.); Junko (in charge of whatever mannequins do); Kazuki (vo.)
 
History
(OHP 2014-2015 history)
October~November 2014: Session activity under the name SAA-SAA Session (サアサアセッション) 2014.12.03: 1st Oneman/first official live as XAA-XAA 『感覚セカイ』(“Kankaku Seikai”) 2015.07.01: 2nd Oneman 【どしゃ降りの彼女】リリース記念ワンマンライヴ【どしゃ降りの心斎橋】 (Oneman to celebrate the release of Doshaburi no Kanojo "Doshaburi no Shinsaibashi") 2015.12.03: 3rd Oneman ザアザア１周年記念ワンマンライヴ「ソォルドアウト」(1st Anniversary Oneman "Sold Out") 2016.03~2016.04: ザアザア主催イベント ベストアルヴァム & シングル発売記念ツアー「みんなとしたいだけ」 (XAA-XAA best album & single release commemorative sponsored tour “minna to shitai dake”) 2016.04.23: 追加公演ワンマン！ ベストアルヴァム & シングル発売記念ツアー「みんなとしたいだけ」 (Additional oneman! Best album & single release commemorative tour “minna to shitai dake”) 2016.06.04: ミニアルヴァム「雨に殺される」発売記念ワンマンライヴ東京の雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru mini-album release commemorative oneman live “Tokyo no ame ni korosareru”) 2016.06.11: ミニアルヴァム「雨に殺される」発売記念ワンマンライヴ大阪の雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru mini-album release commemorative oneman live “Osaka no ame ni korosareru”) 2016.07-2016.08: ザアザア夏ツアー2016 「幽霊より怖い人間達」 (XAA-XAA natsu tour 2016 "yuurei yori kowai ningentachi") 2016.09: 「かずきとよしあつ」ツーマンツアー (kazuki to yoshiatsu 2man tour) 2016.12-2017.01: 「血祭」 ワンマンツアー (chimatsuri oneman tour) -- this is also their two year anniversary tour Releases
2014.12.01 - 「うそつき」 ("Usotsuki") 2014.12.03 - 名も無き空へ (na mo naki sora e) live house one day only free distribute 2015.03.01 - コワイクライ (kowai kurai) 2015.4.23 - ララララ (lalalala) live house one day only free distribute 2015.06.01 - どしゃ降りの彼女 (doshaburi no kanojo) 2015.07.01 - 感電、けがのおそれがあります。 LIVE DVD  (LIVE DVD of the song kanden, kega no osore ga arimasu.)  live house one day only free distribute 2015.08.20 - 鬱くしき雨音 (utsukushiki ame oto) - live house one day only split-single, limited to 200 copies (XAA-XAA's track is 今宵は鬱くしい) 2015.09.01 - 死にたい (shinitai) 2015.11.01 -  雪時計 (yuki tokei) 2015.12.03 - 「うそつき」  ("Usotsuki") - re-recorded, to be sold at the oneman live that day 2016.03.23 -  したいだけでしょ？ (shitai dake desho?) 2016.03.23 - 中毒症状 (chuudoku shoujou) 2016.05.25 - 雨に殺される (ame ni korosareru) 2016.07.20 - 妖幻鏡 -west- Vol.3  Survive as an Innovator (yougenkyou -west- Vol.3 Survive as an Innovator) - omnibus (XAA-XAA's track is 情けない男のテーマ) 2016.09.07 - カミソリ (kamisori) 2016.10.05 - どす黒い (dosuguroi) 2016.11.02 - 余命 (yomei)  
OHP, YouTube (full PVs and trial listening)

I'm kind of surprised I have never posted in this thread before. Also, I'm amazed at some of the collections in here. O_O So jealous of some of you guys! 
Here's my little steadily growing collection.
 
The MUCC shelves:


 
And a few DVDs. 

 
And my little baby Kpop shelf lol

 
I have a couple little boxes of old vk magazines too, but don't feel like digging them out. 

Just got in my latest PureSound order
 

 
FULL EFFECT' - By may call it.
DecoLa Hopping x ワン★スター(ONE★STAR) - デコレーション★スター (live-limited coupling cover CD, been waiting for years to finally hear this ;w; )
THE BLACK SWAN - MIRROR,MIRROR
スナフキン(SNUFKIN) - HELL'S CARNIVAL
 
Also this happened I guess...

 

agreed. but at this point I kind of wish serial number could just be laid to rest. There's like what 13 former members...?

Dog sitting

That's true, I am mostly exposed to Osaka and Hiroshima bands at this point. Still, kansai rock summit isn't just kansai bands. And there are plenty of darker Tokyo bands that floated to the surface and get a lot more attention--METEOROID swithced to MeteoroiD, AvelCain is super popular, DADAROMA formed and is doing so well, etc. Every time I saw any kirakira band in Tokyo it was at hole in the walls like REX. 
 
side note: Lig was quite good! I'd like to see them again.
 
To be fair kirakira≠osare/oshare kei. Osare kei is pretty much dead and the ~kei terminology is quite outdated, lol. But kirakira is quite commonly used as a term. I can't count how many times I've heard it used or if I've been asked "is ~ kirakira?" or told "I can't stand kirakira" because my friends all assume that all of my bands are kirakira for some reason. Kirakira and abare (暴れ/暴れ盤) are the two terms I hear the most often but that doesn't necessarily mean they are exclusive of each other. And as you mentioned, the terms more describe the live experience than anything now!

Gahhhh, 3 new members! I hope this line-up last nearly as long as the line-up with Kazune, Shiyuu, Hibiki, and Kai. And gawd please no type of music from 喝采ーKASSAIー and 白い狂愛. That was like their worst releases EVER. I hope they can pick up where Yui left off and make listenable Serial Number music again!

That's true, I am mostly exposed to Osaka and Hiroshima bands at this point. Still, kansai rock summit isn't just kansai bands. And there are plenty of darker Tokyo bands that floated to the surface and get a lot more attention--METEOROID swithced to MeteoroiD, AvelCain is super popular, DADAROMA formed and is doing so well, etc. Every time I saw any kirakira band in Tokyo it was at hole in the walls like REX. 
 
side note: Lig was quite good! I'd like to see them again.
 
To be fair kirakira≠osare/oshare kei. Osare kei is pretty much dead and the ~kei terminology is quite outdated, lol. But kirakira is quite commonly used as a term. I can't count how many times I've heard it used or if I've been asked "is ~ kirakira?" or told "I can't stand kirakira" because my friends all assume that all of my bands are kirakira for some reason. Kirakira and abare (暴れ/暴れ盤) are the two terms I hear the most often but that doesn't necessarily mean they are exclusive of each other. And as you mentioned, the terms more describe the live experience than anything now!

i was looking at this year's venue lineups for kansai rock summit some time ago and there were certainly a lot more darker bands than last year's. i wonder how much local variation there is though? cuz i don't really see the proportion shifting so dramatically in e.g. Fukuoka and Hokkaido as it has in Osaka (especially). i can only assume that the feedback effect is pretty strong in osaka (band becomes darker -> gets more popular -> attracts next batch of dark bands), while the big 'brighter' bands like those under Resistar Records and Zany Zap are more than holding their own in Tokyo. i'll also note the irony that PCM's 'main' bands in Osaka are faring a lot worse than their subsidiary Dream Agent in Tokyo (thanks primarily to RoNo☆Cro's popularity).
that said, i'm not complaining since there are way more than enough new bands to interest me (ok i'm repeating myself here). if i'm to enumerate all the new bands my list would be twice as long as Tetora's, so i'll refrain from doing that. as of now i'm totally addicted to My Fairytale, CLØWD, アンフィル, Lig, just to name a few. they aren't exactly kirakira in the 'classic' sense (which arguably has already been dead and buried for a while) but maybe in the 'gaijin-vk-forum' sense of being antithetical to any dark vk band (e.g. Oneness, Ecthelion, ALIVE, etc. - the list can be extended indefinitely). it's interesting that i rarely hear my japanese friends speak of kirakira, and when they do, what they mean in each instance is usually quite different. (one of them uses it to refer to dance-y bands with ridiculously elitist furi hahah.) but this just goes to reinforce what i was saying about the scene being a lot more diverse than some people think.

thanks There's no live experience quite like kirakira bands. But yeah the Japanese girls are even talking about the 解散ラッシュ or "rush to break up" recently and I don't normally hear the Japanese fans talking about it as much as foreign fans ? 
 
...unfortunately with kirakira (for me, at least) there aren't really new kirakira ones coming in right now. It's all ~dark~~ bands that are being made. 

thanks There's no live experience quite like kirakira bands. But yeah the Japanese girls are even talking about the 解散ラッシュ or "rush to break up" recently and I don't normally hear the Japanese fans talking about it as much as foreign fans ? 
 
...unfortunately with kirakira (for me, at least) there aren't really new kirakira ones coming in right now. It's all ~dark~~ bands that are being made. 

*gives you 100 kirakira bands* unfortunately we're all losing faves. It sucks.

You can give the kirakira bands to me. The two I follow are breaking up (Oneness and Cradle).

A lot of bands are breaking up and we haven't had a proper influx of bands that are particularly interesting, in my opinion. It's generally a pretty boring year for me.
 
Unfortunately Develop One's Faculties and The Benjamin failed to hold my interest.
 
Bands I'm still in VK for:
XAA-XAA is the main thing holding my interest right now. Their attention to detail is wonderful too. Glad to see they were mentioned before too. They are the only new band that's really kept me interested. Minus Jin-Say Orchestra is always phenomenal but the pitfall with them is their recording quality is pretty shit. I think most people that I know who got into them saw them first--it was the same with me. Their release this year has some great songs on it but... the recording quality ruins some of it. Ensoku is also great and consistent. But that's also the thing like you know exactly what to expect with Ensoku--and while it will be done well I don't think Ensoku would keep me interested if I didn't have the other two bands I listed above. Bands that I'm interested in
Reirei was surprisingly fun live Hiz was also a lot better live than recorded Shellmy is also a lot better live than recorded BLESSCODE ..also, a lot better live than recorded GAGA also has me mildly interested ViV oh my god RayJi is the best bassist he blows my mind but you see a pattern? For me at least this is an era of bands that you need to see live rather than listen to recorded.
 
Bands that have gone down in quality heavily imo
GIGAMOUS -- what happened? ??? ???? Souiumono -- what happened???????? Everything is so generic and boring now and what's with the autotune. They've lost a lot of fans (including their jouren--the girls who went to EVERYTHING and were basically the ones paying their salary due to how much money they poured into the band). I've been waiting for a break up announcement since Christmas.  RUVISH -- from last year there was a marked drop in quality and live is so forced now too  
A lot of Osaka (and Shikoku and Hiroshima) bands are bands you just need to see live, rather than listen to recorded, to be honest. XAA-XAA is one of the few that I enjoy listening to recorded as much as seeing live.. On the other hand Tokyo bands, in general, are really stale for me. 
 
Also kirakira bands (what you guys would label as "oshare kei" but that's another topic) are dying out. Personally, I need like at least one kirakira band in my life because the live experience is almost always just so fun (unless it's Sick2). 
 
Anyway, 2015 has been a lot of fun for me in seeing bands live, but as far as releases/new bands goes it's pretty meh (besides XAA-XAA).