anakuro

tanuki says every band will disband
tanuki says every bandman has a girlfriend / will get married / is married
tanuki says every bandman has an STD
tanuki says that all foreigners are stinky, have bad manners and shouldn't come to concerts
tanuki says a lot of things and sometimes it's right, sometimes it's partially right and sometimes it's wildly wrong
 
tbh if you can't read Japanese, I'd suggest not going on tanuki. There's so much slang and so many words that are used specifically for visual kei that translators will just botch it.
 
moreover you have to understand that more often than not people who are writing these things are people with a grudge taking advantage of how tanuki is anonymous. One person can write over and over pretending to be different people to make it sound more true. There are people who put their own name out there etc by themselves to get people to talk about them or to make others believe something (usually that they are "tsunagari"--have some sort of relationship with the band). 
 
the only reason to go on tanuki is for shits and giggles, not for reliable information

tanuki says every band will disband
tanuki says every bandman has a girlfriend / will get married / is married
tanuki says every bandman has an STD
tanuki says that all foreigners are stinky, have bad manners and shouldn't come to concerts
tanuki says a lot of things and sometimes it's right, sometimes it's partially right and sometimes it's wildly wrong
 
tbh if you can't read Japanese, I'd suggest not going on tanuki. There's so much slang and so many words that are used specifically for visual kei that translators will just botch it.
 
moreover you have to understand that more often than not people who are writing these things are people with a grudge taking advantage of how tanuki is anonymous. One person can write over and over pretending to be different people to make it sound more true. There are people who put their own name out there etc by themselves to get people to talk about them or to make others believe something (usually that they are "tsunagari"--have some sort of relationship with the band). 
 
the only reason to go on tanuki is for shits and giggles, not for reliable information

I think the (unspoken?) rule for tanuki is if you don't know how to use it you shouldn't be on there. Also, unless you have built up the really crazy japanese VK vocabulary then a lot will be nonsense...

well my icon is me an roji from like 5000 years ago (2014) but here is a more recent photo of me

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So in my experience--which is 5 years of going to concerts here--it is 100% normal to say  行く for going to a concert (or ライブ as it is often referred to--コンサート is usually used for things like orchestras etc).  I hear it, I use it, and I am asked it all the time in relation to lives.
 
○○に行く ⇒ I am going to (whatever concert, whatever band)
○○に行くつもりです or ○○行く予定です⇒ I intend on going to~ or I plan on going to~ 
are completely fine. 
 
Another point is in English we say "I am going to~" as future tense. You cannot use ～ている form as future tense.  It is a current state of being. If you say (concert)に来ている！ you are saying that you are coming to the concert right now (it's not quite the right word choice in that situation either, but that's another topic).  It would be the same for a band coming to a place--you wouldn't say ～に来ている unless they are on their way right now, instead it would be ～に来る
 
However, imagine you just told your friend you are going to a live. After you have revealed that, imagine that you now want to know if they are going too. In that situation, you are more likely to ask 来る？ or to tell them something like 来てね！/来てほしい right.  If you are undecided about whether or not you are going to the concert you would ask them 行く？ 
 
An important note, when someone is going to a concert, whether you are there are not, and you want to tell them to enjoy it you would NOT say 楽しんでいって instead you would tell them 楽しんできて  
 
I hope that's helpful
 

So in my experience--which is 5 years of going to concerts here--it is 100% normal to say  行く for going to a concert (or ライブ as it is often referred to--コンサート is usually used for things like orchestras etc).  I hear it, I use it, and I am asked it all the time in relation to lives.
 
○○に行く ⇒ I am going to (whatever concert, whatever band)
○○に行くつもりです or ○○行く予定です⇒ I intend on going to~ or I plan on going to~ 
are completely fine. 
 
Another point is in English we say "I am going to~" as future tense. You cannot use ～ている form as future tense.  It is a current state of being. If you say (concert)に来ている！ you are saying that you are coming to the concert right now (it's not quite the right word choice in that situation either, but that's another topic).  It would be the same for a band coming to a place--you wouldn't say ～に来ている unless they are on their way right now, instead it would be ～に来る
 
However, imagine you just told your friend you are going to a live. After you have revealed that, imagine that you now want to know if they are going too. In that situation, you are more likely to ask 来る？ or to tell them something like 来てね！/来てほしい right.  If you are undecided about whether or not you are going to the concert you would ask them 行く？ 
 
An important note, when someone is going to a concert, whether you are there are not, and you want to tell them to enjoy it you would NOT say 楽しんでいって instead you would tell them 楽しんできて  
 
I hope that's helpful
 

So in my experience--which is 5 years of going to concerts here--it is 100% normal to say  行く for going to a concert (or ライブ as it is often referred to--コンサート is usually used for things like orchestras etc).  I hear it, I use it, and I am asked it all the time in relation to lives.
 
○○に行く ⇒ I am going to (whatever concert, whatever band)
○○に行くつもりです or ○○行く予定です⇒ I intend on going to~ or I plan on going to~ 
are completely fine. 
 
Another point is in English we say "I am going to~" as future tense. You cannot use ～ている form as future tense.  It is a current state of being. If you say (concert)に来ている！ you are saying that you are coming to the concert right now (it's not quite the right word choice in that situation either, but that's another topic).  It would be the same for a band coming to a place--you wouldn't say ～に来ている unless they are on their way right now, instead it would be ～に来る
 
However, imagine you just told your friend you are going to a live. After you have revealed that, imagine that you now want to know if they are going too. In that situation, you are more likely to ask 来る？ or to tell them something like 来てね！/来てほしい right.  If you are undecided about whether or not you are going to the concert you would ask them 行く？ 
 
An important note, when someone is going to a concert, whether you are there are not, and you want to tell them to enjoy it you would NOT say 楽しんでいって instead you would tell them 楽しんできて  
 
I hope that's helpful
 

Name: we can go with anakuro
 
Age: 27
 
Years studied: Uh, 2.5 at university, then self study on and off. I've lived in Japan for 5 years and that's what improved my japanese the most.
 
Estimated level: advanced.
 
Knowledge of Hiragana/Katakana: all. 
 
Kanji: if you're asking me to handwrite, not many at all. I can read basic readings of probably 1000~ kanji. I can recognize the meaning of more (but not be able to tell you how to read it). It's hard to assess because, well, I don't/can't really count them; depends on what criteria you're using; for many kanji I know them in the context of words, not a single kanji alone.
 
What is your main goal with studying Japanese?: need to improve vocabulary and grammar. I want to pass the N2 for job related reasons.
 
What materials have you used before?: At uni we used Genki 1 & 2 but I wasn't a big fan at all. I don't know what we used when I studied abroad, but I wasn't that into it either. I've used memrise to help with learning vocabulary. JET program japanese language course books two years (intermediate, advanced). I'm currently using sou matome, but it seems way too easy for the N2--also, not the biggest fan of the grammar book.
 
But really, I learned through immersion. I lived in a really small town for three years and had to use japanese every day. I couldn't be shy and not speak japanese--otherwise I'd never talk at all. On the other hand, I feel like my skills went down after moving to osaka. I've started self studying again & my boyfriend only speaks japanese so I feel like I'm slowly getting back to where I used to be.

Latest purchases °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
 
MUCC -  脈拍 LP
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 LP
Vision of Fatima - In Your Blot:__
Sable Hills - Absolute 

そういえば、前に大阪にも来ると言ったよね？いつ大阪に来る？
 
 
はじめまして、
申し訳ないけど、名前は特に書きたくないのであなくろって呼んでもいい。
2012年にアメリカから島根に引っ越したけど、今は大阪に住んどる👆😊👆
昔にはヴィジュアル系に行ってたけどもう卒業した(笑)今はメタルコアやハードコアのライブによく行く。やっぱりヴィジュアル系より、楽なんだ。
ライブ以外、普段はよくNetflix見たり、ポケモンGOやったりするね😊偶に飲みにも行くけど、年取ってる()もし飲みに行ったら、次の日にしんどすぎてそろそろバーに行くのやめようかなっと(笑)
 
最近日本語能力試験のためまた自分で日本語を勉強してきた。12月にN2を受験することになったけどマジで不安😢
 
よろしくお願いします🙏

Actually, regarding technique, Roji was probably one of the best drummers in the VK circuit. Live, An can't keep up with the original parts Roji use to play because they're so hard. An is not an awful drummer, there's just a pretty extreme gap between his level and Roji's. As a fan I'm kind of disappointed.

I don't know the band to be honest but
 
再始動 = restart
So, it's definitely not a one day only thing

@Tokage
They were so good man like one of the best of the night

I went to that elect horror pictures show live tonight btw 
 
曖昧中毒
they do have another release that was released today, live house only and is limited to 100 copies (only 90something are for sale because the members "bought" copies each). 
The cool thing about them was there were only bassists. Three bassists + the singer who would sometimes play too. There was some really great parts but overall I feel like once the novelty of 3 bassists wears off that's where enjoying the band also ends.
 
as for what's going on with 太平洋ベルト
they had a bunch of old CDs with them, nothing new, but I guess the prices were lowered a bit?
they seem to have updated their website (kind of) since I last looked at it http://id6.fm-p.jp/129/osibe/  
 
マツタケワークス
Eiji's cult lives on
I'm  guessing at this point they wont be making any new music considering they've done matsutake works for so long and not put out anything. the only goods they had were cheki--a year or so ago they had stickers but it seems like they dont even sell those anymore

Couldn't agree more. 
I didn't like where XAA-XAA had been going for a while but now I..really dont have high hopes...

This is a real bummer. One of the most impressive things about their sound is his drumming.

Ahhh, I loved them.  I saw them over 10 times they were always so fun
I didnt get to go to the last live but i'm glad I was able to go to the revival last year
 
I've also gone to sessions that Juki and Syuma have been in but as expected I'd rather see Oneness😂
 
I went to a GARAK'S instore back in feb and Syuma was like "next time wear the [Oneness] hat" lmao😂

@-NOVA- probably because rami's the manager of the osaka like an edison shop

Hello let's talk about HONE YOUR SENSE again
 
Yesterday was Kenta's last live and HYS' first oneman

they played all of their songs

Including my personal favorite: No one can stop my bath
 
They mentioned yesterday that a new guitarist was decided and officially announced today that Hiro is their new guitarist.
His twitter: https://twitter.com/Jts_mt
And newest photo:

I'm still shocked at Satoshi cutting his hair
 
 
Anyway I wonder if this will change their sound at all or not🤔
 
Oh yeah and they're putting forward a compilation album with like 17 bands total for 1000yen it's gonna be pretty sweet👌

Hello let's talk about HONE YOUR SENSE again
 
Yesterday was Kenta's last live and HYS' first oneman

they played all of their songs

Including my personal favorite: No one can stop my bath
 
They mentioned yesterday that a new guitarist was decided and officially announced today that Hiro is their new guitarist.
His twitter: https://twitter.com/Jts_mt
And newest photo:

I'm still shocked at Satoshi cutting his hair
 
 
Anyway I wonder if this will change their sound at all or not🤔
 
Oh yeah and they're putting forward a compilation album with like 17 bands total for 1000yen it's gonna be pretty sweet👌

Hello let's talk about HONE YOUR SENSE again
 
Yesterday was Kenta's last live and HYS' first oneman

they played all of their songs

Including my personal favorite: No one can stop my bath
 
They mentioned yesterday that a new guitarist was decided and officially announced today that Hiro is their new guitarist.
His twitter: https://twitter.com/Jts_mt
And newest photo:

I'm still shocked at Satoshi cutting his hair
 
 
Anyway I wonder if this will change their sound at all or not🤔
 
Oh yeah and they're putting forward a compilation album with like 17 bands total for 1000yen it's gonna be pretty sweet👌

@jduv86
Actually, they're not VK!  
I think Mr. Merry said something about how he made the MV himself. And once again it's not for $"Casper but for him doing the opening act at Shiki's birthday
 

personally I wouldn't say them not looking at you is snubbing you
 
Also I was always fond of sitting on the floor and headbanging. I think that's one thing I will miss from VK haha
 
I think my fav non-VK experience was Bara from HONE YOUR SENSE handing me a beer from the stage😂
 
As for VK....
 
I can't count catching picks/drum sticks/etc as special, like them looking at me,  talking directly to me or being given the mic to say something/scream at a live because that's honestly not that unusual.
 
I've gone to like 200 VK lives so under a spoiler because there's a lot of little things (and this is the condensed version)

personally I wouldn't say them not looking at you is snubbing you
 
Also I was always fond of sitting on the floor and headbanging. I think that's one thing I will miss from VK haha
 
I think my fav non-VK experience was Bara from HONE YOUR SENSE handing me a beer from the stage😂
 
As for VK....
 
I can't count catching picks/drum sticks/etc as special, like them looking at me,  talking directly to me or being given the mic to say something/scream at a live because that's honestly not that unusual.
 
I've gone to like 200 VK lives so under a spoiler because there's a lot of little things (and this is the condensed version)

personally I wouldn't say them not looking at you is snubbing you
 
Also I was always fond of sitting on the floor and headbanging. I think that's one thing I will miss from VK haha
 
I think my fav non-VK experience was Bara from HONE YOUR SENSE handing me a beer from the stage😂
 
As for VK....
 
I can't count catching picks/drum sticks/etc as special, like them looking at me,  talking directly to me or being given the mic to say something/scream at a live because that's honestly not that unusual.
 
I've gone to like 200 VK lives so under a spoiler because there's a lot of little things (and this is the condensed version)