A (Not So) Brief History of Tanuki & Visual Kei Message Boards

[Laurence02 185]

8 hours ago, Monochromelove said:

I would resume this thread about a curiosity. When I go on tanuki, and I try to reply something , a message appear telling 投稿完了！

But even if I refresh the page more times , my comment don't appear. 

For example if I try to post here http://new02.bbs.2ch2.net/test/read.cgi/visualtanuki/1540240492/i?guid=on 

(I just got a casual thread, just as example), nothing appears.

There's any kind of block for foreigners comments? I'm quite sure that some times from times to times, I was able to post. . but now again don't works anymore... someone knows? thanks ^^ 

Yup, at least I needed to use a Japanese VPN to comment..

[Monochromelove 6]

On 12/18/2018 at 3:42 PM, Laurence02 said:

Yup, at least I needed to use a Japanese VPN to comment..

I almost forgot about this question lol

What is vpn? I used proxy  or Tor but still I can't comment there the usual message appear... 

[Gesu 1537]

On 2/28/2019 at 10:58 PM, Monochromelove said:

I almost forgot about this question lol

What is vpn? I used proxy  or Tor but still I can't comment there the usual message appear... 

Virtual private network. It basically secures your connection and bypasses porn blockers.

 

Anyways, I've never liked Tanuki personally, but I will admit it's intriguing. I don't really go on it because I find it somewhat exhausting to see people saying things like that about people I admire (and I don't believe anything on it anyways), but it's a divisive topic, and, as with all divisive topics, it's strangely fascinating.

[jaymee 405]

It’s always interesting to go on Tanuki after a taiban and see what one band’s fans thought of the other bands/show or those band’s fans. You can get the same from Twitter but bc band dudes often search themselves in tweets and it isn’t anon the posts tend to be more reserved.

 

Also nothing beats Tanuki for speculation... sometimes posters are right on the mark and other times it’s just downright wild and hilarious.

[GreatNorthernVK 183]

I’ve tried browsing myself, and the excessive slang doesn’t quite translate well through most online translators. It took a while before I actually found something of consequence.

[Milayou 36]

On 3/8/2019 at 9:20 PM, jaymee said:

It’s always interesting to go on Tanuki after a taiban and see what one band’s fans thought of the other bands/show or those band’s fans. You can get the same from Twitter but bc band dudes often search themselves in tweets and it isn’t anon the posts tend to be more reserved.

 

Also nothing beats Tanuki for speculation... sometimes posters are right on the mark and other times it’s just downright wild and hilarious.

The funniest bit of gossip I ever dug up on there is Shun from Deshabillz spending most of the 2000's living as a pachinko addicted neet

[psychonnect_rozen 585]

How do even people come up with all the crazy Tanuki rumors. Half of them sound like they just pulled them out of their ass

[gret 90]

Thanks for this post! I can say my interest in vk fandom is as big as my interest in its music, so this is really great.

 

I daydream about having a documentary on vk culture too lol

[091012 52]

Holy crap I didn't know they shut down Tanuki! The craziest threads I ever read all referenced it. They probably shielded it all and redirected it somewhere, I don't know the correct tech term but I know it can be done. I didn't realize it was such a huge secret? I'd read stuff off it before but chose not to join cause of how raunchy it was. It seemed kinda sketch mainly as the girls were presented as hosts/bangya right off the bat but was still highly entertaining. It's a huge part of the culture and one would be rash to judge without seeing it first but on a general note I'd say, it's of value to the community in bringing light to the very human side if the industry. It weirds me out hearing it was a closed site. A friend of mine directed me there within the first few  months of getting into vkei and I  didn't think much of it at the time.

 

I started reading band blogs on yapLog before finding Ameba, then lost track when everyone transferred to Line. I still occasionally read Line, but it's seldom (most other countries have it, it never really caught on here.) So many of the bands have appeared on mainstream US platforms now. At least those with an interest in foreigners. Funny enough the guys with the least interest in branching out of Japan tend to be some of the more interesting intellectually.

[091012 52]

On 3/8/2019 at 6:20 PM, jaymee said:

It’s always interesting to go on Tanuki after a taiban and see what one band’s fans thought of the other bands/show or those band’s fans. You can get the same from Twitter but bc band dudes often search themselves in tweets and it isn’t anon the posts tend to be more reserved.

 

Also nothing beats Tanuki for speculation... sometimes posters are right on the mark and other times it’s just downright wild and hilarious.

That's what I thought was so cool about the site. Uncensored responses to lives. The reason the girls write all the wild commentary is clearly for the purpose of entertaining the bandsmen. Japanese women are hysterical. Something I loved about their concert goers. Best part about those sites in my opinion.

 

People are rarely that creative where I'm from, they just flame each other lmao. I can't even go to a garage band in America without hearing endless crap commentary and people bashing  each other trying to get bandgirls to turn on each other and side back and forth trying to get at the men. The idea is to turn each other on not turn on each other! Man I need to see Asia haha 

Edited October 22, 2019 by lei0418