GARNET CROW part.172

Official website: ttp://www.garnetcrow.com ★ LIVE DVD on sale June 27! 【GARNET CROW LIVESCOPE OF THE TWILIGHT VALLEY】ONBD-7078 — ¥3,990 (The first pressing only includes a CD featuring several of the members’ favorite takes selected from the live recordings.) ★ 25th single on sale July 4! 【Namida no Yesterday】 B-side: “Go For It” 　　　“Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” GZCA-4096 — ¥1,260 (tax included) ※ Airing as the opening theme for the TV anime *Detective Conan* since June 18! ★ Fan-club events announced! Sunday, June 17 — Amagasaki: Archaic Hall, Hyogo Prefecture Saturday, July 7 — Hitomi Memorial Hall (Showa Women’s University), Tokyo ★ GARNET CROW figures in production! They’ll be about 10 cm tall and wear the outfits from the 2005 Premium Live. Expected to be sold at fan-club events and through fan-club mail order. One set of all four members, expected to cost around ¥10,000. ▲ Regular program ▲ Every Sunday — α-STATION 89.4 MHz, “PASTIME PARADISE” (Hitoshi Okamoto) ◆ Please strictly use sage; keep things relaxed. ◆ Don’t cause trouble for others. ◆ Stop making up fake information; people dislike it. ◆ Trolls, thread-bumpers, fantasizers (especially negative ones), people who bring up other artists, creeps, 　　and people who just demand things are mostly bait and provocations. Ignore them completely. ◆ Remember that this is an anonymous forum. Fixed usernames are prohibited. ◆ If a post is unbearable, use a dedicated browser to add IDs, fixed usernames, words, etc. to your NG list. ◆ Mobile users can’t filter spammy fixed usernames and trolls, so it may look as if they aren’t being ignored. 　 Please be sure to ignore them completely. If you engage, you’re no better than the trolls. ◆ Avoid wording and posts that make you look embarrassing as a person. ◆ Hardcore Yuri Nakamura devotees are not allowed to use this thread. Please use the dedicated thread. ◆ The next thread should be started by >>950. No subtitles, though. Use common sense when changing the template. ◆ If the thread gets too unreasonable, someone may request its deletion, so be careful. ◆ Posting virus code or old posts is prohibited. ◆ Absolutely no solo monologues by people talking to themselves. 　 If you see a post like that, pity the person and ignore them with style. ◆ Absolutely ignore posts by spammy fixed usernames. 　 If you engage, you’re just as embarrassing as they are. Previous thread: GARNET CROW part 171 http://music8.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1180273099/

Cunt.

>>1 Thanks for starting the thread.

>>1 Thanks for the thread~

Thanks for “Namida no Yesterday”!

Thanks for starting the thread! Let’s hope the wish in the previous thread, >>943, comes true.

Well, >>1... I just noticed that the Conan version of “Namida no Yesterday” has been posted on YouTube.

>>1 Thanks for the thread~

June 17 — Amagasaki Archaic Hall ~Live setlist~ “Kono Te wo Nobaseba” “Rusty Rail” (tambourine) “Wasurezaki” (Yurippe’s white flute) “Kaze to RAINBOW” (new arrangement) “Towa ni Houmure” “Yuudachi no Niwa” (original key)

~Quiz contest~ Question 1: Fill in the missing lyric. ○ Question 2: Who is pictured at the far left on the first edition of *Gathering Heaven*? — Hirohito Furui. Question 3: Which one is the prototype of Yurippa 2? — The blue fluffy one. Question 4 onward: 　　　 What animal is printed on the disc label of the first edition of *Twilight Valley*? — A chameleon. 　　　 What hobby did Yurippe mention in the fifth-anniversary book? — Making beaded accessories. 　　　 What’s Mochi’s favorite onigiri filling? — Mentaiko mayonnaise. (Mochi/Okamochi are nicknames for Hitoshi Okamoto, unrelated to AZUKI Nana.) 　　　 God’s hand? (As a hint, God showed us his hand.) 　　　 What question are we on now? 　　　 When was the album *Sky Blue* released? — April 24, 2002.

Question 1: Fill in the missing lyric. “On this road where ○ rain falls, just as always” from “Yume Mita Ato de” — flowers.

If they ask obscure questions that only hardcore fans know, the people you get to shake hands with will all be creeps. They need to include some questions you can’t answer just by wildly guessing.

>>7 I’ve had it playing all day, lol.

This music video is really good.

Rather than Conan or whatever, I want them to sing the theme song for *Ranma ½*.

I watched the music video on Yahoo. For me, it’s one of their top three videos ever. It’s been so long since I’ve seen the four of them looking that happy. It almost made me cry. Let’s aim for No. 7!

I like “Sen Ijou” and “Natsu no Maboroshi,” I guess.

I mean the music video, by the way.

At last, the music videos feel normal again. This is what I wanted. Though I do kind of miss that low-budget feel...

>>1 Thanks for starting the thread.

I was going to say thanks for starting the thread... Ahh, this sucks, sucks, suuuucks.

“Namida no Yesterday” is god-tier this time. Maybe it’ll reach No. 1.

The ending of a GC song was used as background music on *Baribari Value*.

>>23 I heard it, too! It was “Blue no Mori de” and “Rusty Rail.”

Yahoo doesn’t support Mac, so I can’t watch it. I should cancel my subscription~ Damn it, damn it.

Yurippe is so cute in the music video. The song sounds good, too.

I’m looking forward to the Hitomi event.

Even voice actors get to interact with Downtown on *HEY! HEY! HEY!*, but GARNET... It’s about time they stepped into the spotlight, too.

AZUKI would get seriously angry if someone filmed her, so that’s a no-go.

>>25 Here you go: Nico Nico Douga.

The music video is a lot like ELLEGARDEN’s “Space Sonic.”

Does Azuki have a short temper? lol

I heard Yurippe sang with her shoulders bare at the fan-club event. Is that true?

>>31 I thought so, too.

I figured it out—Nana-san’s hair in the back is sticking up from bedhead!

The music video is great. That foreign middle-aged guy has a lot of character, too.

>>33 It’s true. “Kaze to RAINBOW” is strangely sexy.

>>35 That short hairstyle really suits her.

I played the Yahoo video, but it was practically a slideshow. It was like watching it one frame at a time... My low-spec computer is having a hard time ('A`)

>>39 You weren’t watching it in high quality, were you? If you set it to low quality, it should play smoothly.

It plays smoothly for me even in high quality. Especially the commercials and stuff. By the way, is there a way to save this?

There is.

>>41 You should search Google.

It’s been a long time since the GARNET thread felt this upbeat. I like the new song, too. I hope they keep this momentum going.

“Yesterday” will probably turn into a mess live, though. Lately I’ve been wondering if there are two Yuri Nakamuras.

Why?

When she’s in good shape, I think she sings pretty well.

At least she doesn’t get drowned out by the backing track anymore. I don’t know if it’s because she gets nervous, but anyway, she needs to fix her pitch.

Does her voice get rough like that because she’s nervous?

>>40 I switched it to low quality, and now it plays normally~! Now that’s what I call a video. Thanks (*´д`*)

>>49 Is she slacking off?

The DVD commercial just aired on Channel 4, and it startled me, lol.

20 ：みんな死ねばいいのに ◆DLFTWsKbr. ：2007/06/20(水) 20:23:34 ID:NIJfj9aq0 >>1 Thanks for starting the thread. Why does this monster, who keeps wishing for Ms. Izumi Sakai’s death and celebrating it when it happens, get to stay here? What is his real motive? The Shibuya explosion deaths, the drunk-driving deaths in Fukuoka... Why does he so fervently wish for humanity’s death and destruction? Are we ordinary people just supposed to silently accept this monster, who openly promotes an ideology diametrically opposed to GARNET CROW’s musicality, as he keeps getting his wishes fulfilled? Are we really so powerless? Can’t he be charged with some crime? I’m so frustrated I can’t sleep at night.

Back to the usual GARNET thread again ＼(＾o＾)／

How many more times do I have to sleep before the DVD comes out~

I really want to see the commercial... Maybe they’ll show it during CDTV or Conan next time.

Did GARNET’s atmosphere change because Nagato retired and a new president took over?

Could you speak Japanese, please?

By the way, can’t you watch the full version on GyaO?

I think the music video just looks that way because they put extra effort into it as their 1,000th song.

1,000 songs, lololol.

That’s quite an outrageous fabrication.

>>61 I did the simple math and imagined GARNET 70 years from now, lololol.

>>63 Yurippe would be 100 years old by then.

But Yurippe plans to stay 17 starting this year.

>>65 Sorry, I’m actually dying laughing, lol.

>>66 Was that really so funny? I don’t think >>65 was trying to be funny, lol.

It’s been about three months since the new song was announced. Lately her voice has been a little rough, and it’s getting hard to listen to... but it’s fine on CD, so I’m still going to check out the new song.

>>68 Come on, go listen to it on Yahoo or GyaO now.

I watched “Yume Mita Ato de” on GyaO. Her voice was loud enough and didn’t get drowned out by the instruments, and the performance was really good this time, too. I’m definitely going to buy the DVD.

~(・∀・)~ “Namida no Yesterdai”~♪ ↑You’ll understand what this means once you’ve seen the music video, lol.

The demon: http://mixi.jp/show_friend.pl?id=2492220

>>72 But I can’t get into Mixi.

>>73 Well, elementary and middle-school students can’t join anyway, right?＾＾

“Namida no Yesterday” I dreamed that Keisuke Kuwata was singing it.

I think it’d surprisingly suit him.

>>72 It redirected me to the homepage, so I thought I’d been exposed there. Did they already leave Mixi?

Lock Yurippe up.

Did the Mochi thread sink?

>>79 Yeah.

>>78 Reported.

There’s a video on YouTube where Yurippe’s cleavage is showing. I can’t believe she’d wear such a revealing outfit—you can see everything, not just a glimpse. Yurippe’s kind of sexy, too.

Yurippe’s got nothing but a flat chest!

>>80 How about using this thread instead? 【Old】Garnet Struggle: Boys’ Love 801【Mochi】 http://sakura03.bbspink.com/test/read.cgi/801/1174018205/

Let’s not do that... That said, I don’t know how to start a thread, either. Could some kind person make one for us?

Yuri Nakamura is on *Gurunai* right now.

Yuri Mari, Natsuka, Mizuka.

Has the Hitomi ticket still not arrived?

Mine hasn’t arrived yet, either.

There are only two weeks left... Will it arrive tomorrow...?

Do women have a better chance of getting seats near the front, or is it first come, first served? Surely it isn’t a lottery...

I can’t be the only one who’s going to slow down the DVD and check the shape of Yurippe’s bra from behind once it’s out.

>>92 Hey, “I”...? lol

>>92 This time, keep an eye on that bouncy butt, too.

On this DVD, it’s more about her butt than her chest. It’s really tight... though I’m not going to do anything weird with it.

Don’t go against your instinct to preserve the species.

Her butt’s like that, but the front is impressive, too (^^ゞ

The usual trick is to cut to a close-up of her mouth to fake a blowjob, lol.

Nana-san always wears pants. Just once, I’d love to catch a glimpse of her panty line...

Let’s play GARNET word-chain! Short phrases are fine. Join in if you’re bored. GARNET CROW — “u”

“Un” (yeah).

At least say something like “ukon” (turmeric)...

“Naked Story.”

This is my first time seeing the music video, but Yurippe (vocalist Yuri Nakamura) is way too cute. And they emphasize Nana’s (lyricist AZUKI Nana) chest way too much, too.

>>100 It’s “oolong tea.”

>>105 ／(＾o＾)＼ Yacchinchin!

That’s a nice tripcode.

>>92 So people like that really exist. I have absolutely no interest in Yurippe’s body.

>>107 Is it me? Thanks. Though I’d hesitate to use this tripcode outside a GARNET CROW thread. Still, I also think it kind of looks like the author of orz.

“Resonate into my chest” I like that “nomuu” part.

To watch the Yahoo video, I installed both IE7 and Media Player 11, did a system restore and all sorts of other things, and finally managed to watch it! By the way, the older guy looks pretty young in three-quarter sleeves, lol.

This song isn’t very good. It feels kind of cheap, and compared with their older songs, the work has gotten childish.

Just call it an innocent song.

>>112 It’s a Conan theme song, so what can you do? lol Hint: Conan = gets drugged and turned into a child-sized body.

There’s footage of the Premium Live on YouTube. Is there anywhere I can get it? Or was it something that aired on BS or something?

GARNET CROW is really about the album tracks. Singles are just the appetizers.

There’s a review on BARKS. It’s been a while since all of them appeared together, right?

>>115 You used to be able to watch it on GyaO. You can’t anymore.

>>115 Download it from Winny.

・If I walk straight down this road ・If I could walk straight down this road, where would it lead? “Kyoshizou”

“Yasashii Ame” “Mawarimichi” I like both of them.

I’m looking forward to Amagasaki tomorrow~♪

Tomorrow?

I couldn’t start the Mochi thread from either my computer or my phone. Nana-san winking in the music video is way too unfair...

The harmony at the end of “Haru Matsu Hana” seems to have a similar melody in another song (?). Which one was it?

>>122 Is something happening? Tell me.

>>125 Could it be “Kimi to Iu Hikari”?

I listened to the DVD commentary by Mochi, but I couldn’t make out what he was saying. I wish he’d speak more clearly.

>>118 I see, thanks. I liked the atmosphere of that one better than the DVD that’s coming out now, so that’s a shame.

My ticket arrived. First row (^q^)

>>130 Really?!

>>112 I don’t think it’s childish, but it does feel like something’s missing. It’s like a carbonated drink that’s gone flat. People who like this kind of song will probably be really into it. It’s been a while since we’ve had one like this, so I don’t think it’s bad, but I also find it a little cheap-sounding.

Maybe they made it this way so people would understand it after one listen and the general public would like it.

Thanks for trying to look on the bright side.

I want to send an illustration to G-NET. Is there anything you’d like me to draw? Maybe something from a music video?

Isn’t that something you should decide yourself?

An idol-style composite picture you made yourself.

>>134 Yeah... just like usual, let’s pretend the A-side doesn’t exist and look forward to the B-side.

>>122 Tomorrow at last, huh.

The commercial’s here━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!

They aired it back-to-back♪

And Mochi did the voice-over, lol.

From the live-show commercial, “Eden” sounds a little worrying. It sounds like she’s slurring her words. Am I the only one?

When will the full music video for “Namida no Yesterday” be released...? It looks like it’s already finished.

And then I realized it’s already on YouTube...

>>144 Go watch it on GyaO.

Read the thread first.

Is “FLYING,” included on the *Tales* compilation, a different version? If anyone knows, please tell me.

I’m happy that “Namida no Yesterday” is confirmed to make the top 10. Anyway, let’s show the world the power of Gane fans!

>>148 The regular CD version is probably the standard one, but the DVD version is for the opening, so I think that one is different. Maybe you should ask someone who knows.

By the way, the distributor is Avex, lol.

I watched “Namida no...” on Nico Nico Douga. It was pretty good. The live vocals disappointed me, but I guess I’m fine just listening to the CDs. The performance, sound, singing, and melody all fit together beautifully.

We are not seeking to wield enormous power recklessly. For our wages, for our music, for our GARNET, we must rise up. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　—From Hirohito Furui’s “Speech at the Fan-Club Event Amagasaki Military March”

It has an Ed Sullivan Show kind of feel. But since he’s playing a synthesizer, it feels really out of place, lol.

My understanding is that this fan-club event is for the seventh anniversary and was planned by Nana-san, but in Amagasaki Nana-san...

Which Beatles album cover looks exactly like this one? Someone upload it, please.

>>156 Lurk for seven years first.

Azuki and Nagato are...

Can’t anyone watch the Gane video on BARKS? Mine just keeps saying “buffering...” Can everyone else play it?

http://imepita.jp/20070624/525710 Yurippe from the DVD.

>>157 I’ve been lurking.

What happened to the Mochi thread?

>>159 I can’t watch it either... It starts playing for a moment, but then stops right away. It works in RealPlayer, though.

Can “Yesterday” make the top 10? I really hope it does this time, no matter what. No. 7 seems unlikely, though...

>>163 It plays normally for me, so I think BARKS is fine. Maybe it’s your internet provider or your PC setup? When I used to watch Yahoo videos with WMP 10, it always said “busy,” too. Switching to WMP 11 fixed it.

There are a lot of different looks in this music video.

Compared to the previous ones, anyway.

Are dedicated browsers without a search function circulating now, too?

At some point, the template’s wording about fixed usernames changed from “fixed usernames are annoying” to “fixed usernames are prohibited”...

>>164 If everyone buys seven copies, we could get No. 1, not just No. 7, lol.

>>169 The fixed usernames in this thread have never been normal.

>>171 No, there are some decent ones, right? Like you... No way! (followed by an ASCII-art face)

LOL.

[ASCII-art face] >>172, you’re bluffing. That’ll be 100 million yen. Still, I was just thinking I’m getting a little tired of this tripcode, so maybe it’s time to stop using it.

Ellie from *Liar Game* looks like Yuri Nakamura.

If anything, she looks like AZUKI.

In this picture, she kind of looks like her: http://vista.o0o0.jp/img/vi8234586275.jpg

Is this the person you mean...? http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/michiko_blog/imgs/4/4/44809a25.jpg http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/65/7c/10022769944.jpg What a handsome Yurippe, lol. She has a Takarazuka vibe.

>>177 （*´ー｀*）

>>79 ▲Hitoshi Okamoto part 4▲ http://music8.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/minor/1182694792/l50

Conan is on tomorrow.

It’s today.

Has anyone in Tokyo received their fan-club event ticket yet? Mine hasn’t come.

I missed it last week, so I have to watch today.

I watched it last week, but I have to watch again today, lol.

Looks like a lot of people missed it last week, so here’s a reminder! Conan’s opening theme is on today at 7:30 p.m. Don’t forget. And don’t skip the commercials, either.

If you’re really worried you’ll miss it, just record it and you’ll be fine.

Who’s doing the voice-over in the commercial?

>>183 Still watching Conan.

It’s here━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━the commercial!

The opening-theme commercial is on!

The new opening song is great, of course, but it’s awesome that we get to see Kazuha every week.

I’ve recently become a GARNET CROW captive. By the way, which GARNET CROW song is the most popular? I’m into a somewhat obscure one myself, but I really like “Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakasou.”

They didn’t even air the DVD commercial.

Sorry for bumping the thread.

>>194 They used up the promotional slots on the opening and ending themes.

Nakamura and her husband visited a model room at a tower apartment building. Her husband was pretty handsome.

>>193 You only got into them recently, so how do you know whether that song is obscure?

>>193 What’s obscure about a single?

The culprit is Genta.

>>193 Anyway, “Yume Mita Ato de” sold the most. This thread might help, too: http://etc6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1170067607/101-200

Thanks. I’ll use it as a reference.

>>193 Your dream... (cut off)

The culprit is GENTA.

GENTA CROW.

>>193 I still think it’s best to start with their indie period, first album, and second album. Those albums have a lot of songs quite different from “Kimi wo Kazaru...,” but when I think of GARNET CROW, those are the first ones that come to mind. Up through those albums, they had a lot of songs that felt uniquely GARNET CROW, unlike the artists we’d heard before.

The easiest thing is Disc 1 of the best-of album.

>>183 It hasn’t arrived yet.

“Tomorrow, the postman will ring the bell”—that one.

Whether it’s a bob or whatever, Yuri Nakamura should get a pageboy haircut. It would definitely suit her. And no one else has one.

I finally got a copy before the official release! The DVD is the best!

What tracks are included on the live CD?

I’ve decided not to buy it. Yurippe (vocalist Yuri Nakamura)’s voice is too rough, after all. How many of you aren’t buying it?

I’m not buying anything besides the CD.

I have to wait until work is over before I can go buy it... I can’t focus on work at all.

“Namida no Yesterday” is great.

I bought it in Akihabara during my lunch break. I wonder if there are any stores that give you a poster or something.

I’ve looked everywhere, but the DVD is sold out... Is the shipment just late? @ Kobe Sannomiya

>>218 Ask a store employee. Use common sense.

>>218 Ask a store employee.

Ask for the store manager.

I got it before the official release... The sparkling eyes on the cover are kind of dazzling.

I got the shipping email from Amazon. Should I go to the fashion exhibition?

Some parts of the MC were cut out (´･ω･｀)

Live CD: 1. “Himawari no Iro” 2. “Yume Mita Ato de” 3. “Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de” That’s all.

Huh, only three songs...? >>225, thanks. I’ll put that money toward the ZARD best-of album instead...

There are only three songs—that’s why it’s cheap.

Test.

>>228 Test your tripcode somewhere else. Get lost.

I’m buying the DVD because it includes “Sorairo no Neko.”

Huhhh~ only three songs, lol. I’ll put the money toward “Namida no Yesterday” instead.

It’s really only three songs, lolol.

Something about “Kaze to RAINBOW” on this DVD feels off. I went to the Nakano show, and she definitely sang “Kimi wa Automation.” But on the DVD, it’s the same as the later CD release: she sings “Kimi wa Automaton.” I wondered if my ears were wrong, but the screen behind them later displayed “automation,” so the Nakano performance really must have been “Automation.” Either they used footage from the Osaka show there, or they replaced the vocals afterward.

Only three tracks, huh. Well, it’s just a bonus... >>233 Yeah, at Nakano it was definitely “Automation.” I’d like to hear that version again.

The ticket came, woohoo!

So today was the early-release date for the DVD. If the delivery hadn’t shown up, I would’ve completely forgotten. This is the first time no one’s brought it up before the release date, isn’t it? By the way, my ticket still hasn’t arrived...

I... I have no money... If it looks like I can’t afford the CD on the 4th, I’ll at least rent it so I can get the audio...

>>233 I went to Osaka, and it was “Automation” there, too. But can they really change just that one part on the DVD?

>>239 They can. The video and audio are recorded separately.

>>239 Your ID! Go check out the thread about that famous squatting woman!

>>240 Wait, lol, who’s that?

>>241 The New Blog Queen ☆ Azumi Uehara part 20 ☆ A-chan http://music8.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjf/1175950254/l50

>>241 Thanks. I went to look.

Only three tracks, lolol. It reminds me of the DVD that came with the first pressing of the fifth album. I don’t feel like I need this DVD that much, either, so I’ll skip it this time.

They’re supposed to be the best takes... Maybe they only thought three of them were good enough... By the way, I don’t want to hear “Yume Mita Ato de” again... There’s already a live version on the best-of album.

My ID changed, orz.

I see. Maybe each member picked one song.

>>246 Ah, it changed, lol. And you went straight over to that squatting-woman thread, lololol.

Did Gane not go to ZARD’s musical memorial? At least, I wonder if they left a message at the venue.

1　43,275　43,275　Gackt (first No. 1 across singles and albums; his 27th work to enter the Top 10) 2　22,995　115,768　GReeeeN (their highest position yet) 3　22,358　101,635　YUI 4　19,721　19,721　KREVA (feat. Masamune Kusano; his highest position yet) 5　15,569　348,175　KAT-TUN

>>248 Sorry, lol. Thanks!

“Yume Mita” has a high note up to E6, but for some reason it’s one of the songs Yurippe sings most steadily.

>>250 What’s their highest chart position now?

For singles, No. 6 with “Yume Mita” and “Kaze to RAINBOW”/“Kono Te.” For albums, No. 4 with *SPARKLE* and the best-of album.

Correction: For singles, No. 6 with “Yume Mita” and “Kaze to RAINBOW”/“Kono Te.” For albums, No. 4 with *SPARKLE*, the best-of album, and *THE TWILIGHT VALLEY*.

Thanks. I’ll try to scrape together some money—I want to buy it during the first week...

The DVD case looks like a box of instant curry.

Yurippe is dazzling.

Sudden change of topic, but who drew the fan-club event illustration collection?

During Hitoshi Okamoto’s (Mochi’s) segment, he said, “Please also check the evacuation routes.” The audience should’ve reacted more at that moment... I can’t believe they edited it so the audio was muted. Poor Mochi.

“Holding you,and swinging” and “Yasashii Ame” on the live DVD are really wonderful. Those were the moments that most brought back the emotions I felt at the live show. It’s become a present for my birthday tomorrow.

Huh? There’s an introduction of the support musicians, but was there no introduction of the actual members? I thought it came after “A crown,” following the encore.

>>262 There wasn’t a member introduction at the live show. Without that, it feels like the energy never really builds. By the way, is there only one regular edition of “Namida no Yesterday”? If so, won’t it be hard to make the top 10...?

The picture quality on GIZA’s music videos and live footage is so dirty—I don’t know if the cameras are bad or what. I can finally watch it after upscaling it on a PS3 and turning on noise reduction. Even the commercials are so blurry I feel like they shouldn’t be shown on digital TV.

I went to the panel display at Gobangai, but it was pretty pathetic (´･ω･｀) At least use the surrounding walls, too—

It ended with “Mawarimichi”♪ I just finished watching.

>>213 That kind of voice is hard to listen to.

I finished watching it. They cut out the “dog on the cliff” comment. They also cut out the comment about working part-time at 7-Eleven. Mochi... orz

Why is GARNET’s live sound so quiet? Honestly, Nana-san’s (AZUKI Nana’s) piano playing is pretty bad, too... This live show didn’t even have backing vocals, so it feels like something’s missing. By the way, I’m a fan, just so you know. I’ll keep looking forward to what they do...

What an awkward person.

>>269 Maybe they’re just not the kind of act that’s suited to live performances?

I finished watching it all— Overall, this one felt really steady. Personally, it’s my favorite so far. The previous ones were over after one or two listens, but this one seems like something I can listen to over and over. “Rusty Rail” is the best.

>>271 I see... Yeah, rather than a live act, maybe they’re more the kind of artist you listen to repeatedly on CD in a relaxed setting.

They were never on a live-performance-oriented path to begin with. Still, as creators and artists, I do hope they’ll put in a little more effort onstage.

Even on CD, I wish they’d do a better job with the programmed drums. And if they can’t produce enough sound live, they could use live recordings on the CD... But I guess Gane probably isn’t going in that direction.

I want a wallpaper of Yurippe wearing a hat in “Yesterday.” Does anyone know where I can find a good picture?

Nope.

>>269 Quiet vocals? I thought the backing band sounded pretty good. (Except AZUKI Nana, though.) Anyway, think back to the first and third album tours. Her pitch was off, sure, but her volume has improved a lot. The third-album tour was rough, right? And Yurippe is really strong at shorter events with fewer songs.

>>269 I think the vocals sound quiet because of the DVD sound mixer.

>>269 To put it bluntly, your listening setup is just bad.

>>267 The “dog on the cliff” thing was a popular joke at the time, lol.

DVD.

The ticket’s here, here, here!

>>283 Mine just arrived, too ｷﾀ━(゜∀゜)━!!!

Did anyone get a first-row seat?

I’m on the second floor (´；ω；｀)

First floor, row Su... is that a good seat...?

I’m on the fifth floor (ノ_・｡)

Is row I on the first floor the front row? That’s what it looks like from the Hitomi seating chart.

I is the front row~

>>290 Thanks.

>>289 Isn’t it the Iroha order—i, ro, ha, ni, ho, he, to...?

It follows the Japanese syllabary order: a, i, u, e, o. Somehow there’s no A row.

>>286 I’m on the second floor, too... orz I went all the way to Tokyo for this, and I’m starting to regret it...

Looking at it, there seems to be an A row, too. Is there another version of the seating chart? http://www.classic-japan.com/hall/showa_joshi2.html

During Hitoshi Okamoto’s solo segment, Yurippe stole the spotlight with the way she looked into the camera, lol.

I watched the DVD. Has Ms. Nakamura gotten used to live shows? I could hear her just fine. The drummer wasn’t Dave, orz.

I watched the DVD. The thighs and crotch of the guy sitting behind Nana were especially noticeable. And at the end of “Yasashii Ame,” Nana turned around and stared at his crotch with a really happy look on her face. That was quite a sight. I’m excited.

I’ve never seen Yurippe look so flirtatious, lol. But this is the happiest-looking DVD so far. Everyone was really into it, lol. >>286 >>294 About half of the first and second floors at Hitomi Memorial Hall overlap, so even on the second floor, a seat near the front should be good. Better than the back of the first floor.

I’m on the second floor, orz. I have a terrible fear of heights, so I’m nervous. Here’s some information for those who didn’t get the Drops newsletter. —After taking off the black jacket during the third song, she was wearing a glittering silver outfit. It surprised me. Everyone said she looked like Nishikino (we all laughed). The material was like what figure skaters wear—it wasn’t hot and was comfortable, too. —Are there any difficult songs in the live set? From “Rai Rai Ya” onward, Hirohito Furui was watching the live strings section closely, I think. I always get nervous during “Holy ground.” The emotional climax at the end takes the most concentration. So if you look closely, you’ll see my face is stiff until that song. Afterward, I relaxed (laughs). —During the MC in the 10th song’s “Okamocchi corner,” the mood suddenly went cold, though (laughs). Okamocchi’s MC is all improvised~ Since it’s an important transition, I take the opportunity to rest, too (everyone laughs). It may seem like the least necessary part, but it’s actually really important (everyone laughs).

>>299 Thanks for the info. If seats near the front are better, I’ll look forward to it. Still, there are surprisingly a lot of people on the second floor, lol.

What, it wasn’t that bad. I thought it was pretty interesting. >>300 “It may seem like the least necessary part”—I’m dying, lol.

Which CD is the “Yasashii Ame” on the DVD from? It’s such a good song, so I’m curious.

*Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakasou*.

Because it’s absolutely terrible, I’m not telling you. Come to think of it, Gane doesn’t have any good songs anyway.

Yurippe’s sadistic side...

My ticket arrived. I wonder what row it is~

Second floor... Row D. I’m so jealous of the first row~

I’m incredibly excited about Yurippe after she takes off her jacket. The big-breast legend is still going strong. Her full, taut breasts look great. And although people have hardly talked about it before, her butt is surprisingly shapely, too. Her pubic mound doesn’t stick out much, so the line from there to her butt looks straight and clean, without much protruding. I also liked the part in “Yume Hanabi” where she was dancing and singing, then went off-key and Nana gave a little laugh. I really don’t think I’ve ever seen Yurippe that excited before.

I got the front row!... on the second floor, orz. There are way too many second-floor people, lol. Is there no one with a first-floor front-row seat?

First floor... but I got “He,” orz. I was kind of hoping the Iroha order meant it’d be the sixth row, but damn...

First floor... “Ho.”

The live DVD is No. 2 on the daily chart, woohoo!

Mine just came, too! Center section, seat “Ne”!

They lost to Berryz Kobo... Is No. 1 that hard...?

>>310 Wasn’t it row I? lol There’s a sheet of paper in the envelope that looks like a memo, besides the ticket and the event info. What is it?

In the DVD performance of “Yume Hanabi,” I remember the English-lyric section was longer at the Osaka show...

I hadn’t expected much from the bonus CD after reading this thread, but the sound and vocals are better than I thought.

>>316 It’s a message card for Gane. You put it in the box at the venue.

First floor, row I, right in the middle♪ I’ll bring my binoculars and observe them closely♪

>>319 Thanks. It was mentioned in the email from the fan club.

I have to wait until my exams are over before buying the DVD... Does anyone know how long Amazon’s 25% discount will last? Also, is it true they used a Gane song on *Baribari Value*? I’m really looking forward to it.

The discount dropped to 15%... OTZ

I’m watching the DVD. They get better with every live show. Though they’re still not as good as on CD. Even so, couldn’t they do something about the costumes? Yurippe’s outfit...

The costumes are one thing, but they really cut out a lot of the MC... They even cut the member introductions. I have no idea what they were thinking.

Are there parts of the DVD where the frames drop? At first I thought it was because I was playing it on a PC, but it’s the same on a DVD player. Is it a visual effect?

It’s nice that the live vocals aren’t as disastrous as they used to be.

>>326 Do you mean the part in “Kakurenbo,” for example? If so, it’s a visual effect. It says so in the booklet, too.

>>320 You can even see Nana’s wrinkles, lol.

>>320 It’s annoying that you’re using binoculars even from the front row~ For those of us on the second floor, binoculars are a necessity.

>>320 is just a show-off.

Yurippe’s diary is up, woohoo!

Since it’s always like this, I kept thinking it was another promotional message...

× “a mirror of an artist” 〇 “an exemplar of an artist”

They didn’t use it on *Baribari*... Was it because of Gundam and EXILE...? >>332 Aside from Ms. Sakai writing a song for Yurippe, was there any other connection between them?

>>333 Same here.

I just saw something really awful: [censored].

Wrong thread.

For some reason, listening to “Eden” on the bonus CD makes me feel embarrassed. What is that?

>>335 Don’t underestimate the God Hand, who arranges for all kinds of artists, and the “charismatic guitarist.”

Gane’s stylist is really bad. Though I don’t even know if they have a stylist. What are those outfits in the DVD and the “Yesterday” music video...?

>>332 What does it say?

June 27, 2007 (Wed.) — Yuri Nakamura I was shocked by the sudden news of Ms. Izumi Sakai of ZARD’s passing, and for a while I couldn’t even speak. Ms. Sakai’s clear voice always encouraged me and inspired me. She was someone I looked up to and aspired to become like. I was able to attend her live shows and write songs for her, and each time I admired the uncompromisingly rigorous attitude Ms. Sakai brought to her music. I always believed she would remain an “exemplar” for artists and continue to lead us, but now things have taken this turn. A deep sadness has overwhelmed me, and even now I still can’t accept it. When I think about how her family, fans, staff, and everyone connected to her must feel, I’m filled with an unbearable grief. Now all I can do is pray from the bottom of my heart for Ms. Sakai’s soul to rest in peace. GARNET CROW　　 Yuri Nakamura　 AZUKI Nana　 Hirohito Furui　 Hitoshi Okamoto

First floor, row A... ('A`) ma That’s the farthest-back seat anyone’s reported so far, right? They probably won’t fill all the way to the last row, so maybe I really am at the very back... If you know a cheap, good pair of binoculars, let me know.

>>343 *sob*...

>>344 I recommend Pentax’s Tankroo.

When you say Tankroo, you mean Burning Sun, right?

It’s Tank Tankuro, isn’t it?

>>346 Got it. Out of spite, I’ve been looking at night-vision scopes, ones with digital cameras, 180x zoom, and stuff like that, lol.

It feels strange to include Nana’s name in the memorial message when she barely knew her. By the way, who wrote that comment?

>>350 Correction: 〇 Nana’s name.

>>350 I don’t really understand, but since it was a group-signed message, wouldn’t it be stranger if just one person left their name off because they weren’t close to her? Am I weird for thinking that?

The new single cover art is pretty funny, lol.

Does the DVD only include the live show? Is there no interview or anything? Or did I just not find it?

>>352 People in this thread seem way too fixated on how closely each person was connected to ZARD. Do you have to have met someone to write about them?

>>355 It’s not the whole thread, just some people. The GIZA thread is where it gets really bad. They keep saying things like, “This person posted a comment first,” or “That person didn’t post one.” I recommend ignoring the comment obsessives.

I don’t care about ZARD.

Honestly, Being and GIZA fans are way too unpleasant.

Doesn’t the sound on this live DVD feel especially strange? Are the drums too prominent? And Yurippe’s pitch seems really unstable, too. The fast songs are fun, but during the ballads I was on edge. Compared with the other performances, it does feel off—but am I the only one...?

It feels like she puts less and less effort into singing every year.

I like Kurose on drums. And that hollow sound is the mix engineer’s fault, isn’t it? It was actually pretty impressive in person. The improvised part in “Eden” was embarrassing, sure, but I’m a hardcore fan, so I can still listen to it.

Or if you think it sounds too quiet, I recommend listening with headphones.

I salute you guys for calling it hollow when you haven’t even noticed they stripped out some sounds and rearranged it, lololol.

So it’s a “hollow” arrangement, lol.

She used to be bad at fast songs, though...

I missed out on the first pressing. Does anyone know which stores in the Tokyo/Yokohama area still have stock?

Did they only remove sounds this time? If so, weren’t they doing that before, too...? Someone who knows music, please explain the weird feeling I’m getting.

Guys, I figured it out! The TV I was watching on was mono!! I tried it on my PC, and it sounds amazing! I’m such an idiot... orz Putting that aside, though, the ending of “Holy ground” still...

>>368 Glad to hear it, lol. As for the arrangement, they didn’t use a PC to play prerecorded material this time. Everything you hear is actually being played onstage. And you can tell there’s no backing-vocal group, right? Haven’t they done both of those things before?

>>369 Thanks for explaining. Ever since my last post, I’ve been listening to “Timeless Sleep” on an endless loop, feeling really moved. I understand about the backing vocals, but did they use prerecorded material before? When you say they used a PC, do you mean they played it from the mixing console? Or did they sample it on a synthesizer...? At one of the *Livescope* shows, during “flying,” I remember Yurippe’s voice coming in all jumbled at the start of the intro (?), so maybe there were lots of little tricks like that. Sorry for being so clueless. Could someone explain...? It’s been bothering me so much that I couldn’t sleep this morning.

>>370 You mean the 2004 DVD, right? I love that chaotic performance! I really wish they’d do more of those things that are unique to live shows.

Ahhh! I got the very last seats at Hitomi~

I’m going to the fan-club event on the 7th. Besides back issues of the newsletter, will they sell old live merch, too? I really want the black hoodie from *Livescope 2005*, but it’s sold out on GIZA’s online shop.

I went to the Amagasaki event. I saw a few pieces of old merch, but if it’s sold out online, it’s probably gone, right?

Will they hand out mail-order forms like they usually do at live shows?

No. 1 on the Oricon daily chart ｷﾀ━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━!!

They got No. 1!! They even beat HY—amazing!!

Woohoo~

No. 1 in the music category, No. 3 overall, woohoo lolololololololol! I wonder how the CD will do~

It’s fine. There’s nothing to worry about.

Did they pick a week with especially weak competition to release it? I haven’t followed music news lately, so I have no idea.

Congrats on No. 1 on the daily chart, lolol! No. 1... they really did great.

No. 1 is so amazing ahhhhh!

>>380 What’s the Air King doing here...

Go, GARNET!

I’m happy even if it’s only No. 1 on the daily chart. I hope “Yesterday” can do well, too.

>>375 The newsletter did mention you can order merch online, but I think the payment form will probably be included with the next newsletter or something.

Has this already been posted? Who started this thread? lol http://music8.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/visual/1180826476/l50

“Mawarimichi” at the end of the DVD made me cry for the first time in ages.

There are three of them. ttp://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r38180333 ttp://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/98865458

If I remember right, they also topped the daily chart around the time of *le 5ème anniversaire*.

I wonder if *Music Station* will have a DVD chart...

>>370 It was played from a PC. First, I have to apologize: I lied about one thing. I checked, and they did use some backing tracks for a few songs this time, too. You can hear percussion parts in “A Crown” and “Bokura Dake no...,” for example. If you watch closely, there isn't a single percussion instrument around Mr. Kurose, lol. It's a good example of using the recorded data to play parts the musicians can't fully cover live. More often than not, it's played from somewhere just behind the stage rather than from the mixing desk. They also layer in a lot of heavily processed sounds that would normally be impossible to produce, like in “flying.” Though those prepared sounds may be handled by Furui's synthesizers. For example, if a song has five electric-guitar parts, you can't reproduce them with a lineup of two electric guitars and one acoustic guitar. In that case, they sometimes play the parts beyond what the guitarists are performing live. That helps give the sound more depth. And when the sound really builds up in layers, it generally makes it easier for the vocalist to sing, too. There were a few little tricks like that this time as well (sorry), but very few. If anything, they were more conscious of simplifying the arrangements and making them playable. In other words, they were taking things away. Rather than going for a perfectly polished sound, maybe they wanted to bring out more of the energy, even if it meant sounding a little rough around the edges. I'd never been to a GARNET CROW live show before, but seeing this version of them makes me want to go. This DVD was worth buying. Sorry for the long post. Congrats on “Namida no Yesterday” reaching No. 1 on the daily chart!!

“Namida no Yesterday” is already out? That really surprises me.

既出 → がいしゅつ (gaishutsu, “already posted”) 即出 → ??????

Wait, lol—sorry, I really did just mistype it. orz

The fact that the only one missing from the official site's diary was Nana... No surprise there.

I wonder what Nana thinks of Ms. Sakai. As a lyricist, does she feel any rivalry? (Not in a negative way.) Personally, the only Being lyricists whose words have really stuck with me are those two and Uehara.

Uehara, lol.

Was the PV they showed on MU-GEN the finished version? I can't handle that black-and-white shot of Yurippe wearing a hat!

Being memorable doesn't necessarily mean the lyrics are good, though.

>>398 I agree that their lyrics are memorable. Though, honestly, I only know those artists and Komatsu from Being, too.

Looks like the “Namida no Yesterday” tie-in campaign with the DVD will reach No. 1, too.

Yurippe's diary mentioned all four of them. Was she thinking of Nana when she wrote it? Even if Nana isn't close to someone, she doesn't seem like the type to just chime in for the sake of it. She wouldn't jump on the bandwagon. So all four of them went to the music funeral in Aoyama...

Some weird guy just showed up.

Being/GIZA comment-section warrior.

Hint: mobile phone.

>>404 That may technically be Yurippe's diary, but it was just a statement posted on behalf of GARNET CROW, not Yurippe's personal diary. Since it was a GARNET CROW statement, of course it would mention Azuki.

I'm sick of that same old MC before “Yumemita Ato de.” Don't do it again.

My Nana is so cute, I want to cum inside her.

Nana-sama is too divine for me to think of her sexually. Same goes for Izumi Sakai.

That kind of attitude is pretty disrespectful, too, lol.

Anyone who can't get it up looking at Nana is impotent.

Is Azuki not going to post a comment after all? ...Yeah, I guess not. Probably.

This is kind of late to ask, but why AZUKI Nana choose that name...?

I can only see Yurippe as a sex object. And Mochi (Hitoshi Okamoto; “Mochi” and “Oka-mochi” are nicknames for him, unrelated to AZUKI Nana), too.

Aaahhh!

>>417 Go get a job, NEET.

Too bad. I'm an inari sushi.

Nana usually only gives these halfhearted, almost-smiles, so I figured she probably wasn't very good at smiling properly. But at the start of “Namida no Yesterday” she gave this amazingly cute smile, and now I want to hug her.

But I think they took a little too much inspiration for the guitar solo in the instrumental break.

I think it'd be nice to have something like a cover album sung by Mochi. Though I'm sure some people would say it's only good when Yurippe sings.

“Namida no Yesterday” / GARNET CROW Sun, July 1, 18:30–19:30 — *Kiss×Kiss*

After July 1, you can watch the PV as much as you want on channel 269 and the like. And it's on YouTube, too.

>>421 I think that kind of thing is a good “homage.” They did it deliberately enough for people to recognize it. The problem is when you copy something sneakily and hope nobody notices. Though now that I've put it that way, the line between plagiarism and paying tribute is going to get messy again.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ns/ It didn't even rank in any of the age groups, but somehow it's No. 5 overall, lol.

Nana used to date Nagato, apparently... not so sure about Sakai, though...

By the way, weren't Osan's and Mochi's comments the opposite of yesterday's? lol

At the Osaka show, they didn't put subtitles up for the English lyrics at the end of “Sora-iro no Neko,” right? Yurippe turned the mic toward the audience, like she wanted us to sing along, but I didn't know the words, so I couldn't. I think I wrote about this in this thread before.

The DVD is No. 2 today! At this rate, it might even take No. 1 for the week... Could it beat the weekly-chart result for the 5th-anniversary DVD?

>>427 There was never even a rumor about that, but what an imagination, lol. You just want it to be true.

Maybe it really can make a run for No. 1 on the weekly chart.

I feel like it's going to drop from here. And ZARD is in the mix, too.

Weekly No. 1? lol Gane otaku are so stupid.

When I think of a summer song, it's “Ameagari no Blue.”

Then I'll go with “Yuudachi no Niwa.”

I'll pick “Natsu no Maboroshi.”

They have 111 songs and I still can't pick one...

If I don't buy the CD, I'll save so much money I won't know what to do with it.

Then I'll pick “Koyoi Eden”—actually, make it “Himawari no Iro.”

Is there no *Music Station* next week?

I think there wasn't a *Music Station* the week “Maboroshi” came out, either.

Sorry, but was “Natsu no Maboroshi” in autumn...?

>>443 I think it was October. At the time I thought, “What a perfect title to use right now.”

I wish the official site would switch back to the escalator version. That one was easiest to navigate.

I've become fond of how often she flubs the lyrics.

Getting No. 1 for the week with Yurippe's kind of vocal performance would be embarrassing, lol. Keep it low-key, just keep it low-key.

Compared with when they debuted and their *Music Station* appearance, this is totally fine.

It's already several times better than their earlier DVDs, isn't it?

When a guy sings their songs at karaoke, is there any better option than: 1. lowering the key, or 2. raising the key and singing an octave lower?

So this is supposed to be better than before...? Now I don't even want to buy their older DVDs. I'll buy the CDs instead.

>>451 >So this is supposed to be better than before...? First, watch this person's dancing during the instrumental break. http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=eVMheUjH2nE

>>451 That's a sensible choice. But after watching it a few times, you get used to Yurippe's thick, husky voice and can start enjoying the songs. By the way, there was someone in the Amazon reviews who wrote something like, “They should practice more before doing live shows.” Their rating got dragged way down. You people are way too blind, lol.

They're not blind so much as deaf.

>>452 What the hell is thisssssssssssssssssssss lolololololololololololololol

>>455 Right? The bit around 1:57 is incredible. Watch this first, then go watch the GARNET DVD, and suddenly Nakamura Yuri's movements look unbelievably polished.

That “Even if you pour hot water~ Even if you pour hot water~♪” thing on Nico Nico cracked me up.

>>452 Uh... that's someone who looks just like her, right...? Right?

In “Koyoi Eden,” during the karasumi bit, no matter how many times I listen, that's what it sounds like to me.

>>459 Who even says that?

That's the first I've heard of it, too.

>>452 Is that gymnastics, or a side effect?

>>452 I know this one. This was from around 1995, the first time she appeared on a music show, lol. It might even have been her first time singing on TV. She was just incredibly nervous and panicking, lol. What, you said it was recorded recently? lol

That was when she split up with Komuro and was mentally unwell.

Still, her face really looks awful there.

I watched the DVD. Yurippe kind of looks like Suzuka Ohgo.

Is Suzu Narumi a Yurippe lookalike?

Are the seats at Hitomi arranged alphabetically from the front? I can't really tell from the seating chart.

Wasn't “A Crown” in the original key at the Osaka show...?

Was the CD included with the DVD re-recorded? I think she went off-key at one point in “Yumemita Ato de,” but she doesn't on the CD.

This time, doesn't it seem like they did some post-production editing? lol Yurippe looks so pitiful in that embarrassing outfit, acting weirdly unfazed...

>>470 Maybe they used a take from a different venue than the one you attended, or stitched together the best parts from two venues? They were advertising it as a “best take,” so I don't think they'd go as far as re-recording it...

Anyway, if Yurippe sang well, she wouldn't be Yurippe, right? It's already part of her charm. If she suddenly got good at singing, I think I'd actually feel a little lonely.

The costume exhibit and the outfits on display were so shabby, it surprised me. That black jacket was literally held together with clear tape. It looked pretty decent in the video, though. She really worked hard wearing something like that.

Clear tape, huh...

>>472 Ohhh, I see. If they put the live audio on a CD completely untouched, the pitch really would be off in places...

>>463 Well... maybe it was recorded recently for *FUN*. By the way, when did that show *FUN* air?

No, her voice really is husky, lol. This is my first time buying a live DVD, though. If I had to compare her, she kind of reminds me of Onitsuka or Ataru Nakamura.

I lent my friend *Best*, and he said Yurippe in the booklet was his type. So next time I'm thinking I'll lend him *LIVESCOPE OF THE TWILIGHT VALLEY*, too, lol.

People, you know, have somewhere to go back to. When two people turn back together, surely they'll see a little crown shining above them. This word has been getting worse lately...

Their live shows are hopeless now. That voice isn't singing. It's just shouting. Their CDs have run out of talent, too; there aren't any good songs anymore. They've completely run out of ideas. It's over.

Use ¥15,000 as your benchmark...

Even a creative group like this is just a group that's run out of talent once its talent dries up. The only one who hasn't run dry is Okamoto.

As long as Nana-san is cute, I don't care about anything else.

The DVD is No. 3 today...

Nana-san and I do it cowgirl-style.

When you open and close the DVD case, the raised part leaves a crease in the lyric booklet.

>>487 Then just don't keep opening and closing it.

>>487 I put mine in the other way around.

The lyric booklet was already creased when I opened the DVD for the first time, lol.

Do they give you a poster if you buy it at the venue?

They probably won't give you one if you only buy a single copy.

I think they usually do, though. If you spend at least ¥3,000.

Yurippe's jump—estimated at 15 cm high—in the second half of “Yume Hanabi” on this DVD had me cracking up, lol. That awkward landing, lol. You can really tell she has zero athletic ability. If you watch in slow motion, Nana-san is actually laughing, too, lol.

>>493 The Osaka crowd would riot, lol.

The dance segment was funny, too. I was still a little moved by the collaboration with the strings, and this was their most put-together live show so far, but they're still no good live... Release a PV collection already.

>>487 Then just keep the lyric booklet somewhere else.

>>494 The way she goes all out for “Eden” and the mirror ball is the best, lol. The backing band should've done more to get the crowd going, too.

>>444 Thanks. It had been on my mind a little. Sorry for quoting so much.

500

So Yurippe sang backing vocals on ZARD's “Tokei ga Tomatta...” too. They're subtle vocals—you could take them or leave them. Anyway, it's amazing how much freedom Yurippe's melodies have depending on the arrangement and how they're sung. It was like that with “Mifun,” too; the melody didn't come through at all.

I want to marry Nana-sama. I want to hold hands with Nana-sama. I want to see Nana-sama on TV. I want to see Nana-sama in person. I want to go on a date with Nana-sama. I want to eat a meal cooked by Nana-sama. I want to go to the aquarium with Nana-sama. I want Nana-sama to clean my ears. I want to sleep with my head in Nana-sama's lap. I want to sleep with Nana-sama. I want to live together with Nana-sama. I want Nana-sama's child. I want to kiss Nana-sama. I'd do anything for Nana-sama. If Nana-sama died, I'd kill myself with her.

>>502 Go die already.

Two commercials in a row just aired━━━━━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━━━━!!

Has Yuri-chan's age never been made public?

Because it would reveal too much.

Mystery makes a woman more beautiful.

Then how old do you think she is? My guess is that she's around 27.

I can get an early copy the day after tomorrow. I really don't think I'll win one of those 100 T-shirts. If I did win, I'd probably feel more depressed. I'd be thinking, “I used up my luck on something this random...”

Then Yurippe will be 30 the day after that.

They've been around for seven years already. She'd be about that age by now.

> July 4, 1977 — Yuri Nakamura (なかむら・ゆり) [Musician] [Kyoto Prefecture] “Garnet Crow (ガーネット・クロウ)” http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~warapon/data00/birth-0704.htm

It's true that this DVD sounds way better than the 2005 one. But “A Crown” and “Marginal Man,” which I was really looking forward to, disappointed me. Even before listening, I had a feeling they might sound too low and lack energy, but it still brought back that awful memory of “Naked Story,” the song I was most looking forward to on the first DVD, turning out to be the weakest one.

>>513 Well, they lowered the key... I feel the same.

What's wrong with lowering the key? It's a live show, not a CD, so it actually feels more live that way. You don't have to expect everything to be perfect.

About how they didn't actually lower the key at all.

No TV performance (singing on a show) this time, either?

And it was on some show I'd never even heard of...

July 18 — SSW NIGHT Hitoshi Okamoto, Yuichiro Iwai, Ai Takaoka, Shiho Hoshida Yurippe showed up━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━( ﾟ∀)━( 　ﾟ)━(　　)━(ﾟ　 )━(∀ﾟ )━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!!

*Mega Hits* has started. There's a song that sounds like “Go For It” playing after Sanshiro...

GARNET is the Artist Request, and it's free to watch, too.

It's on TV Tokyo now.

http://eplus.jp/sys/main.jsp?uji.id=main&uji.bean=G.apl.web.bean.JOAG010898Bean&uji.verb=GGWD01_area&positionInf=0%2C0&ZScreenId=GGWD01&siteCode=0003&uketsukeInfoKubun=001

TV Tokyo's ratings are ridiculously low.

2007/07/01 (Sun) 21:56:16 NHK General: 89 posts/min — 21:00–22:00, NHK Special NHK Educational: 20 posts/min — 21:00–22:00, N-Kyo Time Nippon TV: 16 posts/min — 21:54–22:00, Planet with Angels TBS: 594 posts/min — 21:00–22:09, *Dad and Daughter's Seven Days* (premiere) Fuji TV: 11 posts/min — 21:54–22:00, *Yume Machibito* TV Asahi: 146 posts/min — 21:00–23:24, Sunday Western Theater 40th Anniversary Special: *Memories of Tomorrow* TV Tokyo: 3 posts/min — 21:54–22:48, *Solomon Ryu*

“Kaze to Rainbow” is on!

“If only I reach out this hand—”

Where is this airing?

I can't take it anymore. The “Maboroshi” PV makes it look like someone is holding Nana.

“Himawari no Iro” MUSIC ON! TV, free broadcast via SKY PerfecTV!

GARNET CROW's cable broadcast is on━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!! It's channel 26, lol.

Feels like one person is getting excited all by themselves.

I've been listening to the NHK Symphony this whole time. What happened?

Someone posted this on mixi: 【Magazine interviews】 ■ TOKYO REFORM (on sale July 9) ■ Animedia (on sale July 10) 【Radio】 ■ fm osaka, “Satoshi Shoji's Asaichi BANG!” (Tue, July 3, 5:00–6:55) — recorded message appearance ■ bay-fm, “POWER BAY MORNING” (Thu, July 5, 5:00–9:00) — recorded message appearance ■ FM-FUJI, “BRAND-NEW FREEDOM” (Sun, July 8, 6:00–9:30) — recorded message appearance ■ FM PORT, “PORT Tasting Music” (Fri, July 13, 24:00–25:00) — recorded message appearance 【TV】 ■ TV Tokyo, “PVTV” (Thu, July 5, 1:00–1:30) — interview appearance

>>534 Basically, that's just a repost of an email from G-NET, right?

It's not exactly anything special, but they said not to repost emails. And lately nobody's been reposting them in this thread, either.

MJ's channel 272 is no good. Even for the ZARD special, they cut off the PVs—I'd rather they show them in full, even if that means fewer songs. Don't chop off the beginnings and endings. Is the “Yesterday” PV in black and white after all...?

You made it all the way to this thread, so you must mean channel 269, lol.

>>536 I do remember someone reposting that garbled thing from the fan-club event before, though.

Speak Japanese, please.

You can't talk about Nana's anal appeal without talking about its “scent.” Normally there's a faintly sour smell—just a little funky, really—but after she's been active all day, before she takes a bath, Nana's anus gives off a complex, fragrant stench mixed with secretions from the anal glands, urine, sweat, and so on. And the smell of an anus with a rectum full of feces is the very essence of the aroma of shit. The moment the shit comes out, Nana's anus changes completely: it begins to reek, while somehow giving off a fragrance at the same time. That's the real pleasure of watching Nana defecate.

Stop! Nana is still a child! She goes to bed alone with a stuffed animal before 9 p.m.! She can't fall asleep without it! She's so lonely! She falls asleep listening to her favorite music box! When it gets dark, she gets scared and cries! She's so cute—she gets shy and blushes whenever she sees a boy! She's so busy with work, she has no time to herself! No time to play! Work makes Nana tired! But she never complains! She works so hard! There's no way she poops! I can't even imagine it! And she doesn't sweat, either. The only thing that comes out of her is tears! She doesn't drool, either! She has no nose hair! No armpit hair! No pubic hair! No leg hair! No back hair! No butt hair! No stomach hair! She doesn't even grow a beard! No need to shave! And, for that matter, she doesn't even have any holes! Sexy poses aren't for little kids! She's clumsy, so she couldn't do them anyway! Nana's underwear is white!! No stains! No black ones, either! She doesn't make sexy sounds! She can't! There's no way she could! She can't even ride the train by herself, so how could she ride a man! She doesn't know anything about sex yet! Don't scare Nana, you middle-aged, fat, ugly pigs! Don't have weird thoughts about sweet, kind Nana!

The key really is lowered a lot, though. Is it the recording equipment that's bad?? Or is it the performer herself?? Tell me, you sexy old-timer.

I bought the DVD. Fire the stylist... What happened to my Yurippe...(tears)

Nakamura, the walking mirror ball.

O　　 tto　　 tto　　 tto　　 tto “O-tto-tto” (the snack)

>>494 When I saw it at the Tokyo live venue, everyone stood up at that part and sang along together: “TTV! TTV!”

Honestly, this is why the “relaxed education” generation is such a pain. They lack basic academic skills, so they can't even figure out what's obvious. That's why they can say with a straight face that Nana poops, too. For people of our generation, this is something you can tell from common sense, even before you get to biology. Isn't it obvious? Nana and shit are clearly incompatible, even if you just think about it normally, right? The “relaxed education” generation just lacks that kind of common sense. Seriously, your low-class behavior leaves me speechless. Try saying “AZUKI Nana poops, too” to someone in real life. They'd be taken aback, then laugh at you. People like you won't understand until you embarrass yourselves like that once.

So what place will the DVD end up at on the weekly chart?

What place was it yesterday?

>>549 Kobukuro will be tough competition. I think Berryz Kobo should be fine, but like °C-ute when “Kaze to Rainbow” came out, they might sell a lot on the first day, so it's hard to say. Still, I think it'll make the top three. Maybe it'll lose to Kobukuro and take No. 2?

Gane-Crow is on Nippon TV, they're on, they're on━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ≡(ﾟ∀ﾟ≡ﾟ∀ﾟ)≡ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!!!!!!!!!

>>552 Details, please.

Go to the official site right now!

It's changed a lot.

But does the music start playing by itself? ('A`)

It's still better than the previous one. The escalator version never got old, though.

Everyone's leaning at an angle in their profile photos, lol.

It takes a little while for each one to load, though.

Could they do something about having to adjust the volume every time the song changes?

>>560 But that's how it should be.

The content won't open, and the box in the center won't disappear. Is it just me? Could it be a browser problem?

Come to think of it, they should do something about that horribly ugly website already.

At the costume exhibit in Shibuya, there was a little girl pressed up against Yurippe's mirror ball, lol. People were walking past with just a glance while “Yesterday” blared at full volume in the streets of Shibuya...

*Detective Conan* is on today.

>>564 How old is “little girl,” roughly? She already knows the appeal of GARNET at that age... pretty impressive, lol.

“Namida no Yesterday” is so good.

〜(・∀・)〜　Namida no Yesterda〜y♪

The wave in the PV they use for the commercial is shown bigger (;ω;)

I want to die with Nana-sama.

Genda is amazing.

Even the trolling by people pretending to be fans has pretty much disappeared from the live commentary now. Well, I guess it's no surprise people are sad the rap is gone. It's definitely one of those songs that grows on you the more you listen. I'll go buy some dried squid tomorrow.

>>562 Try going through the link on the GIZA page.

I finally bought *Eizō Classics* today. Bowing before you press play is basic etiquette, right?! I love how Yurippe casually flubs the lyrics in “Rai Rai Ya,” lol. The whole sequence of “Rai Rai Ya” → “Maboroshi” → “Seichi” is just divine.

I'm going to change my name to Mirrorball-ko (＞＜)

At last, at last, we can hear the B-sides tomorrow!

>>576 So does that mean they'll be available at regular CD stores tomorrow?

I thought the lyric was, “I'll cast away even the pain,” but it turns out it's, “Even the pain seems to grow old.”

On the official site, I get “Kaze to Rainbow” and “Kono Te,” but I was surprised to see “Kiminchi,” too, lol. Do they rotate the songs periodically?

>>577 Yeah. Since tomorrow's the early-release day, most stores should have it... I think.

Among a lineup of all recent songs, they sneakily slipped in “Kiminchi.” I love and hate that kind of taste! This is where Gane really shines, after all~

>>580 Thanks＾＾ I didn't know there was such a thing as an early-release day. I'll check the stores that might have it tomorrow.

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~meitetu/CAL14GPV.jpg I got it! Listening now! ^^

>>583 ...What the hell is wrong with you?

>>583 Is that the real thing?

“Go For It” is a somewhat gloomy song, kind of like combining “Himawari no Iro” and “Haru Matsu Hana no Yō ni.” “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” feels like the kind of thing an anime voice actress would sing. Its lyrics and melody are unlike anything GARNET has done before.

>>586 If you're not trolling, go die.

>>583 Ohhh... there's a sticker on the right, too. This has to be the real thing, right?

>>583 ...Huh?

Could it be a sample disc?

Could be. Sample discs are basically the same as the retail version anyway.

>>586 Go die.

Lots of new releases go on sale early on Mondays. Today, besides Gane, a.b.s. and melody. albums were also on sale, but...

>>546 I have a dream: seriously revive that song and get it into the upper ranks of Oricon. If everyone on 2ch works together, we can do it, right? Right?

>>593 Seriously? lol Which prefecture and which store?

Can I say...?

orz

It's not that unusual for them to put things out before the early-release day. You just have to read the room.

>>596 Of course, it'd be pretty bad if you did.

>>549–551 Since this could be their first No. 1, I looked into it seriously. ```text Berryz Kobo 1st → 4th → 8th → 8th → 8th → 8th (best opening-week sales: 10,069) GARNET 2nd → 1st → 2nd → 3rd → 4th → 5th (previous release: 12,153) Tomoyasu Hotei 3rd → 3rd → 1st → 2nd → 5th → 4th (previous release: 14,645) Kobukuro 6th → 6th → 5th → 1st → 1st → 1st (Reference) Kobukuro: 55,000 copies (two weeks ago) → 15,000 (last week) ``` I thought Berryz Kobo might be a threat, but they sold less than I expected. Feels like it'll be a battle for the top spot between GARNET and Mr. Hotei. Hotei's last release was tied to a best-of-album tour. For a regular tour, he'd probably sell around 11,000, so I don't think he's unbeatable. Though we can't underestimate Kobukuro in their third week, either. Let's get “Gane No. 1” and AF!!!!!!!

I don't really want Gane to get No. 1 or anything~ Staying in the top ten is good enough.

Did the official site get redesigned again? Feels like they do it about every year and a half... By the way, where did the members' messages to ZARD go...?

You only have any drive when you're obsessed with getting No. 1... Anyway, only otaku bought this DVD. What's there to be so happy about?

They're not popular with the general public. And they seem better at songs in minor keys, too.

When you get down to it, what kind of music DVDs do ordinary people actually buy? The music industry itself is getting more niche these days, so I think only a small fraction of people buy them in the first place.

Exactly, exactly. Don't say such a buzzkill thing. If you're going to pour water on something, just water the flowers.

So, how are the new songs?

Yurippe's outfit is way too flashy. It reminds me of Akiko Wada and Kenichi Mikawa.

>>605 >What kind of music DVDs do ordinary people actually buy? Namie Amuro, and Ketsumeishi.

Ordinary people don't buy music DVDs at all. Even CDs, they usually just rent.

Ke... Ketsumeishi, lmao!

Right, right—the important thing is “Namida no Yesterday”! Maybe 15,000 to 20,000 for its first-week sales? Since the previous release was a double A-side, and this one has a *Detective Conan* tie-in, around 20,000 seems reasonable. Could it make it to No. 5 on the Oricon weekly chart?

I don't mind them not being popular with the general public, but once I said I was a GARNET CROW fan, someone said to me, “Oh! You watch anime? That's surprising~” It made me sad. Is GARNET CROW really thought of as anime music? (´;ω;｀)

On the other hand, that person sounds like quite a character, too, lol.

Come to think of it, Kuraki isn't seen as anime music, but GARNET is. Well, I actually like their anime songs more.

Huh?

The other day someone even said, “Oh, the one from *Sport!*”...

I played them for a friend once, and got, “Is this the one from UchiP?”

The *Detective Conan* sticker is so cute, lol.

When I played their music for someone, they went, “Oh, the one from *Pooh!* right?”

Tomorrow's my birthday. The early-release day lands on my birthday, lol.

Still, it's amazing that a mixed-gender group has lasted seven years without any drama.

Seems like they really aren't interested in each other, lol.

GARNET CROW is celebrating its 7th anniversary. I'm celebrating my 24th.

Today is Yurippe's last day in her twenties...

Now that's what you call not being interested.

It's not a sticker, it's a postcard.

Under the law for calculating age, she already turned 30 today. Congratulations＼(^O^)／

Is this a thread with two actual gay guys and two actual lesbians?

Where did you come crawling out from? lol

>>629 Hitoshi Okamoto (“Mochi” and “Oka-mochi” are nicknames for him, unrelated to AZUKI Nana) has said, “I really like girls.” The older guy said, “I once wanted to sleep with David.” As for the two women... no comment.

The previous release's daily chart run was 6th → 5th → 5th → 7th → 9th → 10th / No. 6 for the week, but this time things are tougher... From day one, it'll definitely lose to Ayaka, Erika Sawajiri, Takanori Nishikawa, and w-inds. Koda and Ketsumeishi will probably beat it, too. Then there's MISIA and Takamizawa... If things go well, maybe around No. 7. It could even fall below No. 10...

You people are really working hard to worry about the rankings. I'm impressed.

What did you get Yurippe for her birthday?

06/18 “The Unluckiest Grand Prix” — 10.0% 06/25 “Genta's Deadly Shot (Part 1)” — 9.3% 07/02 “Genta's Deadly Shot (Part 2)” — 8.7%

“Go For It” is amazing! It's got GARNET CROW's signature “GARNET CROW-ness” turned all the way up! It could totally stand on its own as a single!

Nope. Everything except the title track is pretty mediocre, lol.

I got it!

I got it! Even the CD label is designed to look like an old-fashioned vinyl record. They put some effort into it, lol. I might actually like this design.

Bought it!! “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” feels really fresh.

There's a weird name in the credits. As expected...

>>641 KANNOJI ROKKAKU NAGATO DAIKOU

Does anyone know what “so foolish” means? Also, here's how I understand the meaning of “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi”: You're serious about someone, but you know they're just fooling around, so you pretend you aren't serious either, and you won't even let yourself admit it. Even so, you really were serious back then. Maybe you still are... Is that what the song is about?

Oh, today's the early-release day. I preorder things over ¥1,500 on Amazon, but for singles I still have to go buy them in person. I'm heading out now.

Why isn't “so foolish” written in English letters?

>>645 Got it. Thanks.

I think that's probably right. For Nana-san... those are pretty intense lyrics. They surprised me.

“Go For It” ‥‥‥‥‥‥ a battle song “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” ‥‥ an affair

Azuki's dangerous artistic sensibility has kicked in again. You never know what she's going to come up with.

>>648 Early-release day: “Here's a Saegusa poster for you!” “I don't want it.” — in Akihabara

Why would a Gane CD come with a Saegusa poster?

I knew *MÄR* wouldn't do it. It has to be *Detective Conan*.

But when you get down to it, they're both anime anyway.

Tomorrow's release date, July 4, is Anonymous Day. Nana dies.

>>654 July 3 — Nana gives birth. July 4 — Nana dies; Yurippe gives birth.

>>647 So that's how it is after all. I was a little surprised, too. >>648 “Nothing but mistakes” “Let's go see the person we want to see” ↑ They say that deliberately, knowing they can't meet. “Our hearts coming together isn't a dream” “Trying to make our feelings overlap is so foolish” ↑ Maybe it's saying that letting them overlap is foolish—that even wishing for it for a moment is foolish? Looking at lines like those, it does sound like an affair.

“Go For It” is the best! If we're to-ge-ther~ Don't you think~ we could spend~ each beau-ti-ful day~?

They didn't have it. Actually, there wasn't even a sign they'd ordered any stock. Useless CD store...

Supervised by Kanonji, huh. So it really was Yurippe after all?

Honestly, “Namida no Yesterday” doesn't sound like a Gane song to me~

Someone in another thread said they deliberately made it a summer song that doesn't sound like GARNET CROW. So of course it doesn't sound like them.

>>641–642 >>659 I knew Kanonji had credits on some albums, so I looked up which singles had his name. Turns out it was only “Timeless Sleep” and “Maboroshi.” Why does his name get slipped in now and then? Does he say something like, “Let me hear it”?

Maybe they just wanted to use the word “supervised.”

That's probably what >>663 said: the “supervision” credit. Still, if they're paying attention to details like this, I wish they'd put the same effort into the inside of the lyric booklet... And the costumes, too—some things are kind of a shame, lol.

>>663–664 Oh, I see!! That tokusatsu fan guy. By the way, framing the “Namida no Yesterday” flyer looks (･∀･) great! The disc is a little dirty, which actually gives it more character. I recommend grabbing one. Lucky you if you got a poster. So stylish.

And the full versions of all four tracks were already uploaded to an illegal site on the early-release day...

>>666 a.b.s. was uploaded already, too. Don't they know the fun of buying CDs and ripping them yourself?

Got it~ What a wonderful song, lolol.

>>666 This isn't something to bring up here. If it bothers you, report it. A real fan would buy it even if they could get it illegally, even if they had no money.

After listening to the new songs, I feel like I should start taking life seriously.

I went to TSUTAYA and GEO at 10 p.m., and neither had a single copy. What's going on? Did the kids buy them all up for “Yesterday”?

>>671 Doesn't have to be kids. Maybe everyone from hardcore *Detective Conan* fans to kids went out to buy “Yesterday.” You have to preorder their theme songs for everything except *MÄR*.

Now that *MÄR* has ended, maybe there'll be fewer anime theme songs. I'm kind of glad.

When I went to my local CD shop, they had a few copies of all the new singles—four or five each—but only one copy of “Yesterday” was left.

>>674 That makes me kind of hopeful.

Go, GARNET CROW!

When I preordered it at GEO, they called them “Garnet Crown” ＞＜ How do you even read CROW as “Crown”?

Congratulations on turning 30, Yurippe.

Congrats, Yurippe ('A`)

GARNET CROWN

>>677 I've also heard people pronounce GARNET as “Jarnet.”

Happy birthday, Yurippe♪(*^ ・^)ノ⌒☆

That rolled R is so cool. I think I've awakened to something.

Congrats on turning 30, Yurippe. I'll be turning 30 in six years, too~ lol

Happy 30th, Yurippe! >>684 Found someone my age. It feels like we were high-school age only a little while ago...

>>685 By the way, my birthday was just a little while ago. I have a feeling “Namida no Yesterday” might reach No. 1 on the daily chart. Judging by how it's selling at the CD shops. Maybe they just ordered too few copies? But since it's a *Detective Conan* opening theme, that shouldn't be the case, lol.

Happy birthday, Yurippe☆

>>686 Sorry. Come to think of it, I'm a year older than you, lol. I'm 25 this year.

No. 1? No way...

I kind of feel like they might debut at No. 1. Singles released on the same day as GARNET CROW: “Jewelry day” — Maxi Single — Ayaka “FREE” — Maxi Single — ERIKA “Namida no Yesterday” — Maxi Single — GARNET CROW “FREE” (Limited Edition) — Maxi Single — ERIKA — July 4, 2007 “LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING” — Maxi Single — w-inds. “Nephilim” — Maxi Single — abingdon boys school

Price: ¥1,260 Points: 63 pt (5%) This item may take some time to arrive. Orders placed now will ship as soon as it comes into stock. Sold and shipped by Amazon.co.jp. I haven't even placed my order yet... You can all go die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>691 Well, I'm going to keep living.

But you didn't order it on Amazon, did you? lol That's insane how well it's selling. Is it the *Conan* effect?

I wonder how much of an impact it'd make if everyone here bought two copies each. If we're going to do it, this is probably the best time. If we each bought one more CD and one more DVD, we'd also be eligible to enter for a T-shirt.

On the other hand, maybe they just didn't stock many copies to begin with.

>>656 I don't know the exact lyrics, but when you think of “fool” in the Beatles' sense, there's Galileo. He says something true, but nobody understands him, and they look down on him and call him a fool. Even so, the Earth keeps turning anyway—that's probably the idea.

Is Yurippe old enough to wear a red vest now...? Congratulations.

“Yesterday” is so good, lol.

>>694 How many people do you think are reading this thread? At most, maybe 300...

★ Congratulations to Yurippe on becoming an adult ★

>>690 No. 1 is impossible, lol. You're all getting way too carried away, lolol. w-inds. has a steady 30,000 or so, even when their sales are declining, and they still have some tie-ins. I couldn't get a copy myself, either, but it looks like my area only got one or two, as usual. I'd say stock is the same as usual, or maybe even lower.

Better not get your hopes up too much. Realistically, I think it'll be No. 6 on the daily chart, or maybe No. 5 if it does well.

She's already 30. Time really flies; it's kind of bittersweet.

What's the main age group among the fans here? Is the gender ratio about 50/50?

I'm 56.

No. 1? That's way too much... Even as a joke, that's over the top. You're getting carried away. There really are people saying it seriously, but it honestly makes me want to back away. Are they the kind of people who only listen to Gane and have no interest in any other music? Unless it's a big store, stock levels are kept pretty low.

18-year-old guy.

The CD section at some big-box electronics store back in my hometown in Kansai seems to really push Gane and other GIZA artists... They stock a lot more than other stores. I was surprised, lol. >>704 Anyway, I'm a woman in my late twenties.

>>704 Woman in my early twenties.

No. 1 really is impossible, right? No matter how I look at it, it'll be around No. 2 or 3. >>704 I'm a 20-year-old woman.

The B-sides feel like the usual GARNET, especially the third track. It's good. >>704 Man in my early thirties.

I want Yurippe to pinch my nipples!! And I want Nana-sama to see me like that and look down on me with a half-smile!! 26-year-old grad student, M-type.

>>704 Yeah, I'm drunk. Everyone drinks normally, right? So what? Did Oricon No. 1 happen?! Ayaka and Koda aren't anything special either! (By the way, a Gane otaku even went into the Koda thread, lol, saying they'd bought GARNET and Gundam DVDs and that Koda's CD was shit.) ξ-ι-ξ　< They're no match for Gane!

I'm a female college student in my late teens, and I like the lyrics overall this time.

>>708 Lots of places in Akihabara promote GIZA artists. It seems if you buy one CD, you can choose a poster from artists like Saegusa, but I'll pass. Maybe it's just the staff's personal taste, but even some stores that don't sell CDs play GARNET CROW sometimes. >>704 I'm a 25-year-old man.

20-year-old guy. Three of my five close friends listen to them.

So a Hummer is a military field vehicle. I thought it meant a hammer, lol.

Aren't the songs this time just kind of lame?

Happy birthday, Yurippe.

Though I do like the harmonies and things like that.

ξ-ι-ξ　I'm drunk. You know the opening of “Go For It”? “A heart that doesn't need to worry about tomorrow, awaken your wild memories.” I ran that through Excite Translate from Japanese to English and back to Japanese, and it came out like this ( ´∀｀): “Float inside, memorize the call that Cocoro's wild essence doesn't need, then wake you up tomorrow.” I know Nana-san likes Oscar Wilde, but I can't memorize this! Hey! Wake me up tomorrow. Good night.

Nobody's really said what they think of the songs.

The chorus is so good this time... Gane really is the best! The strongest! The cutest! ♪katte tto rei bō~

Yeah, like “Kaze to Rainbow,” but this time especially, the chorus melody is almost too beautiful. >>704 Woman in my early twenties.

>>717 I thought it meant a hammer, too. Even from the context... Was it a typo? Or is there some deeper meaning...?

I like the intro to “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi.” It feels a little unusual compared with their previous songs, though. I'm a guy who's almost 18. Hardly anyone my age knows them...

20-year-old woman. I've gotten about three people hooked on GARNET. I like Hirohito Furui, lol.

Watching Hirohito Furui at a live show is really fun. Since they're songs he arranged himself, he must be having a great time.

Might be a little late, but here's the DVD chart: ```text 1 ** 10,564 10,564 *1 GARNET CROW OF THE TWILIGHT VALLEY / GARNET CROW 2 *1 9,439 75,462 *3 KOBUKURO LIVE TOUR '06 “Way Back To Tomorrow” FINAL / Kobukuro 3 ** 8,869 8,869 *1 SUPER SOUL SESSIONS / Tomoyasu Hotei ``` Anyway, this chart came out during the week of Mr. Nakamura's birthday. It's a DVD, but this is GARNET CROW's first time at No. 1.

>>729 They finally got No. 1. Congratulations!

What exactly is Azuki-san's hairstyle like during live shows? It seems asymmetrical, but I can't really tell.

>>729 Thanks for the info!! That's great!! The sales numbers aren't ideal, but huge congratulations!!

All three songs are good♪ 16-year-old girl.

This time, I like “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi.” The third track is always my favorite. 21-year-old female college student.

There are so many people in their twenties. And lots of women, too. That's nice. I'm a 28-year-old woman. I've liked them since before Gane debuted~! I've followed Yurippe for eight years. She's grown up... And yet I, who's about the same age as her, haven't grown at all ('A`)

The internet is scary, isn't it? (*´･ω･)(･ω･｀*)

How old is Yurippe today?

Has the music8 server migration finished? >>729 No. 1 on the Oricon weekly music DVD chart. Well done, and congratulations!

>>737 **misoji【三十・三十路】** 1. Thirty. 2. Thirty years of age. → **misohitomoji【三十一文字】** *Kōjien*, 5th edition (©1998, 2004 Iwanami Shoten)

The *Conan* postcard lmaoooo Cut it out lmaoooo

No. 6 on the CD daily chart.

Mariko wota-san ◆DO/23wDoMY [sage] 2007/07/04 (Wed) 17:40:20 ID:W6Pl0+ZB 川 ‘ ◇‘)　Daily chart updated 1. ERIKA 2. w-inds. 3. abingdon boys school 4. Ayaka 5. Kumi Koda 6. GARNET CROW 7. Toshihiko Takamizawa 8. MISIA 9. Ketsumeishi 10. SE7EN

This is already pretty bad＾＾

At best, maybe No. 7 for the week... Since it's the year of Seven, it'd be amazing if they got No. 7.

It's not too bad, right? I hope they can get to No. 7!!

Still, this ranking is about what you'd expect this week.

Happy birthday, Ms. Yuri♪ I wish I'd become a fan sooner. I really regret it...

Are the sales indices out?

>>740 I decided to mail the *Conan* postcard to a Gane friend I know＾＾

The DVD is No. 1... They got their first No. 1 on Yurippe's 30th birthday... For an artist whose singles don't even sell 20,000 copies, it's impressive that the DVD sold over 10,000. Does that mean they have that many dedicated fans?

Both B-sides this time are strong. “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” feels fresh but also nostalgic. It's great! The intro and chorus are amazing.

“Go For It” sounds like a song about helping shut-ins become independent. The enemy is inside you, and it's a lonely battle. The thing crashing into the ground is your own existence. It makes me think of people who want to go outside but are too scared to, so they just freeze in place...

>>752 I think Yurippe said it was like a song cheering herself on, so it encouraged her... After all, Yurippe is a shut-in...

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Ah, I pasted the wrong thing, lol. I pasted what I'd posted in the breaking-news thread, lolol.

The arrangement of “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” kind of sounds like day after tomorrow. I like it b

>>704 13-year-old girl.

>>757 Look, a little girl! A little girl! A little girl came into the thread all by herself!

I know it's late to ask, but why wasn't Brown the drummer at the live show on the DVD?

>>757 [Sexualized request for the 13-year-old to post an underwear photo.]

Hummer... it makes me think of General MacArthur... >>704 71-year-old woman.

>>757 Is this your first time here? Anyway, [tells the 13-year-old to undress].

>>761 >>760

The B-sides really hit hard.

>>759 More importantly, the big thing is that Iwai wasn't there, lol.

New thread check~ updaaaate!! And then you show up, and I feel like I just drew the worst possible fortune.

Namidan's “Yesterday.”

Yurippe isn't there.

I don't care about names and stuff, but it's disgusting that you keep using someone else's fixed ID as a joke. That person who said they didn't get picked for the limited live event only posted a few times at the beginning. Anyway, you're a nuisance. Stop using someone else's name for your tripcode already. Take it off, for once. #Shiori Takei If you hate Shiori Takei that much, go do it somewhere else.

So Yurippe and GACKT have the same birthday.

>>769 I'm the red one from the “Everyone Should Die” squad! You're the yellow one!

About what time did the fan-club event end?

Now recruiting for the pink position! Join the “Everyone Should Die” squad as its super-popular pink ranger! 13-year-old girls especially welcome!

On the radio around the time of “Kaze to Rainbow,” Yurippe called it a “triple single.” Hitoshi Okamoto (“Mochi” and “Oka-mochi” are nicknames for him, unrelated to AZUKI Nana) corrected her: “It's a triple A-side,” then said, “Sorry.” It gave me a sense of their senior-junior relationship...

“Everyone Should Die” is a good guy. Get along with him, okay?

As a Gane otaku, I wanted to praise everything about it, but couldn't they do something about the chorus turning into that rapid-fire part?

Doesn't the intro to “Namida no Yesterday” sound like the Hige Dance? No?

>>777 No. I think it sounds like “Saudade.”

Oh, the yutori kids are popping up, they're popping up. Still, the song “Namida” itself doesn't feel as dated as the PV.

“Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” crashed right into Spitz's “Aoi Kuruma.”

I'm >>704. 28-year-old man. After seven years, it makes sense that there are lots of fans in their twenties. So they're an artist that appeals to both men and women. I thought it'd be about 70% men and 30% women, so I'm surprised.

If we're talking mushroom cuts, Hitoshi Okamoto's looks pretty good. I hope they make him look a little cooler.

21-year-old woman. Fan since “Mysterious Eyes.”

30-year-old man. What I like is Yurippe's body. I masturbate to Yurippe every day.

Watching the live DVD, I wondered if there was too much clapping. And there's no need for the microphones to pick up the applause so clearly, is there?

>>778 That's true.

>>704 29-year-old man. I'll be 30 in two months (´･ω･｀)

The first time I heard the bit where the vocals cut out in the second half of “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi,” my brain filled in “Kokoro ni ken~” I hope I'm the only one.

>>704 17-year-old girl. People around me know Gane as “those people from *Conan*” (･ω･｀)

When GARNET gets the crowd going, all that's left is clapping or waving, so of course people clap. Even in the fan-club section, people clapped because everyone around them was doing it. There were quite a lot of people just standing in the regular seats, so I think only a fraction of them were really clapping enthusiastically. The microphones picking up too much of the applause is something I agree with. Were they trying to convey the fans' excitement?

Well, when you listen in 5.1-channel sound, it'd feel a little lonely without the applause, lolol.

Is the second chorus of “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” about sex? The part that goes, “Our bodies intertwine, our gazes entwine; it's not a dream.”

Probably.

Yurippe is so cute.

No. 8 on today's daily chart.

Woof~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw49mm-CmNo

>>704 17-year-old girl. >>789 Same here! People around me also know GC as “those people from *Conan*” (´▽｀)

Will they sell “Yesterday” at the event?

>>797 Are you a second-year or third-year high school student? I don't have any fans around me, so I'm really happy (´∀｀)♪

Hello, nice to meet you. No. 8 on the daily chart, huh... That's a little disappointing.

>>800 Is that your real name? If so, you probably shouldn't use it. I was startled when I checked my email just now! It said GARNET CROW would be interviewed on TV Tokyo's *PVTV* starting at 1:00 on July 5... but the show was already over! You scared me! G-NET, send another email saying it starts at 25:00 on July 5!

You can read it, right? lol

For the fan-club event, if I'm toward the back of the first floor, will binoculars be essential after all...?

Are you on the yellow team?

I'm in the front row of the second floor, but I brought high-powered binoculars for birdwatching, lol.

They'll be able to identify you from that, lol. Though you're probably joking, lol.

It's a rare opportunity. I'd rather see them in person than watch a screen.

By the way, is there a screen?

>>805 I'm in the front row of the second floor, too.

>>808 There was one in Amagasaki, too, so I think there'll be one. I mean, they can't not show the lyrics, right? lol

>>807 Good luck with the guessing game, lol.

My tripcode got figured out, so I changed it.

Don't change it without asking.

>>805 >>809 I'm in the front row on the second floor, too. Why are there so many people here in the front row of the second floor? My eyesight is good, so I'm not bringing binoculars. I heard the fan-club seats were allocated proportionally to capacity at last December's live show, so I figured I'd probably be somewhere near the front of the first floor this time, too. I was surprised to end up on the second floor.

So it's really about as big as a regular live show~ Those smaller fan-club events might actually have been better.

“Everyone Should Die,” just go die already.

>>815 Last time only one member showed up, and they played a video, lol. This time there's a mini-live and a talk session. It's packed with stuff, lol.

Reading >>792 suddenly made it click for me. “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” is actually another story about playing hide-and-seek. A boy and a girl who are close but not dating hide together. Things get romantic, and they forget all about playing hide-and-seek. They have their first time together (and so on).

More, more!

Then I guess I'll die, too.

>>820 Hang in there!

I can't do this anymore. I'm at my limit. Goodbye. Death is a release now. The ultimate release. I'm not lonely at all. Because I'll become a star. One of those stars will be me. Though that's a lie... Well then, bye. Maybe this is the afterlife. Everything here is just too strange. I'm going back to where I came from. I'm tired now. This place is hell. I must have done something bad. I've reflected on it. So please let me go back... And so the Little Prince silently collapsed.

The intro and outro of “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi” keep playing in my head. Personally, I like “Go For It” better.

I want Yurippe to force herself on me, then have Nana-sama spit on me!

*PVTV* is on━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━!! Though we can't get TV Tokyo where I live (´,_ゝ`)

I'll watch *PVTV* live and record it properly, too^^

Yurippe is here, here she comes!

Yurippe's cheeks look a little chubbier now^^ But I'll get to see her tomorrow^^

Yurippe is so cute~~

Looks like it's over.

Sorry to interrupt the conversation, but does anyone know the brand of the high-register recorder Yurippe played at the fan-club event? I'm guessing it was probably a YAMAHA. I can't stop wanting to play the intro to “Wasurenazaki”...

I feel like Yurippe's Kansai accent has gotten stronger...

>>832 I thought so, too. I thought the same thing on yesterday's radio show. I used to think Azuki had a stronger Kansai accent, while Yurippe didn't have much of one.

It's because her current boyfriend is from Kansai.

>>834 Mochi?

>>834 Nana-sama.

Even if Yurippe wanted to switch to standard Japanese, all the other members speak Kansai dialect all the time, lol.

It's not Kansai dialect at all^^

Why speak standard Japanese anyway? Kansai dialect is fine.

As long as Nana-sama is beautiful, isn't that all that matters?!

Seven-ro.

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>>831 There isn't much difference in tone between brands. Just buy any recorder that's on the market.

Thanks for waiting. http://www.maruei.info/cm/shiroi.htm

>>844 Can't they do something about a rice name like “Chiba Fusao Otome”? That's the only thing I can think about.

When Yurippe and the others were on *Passpara*, everyone said “shake” (“salmon”) with the accent on the “k.”

No. 9?

>>847 It's gradually slipping, but it's still in the top ten.

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I'm collecting Gane's B-sides. Ahaha, lol. It feels like they just released new songs.

They played “Namida no Yesterday” at the end of the news on TV Asahi just now.

Please do not leave all or any part of a Mochi figurine on university grounds.

“Spray scattering apart amid the roar of the waves” I couldn't make out that line at all until I read the lyrics.

Are the figurines heavy?

I love Nana-sama's Kansai accent~ So adorable~

>>856 That's a Kyoto accent, lolol.

What am I supposed to do by myself from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m....?

I want to sing “Happy Birthday” to Yurippe at Hitomi.

>>854 I don't think it sounds that bad.

I'm going to write in big letters on the message card, “Happy 30th birthday, Yurippe!” and hand it to her.

Gane seems to like these kinds of milestone numbers, so maybe it could happen, lol.

>>861 Write that on the crappy *Conan* card that came with the CD, too.

>>858 Women's university. Snake.

>>864 This is Snake. I've infiltrated the women's university. My libido has nowhere to go.

>>865 There's a photo of Nana on the locker. Take care of that urge with that for now.

I wrote on the message card, “Yurippe is 30, I'm 40 and a man of wisdom—age is no barrier.”

Yurippe's face really is tiny. I thought so even more after seeing the “Yesterday” cover photo.

I never get tired of listening to “Yesterday.” Yurippe is getting more and more charming at 30.

Over in Osaka, people just write, “Yurippe, marry me.” Aim higher.

>>826 What was Yurippe wearing on *PVTV*?

I've already secured a front-row seat for tomorrow, so... I'm going to confess my feelings to Yuri. If she turns me down, I'll switch to Nana. I've been waiting for this day...

If the word “tonfa” crossed your mind! ```text ∧＿∧ （　´Д`） ／ 丶'　　ヽ / ヽ　　　 /　/ /　/へ ヘ/　/ /　＼ ヾミ　 /| （__／| ＼___ノ/　　　 By then—WHAM! /　　　　/　　　　　　　＿　　／ /　ｙ　　　）　　　　∧ ∧―＝￣　｀ヽ, / ／　　／　　　∵. ・（　　 〈＿_　>　　゛　、＿ >>872 （__／　／　　　　　　（／　,　´ ／　／ ／　＼ ／　／　,' ／　 ／| 　| !､＿／ / 　 〉 |_／ ``` By that point, it was already WHAM!

What are you all doing? lol. This thread really is full of perverts, lol. At least enjoy the event properly on behalf of the members who can't go.

>>873 I have absolutely no idea what this meansーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー lol Tough luck, virgin.

>>875 You're the virgin, lololololololol!

>>872 Are you a woman? You aren't a guy, are you? lol

If Yurippe says “Ugh, what a gross otaku...” when we shake hands, I think I'd kill myself, so I'll deliberately get the quiz wrong tomorrow.

>>870 Where did they put that?

Speaking of what Yurippe wore at the fan-club event, was her neckline really low? Someone who went to the Osaka event, please tell me.

Come on, cut it out. At least keep quiet and go to bed the night before the event.

Fill a condom with vaginal fluid and throw it at the old guy.

Uwaaaaaah, I'm so excited I can't sleep aaaaaah! Yurippeeeeee! Nana-samaaah! Please rape meeeeeeeeeee!!

Could you at least tell us about this, lol? http://www.barks.jp/artist/?id=52003445 If you only announce it on the new single's release day, I won't notice because I'll be listening to the new songs, lol.

>>884 Are you a god?

I knew, lol. Thanks. Today is Nana-sama Day.

July 7. Everyone knows it as Tanabata, but as a Gane fan, I consider it AZUKI Nana Day. Though I do kind of want to look at the Milky Way, too. But with torrential rain in Kyushu, that seems pretty unlikely^^;;;;; For some reason, I feel like listening to “Yuudachi no Niwa.”

Got post 888.

Estimated tribute money for today: ・Original 7th-anniversary merch set: ¥15,000? ・Official figurines: ¥10,000 ・Illustration set: ¥1,500 ・About four back issues: ¥2,000 Total should be around ¥20,000, I guess. orz

Back to the topic: is Yurippe a virgin?

Where did we end up going back to? lol Yurippe, hurry up and let me see you!

>>890 Execution?

>>890 What are you talking about? That's the kind of thing everyone knows. People running around saying Yurippe isn't a vi○gin really need to develop some social skills.

Wow, she made it to 30 without losing it! That's our Yurippe! ＞＜

>>884 Thanks, you pig. “Please don't push yourself to sing” cracked me up, lol.

UtaMap has all of GARNET's lyrics, as usual. Even the new songs' B-sides were all up right away, lolol.

>>894 Your ID is awesome, lol.

My Yurippa is all torn up. The threads and stuffing are coming out. The quality is terrible.

Sorry, I'm a new Gane fan, but the songwriter and composer credits appear in three forms across different songs: ・Kanji ・Roman letters in all caps ・Roman letters in lowercase Is there a particular reason for the difference?

It depends on the period.

Heading out from Shin-Osaka. I'm looking forward to seeing how it differs from Amagasaki.

>>900 I thought so at first, but after checking release dates and things, it didn't seem to line up... Maybe I just haven't figured it out, so if you don't mind, could you tell me a little more about which periods?

>>901 Could it be that you're attending both events? If you know another fan-club member, you could each use the guest slot and possibly go twice...

>>902 I don't know the specifics, lolol. Maybe they just do it however they feel?

>>903 This time I'm going as someone's guest. Isn't that what regulars usually do?

There can't be that many regulars.

Does *PASTIME PARADISE*, which airs tomorrow at 10 p.m., only come in clearly if you're in Kyoto? I'm in the Kanto region.

It's about time to head to Hitomi.

>>879 After the event, they'll put it on the box outside the lobby. >>907 Hyogo, Osaka, and Kyoto should definitely get it. But if you're in a bad location, you might not get a signal.