GARNET CROW part.216

Official website http://www.garnetcrow.com/ ■ 7th album release confirmed!!! 【STAY ~Yoake no Soul~】 Planned tracklist: 01-Hello Sadness 02-Hyakunen no Kodoku 03-Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete (album ver.) 04-Elysium 05-Doing all right 06-ON THE WAY 07-Stay 08-Hibi no Hotori 09-Yume no Hitotsu 10-Fall in Life~Hallelujah~ 11-Rainy Soul 12-Koi no Aima ni First pressing A: 7th album CD + DVD containing the PVs First pressing B: 7th album CD + bonus CD with remixes of the included songs Regular edition: 7th album CD □ 30th single on sale!!! 『Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete』 01-Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete 02-Ai ni Niteru 03-Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete (Instrumental) 【First limited edition】CD+DVD 【Regular edition】CD only ◎ Live ☆GARNET CROW live tour & countdown live confirmed!! ※See the official website for dates and details. ◇Previous thread GARNET CROW part.215 http://anchorage.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1252942397/

【GARNET CROW livescope 2009 ~ Yoake no Soul ~】 October 2 (Fri) Nagoya / Zepp Nagoya (OPEN 18:00/START 19:00) October 12 (Mon, holiday) Yokohama / Yokohama Blitz (OPEN 17:00/START 18:00) October 18 (Sun) Fukuoka / Zepp Fukuoka (OPEN 17:00/START 18:00) October 22 (Thu) Osaka / Namba Hatch October 23 (Fri) Osaka / Namba Hatch (OPEN 18:00/START 19:00) October 30 (Fri) Sapporo / Zepp Sapporo (OPEN 18:00/START 19:00) November 7 (Sat) Sendai / Zepp Sendai (OPEN 17:00/START 18:00) November 24 (Tue) Tokyo / Akasaka Blitz (OPEN 18:00/START 19:00) November 25 (Wed) Tokyo / Akasaka Blitz (OPEN 18:00/START 19:00) ※Doors and start times may change. Please be aware. ※Children under six cannot enter any show. ●Ticket price: 6,000 yen (tax included, drink fee separate) ●General sale date: Sunday, August 23

>1 A乙UKI Nana

Until the 10th anniversary of their debut 　　　　　　　　1　　　　　　　　8　　　　　　　　3　　　　　　　　days left

>1 乙TAY

>1 Hana wa Saite Otsu, Tada AZUKI Nana’s boobs bouncing Otsu

Did I get 7? (´∀｀)

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>1 Kimi Otsure-saru ry The previous thread briefly touched on the possibility that Yurippe isn’t from Kyoto, and I was a little curious about that too. It felt like Kiyopi was explaining Kyoto to Yurippe, didn’t it?

>12 Kiyopi is smart. She’s checked everything already, I’m sure.

>12 Yuri-san is also determined not to talk about her private life.

GARNET CROW Singles 2000/03/29 No. 20 11 weeks 17,690 61,040 Mysterious Eyes 2000/03/29 No. 40 3 weeks 6,420 11,890 Kimi no Ie ni Tsuku Made Zutto Hashitte Yuku 2000/05/17 No. 47 2 weeks 4,510 6,940 Futari no Rocket 2000/09/27 No. 42 2 weeks 5,460 7,790 Sen Ijou no Kotoba wo Narabete mo 2000/10/25 No. 20 5 weeks 21,930 40,950 Natsu no Maboroshi 2000/11/29 No. 25 9 weeks 15,930 49,390 flying 2001/05/09 No. 19 2 weeks 13,210 17,630 Last love song 2001/08/08 No. 29 3 weeks 12,340 20,120 call my name 2001/11/21 No. 33 2 weeks 11,910 15,250 Timeless sleep 2002/03/13 No. 6 10 weeks 40,140 93,300 Yume Mita Ato de 2002/08/14 No. 7 4 weeks 21,010 35,040 Spiral 2002/12/11 No. 10 6 weeks 17,020 26,414 Crystal Gauge 2003/07/23 No. 13 5 weeks 16,236 23,084 Nakenai Yoru mo Nakanai Asa mo 2003/09/10 No. 7 10 weeks 19,835 35,190 Kimi to Iu Hikari 2004/01/14 No. 7 6 weeks 17,036 32,102 Bokura dake no Mirai 2004/06/16 No. 11 5 weeks 16,096 22,719 Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakosou 2004/11/17 No. 14 6 weeks 17,485 25,950 Wasurezaki 2005/05/18 No. 9 5 weeks 19,159 27,993 Kimi no Omoi Egaita Yume Atsumeru HEAVEN 2005/11/23 No. 13 8 weeks 13,865 22,071 Hare Dokei 2006/03/01 No. 17 7 weeks 12,891 22,032 Rai Rai Ya 2006/07/05 No. 15 6 weeks 18,252 25,704 Yume Hanabi 2006/08/16 No. 14 6 weeks 12,705 18,941 Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de 2006/09/13 No. 7 5 weeks 13,347 18,494 Maboroshi 2007/02/21 No. 6 7 weeks 19,939 29,738 Kaze to RAINBOW / Kono Te wo Nobaseba 2007/07/04 No. 10 9 weeks 13,093 23,829 Namida no Yesterday 2007/11/14 No. 12 6 weeks 12,984 19,414 Sekai wa Mawaru to Iu Keredo 2008/08/13 No. 10 5 weeks 10,817 15,341 Yume no Hitotsu 2008/10/22 No. 9 5 weeks 12,344 16,543 Hyakunen no Kodoku 2009/05/20 No. 10 5 weeks 12,439 17,055 Doing all right 2009/08/19 No. 14 - weeks 8,940 11,916 Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete Albums 2001/01/31 No. 6 5 weeks 51,830 87,150 first soundscope ~Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e~ 2002/04/24 No. 4 9 weeks 73,010 156,410 SPARKLE ~Sujigaki-doori no Sky Blue~ 2003/11/12 No. 5 13 weeks 45,163 84,071 Crystallize ~Kimi to Iu Hikari~ 2004/12/08 No. 11 10 weeks 35,917 64,347 I'm waiting 4 you 2005/11/07 No. 4 13 weeks 55,710 108,703 GARNET CROW Best 2006/10/04 No. 4 8 weeks 36,060 58,190 THE TWILIGHT VALLEY 2008/03/12 No. 5 6 weeks 31,555 45,294 LOCKS

(;｀･ω･´) What a steep downward slide...!!

LOCKS didn’t even hit 50,000, huh. Even though it’s a good albumorz

http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1313302.html Compared with the decline in CD sales across society, this is actually pretty good, isn’t it? If records don’t sell, fewer people will aspire to become singers too. Places like GIZA probably don’t have the leeway to nurture new talent either.

>12-14 Maybe since the company and activities are centered around Osaka, “being from Kyoto” is only technically true. Osaka and Kyoto really are close by public transport. Still, I guess she wouldn’t go to Kyoto for no reason. Of course, the theory that she isn’t from Kyoto is possible too. But she sounded pretty close to a Kansai dialect on some radio show or other once, so it’s a fact that she’s from Kansai, or has lived in Kansai for a very long time.

>18 Last year was pretty awful too, but this year is especially bad. But LOCKS is an album, after all. The album chart situation is still better than the singles chart...

If they’re going to release three versions anyway, they should include a DVD like a making-of documentary with one of them.

>15 The longest-running hit among the singles is the debut song, huh? I guess the reason they’ve managed to survive this long is that they’ve regularly gotten Conan tie-ins. Montevideo and WAG in particular only had their debut song, so they disappeared pretty quickly.

She might be from Kyoto Prefecture, but not actually Kyoto City. Depending on where you live, you can be living in Kyoto and still know Osaka better.

Yurippe, Kyoto City’s tourism ambassador.

This band ended with Spiral, didn’t it? If they were going to release a song like that, they should’ve put this band’s number-one masterpiece, Yuudachi no Niwa, out as the A-side instead.

Why are the sales for Kaze to RAINBOW bizarrely good compared with everything else???

>25 I like Spiral, but I kind of get what you mean. I feel like their sound started changing into something more broadly appealing around 2003.

>27 Hey, heyｗ Even before that, there were plenty of songs aimed at a broad audience, like Natsu no Maboroshi, Yume Mita Ato de, and Mysterious Eyesｗ

>26 It became the image song for the Naruko Kokeshi Tourism Association, so organized-vote sales got added on top.

>1 Take care in the rain, Yume Hanabi♪

>969 Someone uploaded a recording of the broadcast here: ttp://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8347615

Anyone who went to the Kyoto Sangyo radio show— did you get to see Yurippe’s cleavage when she bowed?

>32 Yeah.

>Perfect.

>1 I got ahead of myself and said “otsu” right after making the thread.

Is Yurippe going to publicly pee at Nishinomiya Sky Garden already? （･∀･ ）っ/凵⌒☆ﾁﾝﾁﾝ

>32 Did Yurippe actually bow? What did the people who went think?

>15 It’s not just GARNET CROW—these days, CDs really don’t sell anymore. Especially singles. Last week, even a single in the top ranks sold under 7,000 copies, and this time ELT’s single might even fall below 10,000 （・ω・｀；)

Fan club members! Have you gotten any livescope merch info yet? If you have, please tell me what kind of goods there are! Please m(_ _)m

When will the public execution of >36 happen already? （･∀･ ）っ/凵⌒☆ﾁﾝﾁﾝ

Posting to commemorate ON THE WAY being awesome. This time looks promising.

I was shocked that Stay is the ending theme for “Noriyuki’s Talk in Hokkaido.”

>29 【Topic】Kokeshi dolls are gradually becoming more popular among women in their 20s and 30s. http://tsushima.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1253942845/

Question. I was watching the LOCKS live DVD just now, and after Spiral finishes at the end of the encore on disc two, the audience comes on screen around 51:50 in the first DVD’s display time. Isn’t the person in there Gosho Aoyama, the author of Detective Conan? He looks a lot like him. Is it actually him? I’d appreciate it if someone who owns the DVD could check.

They’re saying they’ll do different content on the two days at Hatch (which presumably has seats), but if they can’t even sell out that easily, are they really going to fill the countdown show...? Though maybe it’ll sell out if it’s seated.

>44 The question is how many people here even know what Gosho Aoyama looks like. Don’t assume everyone knows him—he’s not someone whose face is widely recognized. You should upload a DVD screenshot or a photo of Aoyama’s face.

>46 >DVD screenshot If it’s from LOCKS, you’d get a more reliable verdict by posting it in the Conan thread.

Someone of Aoyama’s stature probably wouldn’t be in the regular seats. Maybe he’d have a specially prepared guest seat or something ( ・∀・)y─┛~~

>44 It feels like it’s a little different.

I got it early.

>44-san We could tell if there were a screenshot.

Do you know what the first-come, first-served poster looks like?

Even though the early-release day is today or tomorrow, why haven’t the self liner notes or chorus previews come out this time?

I prefer the regular edition’s cover, but I want to hear the different arrangements, so maybe I’ll go buy B. Nana-sama’s handsome aura is off the charts.

>53 Looks like there won’t be any previews this time. The liner notes might come later, though. It’s bizarre that there’s a special site for the single but no album siteｗ

GIZA has no money.

GARNET has no money.

It looks like tickets are still on sale, so I’m thinking of going to Namba Hatch for my first live ever. Which is better, unreserved seating on the first floor or reserved seats on the second floor? I thought the first floor would be more popular, but looking at sales, the second-floor seats are selling better. I guess each one has its own pros and cons?

If they don’t announce next year’s February/March tour soon, it’s going to overlap with other plans.

My fan-club ticket for Yokohama Blitz came... An A1200-something number... that’s about as far back as it gets... Another shitty ticket after the FC event... Lately I’ve mostly been listening to other singers’ songs, and their music is starting to feel repetitive too. With the event seating arrangements being one disaster after another, if the new album turns out mediocre too, I might completely lose interest...

The details of the 10th-anniversary live tour are out. Is Hiroshima a first?

>61 Second time.

>60 Come on, don’t say that. I’m in the same boat, so let’s do our best from the back! We should be grateful just to be able to go to a live. There are people who can’t go because of work and stuff, after all. For the 10th anniversary, I want them to make some sturdy T-shirts.

What are the details of the 10th-anniversary tour?

I looked at the tour details, and the audience is obviously totally Tokyo-type, huh〜 They’re really going for the International Forum. I’m worried whether they can fill it, but maybe Tokyo will be okay. I get the feeling there might be an additional Kanto date too. If there is, though, they probably won’t announce it until much later.

>60 I’m number 118×, and there are actually people behind me... We’re in the same boat(´｡･∀･) 人(･∀･｡`)

Favoring Kansai over Kanto is just the usual GIZA way, so it can’t be helped.

Kanto usually gets the better deal in most other things, so it’s fine, isn’t it?

>65 Really? Is it that big? Does “Best Live Tour” mean they’re releasing a best-of album?

>68 When has that happened? The FC event had two Osaka shows for some reason too.

>68 We’re not getting the better deal. The year-end live, Premium Live, and Ninnaji live were all special events in Kansai. And besides, it’s supposed to be a 10th-anniversary debut tour, yet they’re doing a Tokyo live a whole month before the anniversary of their debut.

No, I meant events outside GARNET and stuff（´・ω・｀）

It’s been four years since I last came to this thread... If you don’t mind, could you tell me: Are the first-come album posters the same three types as the CDs? Or is there only one type? The 10th-anniversary live in Sapporo is here!

>72 Why did you suddenly start talking about things outside GARNET in this thread...?

Sorry('A`)

The school festivals were only in Kansai too. At radio events, only Kansai gets singing performances. This time, LAZONA finally came along. Lives with a Pan Kōjō-sized capacity are only in Kansai. Tokyo always gets brushed off with one huge venue.

Special one-off lives are only in Kansai too.

Since tickets are selling better in Kanto than Kansai, they should move to Kanto.

That’s GIZA for you〜

Kansai favoritism can’t be helped. Yurippe, Nana, and Okamocchi are from Kansai, and Furui is the only one from Kanto. We should be grateful they come at all. There are more Saturdays this time, so the tickets should sell well, right? I’m looking forward to the album tomorrow!!

The International Forum is hereーーー!! When is it? Where in Osaka? Grand Cube?

The International Forum has 5,012 seats. It could fill 3,500 seats, but it’d be lonely if the place were half empty.

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76f4LGK2Vkw The pre-chorus of STAY has been uploaded〜 The Hallelujah chorus sounded like I WISH’s “Ashita e no Tobira” and then like Naotaro’s “Sakura” to me (・ω・｀;;)

Thanks. 5,000, huh. What was the biggest venue GARNET has played live so far?

The new album is finally coming out. I’m so happy.

>84 Maracanã.

Even Mai Kuraki can’t fill the Forum when it’s that empty, so there’s no way GARNET canーーooohー

>80 That makes them look bad, so you probably shouldn’t say it anymore. The reason is probably different anyway, and all fans are treated equally.

Kaze to RAINBOW had two editions. Wasn’t there an anime tie-in effect too?

I’m buying B. Does the remix have a title like “Hyakunen no Kodoku (○○ Mix)”?

>86 ?

If it’s Sapporo in February, the show might get canceled by a blizzard.

>90 Looking at the poster listed on the auction site, it does seem to have a title like XX Mix. (“Stay” is apparently Piano something Mix; the rest are too small to readorz) The remixes included on the previous remix album and regular albums turned out so（　´・ω・）disappointing that I can’t expect much. If anything, I wish they’d make remixes that completely transformed the songs, like LAB. THE BASEMENT doesorz

>93 Thanks. I wanted to hear the Hyakunen no Kodoku remix, so I decided on B. And the Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete remix too...

>88 Sorry, I said that badly. There’s no way that was the reason. Fans are equal, right? You’re absolutely right! I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.

>87 Even Mai Kuraki had trouble filling the International Forum...? It looked almost full when ZARD played there, though (´･ω･`)

>95 Personally, I don’t think you said anything bad.

Mai Kuraki’s best-of: first half of September GARNET’s best-of: second half of March We should prepare ourselves for them selling as many copies as Kuraki, or even more.

I want a collection of every PV.

Two-CD set. I’m guessing side B will be a best-of coupling songs.

My dick is reserved exclusively for Nana-sama!

I think there was a discussion in this thread a few years ago about an image video from AZUKI’s pre-professional days. Was that actually her?

They should release the Hare Dokei PV. It’s so cute.

Once, a while back, I wrote “Yurippe” on my own penis with a permanent marker.

That’s just plain pervertedｗ

As expected, Rhythm is still the greatest song in GARNET CROW history.

I’m looking forward to Yoake no Soul coming out tomorrow〜 Will it be hard to get into like LOCKS, or will I like it right away? I’m on pins and needles.

New songs and new albums really do get me excited. They make me feel happy.

>107 The day after tomorrow.

With a pervert hanging around here, what a weird thread.

>109 Tomorrow is right, since you can buy it early. The official release is on the 30th, though.

I’m buying Yoake no Soul (first pressing A) for 1,000 yen off because I collected all the stamps. I’m too excited to sleep.

>104

http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/nm8368424 An introduction to all the songs?

The album comes out tomorrow, so what’s up with the person running the blog?

Announcing the best-of right before the original album comes out... I wish they’d spread out the things to look forward to a little more.

Yurippe is 34 in real life, right?

Yeah... a 10th-anniversary tour and a best-of, huh.

>118 As usual, information overlaps, then there are periods with no information at all. I think drip-feeding information to keep the fans around is one promotional tactic too.

Anyone who went to the Kyoto Sangyo radio show— did Yurippe bow at the beginning or the end?

>120 She did.

Seriously, haven’t there been a lot of lives lately? Are they having money problems?

>121 Could you see her cleavage when she bowed?

Was the best-of album announced on G-NET too?

>122 Music CDs don’t sell → secure revenue through live shows. Apparently that’s a worldwide trend.

>83 Another song that sounds like “Ashita e no Tobira,” following “Love is a Bird”!!!!????

>117 People often tell me I look like Yurippe if you made her a little chubbier(´･ω･｀)

>127 If you want attention, just wander around the live venue.

>87 I went to Kuraki’s show, and it sold out in the advance sales and was packed. Why are you lying?

>122 Lives aren’t necessarily profitable. They probably run at a loss pretty often. This is likely a push to gear up for the 10th anniversary.

Cleavage, chubby Yurippe, trolls, scat fetish... Good grief（　´_ゝ`）

>86 was way too hugeｗ Only someone who knows soccer would get that jokeｗｗ

At this hour, I can say it. Nana, good night.

It’s not on GIZA’s mobile site... When is the best-of coming out?

I agonized over it until the last minute, but I’ve decided! I’m buying B!! Which one are the people here buying? I’m so excited I can’t sleepｗｗｗ

I listened to all the songs, but they’re kind of underwhelming. There are some fresh-sounding songs, but like Ai ni Niteru, they feel like good songs that are missing one more ingredient. Has Yurippe run out of material? I can feel the limit.

Got it early!

If Mochi had a chonmage, he wouldn’t be Mochi—he’d be Mochiue-dono〜〜

>82 The International Forum has 5,012 seats. It could fill 3,500 seats, but it’d be lonely if the place were half empty. LOCKS’s JCB Hall has 3,000 seats over two days, so I think the International Forum’s 5,000 seats should be doable.

It is Saturday, after all.

>98 The best-of is in March? The 14th Conan movie isn’t even out yet. I think they’ll release a Conan tie-in 2A single before the best-of comes out.

>139 Most people, myself included, will probably go both days.

Since it’s on a Saturday, they’re telling people from all over the country to come on a tripｗｗｗ But the web radio has completely disappeared. Even though it’s the middle of an album-release period.

Is Grand Cube, with a capacity of 2,700, really all Osaka gets? Hatch must have sold terribly. They gave Kansai all those radio shows and events, and this is the result. Kansai is hopeless.

For anyone who ordered the album from Amazon by bank transfer: Have you gotten your payment number yet? I still haven’t received the email...

>129 Huh? There were tons of tickets left over at a Shinjuku ticket shop for 980 yen, and the second floor was practically empty. Which Forum are you talking about? GARNET’s JCB Hall also felt like they barely managed to clear them out at 2,000 yen.

It’s the early-release day. If it has a gloomy feel like the first album, I might buy it...

Timeless Sleep is a great song, but Yurippe’s cuteness in the PV is ridiculous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZqoc0bakVo

I’m listening to Hello Sadness right now, and it’s so good... It has this feeling I can’t put into words. When it comes to Japanese music, GARNET is all I need.

This voice alone is worth something.

Next up is Elysium. This one’s good too. This album is gloomy, if you want to call it gloomy, but more accurately it feels like a melancholic direction, maybe?

The countdown live details still haven’t been announced, right? The best-of news came first, so I’m confusedorz

I bought B for now. I’ll order A online later; it should arrive the day after tomorrow.

Next up is Stay. N-no, my tear ducts... It’s already a masterpiece. This is definitely going to become an album I treasure for the rest of my life. Anyway, sorry to anyone who hasn’t listened yet, so I’ll stop here.

Holy crap, the very first song is already an album worthy of being called a masterpiece. I’m looking forward to the live.

I recommend the B 2-CD edition too.

Still, LOCKS was the worst. I can’t bring myself to listen to it repeatedly.

LOCKS is my favorite, though〜

Were there any store-specific purchase bonuses?

Am I an oddball for liking Flying the most even though I’m not a Tales otaku? It sounds like there’s another chorus tucked behind the main one, shifted slightly, but I can’t make out what they’re singing...

>158 Strongly agree. I like LOCKS the most too.

Got STAY early. They gave me a poster.

>160 I never get tired of Flying no matter how many times I hear it. The instrumental version of the single sounds like someone’s saying something in English, but I can’t make out whatｗ

>162 What does the poster look like? Is Nana-sama cool? I’m torn between getting the poster and buying it cheaply at a store where I’ve built up points.

>160 The way you put it makes it sound like you’re not allowed to like flying unless you’re a Tales fan.

Nothing beats Yume Mita Ato de, after all. I wonder what the album is like. Should I buy it?

Hyakunen no Kodoku and Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete. You can’t tell them apart just from the intros.

>167 Are your ears rotten?

>158 It’s not my number one, but I love LOCKS too.

Elysium is my favorite. It’s the biggest shock I’ve had since I heard Call my name. This is the kind of song I’ve been waiting for. Thanks, Yurippe.

>164 It’s the regular edition’s cover photo. The bottom has the first-pressing and regular-edition cover photos, bonus details, and the live dates.

I’m glad I bought it （ ＾ω＾） The B cover is cool, and the very first song is great too.

Bought B. Nana-sama is too beautiful. Koi no Aima ni is way too straightforward for Nana-sama.

The “Hana wa Saite〜” silent poet ver. on disc 2 of first pressing B only has vocals and piano accompaniment. Could this actually be a Yuri-and-Nana duet?

>171 Thanks.

>171 So there’s only one poster, then?

>172,173 Huh, it’s already on sale?

>174 Maybe it’s a duet between Furui-san and Yurippe. Even if you call it a duet, Furui-san might have just tinkered with the original song... I don’t know whether they recorded it again.

>177 The release date is Wednesday, but they usually start selling it on Tuesday.

Trivia about CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays: They start appearing on store shelves around noon the day before release.

For those who bought first pressing B: How did you import it into iTunes? Album name: STAY ~Yoake no Soul~ -Special Arranged Songs- Track names: I imported them as “Song title -XXX ver.-.”

I listened to the album, but it’s kind of meh. The first half is good, but the second half is somehow boring.

Only vocals and piano accompaniment... Honestly, it smells like they cut corners. Now I don’t feel like buying B anymore.

>183 First pressing B: Personally, I don’t need the disco remix of track three. Disco remixes don’t suit GARNET, do theyｗ First pressing A + poster: I’m waiting for Tower Records to ship it. I was planning to buy B at the live venue, but I was worried they might not have it, so I bought it at a nearby bookstore that sells CDs. The CD section is small, so they only stocked one regular edition and one first pressing B, excluding reservations.

>181 I didn’t split them up because I was too lazy. So that’s another way to do it, huh! I’ll use that as a reference! By the way, when I imported the bonus disc, there wasn’t a matching CD, right? For some reason Arashi came up as a candidate and I cracked upｗｗ I thought it might be the curse of the Arashi who keeps trolling this threadｗ

>185 It wasn’t in the candidates, right? Arashi caught my attention too, but there were lots of foreign artist names as well.

People who bought it: Is this worth buying?

>187 If you’re a fan, just buy it without asking anyone. -Stay yoake ver.- Arranged by Daisuke Ikeda, huh. Could it be the entrance BGM?

>187 Highly recommended.

The lyric booklet kind of smells.

I preordered alpha, but I’m starting to want beta too! But I can’t bring myself to buy the same album twice‐( ﾟдﾟ)

Okay. I’m going to buy it now!!

>191 I can’t bring myself to do it either〜 I think of A as buying the Music Clip DVD, and B as buying the album. Doing all right was the hardest one to accept, just for the sake of having different versions. Hyakunen no Kodoku was hard to accept too. Why is the instrumental missing only from the DVD editionｗ

Since CDs don’t sell anymore, they have no choice but to use stingy sales tactics... You can download them on iTunes, and get them easily online too, after all.

Please tell me the dates for the 10th-anniversary live.

I picked it up at Tsutaya in the rain. They put the poster and CD in one box, so I CROWed on the way home by bicycle. The white horse at the beginning of the lyric booklet, Koi no Aima ni, and Furui-san are great.

>195 Buy the CD and enjoy the surprise.

>195 February [date TBD] Tokyo / Tokyo International Forum Hall A Doors 17:00, show 18:00 March [date TBD] Sapporo / Sapporo Education and Culture Hall Doors 17:30, show 18:00 March [date TBD] Hiroshima / Hiroshima Aster Plaza Grand Hall Doors 18:30, show 19:00 March [date TBD] Fukuoka / Fukuoka International Congress Center Doors 18:30, show 19:00 March [date TBD] Sendai / Sendai Civic Auditorium Doors 17:30, show 18:00 March [date TBD] Nagoya / Chunichi University Civic Hall, Prunier Hall Doors 18:30, show 19:00 March [date TBD] Osaka / Grand Cube Osaka Main Hall Doors 17:00, show 18:00 They’re concentrated from late February through March.

How are the bonuses for first pressing B?

Elysium sounds like ZARD’s GOOD DAY.

Bought A. Since I live in Yokohama, I bought it from HWV with the event entry ticket. Is B more popular here?

Bought A. The cover is cool.

It was uploaded to haoting right away and I cracked upｗ

There’s no problem with waiting until it hits the rental stores before deciding whether to buy it.

They’re not selling it. I’m done for.

Hello Sadness is way too damn cool.

I went and edited Wikipedia. Bonus CD (first pressing B) -Special Arranged Songs- Stay -yoake ver.- Arrangement: Daisuke Ikeda Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete -silent poet ver.- Rainy Soul -Closer Soul’s Disco Remix- Hyakunen no Kodoku -the clouds break ver.-

B seemed more popular, so I bought A. I’m going to listen to it now.

I dropped it after buying it and cracked it. I could cry...

Bought A and B. I got the poster and event entry ticket at the same time. I’m going to listen to them now.

I’m starting to worry whether I’ll still be able to buy B the day after tomorrow.

Hallelujah really does sound like Ashita e no Tobira, but it’s my favorite song.

I just bought it. They had three As, one B, and one regular edition for sale. The poster says it’s first come, first served, but is that really true? It feels like everyone will be able to get one. What do the CD shop employees think?

I’m planning to buy it at LAZONA on the 3rd. I can’t wait to hear it.

What’s this about “a sentimental mood”...ｗ

I’m done with work and can finally go pick it up! I’m so excited!!

“Hello Sadness” and “Elysium” are simply damn cool. But Hallelujah doesn’t really sound like “Ashita e no Tobira,” does it? Anyway, the first four songs and the final two are good, but the middle feels weak.

What are you guys going to do with your entry tickets?

By the way, will the event be canceled if it rains!? Saturday’s weather looks iffy, so we’ll just have to trust Yurippe’s sunny-woman powers!

Ah, damn—I was in the shower when the early delivery from Neowing arrived...

>218 I’ll send mine in for now.

I’ll send mine in for now too. Though I can also apply for the FC-exclusive one.

>219 It says the event will go ahead in rainy weather, so I think it’ll be fine unless a typhoon comes through.

The enclosed postcard had a section titled “About videos and TV spots,” so I wrote that I hoped they’d get used in more TV commercialsｗ

>198 Thanks. Doesn’t it overlap with B’z? I preordered from Amazon pretty late, so it hasn’t arrived yet.

I ordered A from Amazon, and was surprised when it arrived today. I’m listening to it now.

Hello Sadness is so damn cool! The passion is burning〜♪

Are all three lyric booklets different?

There are so many great opening tracks on their albums: Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e Kyou no Kimi to Ashita wo Matsu Yuuzukuyo Anywhere Saigo no Ritou

4 > 7 > 3 > 1 > 5 > 2 > 6 I like them all.

Hello is a good song too, but... It’s not On the Edge. ON THE WAY is also way too good, just as expected. What’s with “the old lady next door”? I wonder what state Nana was in when she wrote the lyrics.

I cried over Stay and Koi no Aima ni... Hallelujah kind of sounds like Sorairo no Neko. I prefer the other arrangement of Stay. >215 That part cracked me upｗ

After the Fukuoka show, do you think Yurippe will go eat ramen at a Hakata yatai? Or will she stay at the hotel next door?

The GARNET CROW era has finally arrived!

>229 Strongly agree! Whether you call it maintaining the album’s balance or making the songs complement each other, I think they’re really good at choosing the track order too.

I love all their albums, but if I had to force myself to rank them, my order would be 1, 5, 6, 4, 2, 3. I wonder where 7 will fit. I haven’t listened to it yet, so I don’t know. The first track often feels like the “face” of the album. Naturally, they’re all masterpieces.

Looks like they’ll release a new song before the best-of... 2010 January or February: single March: best-of album April: theatrical Conan movie single

I bought B, and when I played it in Windows Media Player, track 8, Hibi no Hotori, was displayed as Yume no Hitotsu, while track 9, Yume no Hitotsu, was displayed as Hibi no Hotori. I don’t know how it gets this information, so I’m not sure what’s going on. Is it like that for anyone else?

First-listen impressions. The different version of Hana wa Saite〜 feels way too strange. Stay sounds like a single, and it’s track seven on top of that. Fall in Life has a really poppy sound, even though the opening is sentimental. There seem to be lots of songs that grow on you after repeated listens!

>238 I thought there was no way that was happening, but I looked at the player I’m using now, and it’s displaying 09 Hibi no Hotori while playing Yume no Hitotsu.

Track 11, Rainy Soul, sounds a lot like Marionette Fantasia, including the intro.

“Sentimental” might become the next big thingｗ

Koi no Manimani.

I like Elysium and Stay. I was starting to drift away after LOCKS, but GARNET CROW really is good after all.

>234 It always feels like it’s about to happen, but then it doesn’t. It’s like being one tile away in mahjong.

They say Stay’s motif is Duras. Is it Marguerite Duras’s The Lover (L’Amant)?

>238 I have B too, but I haven’t had that happen... When I imported it into iTunes, the only thing was that “Yume no Hitotsu” showed up as “Yume Hitotsu.”

>238 >240 Same here.

That wasn’t “mera mera.” It was just “mera.”

>246 Where does it say that?

Doing all right feels better when you listen to it on the album.

>247 My iTunes says “Yume Hitotsu” too. Ahh, I’m glad I bought it. I got the poster tooｗ

I don’t understand the sense of resolution at all—...!

>250 It’s in the third line of Stay: “Yomikake no Duras, kimi no fuseta Page.” The first line, “Like the movie I saw yesterday,” also makes sense because The Lover was made into a movie.

>238 >240 >247 >248 This is starting to look like it could become a recall issue.

The Lover is pretty erotic.

>255 Isn’t it just that the database Windows Media Player uses is wrong?

The CDDB is just wrong.

>256 Yeah, I watched it on video years ago, and it definitely left me with an erotic impression.

>254 Oh, so it was lyrics. Thanks.

>257 >258 My sincerest apologies.

I kind of like the sentimental stuff too. Stay and On The Way aren’t really my thing, though...

Furui-cchi in Rainy Soul on first pressing B is insanely handsome. No dissent will be tolerated.

I opened up the poster. Furui-san is way too handsomeｗｗｗ

When I go to the Gane☆Radio page on the fan club site, Google-sensei asks me, “This is a Dutch-language page. Would you like to translate it?” ＷＷ

The CD tags are messed up. AZUKI Nana should vigorously suck my dick as an apology!

I’m going to keep listening to the whole album until I get used to it〜 I already love Elysium and Koi no Aima ni because I knew them from the PVs. I need to work a little harder at listening to the other songs!

There’s no way this could lead to a recall just because the CDDB song titles are wrong. The manufacturer didn’t send the information to CDDBｗ

So then... which song is best for masturbating?

Notice: tickets for the Yokohama show of GARNET CROW livescope 2009 ~Yoake no Soul~ have been shipped. They were shipped on Friday, September 25. The Fukuoka show should be getting its shipping notice soon too. Probably sometime between October 1 and 2.

When I imported it into iTunes, Yume no Hitotsu turned into Yume Hitotsu.

>238 Thanks to you, I managed to fix it just in time while importing.

The first song is kind of like an upgraded version of Endless, which is disappointing. Elysium STAY Rainy Koi no Aima ni are good. The cover has the French style Yurippe likes, with Mont Saint-Michel and Montmartre on it.

Mine was like that too, but I fixed it myself. Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete ~album ver.~ had become Hana wa Saite Tada Yurete (Album Ver.)

At this year’s livescope, which song will be chosen for Hyper Okamocchi Time... Tsumetai Kage, maybe?

>275 Maybe it’ll be Nora. I’d like them to let the old man sing once in a while too.

When SonicStage retrieved the CD info, it turned into Yume Hitotsuｗｗｗ

When are they going to announce the tour merch?

>278 Strongly agree. Could it be that there won’t be any tour merchｗ

I’ve only listened through once, but for now I like STAY and Koi no Aima ni.

Can I use a Kuraki glow stick?

>278 ・Furikake ・Holy water ・Nana Hall ・The liquor “Hyakunen no Kodoku” ・A life-size Q-chan doll

By the way, this is my first GARNET CROW live. Do they hand out glow sticks at the venue? I think they handed them out at the ZARD memorial live.

After three listens, I ended up liking every song.

>278 Ruler “O Sentimental.”

>282 >Furikake >Life-size Q-chan doll What do these have to do with GARNET CROW?

>278 Sandals designed by Okamocchi: “Okappa” Sandals designed by Nana-sama: “Nanarippa” Sandals designed by the old man: “Godrippa”

Pepsi Azuki Nana.

>283 They probably will. I was reading a report from the Ninnaji live, and it said they handed them out, but you weren’t supposed to wear them until Holy Ground.

For the 10th anniversary, she’ll change her name to Azuki Ten for all of next year.

>289 Thanks.

Could someone post their predicted setlist?

>282 What the hell is Nana Hallｗｗｗ

Mochi will throw rice cakes into the audience at New Year’s.

>292 Entrance BGM: Stay -yoake ver.- Song 1: Doing all right Song 2: Yume no Hitotsu “Good evening, we’re GARNET CROW.” MC: “Next year marks our 10th anniversary since debut. We’ve made all kinds of songs, and from among them... our debut song...” Song 3: Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e That’s my prediction.

And then the dawn of soul takes flight!!

>295 Doing all right was brought up in such a hype-building way at the FC event that there’s no way they’d suddenly make it song one...

Song 1 will be the GARNET CROW version of Marginal Man.

Tomorrow is α-Jack day.

Personally, I’d like them to sing Namida no Yesterday too.

Namiya and wish would throw off the tempo, so I’m fine without them.

Has anyone seen the STAY PV? Isn’t the filming location the now-defunct Kobe Port Island?

That upper-right bit of the gentleman on the page to the right of the Rainy Soul lyrics... Was that intentional, or is my mind just getting warped?

What’s with the guy in Mobage’s Gane Circle saying “Watch out for gropers at the live”ｗ

Do you guys put the poster up in your rooms? I want to live while gazing at GARNET, but my room is getting more and more NOT stylish...orz

I saw the poster, and Furui-san looks great. >305 I’m keeping mine rolled up instead of putting it up.

>305 I’m not putting the GARNET poster on the wall. I’m cutting a hole around Nana-sama’s crotch, setting a fleshlight in it, and vigorously sticking my dick in and out. What bliss...

>304 Because it’s standing-room only? I’m more afraid of BO than gropers.

Do you need your FC membership card when entering a live?

Probably not. It’s not a fan club event.

>309 You don’t. It’s not members-only.

At live houses, rather than gropers, the people in front—especially at the very front—get pushed hard from behind and nearly crushed to death.

>310 >311 Thanks.

>302 Look at the last page of the lyric booklet.

>312 I went to my first standing live at a live house the day before yesterday. Standing the whole time from an hour before the show until it ended was unbelievably exhausting. I didn’t get pushed, though... Is Yokohama Blitz standing-room too?

I wonder if there won’t be any additional dates this time. I’d love for them to do one around Kyoto... Are there venues where bringing in drinks isn’t allowed?

I bought B and I’m on my third listen. It really is good. By the way, I felt kind of embarrassed, so I turned down the posterｗ

>316 Normally, nowhere allows it. They just don’t explicitly warn you.

>307 That’s hilariousｗ Do guys really use posters that way? Are the people who get several copies doing it for that reason...?

>319 No way. It’s less than 0.1%.

Hallo Sadness is nice〜 The PV is even better. She’s less Yurippe and more Iroppē. The Stay PV is basically the jacket photo.

>319 If you can’t see a lie as a lie, using a message board is difficult.

>322 You’re the one who can’t see a joke as a joke.

I’m going to the Osaka stop of the 10th-anniversary tour.

>318 Huh? They charge you for a drink with the ticket, and there’s normally a bar inside the venue.

Are the arrangements on B any good? I still can’t decide. A is cheaper on Amazon...

Buy both.

If you’re a true fan, you buy all three versions, including the regular and limited editions, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_qSrKLQEjw Come on... that was fast.

I seem to remember that at this live venue, buying a drink is mandatory.

Was it?

Whether you can bring in your own drinks depends on the venue. At places like live houses, buying a drink ticket is mandatory.

I seem to remember it said the drink fee was separate.

What about bringing in bananas?

>329 Yurippe is way too cute. ttp://img.20ch.net/geino/s/geino20ch2656.jpg ttp://img.20ch.net/geino/s/geino20ch2657.jpg

One of Yurippe’s outfits in Yume no Hitotsu is sexy. I wish they’d had her take off that sheer black cardigan for the shoot. It would’ve been so erotic with all that pale skin exposed.

>335 The second one made me laugh.

The Disco Remix is terrible. >335 Boring.

>334 Snacks are okay. Eat them in the lobbyｗ >335 Yurippeｗ Her face is kind of half-assed.

At the end of their first live, Nana was a little late leaving the venue and had to run out by herself. Her boobs bounced all over the place as she ran—it was sexy.

The Disco Remix is basically rape of the original song.

There’s a fan club site on the official website now, but I can’t get in because I don’t know the ID and password. Apparently they’re printed in the newsletter, but where exactly are they?

After agonizing over it forever, I’m glad I chose A, but part of me is morbidly curious to hear the scary stuff too.

>342 Read it properly. Posting stuff like that makes you look like some beggar asking for the ID and password.

>304 I think it’s someone who saw this thread.

That’s outrageous. The only person anyone wants to touch is Yurippe, obviouslyｊｋ

>343 The other three songs are listenable. I’ll never listen to CCP or the Disco Remix again.

09/30 KinKi you DVD — KinKi Kids (DVD) 10/07 20th Century / Coming Century (DVD) 10/28 KinKi Kids (single) 11/18 Tomohisa Yamashita (solo) 11/** Arashi (drama theme single), Kanjani∞ (drama theme single) TBA NEWS (commercial tie-in single), Hey! Say! JUMP (drama single), Hideaki Takizawa (first solo album)

GARNET CROW remixes are usually either a mess, or barely different from the original, leaving you thinking, “What was the point of remixing it?”

I love the Crystallize version of Yume Mita Ato de. Come to think of it, there was a remix album, wasn’t there... I haven’t heard it. Can you still buy it?

Are there any songs where the remix is better? Is there really any demand for remixes?

It’ll be 1:05 a.m. soon. Let’s look up at the sky.

I thought Nora’s acoustic version was surprisingly good. Apparently there’s a piano-only version of Hana wa Saite〜 this time. I think that kind of thing can sound cool if it’s handled well. Are people not liking it?

>350 You can get it through online auctions. But it costs tens of thousands of yen.

>350 lightin’ grooves got absolutely trashed here... I don’t have it on my playlist either. Maybe doing it with Yume Mita Ato de made people hate it even more.

This tour is in live houses, and they said it would feel more like a band, so Kurosé’s obnoxiously loud drums are going to explode... Honestly, the drums were so loud at the fan event that I hated it. The appeal of blue bird was supposed to be that it sounded like a twin-vocal song by Mochi and Yurippe, but the drums ruined it.

Kurosé: “To prepare for next year’s 10th anniversary, I’m going to drum harder than ever at this live!”

I was listening to Hello〜, and when I happened to look at the clock it was 1:05. I was happyｗ But I didn’t look up at the sky...

Not an arrangement issue, but I wish they’d rerecord A crown with her powerful voice as it is now.

Which prefectures still have no connection to GARNET CROW? I live in Shizuoka, and there’s practically no connectionｗ

Well then... guess I’ll have a little Yurippe time before bed.

I don’t have time to go buy the CD, but if I go to the venue on the 3rd, will there still be event tickets left?

>360 Pretty much everywhere outside the major metropolitan areas.

>356 Same here. I wish they’d do the live without drums. If they absolutely have to have them, cover everything with acrylic panels except for the vents.

I wish people would think about what they’re actually going there to listen to. It’s obviously not a fanbase that likes rock.

Yurippe, please, please wear a sleeveless outfit for the live m(_ _)m

This is my first GARNET CROW live (^o^) I’m going to mosh my way toward a spot right in front of Yuri, so let’s all get hyped together (^_^)v I’m expecting the dance numbers like Eden to get absolutely wild! If you’re not used to live houses, I think you’d better stay away from the front. I always hang in there at Maximum the Hormone shows, even while feeling like I’m about to die!

>364 Eh〜 I don’t want programmed drums at a liveｗ

Just finished listening to the first-press B edition. It feels like the 6th album with some of the 3rd album’s atmosphere added in. I like “Hello Sadness,” “Elysium,” and “Koi no Aima ni.” Somehow “Hello Sadness” is the kind of song that wouldn’t sound out of place even if Mai Kuraki sang itｗ Aside from “Rainy soul,” the bonus CD is all acoustic and orchestral arrangements. “Hyakunen no Kodoku” was surprisingly good. Still, I kind of wish we could’ve heard a Miguel arrangement again after all this time...

Kurosé, move back about 20 meters.

【Music】“Top 10 artists whose lyrics really hit home”... ASKA and DREAMS COME TRUE tie for first place http://yutori7.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mnewsplus/1254165799/ Um... what about Gane...

You guys are up pretty late.

Just like with “who would you want as a lover~,” it comes down to name recognition.

Hello, Sadness.

Sagan’s first novel, written when she was 18. The loneliness and darkness of humanity.

The intro to “Hello Sadness” sounds kind of like pro wrestling.

Looking at blogs, I saw people saying the sound quality was bad. What’s it actually like?

>329 I guess I should point out, “Is this JoJo?”

>377 I don’t think it’s particularly bad, though.

>374 Nice one, Yuki Saito.

NORA

I can listen to everything except #5.

>360 Shikoku too, right?

Yurippe looks beautiful in the Hyakunen no Kodoku PV. She’s really starting to show some mature-woman vibes.

Why isn’t there a special site or any song previews this time?

Gane’s in the Yomiuri Shimbun. They’re really putting some effort into this, huh.

Come on, just pay the money you owe us already. You’re always late, and it’s a pain.

Gane showed up on Alpha.

>369 I thought Mai Kuraki tooｗ

Go completely nuts〜☆

>356 In a sense, the main song is “Mou Ichido Kiss Shitakatta.” Kurosé is basically there just for that.

>369 Overall, I was thinking, “Are you me?” I bought both A and B... I’ve only listened to the main CD so far, but it seems like people here are taking it pretty well. My impression was that there are a lot of songs aimed at the general public... I mean, there are a lot of songs that sound kind of like ZARD or Mai Kuraki. I like the lyric booklet too, but it has that sparkly look young women would probably like (especially B). That said, I still absolutely love itｗ I work part-time at TSUTAYA, and apparently GIZA is having a rough time right now, so they’re really pushing the sales. Sorry if I sound like I’m getting all high and mighty or something...

Album flash ranking just came outｷﾀｧｧｧｧ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｧｧｧｧ *1 Ayaka *2 Backstreet Boys *3 Madonna *4 GARNET CROW *5 MiChi *6 Shunsuke Kiyokiba *7 Do As Infinity *8 AI *9 Superfly 10 Arashi

>373 They should put Nana-tan, who’s way too beautiful, more toward the front.

>393 Congrats on beating Do As.

The first song is too good, I can’t move on(笑)

Well then, guess I’ll go buy A and Do As now.

Oh, you can preview the album on Nico Nico. I forgot to get it early, so I guess I’ll go buy it today.

Given the fanbase, a lot of people probably pre-order and buy it, so I imagine it’ll do pretty decently on next week’s chart. Also, there are a lot of good album tracks, so I get the feeling plenty of people will rent the singles but buy the album.

>356 The drums really were loud. But that’s not the musicians’ fault, right? It’s the PA and music producer’s fault.

>400 That’s enough badmouthing the old man... The GARNET CROW music producer is an old man too, after all.

Hairless, bald Umihei〜

>393 This is kind of amazing. Gane right below the great Madonna-sama... what a nice sight. And Ayaka above them, ughorz

I was too sleepy yesterday, so I finally got around to listening to the album today. Anyway, the staff weren’t exaggerating: it really is a masterpiece! Listening to “Elysium” made me ugly-cry like an adult for the first time since “Kyou no Kimi to Ashita wo Matsu”orz Apparently everyone likes it, but I actually have a hard time with “ON THE WAY” and “Koi no Aima ni.” The other songs, like “Stay,” are so intense that those two end up feeling weirdly plain. I wish it had ended with “Hibi no Hotori,” or better yet, “Fall in Life〜Hallelujah〜.” That said, Nana’s lyrics really do hit you right in the heart〜 The very first song starts with, “At 1:05 a.m., just before takeoff, I was looking up at the sky,” and I couldn’t help letting out an impressed sigh. I absolutely don’t want them to break up for the 10th anniversary. I’d literally die.

Maybe they’ll do another cover song at the live. I really want them to cover the masterpiece “Seijaku no Ma ni.”

Maybe they’ll cover a B’z song at the live. Fukuoka only. By coincidence, B’z apparently have a show at the neighboring Yahoo! Dome next February. Feels like there’s some kind of connection here...

The 10th-anniversary blog is pretty amazing. The album came out and they completely ignored it.

>406 When I first saw the 7th album title, I thought, “What is this, B’z?” I can’t believe that conversation actually came upｗ Gane’s been around for 10 years already, huh. Aside from their 7th year, they’ve been emphasizing the anniversary every single year, so I figured Gane could easily move into behind-the-scenes work and wondered if they might break up. But after seeing Mai Kuraki desperately promoting herself lately, I started thinking that probably won’t happen. Considering how badly GIZA is struggling, they can’t exactly cut loose Gane, who have such a solid core fanbase.

Yurippe! Nana-sama! Yurippe! Nana-sama!

Today Kyoto FM (@-station) is running an all-day GARNET special, with Yurippe and Okamocchi appearing〜. The 2 p.m. segment just ended. Yurippe and Okamocchi were the DJs for that segment. It was really fun! I was surprised that they both said Spain when asked which foreign country they wanted to visitｗ For GARNET, it was Guam. Apparently they can’t handle anywhere without Japanese peopleｗ That 2 p.m. segment really made me think Yurippe and Okamocchi are genuinely close〜 Next is the 3 p.m. segment. But listening all the way until 10 tonight is going to be rough (−−)

What a hyper-local promotion campaign.

My Yu-Mail still hasn’t arrived... sigh... I’m tired of waiting...

It goes until 10 p.m.... that’s impressive.

>410 Thanks for the report! I feel like Yurippe and Okamocchi have been getting even closer latelyｗ I’m jealous of everyone in Kyoto... I want to listen too... Please report again!

Looking to trade live recordings. http://darkness-crow.h00.jp/

Apparently Yurippe puts a little mayonnaise on her curry rice. Someone try it and send in a reportｗ

Report from the 3 p.m. segment. This segment was about recommended Kyoto food. Yurippe recommended Takaraya, a ramen shop in Pontocho (apparently the four of them and the staff went there after filming). Apparently there’s a GARNET CROW autograph in the shop. Okamocchi forgot where his place was, but it was a tantanmen restaurant. Once again, they both ended up having noodlesｗｗ Apparently the two of them went out for pasta again for lunch today. Okamocchi had even made and eaten spaghetti himself this morning, and only remembered when the pasta arrived in front of him at the restaurantｗ Yurippe said, “You should’ve told me, I wouldn’t have ordered pasta〜ｗ” (＾＾)

You two should just get married alreadyｗｗ

The arrangement of “Hana wa Saite” on the B bonus CD is good. I like the arrangement of “Hyakunen no Kodoku” too.

Even if Mocchi told Yurippe, “I had pasta this morning,” it still would’ve been pasta for lunchｗ

>418 You’re saying they should get married just because they ate pasta together for workｗ

>420 Yurippe, that’s harshｗｗｗ You two, just get married alreadyｗ I want you toｗｗ

>422 Don’t be ridiculous. Yurippe belongs to Nana-sama. Mocchi is her pet... no, more like her slave.

I have a feeling this is going to be a super-masterpieceｗｗ I cried because it was so goodｗｗ I wasn’t sure whether to buy it since I couldn’t get into LOCKS, but I’m glad I did.

And Yurippe’s husband is Nana-sama. Though she’s away from home a lot.

>422 Stop, you’ll make Nana quit.

>302 Port Island is still there, you know! Don’t just make it disappear. The Southern European-looking streets and amusement park scenes in the “Stay” PV were filmed at Wakayama Marina City. Check the Special Thanks section on the colophon page of the lyric booklet.

>424 Couldn’t agree more. This time they’ve got a whole lineup of great songs.

Thanks for the radio report.

“Hallelujah” sounds a little like “Sorairo”... But it’s a good song, so I’ll let it slide... Personally, “Hibi no Hotori” and “Stay” are really doing it for me. The way Mocchi and the staff kept pushing “Rainy soul,” though... I don’t really like it. Is it one of those songs that grows on you? The intro to “Hana wa Saite” and the old man’s solo are way too cool. Other than that, it hasn’t changed at all, which is kind of unsatisfyingorz Everyone says the remixes are iffy, but I really like the Kurige Mocchi mix, “Wasurezaki,” and “Yume Mita” (garbage). All right! That’s everything I wanted to say! I welcome opposing opinions.

Okamocchi is the flesh vibrator between Yurippe and Nana-sama.

>314 Thanks. >427 I wrote that thinking it was Portopia Landorz I took a photo of myself in front of the fountain where Nana-sama is standing in the PV ten years ago. Turns out I’d mistaken it for Portopia Land. That’s the whole story.

Are there no liner notes?

The whole album has been uploaded to Nico Nico... I think someone should report it.

Yeah, I guess so. I’ll leave that to you.

>430 I cried listening to “Rainy soul.” After hearing that one song, I swore I’d never stop being a Gane fan. I guess everyone likes different songs after all.

>435 I don’t know how to report it.

What do you think of the limited two-CD edition? I’d like to hear some opinions.

>438 It’s the kind of thing where you feel glad you bought it. Not just the music, the booklet is beautiful as hell too.

*1　22,477　Ayaka *2　18,901　Backstreet Boys *3　10,662　Madonna *4　GARNET CROW *5　MiChi *6　Do As Infinity *7　Shunsuke Kiyokiba *8　Fumiya Fujii *9　AI 10　Superfly

*1　22,477　Ayaka *2　18,901　Backstreet Boys *3　10,662　Madonna *4　GARNET CROW *5　MiChi *6　Do As Infinity *7　Shunsuke Kiyokiba *8　Fumiya Fujii *9　AI 10　Superfly

Yurippe’s makeup should be as light as it was in “Hello Sadness”! Lately it’s been way too heavy, both on the CD jackets and at lives. Nana-sama never changes, though.

Did they sell around 8,000–9,000 copies on the first day? I hope it breaks 30,000.

What time does the next update come out?

>438 Three of the four tracks are arranged with basically just piano and vocals, so I don’t think you’ll regret buying it.

I love “Like I Can Only Fall in Love.” Are there any songs with a similar feel? Is the album bright and upbeat, like “LOCKS” or “Hare Dokei”? I’m on my way to buy it, but I’m wondering whether I should.

>446 The album as a whole isn’t bright and upbeat, but “Fall in Life〜Hallelujah〜” feels pretty “Hare Dokei”-ish, and I love it WWW

The previous album sold 31,000, so this one is definitely going to be lower. Don’t turn into a bad debt, GARNET CROW.

No no no no no no No no no no no no

>446 Thanks for the reply! So the album isn’t really bright and upbeat... Even so, is GARNET CROW still full of romantic, heart-fluttering love songs? Like “Mou Ichido Waratte,” “Like I Can Only Fall in Love,” or “Mr. Holiday.”

I tried to apply for tickets to the Tokyo show, but it was sold out...orz This album has a pretty good track order. I like every song.

My Amazon payment email still hasn’t arrived〜 I guess I preordered too late.

There are tons of good-seat tickets on Yahoo Auctions, numbered in the double digits through the 100s... What a damn disgrace... I got a crappy seat with my fan club ticket, so give one to me, you bastards...

>450 There are more wistful songs than romantic ones, I’d say. “Koi no Aima ni” did make my heart flutter, though. Actually, that song is so good that I’ve barely listened to any of the others.

Was that Yurippe reading out the parking information on the radio?

This album is really good.

They’re finally just one spot behind Madonna. World domination is within reach now.

>455 Yeah. Mocchi read first, then Yurippe.

Just got it. The mastering engineer is Shimada-san (the guy who’s handled ZARD since their debut...) ( ・∀・)

“Hallelujah” is kind of an embarrassing song to listen toｗ I don’t dislike it, though.

From the radio: Apparently Yurippe is practicing like crazy for the special thing on the 22nd. Acapella? Singing while playing? A cover?

It’s the Yomiuri morning edition, right?

Music Focus is doing a feature two times in a row.

>460 It has that “maybe try looking a little harder” kind of feel, like “Mr. Holiday”ｗ I like it, though.

Amazon delivered it today. “Rainy Soul” is way too good... Along with “Hello〜” and “Elysium,” this release feels like a bumper crop, so I’m happy. The melody of “ON THE WAY” really hits for me, but the chorus cooled me off all at onceｗｗ Also, the bonus CD is the first time I’ve been able to like “Hana wa Saite〜.” I couldn’t get into the single or album versions because the melody and arrangement together were just too cloyingｗ

Whenever I listen to “Rainy Soul,” I think of Titanic...

The flow starting with “Stay” on the 7th is absolutely great. Maybe it would’ve been better to remove all the singles and build the tracklist from scratch.

So Yurippe and Mocchi are actually doing the radio live, not airing a recording? It must be rough going until 10 p.m. I want to listen to the radio〜

Kansai only^^ Same as always.

>468 Hang on a little longer.

>462 They ran a huge ad (the Osaka headquarters edition). You can tell how high GIZA’s hopes are for this album.

Amazon has both A and B listed as “coming soon” now. I was agonizing over which one to get and finally preordered yesterday, only for this to happen...orz

>472 Why not buy it from an online store that includes a poster?

“Hibi no Hotori” is really good. The more I listen to it, the more it heals me.

They put the sound of waves at the end of “Hibi no Hotori.” I wonder if they used the idea that came up in “Love Lone Star.”

From the radio: Apparently Yurippe broke a rib while recording “Last Love song,” but she was too scared of her manager to say anything at the time.

I bought the first-press A edition. But I prefer the first-press B cover, so I replaced my iPod cover art with the B one...

>461 I’m guessing the “special thing” means they’re going to swap parts. If so, Yurippe would probably play guitar. Then would the vocalist be the old man? So Mocchi and Yurippe will be all over each other here too...

“Koi no Aima ni” has absolutely no popularity ┐(´ｰ｀)┌ ﾏｲｯﾀﾈ♪

>497 Judging by this thread, it seems pretty popular to me. How big is the poster?

Is Yurippe home already?

The A data has “Yume no Hitotsu” as “Yume Hitotsu”... Is the data for B okay? Please let me know. If it isn’t, I’ll buy the regular edition too, or if they hold the Lazona event. Apparently it’s going to rain...

>468 Ahh, I couldn’t record the program that just ended. The one at noon worked, though.

>482 It’s just the title. You can retype it manually, so what’s the problem?

The core of the 7th is “Stay,” “Hibi no Hotori,” and “Ametama.”

The 8 p.m. broadcast just ended. It was answering requests and messages from fans. It lasted a full hour and a half, from around 7:30 to 9ｗ I thought it would end at 10, but apparently it’s going until midnight. Apparently there’s a script for the broadcast starting at 10, and they’re reading it right now. Could they be doing something like a radio dramaｗｗ They said they were going to do something they’d never done before. I can’t wait!

>477 I bought A too, but for my iPod cover art, I randomly assigned the first-press A, first-press B, and regular-edition jacket photos four songs each.

『Gane★Radio』 has been updatedｷﾀｰ

http://www.e-kuraberu.net/uploader/src/kuraberu10054.zip.html http://www.e-kuraberu.net/uploader/src/kuraberu10055.zip.html Password: gc　　Deleted in a few hours The songs have been removed. Please buy the album and listen to it.

I really did report it. Membership revoked.

>489 Thamks.

>490 Membership revoked. I read that as “everyone revoked”ｗ

>460 I’m getting a dancing segment vibeｗ

The Amazon jokes have arrivedｷﾀ━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━! Ahh〜 yeah, that happens.

By the way, Yuri-san updated her diary on the official site, but it feels like she’s turned into a “boku girl”...

http://www.garnetcrow.com/ You can report it through the Contact page.

Is it a ghostwriter?

For the songs on the album that were already released as singles, are you importing those again too?

>498 Yep(；´Д｀)

>498 I am, because I think the track order matters too.

>495 Read it properly.

>498 I import everything onto my PC. On my iPod, I avoid duplicates. Otherwise there’d be too many singles when playing randomly. Since some of them have been remastered, I use the album versions. If the sound has changed completely, I put both versions in.

I can picture Yurippe running all over the stage during “ON THE WAY.”

>489 The first one’s gone...

>489 No upper file?

>498 Of course. By the way, the rearranged “Hana wa Saite, Tada Yurete” is really good!

I’m torn over what to buy at the live venue.

No live merch this time? Oh, okay.

Gane★Radio is unusually all over the placeｗｗｗ

>508 Maybe they’ll announce it tomorrow?

Wait! Wait! Yurippe just got way too cute!! “Okamocchi, don’t be needy, do your best☆★” She actually said itｗｗ

Today’s Gane Radio: Lots of Amazon talkｗ

I don’t really get what’s so good about “Hibi no Hotori”... I like “ON THE WAY” except for the chorus. Personally, I’d rank it below “LOCKS” and “Towabari.” What a shame. Maybe I’ll come to like it if I hear it live(´・ω・｀)

Is Gane Radio just Yurippe and Mocchi again? >511 What was that?

A mini-drama suddenly came on during the 10 p.m. segmentｗ Okamocchi: “Haa... I’m so tired...” Yurippe: “Okamocchi〜!” Okamocchi: “Huh? What’s up?” Yurippe: “Don’t be needy, do your best!” Okamocchi: “Y-Yuri-san!” That was it. Man, Yuri-san was way too cute! With that needy tone, it really sounded like they were dating! This is getting saved foreverｗ They’ll appear one last time around 11:10.

What a little skitｗ

http://tikuwa.net/file/24961.zip.html http://tikuwa.net/file/24962.zip.html Password: gc　The next songs will be deleted too. Please buy them and listen. I’ll delete them by the end of today. Since someone said they’d report me at 490, I won’t upload 01 as a replacement. I failed to record the two of them’s lines at 10:00.

>517 Thanks. >490’s poster probably mistook this for a radio broadcast uploaded to the fan-club-only site.

There’s a black dick in the upper-right corner next to the old man in the album lyric bookletｗｗｗｗ

I think that sweet, needy voice from Yurippe would knock everyone out!!

>519 The B one?

>519 You’ve been Yurippe-masturbating too muchｗ

Who’s speaking right now?

523 Someone unrelated to Gane.

I bought the album today, but I only listen to music in my car, so before I could listen to the whole thing, it got played on Nico Nico and I ended up hearing it there first.

http://www.garnetcrow.com/ You can report it through the Contact page.

I like “Hibi no Hotori” because it feels both refreshing and nostalgic. It feels like “Holy Ground” got a little brighter. “Stay” doesn’t really stand out, but I like it a lot.

>517 What’s the download password? I can’t listen〜><

>526 Seven seconds.

All right! The album promotion that had them appearing on FM Kyoto all day is finally reaching its end. I had the day off and listened all day, so Yurippe and Okamocchi must be exhausted too. Listening today, they had such good chemistry and seemed so close that I found myself thinking, “Wait, are Yurippe and Okamocchi dating?”ｗ

>528 Password: gc. Read it properly.

What’s with the weird CG processing on the Mont-Saint image on page 1?

>517 Thanks. I’ll listen to them all later.

>517 Thanks. I’d really appreciate it if you could upload the first one again.

>325 It’s [bring your own].

It’s here! The 11 p.m. segment.

I realized the thing in the old man’s upper-right corner is a reference to that thing on the white horse. Seething lust burning fiercely〜〜ww

I was born at 1:05 a.m. myself. It’s awesome that I show up in a Gane song.

Azuki-san’s voice is hard to make out.

The intro to “Hello, Sadness” is so cool!!

For those going to Zepp: In addition to the ticket price, you have to pay 500 yen for one drink.

The 11 p.m. segment started with behind-the-scenes stories from today. Apparently they went to a cafe with Okamocchi and the staff between programs today. They had Italian food for lunch. The two of them had the 2,000-yen course, while the staff had the 1,000-yen course.

Since this tour is in live houses, apparently every venue charges an admission drink fee.

I want to hear Yurippe’s needy voice. Someone please upload it.

The full audio is on Nico Nico... This guy doesn’t deserve to be a fan.

That’s exactly the kind of thing that should be reported.

http://www.garnetcrow.com/ You can report it through the Contact page.

>547 Want me to report you instead?

>515’s mini-drama that suddenly came on during the 10 p.m. segment... I really want to hear it. Please, someone, upload it.

Go ahead^^

I thought “ON THE WAY” sounded familiar, and then realized the A-melody is way too similar to “Kaze no Oto dake Kiite.” And maybe “Flower” too? I thought “Koi no Aima ni” sounded a little like “Shiroi Kite” or the Pikmin song.

The intro to “Stay” is “Korumai,” isn’t itｗ

Do Gane’s songs get played on 802 or 851?

I’m looking forward to Yokohama on the 3rd. It’ll be the first time I’ve seen the two female members since the public radio show at Shinjuku Tower Records.

So they’ll be doing songs from their debut days at the live too.

Without a doubt, the staff’s biggest effort on this album was the lyric booklet. Not just GARNET CROW’s past booklets, I’ve never seen such a beautiful lyric booklet from any artist! “LOCKS” was so awful that I wasn’t expecting much, but this one really is beautiful! And with their 10th anniversary coming up soon, I’m happy that the members finally seem to have remembered their original musical identity. Around “LOCKS,” I was really just like “...”orz Speaking of which, is “Rainy Soul” unpopular? I’m loving it as the dark songｋｔｋｒ since “Yellow Moon”!

>553 I don’t know about lately, but I’ve never heard Gane on 802. 802 doesn’t seem to play many Being songs. You hear B’z once in a while, though.

>556 “Musical identity” (lol)

>556 I like it. There probably isn’t a longtime Gane fan who dislikes this song. It just gets overshadowed because the song after it is too good.

In the intro competition, “ON THE WAY” wins.

802 is really picky about what it plays.

>559 I was thinking that too, but after reading >551, now all I can hear is the Pikmin theme song（'A｀）ヴェノア

>562 Good thing I didn’t know that songｗ

>556 “Their original musical identity” (lol)

>558 gnt━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!

>561 Exactly, exactly. I got sick of that and stopped listening.

>556 >564 “Your existence” (lol)

Hawa-oyajiｷﾀ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!!!

Typo.

>565 You noticedｗ Thanksｗ

>551 The intro to “ON THE WAY” sounds like the theme song for Minomonta no Satazuba (is it “Saturday in the Park”?). If you keep listening to “Hello Sadness,” it starts to feel like you’re listening to Mai Kuraki’s “PUZZLE,” “touch me!,” and “Watashi no, Shiranai, Watashi” all at onceｗ

>557 >561 So they’re going for commercial hits, huh. No point requesting anything, I guess. Are they paying to take over the airwaves for the whole day?

Enough with the “this sounds like that” talk.

>572 No, not that. I don’t really know how to explain it, but maybe you’d call it the Rockin’On type? I get the impression they play a lot of songs like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDFfEQRDlvQ Yurippe looks like Noripi.

...phew What are you all doing up this late on a weekday?

>515’s mini-drama that suddenly came on during the 10 p.m. segment... I really want to hear it. Please, someone, upload it.

It’s not good at all. I regret buying it. The 6th and 5th are way better. What a half-assed piece of crap. The only good songs are “Doing All Light,” “Stay,” and “Hallelujah,” basically. Sales look like they’re going to fall even further than the previous album’s, too. GARNET CROW has really hit rock bottom.

It’s falling, but it’s also taking flight.

>578 >Doing All Light Maybe you don’t like this album because you’re LIGHT?

The lyric booklet smells like almond tofu...

>580 It was “Right.” I loved bright, refreshing, heart-fluttering albums like “LOCKS” and “Hare Dokei,” so I was really disappointed. But “Doing All Right” is pretty good, so I’ll let it slide.

>581 It really does. I hadn’t noticed.

Don’t be so judgmental about likes and dislikes.

>515 I want to hear that needy voice. Please upload it.

>583 Right?ｗ Though I’m guessing it’s probably the smell of ink.

I’m counting on the usual person to upload this radio show to Nico Nico too.

The album was so good that I impulsively bought a ticket for the Nagoya showｗ Can’t waitｗｗｗ

It really is. This is almond tofu.

Yurippe and Mocchi are that close, and they’re not dating? What a waste. If they both have partners, I feel like they’d get jealous even if they are just coworkers.

Was Azuki-san’s voice always this low?

>582 “Hallelujah” is pretty good too. I’m sure they’ll make another album like “LOCKS” someday. I’m already looking forward to itｗ

>591 Her voice really has changed. Everyone’s voice gets lower as they get older.

>582 The bright songs “Doing All Right,” “ON THE WAY,” and “Fall in Life〜Hallelujah〜” are all on this album, so I think its balance is god-tier. Their early work didn’t really have many bright songs to begin with, so I think they’ve changed a lot over ten years. But “LOCKS” is too bright. There isn’t a single dark song besides “The first cry,” so the balance is off. That’s why fans who like the dark early GARNET CROW are split on it.

>594 Wrong: 別れる Right: 分かれるorz Hopefully the fans who left because of “LOCKS” will come back after listening to “STAY.”

The full album really was uploaded to Nico Nico. I’m dyingｗｗｗ

I welcomed “LOCKS” as them coming to smash the fixed idea that Gane equals dark, the image they’d shown with “Towabare.”

“Atsumeru HEAVEN”

So basically, the people still here are the ones who became fans through “LOCKS,” and the fans who were able to tolerate “LOCKS.”

600 GET

Honestly, “Towabare” is my favorite.

The play count for “ON THE WAY” is skyrocketing abnormally.

>599 Almost stopped being a fan because of “LOCKS” → “Yume no Hitotsu” reassured me → stopped being a fan again because of “Hyakunen no Kodoku” → rented “Doing All Right” for the first time → “Hana wa Saite〜” made me look forward to the album → “Stay” brought me back. I listened to the whole thing, and the arrangements being so one-note lately still bothers me. The melodies seem to have sharpened up compared with a while ago, though.

Am I in the minority for thinking “LOCKS” was good?

>604 ノ It’s just hard to say so on this thread. I feel like there are actually quite a few people who like itｗ

I’m from Sapporo and listened to Gane Radio. A girl recommended the jingisukan place “Daruma,” but I think that place was involved in the Chongryon accounting scandal, so it would look bad if Gane went there. Also, they’re quietly getting pushed by UHB (the “Asahi from the north,” part of the Hokkaido Shimbun group)...

>606 If it tastes good, who cares? It’d be a problem if they were recommending something bad, though.

Since around “Towabare,” the artwork has gotten prettier and more elaborate than before, which I’m actually pretty happy about.

http://www.garnetcrow.com/ You can report it through the Contact page.

>606 I live in Hokkaido, but I hardly ever eat jingisukan. Am I the only one!? The Sapporo FM station played “Hello Sadness” almost a month before its release, which made me happy. ↓ The interview from the Sapporo campaign, though it isn’t on the official site: ttp://www.sapporo-mn.com/m/naked/naked.php?naked_id=127_1

>604 I like it a lot.

>575 People often tell me I look like Yurippe made to resemble Noripi(´･ω･｀)

>607, 610 Thanks for the replies. Sorry to drag in local stuff, but yeah, I hardly eat jingisukan either. I’m more of a soup-curry person, I guess. The Nakamura-san in the article is wearing the outfit from her appearance on “Noriyuki.”

>581 The almond-tofu smell is hilariousｗ It’s probably the smell of dark-green ink... fresh off the press, huh.

Even people who eat jingisukan usually make it at home, so they don’t go to restaurants for it. Wasn’t the Chinese manager of Daruma arrested a year or two ago? Anyway, “STAY” really doesn’t feel like a limited edition. >606 Being has had ties to TV Asahi for ages, so there’s no point making a fuss about that. Hokkaido Shimbun may be “red,” but UHB itself is part of the Fuji network.

>594 What about “Sekai wa〜” and “doubt”? Aren’t those dark?

I’m fine listening to GARNET CROW alone in secret, but... I’m too embarrassed to listen to them in front of my friends, and I can’t say I like GARNET CROW＞＜

>615 This is getting off-topic, so I’ll stop here, but I think the owner was from the Korean peninsula. UHB is part of the Fuji network in terms of its channel affiliation, but Sankei is weak there and I think it worked with Hokkaido Shimbun. Fuji itself isn’t as closely tied to Sankei as the other stations are, and lately...

>618 The Fuji-Sankei Group...

Is the DVD’s JCB show on the 16th or the 17th?

>620 Obviously the 17th.

“LOCKS” almost made me quit being a fan. That album belongs in a vault(笑) It’s worse than “Towabare”ｗ

“LOCKS” is my favorite. Then probably the 7th. The 1st album and the indie stuff are what I like the least...

I like “LOCKS” too, but...

I’m starting to think Yurippe’s powerful singing style is good too.

If you don’t understand what’s good about “LOCKS,” go listen to Girl Next Door.

“LOCKS” is overwhelmingly my favorite too! Anyone who doesn’t understand what’s so good about it isn’t a GARNET fan. They’re just some disgusting freak who got into them through anime.

Are there a lot of men at GARNET CROW lives?

Yeah, fairly many.

Album flash ranking: *1 Backstreet Boys 5889 *2 Ayaka 5486 *3 Madonna 3302 *4 MiChi *5 GARNET CROW *6 AI *7 Do As Infinity *8 Superfly *9 Shunsuke Kiyokiba 10 Fumiya Fujii We’re losing to MiChi orz It’s only a flash update, though, so there’s still a chance we’ll overtake them.

Who’s MiChi? This is the first I’ve heard of her...

>622 You should’ve left, then.

I listened to it, but yeah, the indie stuff and the 1st and 2nd albums are still unbeatable.

>627 Does someone who got into them through Conan’s “Natsu no Maboroshi” count as a disgusting freak too?

>634 You have to get into them through the Hokkaido Marathon. Only people who discovered GARNET CROW through that song from the infamous broadcast mishap are accepted in this thread.

>627 The hardcore fan has arrivedｷﾀｧｧｧｧ(ﾟ∀ﾟ)ｧｧｧｧ

The regulars in this thread have changedｗ Come to think of it, you never see the old regulars anymore.

>637 Well, that’s what happens when they get all buddy-buddy with MÄR Heaven. Most of the people who like the 5th and 6th albums are probably MÄR newbiesｗ

“Hallelujah” would’ve been a better marathon song, though. But “ON THE WAY” is really good too.

>639 I was waiting for it with such anticipation... I really wish they’d played it properly.

There are parts of “Hallelujah” that sometimes sound like “Spiral.”

Amazon still hasn’t sent my payment email. It’s looking iffy whether it’ll arrive this week. Divine punishment.

>642 Mine hasn’t come either. Well, I did order at the last minute. I want to listen to it already(´Д｀)

Whether it’s Conan or that MÄR thing, people who got into them through animation are generally lame. If you can’t understand what’s good about the remixes or “LOCKS,” then you’re neither a clubber nor a Fuji Rocker, I guess. People who got into them through animation should stay out of this thread.

>644 I get how you feel, but from an outsider’s perspective, the reality is that GARNET CROW fans equal anime otaku. There are plenty of music otaku who are anime otaku too, after all.

>644 The GARNET thread back in the indie days didn’t have lewd posts either.

I like “LOCKS,” though. I like it more than “THE TWILIGHT VALLEY.” I’m apparently the only one who got into them through “Bokura Dake no Mirai,” and that’s fine.

To be even more honest, before I got into Gane, I thought all GIZA fans were anime otaku. Sorry.

>644 You’re embarrassing yourself. Shut up.

>649 GJ!

I got into them through “Yume Mita Ato de,” so I used to force myself to watch Conan even though I hated itｗ After listening to “Rainy〜” over and over, I’ve started to like it. My order of preference is indie, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, then 2nd. For now, “STAY” comes after “LOCKS”(´・ω・｀)

Am I the only one who watched a ZARD live DVD, learned about Mocchi and Furui-san, started listening to GARNET CROW, and became a fan?

You’re one of those easily swayed, typical Being otaku^^

Everyone here is a Being otaku too, aren’t they?

>652 I first saw the old man and Mocchi on a ZARD live DVD too. Mocchi and the old man’s instrumental section at the ZARD live was seriously cool.

“Hallelujah” might be my favoriteｗ

>654 Why though?

>654 Before I listened to GARNET CROW, I’d never bought a single Being CD.

“STAY” is great! “Hibi no Hotori,” nice〜

My older brother likes GARNET CROW, so I was influenced by him. He probably got into them through Conan or Tales, but “Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakasou” stuck in my head and I became a fan from there.

Gane was formed because Being existed in the first place...

It’s insulting that everyone who got into them through “Towabare” gets lumped in as a MÄR Heaven fan.

>655 I know what you mean. The instrumental parts are so cool! By the way, the biggest shock for me was Watanuki-san.

I’m going to Zepp Nagoya tomorrow. What should I wear? Short sleeves would be too cold, right? Is a long-sleeve T-shirt the best choice? Also, can I bring drinks inside? Are there enough coin lockers? I’m in the 90s for my number. Can I aim for around the third row? What songs are they guaranteed to sing?

>663 Mocchi’s guitar solo in “When I Wanted to See You” was really cool! Watanuki-san’s slide guitar (?) technique was insane (speaking as a layperson).

There used to be a comedian called Hallelujah.

>661 That doesn’t mean Gane fans are the same as Being fans, though. If anything, there are probably plenty of anti-GIZA people who are unhappy with the way GIZA does things.

>664 A Doala mascot costume.

>667 Of course. You don’t choose music based on the record company.

“Stay” is such a grower. I thought it was mediocre at first, but I like it more every time I listen.

>664 They definitely said they’ll sing “Hallelujah.” That’s what they said on the radio yesterday(*°∀°*)ﾉ

The “datteee” part of “Hallelujah” is great.

I love every song Yurippe sings. I have more than 1,000 songs on my iPod, but every song I actually listen to is GARNET CROW.

>673 What else do you have on there besides Gane?

The live merch details still aren’t comingｺﾈ━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━!!!!

>673 Mostly old favorites like Yutaka Ozaki. The genres are all over the place, with anime songs, game soundtracks, and so on＾＾ I’ve got Yuki Saito’s “Hello, Sadness” in there too＾＾

*1　22,151　Backstreet Boys *2　20,016　Ayaka *3　11,210　Madonna *4　MiChi *5　GARNET CROW *6　The Beatles (BOX) *7　AI *8　Do As Infinity *9　Shunsuke Kiyokiba 10　Superfly MiChi passed us...

We’re beating the Beatles.

>676 You’re an old man.

Apparently GARNET’s albums are pretty badly out of stock, so they’ll probably climb again over the weekend. You guys should buy one at Lazona too! I’m planning to get the regular edition for the car. Are the cases plastic this time? I bought A and B, and both were plastic. Even the regular “LOCKS” edition came in a digipak.

>679 I’m 21＾＾

>680 Digipak.

>682 Thanks! Why do so many people here dislike “LOCKS”? I genuinely think it’s a good album.

It’s an anti-“LOCKS” movement led by nostalgic types who dislike the thicker vocals, and dark-supremacist Gane fans who say that having lots of catchy, bright songs means it isn’t Gane. In this world, whoever shouts the loudest wins.

The live starts tomorrow, right? When are they going to announce the live merch?(・∀・ )っ/凵⌒☆ﾁﾝﾁﾝ They’ve been slacking on the blog too...

Kurosé’s drum festival starts tomorrow...

The way they scheduled this tour is basically harassment of students preparing for exams...

I’m going tomorrow〜 I’ll buy the MFM special issue.

What’s going on with the live merch already... They haven’t even made a live special page. There’s no “STAY” special page either. The staff are being so lazyｗ

I don’t want to see setlist spoilers, but I do want to find out about the merch in advanceｗ

The staff blog stopped updating too. Well, I guess this is what they call GIZA qualityｗ

Anyone going to the Nagoya show tomorrow?

>661 Are you all right in the head? No, seriously.

>693 You’re the one who isn’t.

Stop fighting, for my sake.

>964 Don’t troll, Being otaku.

>693 I’m not trying to start a fight, but what exactly is wrong?

>696 I’m not a Being otaku. The only artists I like are ZARD and GARNET CROW.

Okay, okay.

As long as you understand.

It was originally supposed to come out on September 9, so there’s not much they can do. The album came out and the tour started right away. They’re probably scraping by with the minimum number of staff too, so maybe everyone’s freaking out. I’m looking forward to the live merch!

When I listen to “Rainy Soul -Closer Soul’s Disco Remix-,” it sounds like they’re saying “camisole, camisole.”

The arranged version of “Hyakunen no Kodoku” is seriously amazing.

>692 Tickets... there weren’t any on the auction sites, so I didn’t buy one.

There are still a few same-day tickets tomorrow, so come along. I somehow managed to get a good seat on Yahoo Auctions, though.

No live merch this time(´・ω・｀)ｼｮﾎﾞｰﾝ

I’ve been wondering about this for a while: is the sound quality on GARNET CROW CDs bad, or is that just me? Mai Kuraki’s CDs sound clearer, maybe... I love GANRET, so I want to hear them as cleanly as possible... I’d appreciate any opinions.

There are sections of the main program where noise occurs. Please understand that this is due to production circumstances.

I’ve seen people say this album sounds kind of muffled.

More importantly, the Music Clip for “Yume no Hitotsu” on first-press A has terrible image quality. There’s even something like a black line on the right.

>707 Compared with some random Western music, it’s clearly worse. I’m just guessing, but I figure the recording environment probably isn’t very good.

>704 I can’t. I have work.

>707 Looking at it in a waveform editor, you can at least tell that the sound doesn’t fit within the limits. It’s a mastering issue caused by prioritizing loudness. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0 http://www.musicable.net/seminor/business/3-01.htm Just like with lives, louder isn’t always better. Speakers can’t produce sound beyond their capabilities, after all.

I’m going to a live tomorrow, but it’s my first time and I don’t know what I need. Can someone tell me?

>708-713 I see... I have CDs by Cloudberry Jam and the like too, and the difference in sound quality seems pretty striking. Is the recording environment different from Mai Kuraki’s? Even compared with the first album and so on, it feels different. >713 Does that mean the old man isn’t skilled enough?

Furui probably has nothing to do with it. It’s an issue somewhere after that stage.

I’m going to my first Gane live on the 18th too. Is there anything I need to bring?

They beat Do As and Kiyokiba, so the sales aren’t too bad, right?

>717 500 yen.

>715 The mastering is probably done by the engineer in charge, isn’t it? It’d be nice if they changed labels, remastered all the CDs, and upgraded the video releases to Blu-ray.

>710 Couldn’t the black line be an intentional effect?

Amazon still hasn’t sent my email. The earliest will be next week. If they ship it this week, can I still contribute to the sales? It’s only one copywww

They’re selling GARNET CROW as a “creator collective,” after all... The staff really didn’t finish things properlyorz Give me a break.

>720 Is the current mastering engineer Shimada-san? (Apparently Sakai-san once said, while she was alive, “Shimada-san may be the man I’ve talked with the most.”...)

“A production creator collective that never compromises.” That’s the one.

For everyone going to a standing live: Some venues get pickpockets, gropers, and the like, so if you’re worried, use the lockers for valuables and dress lightly enough that you can keep an eye on your stuff. Also, guys going to standing lives: if you see a groper or pickpocket, tell a nearby staff member or shout loudly to prevent anything from happening. Ladies, avoid overly revealing clothes and don’t go near anyone who looks dangerous.

>714 ・Drink fee (mandatory) ・Merch money (if there’s anything you want) ・Mask (influenza) ・Towel (sweat) ・Condoms

“A production creator collective that never compromises.” They’re selling it on that, after all... The staff really didn’t finish things properlyorz Give me a break. Correction.

Actually, I’d already gone back and forth with G-net several times before joining. I’m not totally sure, but I think they probably remember my name (or maybe I’m just imagining it). But they do read the emails I send. It’s the same sort of thing with backstage access. I never win the backstage invitation tickets, so I’ve asked them to give me more chances. Same with the countdown event.

You bean-sprout guy!!

Tomorrow I want to hear songs like: “Kimi no Omoi Egaita Yume Atsumeru HEAVEN,” “Kaze to RAINBOW,” “Hare Dokei,” “Kono Te wo Nobaseba,” “Yume Hanabi,” and “Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de.”

Is the Lazona event on Saturday? Please report back.

I want to hear “Boku Darake no Mirai.”

>731 That’s literally all the MÄR Heaven tie-insｗ

I want them to sing “Kaze to RAINBOW” wearing the outfits from the “Kimi to Iu Hikari” PV.

>732 I got my Lazona ticket.

“LLS,” “Tsumetai Kage,” “Endeza,” “Futari,” “Mukan kaku,” “Wasurezaki,” “Watashi wa Kaze,” “Himawari no Iro,” and “Kogetsu” too, please!

This is probably the first time in recent years they haven’t had a special album site. Staff〜 I know you’re busy, but at least publish the live merch the day before.

I like “Hallelujah.” It’s upbeat and fun, but somehow it makes me feel melancholy.

What a sloppy mess for the day before the first live. Maybe they’ve packed too much work in.

Oh, the live starts tomorrow, right? I have absolutely no interest in any show except the one I’m going to... Still, if they hold a live only two or three days after the album comes out, people won’t know the album songs at all. Doesn’t that mean the crowd won’t get very hyped...

>741 It was originally supposed to come out on September 9, but it got delayed. I’m wondering whether the members, especially Nakamura-san, have even had time to learn the lyrics.

The more I listen, the more I like it.

>742 That’s forbidden knowledgeｗｗｗｗ Even some of the old songs... oh, looks like someone’s coming.

>727 Why condoms? Are you expecting to hook up?

This album is really good. “Fall in Life” has a bit of the same vibe as “Sorairo no Neko.”

>744 Hey, don’t say stuff like that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpVeCPsnxt4

>745 It’s a joke about “Don’t forget Okamoto.” It’s a long-running gag in this thread.

I can’t view the official diary. Can non-members not view the diary either?

Whoa... Since someone mentioned it in this thread, I listened to “Ashita e no Tobira” while paying attention to it, and I really did get déjà vu...orz

Live shows are the best. I feel like I’m getting close to the end of my lifespan, so who knows if I’ll still be alive next yearwww

>749 Looks like it’s being renovated. http://www.garnetcrow.com/stay/

Support member Iwai-san.

“Hallelujah” = “Sorairo no Neko” + “Ashita e no Tobira”

GARNET CROSE

>752 You can still view most of it, at least. It does seem to be under construction, though.

>745 You’re supposed to masturbate while looking at Nana-sama! If you put one on, you won’t have to worry about dirtying your underwear.

At the live... I wonder if they’ll have another song with embarrassing choreography like “Mr. Holiday,” or split everyone into a Nana team and an old-man team for a singalong...

ラービーズァーフリーィー Heisei!!

What was that cat on the “TWILIGHT VALLEY” flyer supposed to be?

※ The staff enjoyed it.

>759 ラーブラービーズァーフリーィー　ラービーズァーフリーィー♪

The album site is up.

The diary has been updated too.

>758 Of course there will be. Considering Gane’s sense of humor, they’ve made their star vocalist do ridiculous gags like “Ganbari Mammoth” and “Hacchan,” after all.

“Ganbari Mammoth” is moe.

In the “STAY” special site’s PV section, “Yume no Hitotsu” is written as “Yume Hitotsu”(´・ω・｀)

Apparently “Yume Hitotsu” is the correct title.

MUSIC FOCUS #26 and #27 Comment video for “STAY 〜Yoake no Soul〜” http://musing.jp/video/newrelease/

Good riddance to that shitty Flash animation.

This is a really minor thing, but I hate the “‘,” punctuation they’ve been using in the lyrics since “Ai ni Niteiru.” “” is fine, but “‘,” isn’t even “‘’,” so it kind of grosses me out. Also, I was wondering if “Stay” is a continuation of “The first cry.” The lyrics say things like, “I’ve walked this far to build something precious〜.”

Can someone upload the mini-drama from >515?

It’s a straightforward album, just like the title promises. I can’t say I dislike it, but it’s a little too flat. The lyrics don’t really catch on anymore〜 It’s a shame, especially since the singles and B-sides were insanely good. “Hyakunen no Kodoku” really stands out on the album.

Ten years feels both long and short... I don’t want to get any older.

There can’t be a simpler wallpaper than that, right? The staff’s presence is zero.

The official website has been completely redesigned, including the profiles. It looks coolｗｗ

777

Hellooo〜n

>765 No, neither of them was made to do it...

>774 Yurippe and Nana-san’s time flows slowly, so they’ll be fine. Nana-san might not be aging at allｗ I used to think I didn’t want to get older until I was around 20 too, but then I realized I’m the type who doesn’t age, so I stopped caring.

Nana-san is actually getting younger.

Mocchi, on the other hand, is starting to look older. His skin has lost its firmness.

What will Mocchi sing at this live?

>783 I’m curious about that too. I’m going tomorrow, so I can’t wait.

Since it’s a free live, I think there won’t be many songs. I bought the B edition of the album, but both the regular and remix versions of “Rainy Soul” gave me goosebumps... Hope it doesn’t rain〜

>781-782 Their youth is clearly being sucked away.

Mocchi and the old man: the Sentimental Brothers.

Finally listened to it, and yeah, the sound really is muffled.

I can’t watch the “Elysium” PV on the special site. Is it a mistake?

ttp://garnetcrow.com/stay/bgm/d4.flv The file exists, but it doesn’t seem to play.

For today’s Nagoya show, I’m in the 300s and my companion is in the 600s. Can we enter separately and meet up afterward...?

It should be possible.

It’s my first live. Do I just sit quietly and listen?

>771 It’s “Ai ni Niteru.” If you’re going to nitpick that hard, pay attention to your own writing too.

>793 You’ll stick out if you sit down. Once the people in front stand up, you won’t be able to see much at all.

I can’t stop thinking about the bald otaku in the audience of the “Let” live DVD.

>795 I’m in the second row, though. Do I have to dance and wave a glow stick too...? What a hassle.

Hope today’s live gets really lively. Someone, please give us a report, even if it’s just the setlist. From the Sentimental Brothers.

This has already been mentioned, but the intro to “ON THE WAY” is exactly Chicago’s “Saturday in the Park.”

Good morning. It’s raining cats and dogs in Nagoya. Damn you, Mocchi...ｗｗｗ Yurippe, make the weather clear!

There’s no information about the most important thing: the live merch.

Live merch Setlist Yurippe’s outfit Please report back on all of it.

>799 Seriouslyｗｗ It’s exactly the sameｗ “GOOD DAY” too, and “Ashita e no Tobira” tooｗｗ

Nana-sama’s pussy feels so goodｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ

The chorus of the first song sounds like Mai Kuraki’s “PUZZLE.”

>804 Does AZUKI Nana’s pussy stink?

I’m going to Zepp Nagoya today. Would a camera with a telephoto lens be too obnoxious?

Huh? Are photos allowed?

>808 Of course.

Album flash ranking: *1 Ayaka 4273 *2 Backstreet Boys 3910 *3 Madonna 2133 *4 MiChi *5 AI *6 Superfly *7 GARNET CROW *8 Arashi *9 Ne-Yo 10 Do As Infinity

Why are first-press A and B in plastic cases this time?

What are people going to wear to Zepp Nagoya? Can coats and bags be checked somewhere?

>808 Cameras that make a sound when taking photos (including phones) and flash photography are prohibited, though.

>812 Long sleeves. There are lockers inside the venue.

I stopped being a fan after “LOCKS,” and listened to the album without even renting the singles, but it was surprisingly goodｗ Maybe I’ll rejoin the fan club for the first time in over a year...

>807 Is this bait?

>816 Sorry... I’ll leave the telephoto lens at home(´・ω・｀)

I’m curious what the all-standing, free-seating setup on the first floor will be like this time. I assume they’ll let people in by queue number... Will there be enough time to put our bags in the lockers? And will the queue number determine our spot to some extent?

【Society】 In a culture where “being a virgin until marriage is a given,” Chinese-made “artificial hymens” designed to fake virginity are causing an uproar. Some are also saying, “Yurippe is a virgin!”... Kyoto http://tsushima.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1254445980/

It’s sweltering and humid in Nagoya today〜 Let’s all enjoy Yurippe’s sweaty scent!

It cracked me up that she sang “Mikansei na Neiro” in the original key.

■ Songs I want them to perform /Watashi wa Kaze/Eien ni Houre/Mysterious Eyes/Mikansei na Neiro/Natsu no Maboroshi/Last love song/jewel fish/whiteout /Yume Mita Ato de/Spiral/Crier girl & boy/Endless Desire/Only Stay/Koi suru Koto shika Dekinai/Bokura Dake no Mirai /Wasurezaki/Tsumetai Kage/fill away/Kono Fuyu no Shirosa ni/Kimi no Omoi Egaita Yume Atsumeru HEAVEN/“Sayonara” to Tatta Hitokoto de /Hare Dokei/Tatoeba 12-gatsu no Yoru ni/籟･来･也/Kaze no Oto dake wo Kiite/Yume Hanabi/Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de/nonsense /Kakurenbo/Himawari no Iro/Yellow Moon/Kaze to RAINBOW/Kono Te wo Nobaseba/Namida no Yesterday/Sekai wa Mawaru to Iu Keredo /Kanata made Hikari wo/Futari/Yume no Hitotsu/Hyakunen no Kodoku/Hana wa Saite, Tada Yurete/Ai ni Niteru/Hello Sadness/Elysium /Fall in Life〜Hallelujah〜/Rainy Soul/Koi no Aima ni ■ Songs they can skip /Ushinawareta Monogatari/Timeless Sleep/Rusty Rail/Anywhere/Marginal Man/Argentina/Saigo no Ritou/Mou Ichido Waratte/doubt /Mr. Holiday/ON THE WAY/Stay/Hibi no Hotori/The first cry/Love is a bird/Love Lone Star/Mijikai Natsu/Clockwork /Secret path/Doing All Right/Nora/Mou Chotto Sagashite Mimashou/Haru Matsu Hana no You ni/Mawarimichi/Go for it/Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi /WEEKEND/Sky/dreaming of love/a crown/Crystal Gauge/Nakanai Yoru mo Asa mo/for South/Kimi to Iu Hikari/Natsu no Owari no Nagai Ame /Blue no Mori de/Ameagari no Blue/picture of world/Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure wo/Circle days/Itsuka Mata Aimashou /Sorairo no Neko/Candy pop/overblow/His Voyage/Ring ring a ding/Maboroshi/Kyou no Kimi to Ashita wo Matsu/Marionette Fantasia /Eien wo Kakenuke Isshun no Bokura/Nogaremachi/Float World/lose feeling/Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakasou/Yasashii Ame/Yofuke Ryuuseitachi /flowers/Matsuri no Jikan/Yuuzukiyo/timing/Kimi no Ie ni Tsuku made Zutto Hashitte Iku.../in little time/call my name/Trans Trap /Yuudachi no Niwa/U/Futari no Rocket/Sen Ijou no Kotoba wo Narabete mo/bluebird/hi-spd spe.1-day/flying/cried a little/Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e /Meguri Kuru Haru ni/HAPPY DAYS?/Rythmm/Holding you, and swinging/wonderland/Koufuku na Pet/pray/Naked Story /Sky Blue/wish/Please forgive me/Holy ground

>814 Thanks!

The singles on “LOCKS” sounded weirdly out of place, but “STAY” doesn’t have that problem, which is nice.

Already another familiar plunge? Arashi is closing in!!

It’s funny, but Gane selling well feels more out of place to me.

>826 That’s peak otaku.

Upload a picture of the panel introducing the merch. It’ll be hilarious if there really isn’t anything.

The torrential rain is insane. What am I supposed to do?

Looks like there’ll be another update today too. 10/02 Fukuoka show tickets shipped.

What do I do if I need to use the bathroom in the middle of the live?

Then go.

Hold it.

>917 I brought 428. It should be fine if I use silent mode, right?

I had no idea Takashi Utsunomiya was still active. The promo poster trying to make him look young is hilarious.

>832 It’s not that simple when the seating is freeｗ

I’m at the venue. There really is merchｗ There are T-shirts, caps, towels, tissue boxes, straps, picks, stickers, and cloth bags. The set containing everything is 15,100 yen and comes with a special wristband. They really don’t sell the merch until right before doors open, huh〜 They packed it away at 5:30.

>834 You’ll get thrown out. Besides, filming is prohibited inside the venue during the show.

>837 No pamphlet?

>839 I didn’t see one at a glance. But it’s a tour, so surely they have one... I’ll check again after the doors open.

>836 Drink as little water as possible the day before and the day of the show, and try not to think about going to the bathroom. If that’s impossible, put on an adult diaper. I have to pee constantly too, so I understand your painｗｗ

>841 Thanks.

Eeeeeh!! Aren’t cameras, tape recorders, and the like prohibited!?

It’ll be fine if you use silent mode.

*1　17,192　Backstreet Boys *2　17,035　Ayaka *3　*8,964　Madonna *4　The Beatles *5　MiChi *6　AI *7　Superfly *8　GARNET CROW *9　Do As Infinity 10　Arashi

Album: >*8 GARNET CROW They’ll probably be around 6th or 7th on the weekly chart...

I breezed through the camera check.

>847 Please upload photos afterward.

>845 Shunsuke Kiyokiba disappeared〜(；´Д｀)

>847 Where are you posting from? It doesn’t look like you’re using a phone.

Do you get a poster this time too if you buy at least 3,000 yen worth of CDs or DVDs? If so, the only thing I have to buy is probably a Mocchi single. I wonder if they’ll even have one for sale...

When I’m listening to the album and “Stay” comes on, I mistake it for the last song. There are still five more tracks after it, though.

Mocchi might get Yokohama hit directly by a typhoon tooｗ

Between today’s live and tomorrow’s Lazona event, the ranking should hold steady or rise. As of yesterday, Amazon and HMV were out of first-press B copies online, so we’ll see what happens after today’s restock. They’re only narrowly ahead of MiChi, so they’ll probably be around 5th or 4th. I’m buying one at Lazona tomorrow too!

>617 Are you embarrassed because they don’t sell very well? Or is the music itself embarrassing? Who would you listen to without feeling embarrassed? Southern All Stars, I guess? Maybe you just hate having different tastes from everyone around you. I’ve never felt embarrassed about it myself. If anything, I think people who proudly listen to whatever’s popular lately are more embarrassingｗ I don’t bring up Gane with people around me either, though. There’s no point, since they’d never understand what’s so good about Gane. But I don’t think that makes me superior for understanding Gane’s appeal. I just like Gane. That’s all.

Writing is easier to read when you use punctuation.

Looks like Azuki-san might come along tomorrow too.

>857 If she comes, I’ll go, but there’s no way she’s coming.

I understand how >617 feels. It’s not about whether they’re popular or not. It’s that most of their tie-ins are anime... I wonder how they look to people who don’t know them. When you say anime, people inevitably think of Akihabara. And when you say Akihabara... well, you know. Conan might be a nationally popular anime, though. They have lots and lots of good lyrics, but some of them are a little chuunibyou too. Also, maybe I’m the only one, but I find it embarrassing for some reason that the main music I listen to is female-vocal groups. Maybe I think men are supposed to listen to male singers? I don’t know. Even though there seem to be more female-vocal groups. But I absolutely love these people’s songs. I’ve bought almost all their CDs (except the best-of and two or three singles).

>859 If we start calling things chuunibyou, that applies to most J-popｗ

>860 Yeah, exactlyｗ I think that’s right. There are tons of people who seem to be saying, “I’m an artiste at heart,” and “Look at these cool lyrics I wrote.”

>835 Utsu has lost weight and looks cool nowｗ

>859 Yeah, I see what you mean. I know almost nothing about recent anime, so I don’t really have the impression that Gane sings anime songs all that often. What embarrasses me more is the crowd hype and choreography at lives. I think they could skip that stuff. It doesn’t suit Gane. Still, whether they’re popular or not, I can understand feeling a little embarrassed to be a fan of a female vocalist with some idol appeal. If it were Yuming or someone like that, nobody would feel embarrassed at all.

>863 Well, I don’t watch anime either (actually, I don’t watch TV at all), but when I look at the backs of the CDs, I get this “whoa...” feeling. Yeah. If they didn’t have that “this look isn’t really working” vibe, or if they hadn’t made their looks one of their selling points, I probably wouldn’t feel embarrassed at all.

Sure, sure.

>842 A urologist can prescribe medication to suppress frequent urination. It may have side effects like making your throat a little dry.

Hellooo〜n

What time should I go tomorrow to get a good spot?

>857 We really don’t need that kind of surpriseｗ I decided not to go because only Yurippe and Mocchi are coming. Actually, if it’s going to rain, Gane doesn’t need to come at all.

Rain tomorrow too. Rain in Nishinomiya on the 4th too. The first autumn tour in two years, and a typhoon is making landfall on Honshu. Mocchi’s power is terrifyingｗ

They’re already losing to the gorilla? There’s a gorilla movie out right now, so it’ll sell like crazy over the weekend.

Just like B’zｗ They might as well do it outdoors.

How much do anime tie-ins on the level of Conan or Golgo actually affect sales? The core fans don’t need anime tie-ins, and I can’t really imagine people outside the core fanbase buying Gane singles. If it were a popular Jump anime like Bleach or Fullmetal Alchemist, there are examples where the ranking of the tie-in single changes dramatically, so there’s some value in it. But if they don’t keep working hard afterward, they won’t build a core fanbase and won’t be able to renew their record contract.

Wait, is Fullmetal Alchemist a Jump title? I’m not very familiar with it, and I wrote that without checking. Sorry.

Gane seems like they’d be a good fit for drama tie-ins. “Koi no Aima ni” is such a great song, but they never get lucky with tie-ins...

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>872 B’z + outdoors + typhoon = Nagisaen?

Tomorrow in Kawasaki should be cloudy or clear during the event. High 27°C, low 22°C.

Fullmetal Alchemist? That’s from a different magazine.

At Lazona, you can get to the station without getting wet even if it rains. There’s a roof over the Yurippe-boob-viewing position too. Azuki-san might even show up with a cute “Hehe, I came too” look. Honestly, I hope there’s a massive storm and fewer people show up.

I came running when I heard “LIVE-GYM.”

Is the live still not over? Has it gone over two and a half hours?

My prediction is that the first song will be “Hello Sadness”〜

Live update: Okamoto’s solo was “Mysterious Eyes” (punk version). Flowers from Mai Kuraki. MFM special issue sales are huge.

>873 Instead of writing a wall of text, search the old logs. >15

>884 Thanks for the速報. >Mai Kuraki sent flowers Did she come herself? Or was it a representative?

Wasn’t it the flower wreath at the entrance?

It’s over〜! If it’s okay to post the setlist, I’ll transcribe it and put it up in about 20 minutes.

I like Nagoya. I visited during Silver Week.

The first song was “Hyakunen no Kodoku.” The support members were Ohashi, Kurosé, and Karita.

I’m curious whether there were chairs. And how Yurippe was doing.

>888 Where’s the setlist〜

Could you see Yurippe’s cleavage when she bowed at the end? I’ll ask first.

Could you see Yurippe’s cleavage when she bowed at the beginning?

Sorry, Mocchi, but I really wanted to hear Gane perform “Mysterious Eyes” again after all this time.

>869 Furui-san said he’s going. Azuki-san also said, “Maybe I’ll go〜.”

Azuki-san said she wants to film a PV on Gunkanjimaｗ

I bought the first-press B in Akihabara on the 29th, but the first-press A I ordered from Amazon still hasn’t arrived. Feeling sentimental... I’m going to Yokohama on the 12th.

01 Hyakunen no Kodoku 02 Mou Ichido Waratte 03 flying [MC] 04 ON THE WAY 05 Hello Sadness 06 Rhythm 07 Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e [MC] 08 Hana wa Saite, Tada Yurete 09 Rainy Soul 10 Go For It [MC] 11 Bokura Dake no Mirai 12 Mysterious Eyes (Okamocchi) [MC] 13 Stay [MC] 14 Yume Mita Ato de 15 Nora 16 Naked Story [MC] 17 Doing All Right (singalong) 18 Namida no Yesterday 19 Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de 20 Argentina 21 Fall In Life〜Hallelujah〜 Encore 22 Hibi no Hotori [MC] 23 Futari no Rocket 24 Spiral

>899 Thanks. But seriously, Spiral again as the closer...? I’m getting kind of tired of it...

>899 Thanks. So they didn’t do “Elysium” or “Koi no Aima ni” either, huh.

Has “Holy ground,” the usual staple, finally been cut...?

Wentｗｗｗｗ 19:10–21:40. Yurippe’s voice didn’t come out properly at the openings of the first few songs. Cowboy Kurosé’s showing off was way too annoying! “Bokura Dake no Mirai” and “Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de” were great. The familiar closer was “Spiral.” I’m not exactly unhappy with the setlist, but there were so many new-album songs that it was hard to get into it. Anyone going from here on out, study up beforehand! It started with “Hyakunen no Kodoku.” Tomorrow I’m going to Mountain. I confirmed a panty line on Nana-sama. The old man’s opinion of the new album was pretty lukewarm. He didn’t seem invested in it at all, like even I could have played something like that. Do your vocal warm-ups before “Doing〜”! I had miso katsu for lunch today. Yurippe puts anko in her coffee.

>899 What, they didn’t do “Elysium”...? The setlists are pretty much the same every time.

> Thanks! “flying” and “Bokura Dake no Mirai” haven’t been played in a while♪ I’m looking forward to Yokohama BLITZ ( ´∀｀)

>901 I really wanted to hear both of those songs, so that’s a huge disappointment. It was my first Nagoya show since becoming a fan, and my first live ever, but I had a lot of fun. “Stay” live really hit me in the heart.

Thanks for the setlist. They did “Go For It”? That’s surprising.

There were quite a lot of women too, huh.

>906 Those two seem like the main songs, so what a shame. More importantly, I’m curious about what >903 said about the old man’s lukewarm opinion of the new album.

The new album songs they didn’t do were: ・Elysium ・Yume no Hitotsu ・Koi no Aima ni I wonder if the setlist will change from here on out. There are a lot of shows, after all.

Yeah, ending with “Spiral” every time is getting stale. Please make it Nagoya-only.

>909 Yurippe asked him what he thought of the album, and he was silent for almost ten seconds. Then what came out was basically: “It feels about the same as usual... well, I guess it’s pretty good.” It was the kind of comment that left everyone scratching their heads.

They can drop “Mou Ichido Waratte” and Mocchi’s solo already. I want them to add “Elysium” and “Koi no Aima ni.”

YuriP: “What song do you recommend?” Old man: “There isn’t any one particularly good song on the album. Or rather, aren’t they all good songs?”

Did her voice come out okay?

Yurippe was dressed all in black from top to bottom. A biker jacket with a skirt, and pants underneath. For the encore, everyone came out wearing the venue-exclusive caps. Yurippe changed into a sparkly jacket, and Nana-sama wore a white short-sleeve T-shirt with a black vest over it. She looked cuteｗ

>915 The openings of the first three songs or so were rough.

>896 I can’t go anymore, unfortunately(つД`)゜・゜ Tell us in advance if you’re coming. There are definitely fans who’d be kicking themselves. Like me. If I could get close to Nana, I would’ve bought another CD. Nana, you idiot.

What song do they use for the member introductions? Or is it just a regular spoken introduction?

Nana-sama wore a white T-shirt today that emphasized her breasts. About a D cup, I’d say.

We don’t need reports from perverts.

>916 Was any of Yurippe’s chest exposed?

They didn’t do “Natsu no Maboroshi.”

>919 It wasn’t set to any particular song. >920 You could tell they were big even from far away. I don’t know what cup size, though...

So the big highlight was “Go For It”...? Come on, they should play more B-sides like “Ichiban Suteki Datta Hi,” “Tatoeba 12-gatsu no Yoru ni,” and “Kanata made Hikari wo”...

No way.

They should do “Last Love song” and “jewel fish” too! They should do “Yume Hanabi” and “WIAU” too!

“Tatoeba 12-gatsu no Yoru ni” seems like exactly the kind of thing they’d do on New Year’s Eve.

>924 Wasn’t the chest of Yurippe’s biker jacket opened wide? How much skin was showing around her chest?

>927 They’ll probably do “Last Love song” and “Yume Hanabi” on the tour starting in February.

>928 It really does seem likely... but I can’t go to the New Year’s live... They’ve only performed “Haru Matsu Hana no You ni” at Premium Live too, and of course the songs I like are always at lives I can’t attend・・・・

>929 Sadly, it wasn’t open at allｗ

I’m looking forward to “flying” and “Naked Story.” I’m going to Yokohama, but is standing for more than three hours really okay?

It’s fine. Yurippe is under the same conditions.

>916 Does the venue-exclusive cap have the GARNET CROW logo on it? Is it sold at the merch booth?

I’m jealous they did “Go For It”... But other than that, it sounds pretty much like usual. Nothing special.

>932 What was she wearing for the encore? Wasn’t her chest opened wide? How much skin was showing around her chest?

What time are the really committed people going to Lazona tomorrow?

>937 Chest this, skin that. Don’t you have any other questions?

>938 Probably around 11.

Was her chest really wide open during the encore? How much skin was showing around her chest?

Someone uploaded pictures of the merch, and that cap is amazingｗｗｗ

At the store I went to today, they had a “gorilla” CD next to GARNET CROW in the new releases section, so I moved it and put Arashi’s best album there instead.

>940 Wow, that’s early! And you’re a woman, too.

>937 Her chest wasn’t open during the encore either.

Yurippe said Nagoya’s morning breakfast sets are famous and that people in Nagoya put red beans in their coffee... She must be confusing it with Ogura toast... Then Yurippe said people in Nagoya put red beans on pasta. She must mean ankake spaghetti. The “an” in ankake isn’t the same “an” as sweet red bean paste...

I wanted to go because it was Nagoya, but it was already too late. If only I’d known sooner...

Don’t expect much skin from Yurippe this time. Kurosé is annoying.

Kurosé really was way too annoying. I was on the second floor, but I could see a little of Nana-san’s cleavage through binoculars.

Are there still tickets left for the Fukuoka show? I suddenly have time nowーーー

>946 Google “Kissaten Mountain”!

>946 Try searching “Mountain Nagoya.”

>943 Who do you mean by “the gorilla”?

>948-949 How loud were the drums?

>945 How big were her breasts? Did they make them look bigger on purpose?

Nagoya: Komeda Coffee, a favorite of Saegusa; Yabaton, ankake spaghetti, kishimen, hitsumabushi. Delicious.

I’ve eaten Yabaton before. Honestly, I hate miso-nikomi udon. What even is that udon?

“The gorilla” is AI. She really goes wild.

>953 You mean AI?

It was incredibly loud. It drowned out Nana-sama’s keyboard. He wore a flashy red outfit, had a greasy, shiny face, and pushed himself way too hard, like “I’m the star!”

>955 Flat as a board.

That’s pretty cute, though.

Even the cleavage is sentimental＞＜

Ankake spaghetti is delicious, but the local pasta restaurants don’t have it. Is it Nagoya-only? Chicken wings are a Nagoya specialty too. The ankake boom seems to be over, but the miso-nikomi udon shops still have lines.

>955 Hmm, I wasn’t very close to the front, so I couldn’t really tell... Nana-san did look pretty big to me, but I didn’t get that impression from Yuri-san. Please give me a break(^_^;)

>965 Stop answering every single question.

>903 >Yurippe puts “there” in her coffee. That’s how I read it.

Did Yurippe wear pants from the beginning all the way through the end of the encore this time?

Putting red beans in coffee is really only a thing in a very limited region... As for “anko spaghetti,” I was going to call out, “They mean ankake〜,” but I held back because I thought she might actually be planning to go to Mountainｗ Will Mocchi make it to Kawasaki tomorrow?

>968 Yurippe wore black pants from start to finish.

Maybe we’re the ones who should be putting red beans in coffee.

>969 She should be able to get from Yokohama to Kawasaki.

For those who went to the live, was it standing the whole time?

Your dick standing?

>960 That’s the worst...

>972 Yeahｗ Yurippe is actually pretty airheaded too. >973 Right. And there are no seats on the first floor.

>973 I stood hard for two hours staring at Yurippe’s lips and Nana-sama’s breasts, so stop whiningｗｗｗｗ Including the wait, you’re on your feet for three and a half to four hours.

Nagoya has lots of beautiful women. Osaka has lots of ugly ones. Why is that?

>972 So “Kanagawa Prefecture” became “Yokohama,” huh. Poor Kanagawa.

Whoa, standing for three hours straightorz I’m short, so I hope I can get to the very front.

>977 Your legs must’ve turned to sticks. Good work.

>978 Hey, hey, don’t say things like that when there are still tickets left for the first Osaka show.

If you have to stand for three hours, you might even need an adult diaper for bathroom emergencies. I might be so exhausted I’ll fall asleep without eating dinnerｗ

Please spare a thought for Sugakiya once in a while too.

Are they staying in Nagoya? Will Nana-san come? Are they taking the Shinkansen? What’s the deal?

I’m planning to go to my first GARNET CROW live in Sapporo, but seeing the setlist was a shock. I wish they’d played more singles from before “Yume Mita Ato de.” I’ll hope they do the old songs at next year’s live, and enjoy the new-album songs this time.

>983 I took some Stoppa anti-diarrhea medicine beforehand. Sorry for the gross talk.

Oh no, I’m getting excited. I need to pump up my bicycle tires. You’re not allowed to ride a bike while holding an umbrella, right? Walking there would be a pain. Hope it clears up.

>959 I see... >871 >943 >958 I think you should stop badmouthing other artists.

Whatever, but you’re bumping the thread way too much...

Please report on Lazona tomorrow and Nishinomiya Gardens the day after!!

I lost the Tokyo lottery.

Serves you rightｗｗｗｗｗｗｗ Other people’s misfortune makes today’s dinner taste great!

>993 It’s not decided yet. In my head, I’m already last place in the first round.

I’ve been here since the single-digit parts, and this is the first time I’ve started a GARNET CROW thread.

Dancing samba with Yurippe sounds nice too.

Yeah, exactly.

>995 Nice work. You should put the URL here too. GARNET CROW part.217 http://anchorage.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1254496334/

If this reaches 1000, the best-of won’t be released in multiple editions as a cash-grab scheme.

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