GARNET CROW part270

■ Official site 　GARNET CROW official homepage　http://garnetcrow.com/ ■ Release information 　★ 9th album “Memories” now on sale! 　　　【First-press limited edition: with DVD】　　【Regular edition】 　　　Catalog no.: GZCA-5241　　　　　　　　　Catalog no.: GZCA-5242 　　　Price: 3,500 yen (tax included)　　　　　 Price: 3,059 yen (tax included) 　　　　01. Smiley Nation 　　　　02. live ~When You Are Near!~ 　　　　03. JUDY 　　　　04. Misty Mystery 　　　　05. 一緒に暮らそう 　　　　06. メモリーズ 　　　　07. 静寂の concerto 　　　　08. 創世記�T 　　　　09. ロンリーナイト 　　　　10. 英雄 　　　　11. Blue Regret 　　　※ The first-press limited edition alone comes with a DVD containing “Smiley Nation,” “Misty Mystery,” and “JUDY”! 　★ GARNET CROW coupling-song best-of “GOODBYE LONELY ~B-side collection~” confirmed! 　　Release date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 　　　【First-press limited edition: 2 CDs + DVD】　【Regular edition: 2 CDs】 　　　　Catalog no.: GZCA-5244~5245　　　　　 Catalog no.: GZCA-5246~5247 　　　　Price: ¥3,990 (tax included)　　　　　　 Price: ¥3,200 (tax included) ◆ First-press limited edition bonuses ・Bonus DVD containing a collection of music videos! Original jacket illustration by Hirara Natsume! ・Password for viewing an original manga by Hirara Natsume included (web release) ◆ Regular edition bonus ・Includes “JUDY ~English ver.~” as a bonus track 　★ SUPER LIGHT・LIVE DVD release confirmed!! 　　※ The official site will announce the details as soon as the release date is finalized. ■ Event information 　★ GARNET CROW livescope 2012 ~the tales of memories~ confirmed!! 　　■ Sunday, March 4, 2012　 Osaka / Umeda Arts Theater, Main Hall 　　■ Saturday, March 17, 2012　 Tokyo / TOKYO DOME CITY HALL (formerly JCB Hall) 　　■ Sunday, March 18, 2012　 Tokyo / TOKYO DOME CITY HALL (formerly JCB Hall) ※ See the official site for details. ▼ Notes 　・Don't cause trouble for other people. 　・Posting or calling out other artists is prohibited, especially Arashi and Johnny's artists in general. 　・Don't spread fake information; it only makes people resent you. 　・Please thoroughly ignore trolls, delusional posts, and perverted posts. 　・Pasting virus code or long copied text is prohibited. 　・>950 is responsible for starting the next thread. No subtitles. 　・Please keep the thread basically sage. ■ Previous thread GARNET CROW part269 http://toro.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1329952286/

“GOODBYE LONELY ~B-side collection~” Release date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 　　　【First-press limited edition: 2 CDs + DVD】　【Regular edition: 2 CDs】 　　　　Catalog no.: GZCA-5244~5245　　　　　 Catalog no.: GZCA-5246~5247 　　　　Price: ¥3,990 (tax included)　　　　　　 Price: ¥3,200 (tax included) ◆ First-press limited edition bonuses ・Bonus DVD containing a collection of music videos! Original jacket illustration by Hirara Natsume! ・Password for viewing an original manga by Hirara Natsume included (web release) ◆ Regular edition bonus ・Includes “JUDY ~English ver.~” as a bonus track 【DISC-1】 01. Go For It 02. Secret Path 03. For South 04. 八月の夜 05. Circle Days 06. Float World 07. His Voyage 08. lose feeling 09. 短い夏 10. Crier Girl & Crier Boy ~ ice cold sky ~ 11. Flower 12. nonsense 13. 愛に似てる 14. whiteout 15. hi-speed スペシャル oneday 16. 夕立の庭 【DISC-2】 01. in little time 02. Love Lone Star 03. Argentina 04. Holy ground ~ just like a “dejavu” arr. ~ 05. 夏の終わりの長い雨 06. 彼方まで光を 07. 廻り道 08. 夜深けの流星達 09. blue bird 10. Jewel Fish 11. 未完成な音色 12. 一番素敵だった日 13. トランス・トラップ 14. Nora 15. live 16. たとえば12月の夜に 【Bonus DVD】 Music video collection 01. 君を飾る花を咲かそう 02. 君の思い描いた夢 集メル HEAVEN 03. 晴れ時計 04. 夢・花火 05. 今宵エデンの片隅で 06. まぼろし 07. Over Drive 08. この手を伸ばせば 09. Love Lone Star 10. JUDY ~English ver.~

Looks like Yulippe. ttp://tv2ch.com/jlab-10s/s/10s452254.jpg ttp://tv2ch.com/jlab-10s/s/10s452255.jpg

Songs I'd like Yuri Nakamura to cover, part whatever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHr8T-pjJ58 This one's incredible!!!!!!!!

Oh! I got home and there was already a new thread. >1 Nice work!

The new song title is “Lady ダイヤモンド,” right?

Yuri-san live tomorrow... whew...

For some reason, I always want to listen to GARNET CROW when the seasons change.

I'm sleeping until noon to prepare for tomorrow.

Is the concert assigned seating? And will I be an outsider if I don't have a Lonely Light?

>10 Look at your ticket for the seat. No idea about the light.

I've been busy with work ever since changing jobs last year, so I didn't get a ticket. Will there be day-of tickets tomorrow (Saturday)? The official site says sold out...

Probably not...

They sold out even though there are shows on consecutive days? Though they've been releasing day-of tickets lately.

The tickets sold out the same day they went on sale. Also, without a Lonely Light, there might not be much of a sense of solidarity.

It doesn't stand out as much as you'd think.

Do you think there'll be T-shirts in the merch for On-Dama on the 31st? If not, I'm thinking of buying one on this tour... Short sleeves are hard to wear properly this time of year.

I like the name “Lonely Light.” Come on, come on, it's finally today~!

After dreaming that I married Nana-chan.

Will this concert end after about two hours?

Wasn't it two and a half hours?

【Arashi and Johnny's artists in general are prohibited.】

Naoko Takahashi got married, and Yulippe is still...

If you're going to cut “Memories” and “静寂,” cut “Spiral” instead.

I want to fuck Yulippe.

Was there alcohol inside?

>19 It was just one dream.

>26 Of course not.

It had to rain on the day of the concert...

>28 I was thinking of BLITZ by mistake.

I'm working hard for Yuri-san again today.

Naoko Takahashi (39) got married. So Yulippe has another five years, huh...

Yulippe with light makeup on the pamphlet cover looks great.

A bunch of gloomy-looking people are lined up.

Day-of tickets are here, here, here!

>30 No, it's fine. I'm the one who should apologize.

You're already there? That's early. I'm just heading out now by bus and train...

The doors open at 18:00, right?

Someone said the merch line has already started and it's cold.

That's way too early. I was thinking around five would be fine.

Whoa, it's raining in Tokyo. It had stopped when I left home, so I didn't bring an umbrella.

>40 I live nearby, so I'm leaving at five.

I'm leaving at 17:00 too＾＾

I can't keep up with how gross the Twitter people are.

Some gross Twitter user let a woman cut into the line at 15:05.

You're disgusting, cosplay bastard.

I need to minimize the time I spend lining up outside.

It takes 30 minutes to get to Korakuen, so I'm leaving at 5:30.

Day-of tickets suddenly went on sale...? How am I supposed to make it from Kansai?

I'm heading out now. Maybe I'll just buy a Lonely Light and the pamphlet.

>50 Be careful. Apparently the red Lonely Lights are sold out. A lady who was nearby told me.

The Lonely Lights were sold out, so I couldn't buy one...

http://xepid.com/src/up-xepid23804.jpg http://xepid.com/src/up-xepid23805.jpg They look alike.

It's a good song, but aaaaaaaaaa isn't needed.

>29 Because there's a rain man here...

When the hell are they opening the doors? The staff are useless as always.

Are the doors about to open? Everyone, have fun! If Yulippe looks like she has no motivation, heckle her from the audience and get her fired up!! ww

>51 I couldn't get one. Thanks.

The doors are open.

Concerts are nice. Give Osaka an additional show~

I went back to my parents' house and my old room for the first time in a while, and found some old MiniDiscs. While digging through them, I found one packed with GC songs. It was so nostalgic; I got completely absorbed listening to it. I loved everything: Yulippe's languid singing style, her wide vocal range, the sad and dark lyrics, and how broad their range is, from heartbreaking songs to pop songs. I think I listened to everything up through the “Crystal Gauge” single, if I remember right. The indie albums and all the B-sides too. I loved them. I looked at the wiki and saw they've released a ton of stuff. Maybe I'll give it a try. I probably listened up through the third album. Should I start with the fourth and listen in order? If there are any especially good albums, I'd like to start with those... I hope the sound hasn't changed too much from the old days...

Apparently that day was when things were going badly in Osaka.

>61 Generally speaking, the seventh and this ninth album are rated highly in this thread. 　　　The fourth depends on the person. Hopefully someone else can give you some advice too. 　　　You could also listen to individual songs on YouTube and narrow it down.

Are they selling merch outside?

0→123 4→5 locks→stay parallel universe→memories

>64 Probably in the lobby inside the venue.

Just thinking about seeing Nana-sama tomorrow makes my erection unstoppable.

>66 Thanks.

If they released a single coupling the June song with the December song, it'd sell for a whole year (a lifetime). Blue Regret / たとえば12月の夜に

Post a report, please.

No “Spiral.”

No “Spiral”!!?

The information is slow. What happened? Was “Spiral” left out simply because the show started late, or did they suddenly swap it for another song? I have no idea...

I got Spiraled.

“Spiral” was way too long. I'm sick of it.

The slow information is the staff's fault. Why should Yulippe have to apologize?

So they did play “Spiral” after all.

So the show started way late?

“Spiral” was so long I got tired.

A lot happened today.

Not so much that something happened—more like an intense, endless Spiraling for the first time in ages~

Were the princess dress, idol dress, and Nana-san's Osaka-mom-style outfit all the same as before?

“Spiral” was exhausting.

It ended up being a full house, but 80% of the seats were still empty when the doors opened, lol.

I wondered why the lights were sold out, then saw a few idiots carrying four or five each.

Tell me somewhere near the venue where I can get a tasty dinner, please. I'm taking a highway bus from Shinjuku home.

>86 Denny's.

The talking segments were longer, which was nice.

>86 Sizzler.

Were there cameras? Could this become a DVD?

It was my first time, and I had an amazing time(*^-')b

>89 Thanks. I'll kill time at the Shinjuku Mitsui Building location until 23:00, near the bus stop.

>90 There were staff taking photos, but no cameras. Tomorrow's show will probably become the DVD.

The MC segment was longer. Nana-san was great, casually hitting back every ball Mochi threw at her, lol. >91 Congrats on your first show! I've been going for a long time too, and I still had a great time.

Was there anything different from Osaka?

>91 I was in a GaneCro slump for almost a year, and my fan club membership even expired, so I had to get tickets through Musing. But I had a great time.

Mochi's solo was “tonight.” Also, just a little bit of “Uminari.” They played a tiny bit of “Mijikai Natsu” as part of the Mini-Cro announcement. And a supersized “Spiral.”

We don't need a supersized “Spiral”!

I went for the first time in a while, and it felt more like a real concert than before! Yulippe smelled nice.

“Spiral” was so long that Nana-san and the string players all looked like they were thinking, “Are we still doing this?” lol.

How many times did they end up doing it?

No idea, lol.

Can I make the Mochi rain-man joke? Go right ahead!

So we really did get to hear Captain Ikeda's string section.

Moonlight Daisuke-chan came to Tokyo too.

I wonder if anything fun will happen at the Big Egg tomorrow.

I heard the guitars and drums were way too loud in Osaka, so you couldn't hear Yulippe singing. I wonder if the vocals and PA were at least a little better here. I'm worried.

Give us the talking highlights.

>107 I don't dislike Kaichi, so it's hard to say, but there were lots of scenes where Yulippe was giving instructions. Most of the time she was giving them in complete darkness, though.

Ikeda-san talked quite a bit too. It was funny seeing him wearing a towel around his head, lol.

>108 The love power spot (getting love from couples and so on). Please come to Kyoto and Niigata. Album, Mini-Cro, merch talk...

Is the intro to “live” The Jam's “Town Called Malice,” old man? Is that why the fans clap to a different rhythm?

The guy at the far end on Nana-san's side in the fourth row of the arena kept fiddling with his phone during the latter half. It really killed the mood. Doesn't he realize that's disrespectful to GARNET too...

>93 During the silly encore MC, Yulippe ran over to the camera, then crouched down and flashed double peace signs.

Daisuke Ikeda has kind of feminine, drag-queen-like movements when you watch him on DVDs.

>113 It was during the latter half!?

The MC before “Kimi Tsuresaru” was Professor Ikeda's introductory music lecture.

Yulippe: “Lots of people become couples through GARNET concerts and then get married. 　　　　　　Are any couples here today? ...Oh, quite a few of you are.” Audience: “Waaah (clap clap clap clap)” Me: 　　　　　　　 Λ＿Λ : 　　　　　 　/:彡ミ゛ヽ;）ー､: 　　　　　 / :::/:: ヽ、ヽ、 ::i : 　　 　　 / :::/;;: 　 ヽ　ヽ ::ｌ: ￣￣￣（_,ノ ￣￣￣ヽ､_ノ￣￣￣￣

I wanted to see Nana-chan in person(;_;)

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Okamocchi's bathroom-break song is “tonight.” I thought “Uminari” was better in Osaka, but they did a little bit of it here too. Also, if Yulippe asks you for the number-one coupling song, don't try to guess it!

It's amazing that people get together through a concert like that. Are there lots of handsome and beautiful GARNET CROW fans? That's a little different from the image I had.

>86 There's a Sukiya and a McDonald's.

Yulippe: “Nana-san's sheer outfit has just the right amount of see-through.”

The gross otaku guys' muttering to themselves was so loud.

There was someone in the bathroom doing something while saying, “Yulippe, Yulippe.”

>122 They said at the previous concert that the fans span a wide range of ages. You really do see parent-child pairs with elementary-school-age kids, groups of middle-aged women, and so on.

There are occasionally some beautiful women with a wholesome air about them. As for the men...

>108 Mochi and Nana-san still use VHS. Mochi watches DVDs on a PlayStation.

The MC looks more and more like a fistfight every time.

>118 Going alone is rough.

I guess I can't expect anything from Nana-sama's talking anymore. Even when you toss her a topic, she hits it clean out of the park.

Yulippe was in her worst condition during “Naked Story.” Her pitch was all over the place; I was wondering what would happen.

>126 Was he huffing and puffing? >129 Same as Nana-san.

They did the “Limitless Universe fried rice” thing about ten times, right? That has to be a record.

>135 Yulippe was incredibly hyped and having a blast too. At the end she high-fived everyone in the front row, lol.

>122 There were zero handsome or beautiful people. People who meet at a concert and get married, or who had never dated before and were each other's first, maybe.

Are GIZA's staff idiots? I didn't notice either until I looked at the ticket, but given the size of today's Tokyo show, what were they thinking opening the venue only 30 minutes before the concert? There's no way they could process that many people in 30 minutes. It started about 20 minutes late while there were still people who hadn't even reached their seats. Don't make a concert where the singer has to apologize in the opening MC, saying, “Sorry the show started late.”

The energy was really high, huh? I've never seen anything like that. They went way too hard on “Spiral,” lol.

>138 The venue was already opened late, and then they were still leisurely running the merch sales as usual right after opening. They could've announced, “The show will begin shortly, so please use the merch booth after the concert.” ...I think the first Tokyo show of “LOCKS” at the same venue was delayed in basically the same way. Does anyone remember?

“Spiral” was freaking intense.

During “Hideo,” did Okamocchi do the Docomo gesture?

>142 Yeah.

Among GARNET CROW fans, the women are at least a pretty mixed bunch, but the men...

When the strings temporarily left the stage, someone in the audience shouted, “Thank you, Ikeda-san!!” It moved me a little.

Apparently the red Lonely Lights sold out. Will they be available at Sunday's concert? Maybe some factory is pulling an all-nighter making them right now...

When Daisuke Ikeda comes out, I can't look anywhere else, which is a problem. What is with those movements?

It feels like this is turning into a bread factory, lol.

Huh, are the male fans mostly otaku-looking?

What was Yulippe's outfit like?

>149 From what I saw, 70% looked that way. Well, that includes me.

There are more middle-aged people now too, myself included, lol.

There are quite a few cute girls, right!? Or am I the only one who thinks so? lol

GARNET CROW.

Around what time did it end?

21:30.

The women are gross too.

What was Yulippe's outfit like?

I bought the merch after the doors opened, but only the Lonely Lights were sold out. Anyone going today, buy one early.

Yulippe is definitely going to be sore.

It'd be hilarious if they went all-out on the first day and were totally limp on day two, lol. Were all the members looking like they were in good shape?

>160 I'm already sore, so the woman several years older than me, yu[r... (whoa, what are you doing, stop r

There was someone in the bathroom doing something while saying, “Okamocchi, Okamocchi.”

If I go early, is there a chance I'll run into the juniors?

I want to hear more of Nana-chan talking.

>129 So that means there's a nonzero chance Okamocchi and Nana-chan are dating? (>_<)

>161 She is a 34-year-old woman, after all, lol. Today's concert is going to be full of exhaustion.

Manager Hara.

>153 There were... maybe... But there were only about five cute ones! Yulippe was number one, though. My arm hurts.

On Twitter they're doing this thing: “【Please spread】How about we keep the rhythm on the backbeat, like Furui-san said, for that song?” It's not like only Twitter users are coming.

Are people already gathering? Massu is filling in for Shuichi on TV, lol. I wonder if he'll come to the baseball tournament.

The juniors are flooding into the Big Egg, lol.

What am I supposed to do between buying merch and the doors opening? (´・ω・｀)

〇Masturbation.

Come to think of it, they sell alcohol at the concession stand.

The red Lonely Lights sold out pretty early in Osaka too. What is going on?

>169　So Yulippe really is number one among GARNET CROW fans. 　　　Apparently Nana-sama is more popular with the general public, though. 　　　Well, Nana-sama is even older than Yulippe by... (whoa, what are you doing, stop r

It was my first GARNET CROW concert yesterday, and the percentage of girls with ponytails was insanely high, wwwwwwwwww. And they were wearing things that looked like white flowers too, wwwwwwwwww.

>138 This company's terrible planning has been a thing for ages. At the countdown concert, I had to wait two hours under the cold sky just to buy merch. When this kind of clumsy organization is so obvious, it really kills the mood at the concert too.

>176 Since it's “GARNET,” of course everyone buys red, right? >178 Because Yulippe usually wears a ponytail~

There are those two happy-looking people inside the Mini-Cro jacket again.

But doesn't her ponytail look a little different lately? I feel bad for all the people copying Yulippe's look too, having to keep up. Come to think of it, there was some kind of cosplayer event yesterday, right? Right in front of the GARNET fans saying, “It's cosplay, lol. Amazing, lol,” the people on the other side were saying, “What is that line, lol? Amazing, lol.”

Even if you cosplay Yulippe, the raw material is...

This pamphlet is nice.

“Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure wo” appeared in today's “Nono-chan.” ◇ From an interview with the author (2003) What do you always do while drawing? “I always have some kind of music playing. I wonder when GARNET CROW's next album will come out.”

There are occasionally cute girls like aka. It's fun to look for them.

>118 I fucking died, wwwwwwwwww. I'm the same way^q^

I don't need any weird announcements during today's concert MC.

aka

>124 Did Yulippe say that during the MC or something?

GARNET CROW.

>185 Oh, I see. Is “Nono-chan” a newspaper comic or something?

The cosplay group had their panties showing everywhere, I fucking died, wwwwwwwwww.

Post a report today too, please.

Those people on Dematter collecting cheap bouquets and putting on a show, lol.

That piece-of-shit guy smoking while walking in the line can die.

It was supposed to be a baseball tournament, but somehow it turned into a sports day.

There are standing-room tickets? I had no idea.

As usual, everyone in the second-floor seats and above was sitting while watching. It's tiring having to stand the whole time right in front of the stage.

There's a voice coming from a bathroom stall saying, “Yulippe, Yulippee.” I wonder what's going on.

>199 I recommend seats outside the fan-club block. The front row of the second floor, right in the center, has a great view. People outside the FC block deliberately use those seats if they're adults who want to listen properly without raising their fists, or if they're physically weak. Of course, some people jump too, but they don't stand out while seated, and you can see the whole stage better than from a bad corner of the arena, so it's fun.

>196 Huh? Who the hell are you? Don't act so high and mighty.

Have the doors opened yet?

>202 Korean, nice work.

That guy walking around carrying recording equipment...

“Hello Sadness,” of all things.

Since it's a two-day show, they changed up the songs. They're working hard to keep it from getting repetitive. By the way, are there cameras in there?

“Hello Sado,” you say?

The three Nakamura sisters. http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w493/OraldMcDorald/nakamura.jpg

From left: youngest sister Yuki, eldest sister Yuri, second sister Yumi.

>209 Yulippe is so cute~

I wish Yulippe would make her hair color darker. She seriously looks like a delinquent and nothing else.

>209 From left: Yurippa Yurippu Yurippo

Is it true Yamapi came as a guest?

“Johnny's Ginza: You Have Me in Front of You!” 【Venue】 Theatre Creation 【Cast】 Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Takashi Nikaido, Wataru Yokoo (Kis-My-Ft2) 4/27 (Fri) 18:00 4/28 (Sat) 12:00/17:00 4/29 (Sun, holiday) 12:00/17:00 4/30 (Mon, holiday) 12:00/17:00 【Cast】 Ryusei Fujii, Nozomu Kotaki, Shinpei Takemoto, Yuto Aragaki, Koji Mukai, Toma Kanauchi, Ryuta Muro, Junta Nakama (Kansai Johnny's Jr., Group 1) 5/4 (Fri, holiday) 12:00/17:00 5/5 (Sat, holiday) 12:00/17:00 5/6 (Sun) 12:00 【Cast】 A.B.C-Z (ABCza Tokyo Homecoming Shows) 5/8 (Tue) 18:00 5/9 (Wed) 13:00/18:00 5/10 (Thu) 13:00 5/15 (Tue) 13:00/18:00 5/16 (Wed) 13:00/18:00 5/17 (Thu) 13:00 【Cast】 A.B.C-Z with noon boyz 5/11 (Fri) 17:30 5/12 (Sat) 13:00/17:30 5/13 (Sun) 13:00/17:30 【Cast】 A.B.C-Z with Johnny's Jr. 5/18 (Fri) 17:30 5/19 (Sat) 13:00/17:30 5/20 (Sun) 13:00/17:30 6/1 (Fri) 17:30 6/2 (Sat) 13:00/17:30 6/3 (Sun) 13:00/17:30 【Cast】 Hiroki Uchi with Question? 5/22 (Tue) 18:00 5/23 (Wed) 18:00 5/25 (Fri) 18:00 5/29 (Tue) 18:00 5/30 (Wed) 18:00 5/31 (Thu) 18:00 【Cast】 Akito Kiriyama, Daiki Shigeoka, Tomohiro Kamiyama, Junta Nakama, Takahiro Hamada (Kansai Johnny's Jr., Group 2) 5/26 (Sat) 13:00/17:30 5/27 (Sun) 13:00/17:30 5/28 (Mon) 13:00/17:30

The three Nakamura sisters. From left: youngest sister Yukippe, eldest sister Yurippe, second sister Yumippe.

It's over now.

>214 He played the theremin.

They sang a phrase each from “Mijikai Natsu,” “Hachigatsu no Yoru,” “Mikansei,” and “Nora.” Mochi's solo was “Uminari.”

“Spiral” for 20 minutes (_´Д｀)ノ~~ I'm tired, ppe.

Good work~ How many times did they do “Spiral”? Twenty minutes, www?

The more times they played “Spiral,” the sloppier Nana-sama's playing got. I fucking laughed, wwwwwwwwww.

By the way, how many Mini-Cro CDs have they released so far?

That stupid woman who said “You look like a snowman!” to Ikeda-sensei should never come again.

I think Yulippe's hair is seriously damaged. Go back to black hair.

>224 The woman in the fourth row of the arena, lol?

Since it was their first and last national tour of the year, lol, I think they put extra effort into “Spiral.”

I wish Furui-san would play the shoulder keyboard for longer.

I can't forgive the guy who asked Yulippe, “Are you a dom?” “Marry me!” can at least be written off as a joke, but vulgar stuff like that ruins the mood.

Was the third song, “創世記 I,” different from Osaka? I like it, so I was happy.

There was also some old guy near the center of the front row desperately holding up a board with a message on it. With all the other stuff too, the audience was ruining the concert.

How were the members doing on day two?

>229 How did Yulippe respond?

Furui and Nana-sama's dancing was cool.

>231 A lot of people looked like they weren't used to concerts. Their clapping was weird too. They had no snap in their wrists; they clapped with their wrists and fingers held rigid.

Did the shoulder keyboard come out?

>233 It was during the T-shirt-size bit. Of course she ignored him.

>236 Yeah. His performance on the center platform was fucking cool, wwwwwwwwww.

I'm off to the 700-yen municipal pool.

This was the most boring concert I've ever been to. The setlist was dull, the MC was so painfully awkward it gave me goosebumps, and the number of times they did “Spiral” at the end made me genuinely cringe. She asked, “What B-side would you like to hear?” Then when a fan suggested “Float World,” she ran off to the more convenient “Nora.” Nakamura Yuri really has no sense of service. And when someone asked, “Are there plans for a new song?” she clearly heard it but brushed it off with, “Well then, see you again.” I was completely fed up. The promotion for those low-budget merch items was off-putting too. If the next concert is like this too, I'll sell my ticket without hesitation.

Why do they keep doing only coupling songs they've just recently performed? It's seriously boring.

>240 > “If the next concert is like this too, I'll sell my ticket without hesitation.” You're going to resell a used ticket after you've already gone?

The setlist is boring. At least play every song from the current album in full.

Please post today's setlist.

>241 They seem able to sing things like “Mikansei na Neiro,” so maybe they'll do it if you request it.

>240 It's only natural that no artist answers every single audience question. Don't come again, okay? Bye-bye, lol.

Honestly, I was put off by them saying they don't remember their own songs. Saying, “I think the fans know them better,” is out of line even as a joke. They just haven't memorized the lyrics, that's all.

>240 I think the fans were just being too self-centered. The concert is their space for expression. Fans are only the receivers, after all.

>247 That's probably true of most artists. It's not like they listen to songs they made all the time.

>249 The problem is that they said it out loud.

>247 In Osaka, they said they couldn't tell whether it was a coupling song or an album song.

How many times did they do “Spiral,” anyway? I regret not counting...

>251 They brought that up in Tokyo too.

>251 They said the same thing in Tokyo.

Some really gross otaku types are popping up, being weirdly perfectionist about the strangest things.

It's all relative, so what's the big deal? They were just expressing admiration for fans who could immediately name all kinds of songs. It doesn't mean they don't care about the songs.

Do people who go to every concert start thinking they're friends with the members?

>240 So it really was a scam concert. I get it. I got ripped off myself back in the day. Watch out for concerts whose only purpose is collecting money. A concert that doesn't satisfy the audience is the worst.

>247 When they say they've “forgotten” a song, they probably mean they can remember and play it if someone brings it up, but can't instantly recall it when suddenly asked to play something. Isn't that what they mean?

>252 Probably twelve times.

Twelve times, www.

Why can't you understand that the “(lol)” was right there in the wording after “I think the fans know them better”? Half of it was obviously a joke, just a casual remark. If you don't want to come, then don't come. It sold out, after all.

It was twelve times! It felt like they did it even more, www.

I want them to do a concert of the coupling-song best-of.

Today's setlist was probably the same as Osaka. Compared with yesterday, I think the only change was Okamocchi's song (tonight → Uminari). Since they were recording the DVD today, the MC was kept to a minimum compared with yesterday.

The audience manners are always awful. I don't know if they're immature kids from the “yutori” generation or just completely unable to read the room. They have absolutely no sense of time, place, or occasion. Some of it can't be helped, but there are way too many people who say things that make you think, “You're saying that here?”

People as gross as virginity-obsessed otaku, please don't come anymore. People who force their ideal image onto others and then deny them when reality doesn't satisfy them are disgusting.

>265 Yesterday went way off the rails (not a criticism). Why worry about the Kanto kushikatsu situation during the MC, lol?

I wonder if the coupling song they only sang one phrase of will make it onto the DVD...

Sorry for clapping so badly. I wanted to hear more coupling songs. I stopped counting the endless “Spiral” at around eight times, lol.

>263 If you count the repeats that were already there and the first chorus too, it was fourteen times total, so maybe that's why it felt like more.

Yesterday had more MC, which was better.

What was the kushikatsu thing? Details, please.

Did “Smaney” feel kind of terrible overall, or was that just me?

There was an insanely hyper person in the very front row on the first floor, right? The members even waved at him. Is it just a matter of the most conspicuous person winning?

It was good that “Rocket” and “Mizu no Nai” were gone. Overall, I'm satisfied with the setlist.

Do you think there'll be a livescope 2012+ this fall?

I hope they add more shows.

>273 My memory's fuzzy, but it came up during the encore MC while they were talking about merch. Nakamura: “Once you pick something up, take it straight to the register. That's the GARNET system. Once you've picked it up to try it, you aren't allowed to put it back. 　　　　It's kind of like a kushikatsu place.” Okamoto: “No double-dipping the sauce?” Furui: “Huh? People from Tokyo probably don't know about that, do they? Are there places like that in Kanto too?” Nakamura: “Huh? There aren't? ...There are, right?” Okamoto: “And if that's still not enough, you have to scoop up the sauce with cabbage and dip it.” Nakamura: “Right, with cabbage.” Furui: “Huh?” Okamoto: “You don't do that?” Nakamura: “Once it's been in your mouth, you can't dip it again, so you scoop it up with cabbage, like this.” Furui: “No, I insist on finishing it in one bite.” Nakamura: “Ah—then dip it generously from the start.” Furui: “...No, let's get back to the subject!”

>273 Apparently “Once you pick up merch, don't return it—go straight to the register” works just like the no-double-dipping rule at kushikatsu restaurants (lol). Does that mean once you've dipped it in sauce once, you just eat it? lol By the way, if you really want more sauce, the Okamocchi method is to scoop it up with cabbage and dip it. Furui-san is the type who starts with a ton of sauce, lol.

>279 was more realistic, orz.

I want to see Nana-sama do the breaststroke.

So Yulippe watches YouTube “I tried singing this” videos too.

>275 That guy is there every time, lol. When I had a seat really close to him before, I hated it, but this time I watched from the third-floor balcony and thought, “He's working hard as usual,” lol.

As someone who went to the Osaka show, I'm wondering how Yulippe's voice was, and whether the vocals were buried under the backing music. How was it?

I wanted to go today too. How do you get backstage? I want to touch Yulippe.

>285 Yesterday the vocals were buried until the second song. It felt like they fixed it around the third or fourth song. It probably sounded different depending on your seat, though.

They were selling day-of tickets, lol. Guess sales were really... lol.

>288 There were only standing tickets, though.

>288 The assigned seats were sold out. The day-of tickets were basically, “If you're okay standing at the very back, go ahead.”

>279-280 Thanks for the detailed explanation! We learned a little about their private lives, lol. Nana-san must've been grinning while listening to all that. It was soothing.

>285 On the first day in Tokyo, Yulippe seemed to be having throat trouble and was drinking water frequently. On the second day her voice was good from the start, and she sang beautifully. The second day was also the DVD recording, so I'm looking forward to its release.

Nana-san and the old man said they were surprised “Mawarimichi” came in first. What did everyone think? I thought it was pretty much the obvious result.

I like the way “Mawarimichi” is sung live. The chorus on the CD is too flat.

>293 Was it surprising? It feels like the kind of song that would rank high, but first place... Still, people have always said it's popular, so the result doesn't feel weird.

The fans' bad manners are the same as always. I was worried because Yulippe didn't seem to be in great shape in Osaka, but she was pretty good today. Ikeda-san really got the crowd going, and “Kimi Tsure” was great. I stopped counting “Spiral” after seven times too, lol.

Three hours of endurance, good work(;´Д`) The Spiral loop was about twelve times, I think. “Smaney” didn't get much vocal power. Well, neither did I, but Yulippe's attempts to hype us up were painful... I heard Great Ikeda's voice for the first time. He even joined in the merch bit and was very active. The setlist was a mix of new songs, coupling songs, and staples, so personally I was fairly satisfied. But compared with the 2008 JCB show, it felt like they really cut the production budget. There were no visuals, and they made us buy Lonely Lights instead of penlights...

They don't have any money. Just having a concert is good enough.

I wonder which municipal pool Nana-san goes to.

For a venue that size, aren't monitors and a stage set unnecessary? Even B'z, another Being act, only puts equipment onstage at small venues and live houses.

I can't keep up with the Twitter fans' clingy little circle either. They sniff Nana-san's towel together and say things like, “She acknowledged me during the MC,” lol.

Where's the DVD already?

CDs don't sell in general these days. Every artist is desperate. Artists considered big names have raised live ticket prices to over 8,000 yen, nearly double, so GARNET is still pretty reasonable by comparison.

No more money-collection concerts!!

I wish they'd play “Trans Trap.”

The MC after the encore is always so long. If they limited “Spiral” to about four repeats, they could fit in two more songs.

When's the new song coming~?

The guy who kept bouncing around in the front rows at Saturday's concert was fucking annoying.

Were the concerts around 2008–2010 really the best?

The members are at the after-party right now.

Fans who keep shouting the members' names while they're talking during the MC are annoying. I couldn't hear the MC at all. Doing that while someone is speaking is crossing the line.

The guy jumping in the first row of the arena and the old lady in the fifth row who kept playing with her phone during the performance can get lost. From behind, they were impossible not to notice.

So the most conspicuous person wins, huh?

The audience's manners are as awful as ever. This isn't a get-together with friends.

Sorry, but it really was a money-collection concert. They had plenty of rehearsal time to perform songs outside the album for the first time, didn't they?

Fat woman in the last seat on the L side of the second-floor balcony, sit down. I can't see.

Those gross otaku who deliberately compete with other audience members over who can shout louder are seriously unbearable.

The person about three rows in front of me was shouting, “Nana-san, let's go on a date after the concert!” and everyone around him was horrified, lol. But he kept shaking his head and looking around, so I guess it couldn't be helped.

>309 I went for the first time in 2008. The opening was great, “Holy” and “Maboroshi” were excellent, and it was my first time experiencing the “Miss Holly” dance and “Spiral,” so my satisfaction was really high. Oh, and the drums were insanely loud. I remember wondering, “Are they always this loud?” lol. Kurose-san wasn't that loud today, though.

>319 Kurose back then was way too loud. He's reasonable these days, but I can't forget Kurumaya-san at the symphonic show.

Kurose is good or bad depending on the song. The rock-version-style drums on “flying” are cool, but when he pounds away on mellow songs like “Nora” or soft songs like “Smaney,” it kills the mood.

>185 So that thing in yesterday's Asahi four-panel comic really was GARNET CROW~ I'm keeping it forever~

>304, 315 What do you mean by a money-collection concert? They're professionals, so of course concerts and merch cost money. They aren't forcing anyone to buy anything. If you don't want to watch or buy anything, just don't come.

>323 Don't engage with him. Whether a concert is good or bad depends on the seat, and everyone feels differently. He's either a genuine crazy anti-fan or just an attention seeker; responding only encourages him.

They didn't play “Holy ground” this time. Is this the first time it was dropped from a tour?

>322 Upload it.

When I was looking for GARNET CROW wallpapers before, I found a blog saying something like, “They started GARNET CROW because there wasn't any Japanese music they liked (or wanted to make).” Is that true?

>318 That was awful. And not just that—the whole time was awful. I made sure to remember his face.

>324 You say not to engage with him, and that whether a concert is good or bad depends on the seat and everyone feels differently, but then you call the opinion of someone who felt it was a money-collection concert that of a crazy anti-fan or attention seeker. Isn't that the weird part?

Back at the Gane thread. I only attended the final day, but the sound was good. Was it like that for all three shows? The drums fit really well while still retaining Kurose-san's character—so much so that I wondered if it was a different drummer. The talking segments were pretty long. The pace of two songs followed by one talk was good, but I wish they'd polish the talk more. Not that they need to make it funnier, but if all four people take turns talking about one topic every time, of course it eats up time. Also, the people who heckle every time the lights go down at the end of a song (I'm deliberately calling it heckling) seriously should be kicked out.

Just once, I'd like them to do a hardcore setlist, starting with songs like “Yellow Moon” and “Please, forgive me.”

Gloomy people's over-the-top heckling.

I stood up in the third-floor balcony and the person behind me told me not to stand. I'm sad.

>333 Of course they did!!

>333 I have a lot I could say, but just die.

Nana-chan was an angel. That's all.

>271 No, it was so intense that it felt like more than twenty times, www.

>327 AZUKI Nana says exactly that in an interview on the DVD “le 5 eme Anniversaire L’Histoire de 2000 a 2005.”

The Denny's lady on the road home: 　　“There’s a Denny’s by the big clock!” Great advertising, lol. >138 Sunday didn't run late. Maybe because they started letting people in about five minutes earlier. It started at 18:10, ten minutes later. >199 No, people were standing. The first row on the second floor too. I stayed seated until the encore, though. Since nobody's commented on the sound, I'll say something. From the front row of the second floor on Nana-san's side, directly in front of the right speaker: 　The sound was pretty good compared with recent concerts. The bass in particular was mixed to really assert itself. Good work, PA. 　The strings inevitably get buried because the vocals are loud too. I think they'll be clear on the DVD. 　I assume people at the front of the arena could hear the strings because the sound from the huge speakers on both sides was kept relatively low. “Spiral” felt very deliberate. After going that far, I wondered if they were going to retire “Spiral” after this. No way this is the end of GARNET CROW, right? I don't think the full thing will be included on the DVD. The MC after the encore was loose and thin on content too. If they had that much time, they should've played “Blue Regret.” The MC is always the same stuff, like “Are there any songs you had the hardest time with?”—no freshness at all.

Is shouting “GARNET!” during the encore a regular tradition?

It's a tradition. They alternate “GARNET!” “GARNET!” like yesterday almost every time.

That chant section is pretty lame.

I think that chant is kind of lame too.

Nana-san's hairstyle was way too cute. What do you call that? It's not quite a ponytail, right?

>338 Thanks! I'll go check it out~

There wasn't the usual messed-up clapping rhythm and general chaos yesterday. I think clapping alone is fine, but I doubt they'll change it now. More than that, I'd like to try a double encore, but it would never work properly.

>334, >335 I'm honestly wondering: are you normally supposed to sit in the balcony? I've never been to a concert where people sat down before.

>347 There were more people standing both this time and in 2008.

I gave it my all for Yuri-san the day before yesterday and yesterday. I'm working hard today too.

A group of about three women in the first-floor balcony kept talking in high-pitched voices even after the song started, and it annoyed me.

>347 I was in the third standing section, and everyone was standing. The sound reached the back, and the bass was clear too. PA, good job! The fans being gross is as constant as ever. I was seriously put off.

Nana-chan is beautiful forever, even at 37.

How old is Okamocchi?

Around 34 or 35. Old man > Nana > Yulippe and Mochi. Something like that?

During yesterday's MC, the old man and Nana-sama were discussing whether “more better,” a phrase Little Auntie Komori used, is grammatically wrong, while Yulippe and Mochi said they didn't know. I guess Little Auntie Komori really does separate the generations, lol.

Thanks.

Nana-sama was so kind to accept Nana's request to count them in. I want to put my dick in her.

I somehow got a front-row seat. I must have used up a lifetime's worth of luck... The members were so close! I thoroughly enjoyed jumping during “Spiral.” It was so much fun. I felt like I made eye contact with every member, and making eye contact with Nana-san straight on was moving. Sorry for the diary entry.

Did you not feel bad exposing that gross face in the front row? Is that why Nana-san was having a bad day?

Was Nana-san not doing well? Now that you've brought it up, I'm curious.

The diary is here!

>311 What's wrong with that? They just wanted people to know how much they support them. You have no right to say that to someone like them.

Are they still not announcing this DVD?

>362 It's become a topic on Mixi too, but selfish people like that aren't acting out of malice. That makes it even worse.

People like that probably aren't going to listen to music so much as attend an idol event.

The diary is here. Maybe GIZA got complaints, because Yulippe is apologizing. The final paragraph sounds like she's all lovey-dovey with Okamocchi...

GARNET CROW.

Are Yulippe and Okamocchi really romantically involved?

The ending of the diary just emphasized it because Mochi gets called the rain man. Stop turning everything into a romance.

I can't wait for the ticket results, lol.

>368 There was a weird atmosphere between them when Mochi said, “My wife.”

Am I okay with Mochi and Yulippe being together because I'm a woman? The gross otaku who like Yulippe are going to freak out, lol.

Is it after 15:00 tomorrow? I guess I'll know the location when I get there.

>371 I think he said “the missus” on the first day in Tokyo.

>374 Ah, right, it was “the missus.” There was a weird atmosphere the moment he said it.

I went on the second day in Tokyo. Did he say that? What was the context?

>376 It was something from the first day.

>376 It was the marriage-related story mentioned above, about meeting through a concert. Okamoto: “So there was this guy who came with his missus, and the next year he came alone because his missus had had a baby...” Nakamura: “Missus?!” Okamoto: “Huh?” Nakamura: “Your wife!” Okamoto: “Oh, my wife.”

>377-378 Got it. So that's what the context was. I went alone and was miserable, so I'm glad I missed that bit.

>378 Yeah, exactly. It wasn't so much a weird atmosphere as Nakamura hurriedly scolding him: “Missus is rude!”

GARNET CROW's new single is coming!!!!!!!! The tie-in is the official song for the Tōtōmi Hamamatsu Open 2012.

When are they announcing the next Arashi drama tie-in?

Yulippe, marry meee!

I'm back. During the MC at the encore on the 18th, Yuri-san said something like, “People who are good at skiing are cool,” and tossed the topic to Nana. Nana answered something like, “Are they?” Then they started talking about how sunglasses and costumes might make someone look cool, and just when Nana unusually went along with the conversation, Yuri-san completely ignored her... lol. Be nicer to her, lol. I wonder if they'll ever go back to how close they used to be. Come to think of it, was it on ANN? They got really excited about school uniforms and stuff before too. How much does she love school uniforms, lol?

There was the Yokohama incident too. Are they on bad terms?

>357 I'll cut it off.

What's the Yokohama incident?

GARNET has really made it, playing two days at Tokyo Dome. Did they draw around 100,000 people?

Women and women. Once their relationship goes sour, it's impossible to repair. It happens in ordinary companies too, right?

Now it's time to start writing songs again. Maybe the single will come out around summer.

Yokohama incident, details please.

This band got weird once the guitarist started hogging the spotlight.

I'm curious about the Yokohama incident.

I wish they'd given it a more stylish name than “SUPER LIGHT.”

I Googled it and found it. Apparently Nakamura Yuri ignored AZUKI Nana at a concert.

During a live-house-style tour in fall 2009, there was an incident at Yokohama BLITZ where Yulippe and Nana seemed hostile toward each other. During Yulippe's MC, she chatted and smiled with Furui-san and Okamocchi, but almost completely ignored Nana-san. Even when she occasionally threw a question her way, she wouldn't make eye contact and kept a stiff expression. Nana-san looked bored the whole time. There were rumors that Nana-san had been late to rehearsal that day and Yulippe got furious, but nothing was ever confirmed. Anyway, everyone who was there must have felt the bizarre atmosphere.

>384 Let's just interpret it as Yulippe still being bad at keeping a conversation going.

Is that why Nana-san's lyrics changed too?

>398 Nana-san is human too. She has good days and bad days. It must be important for the fans to support her until she can write lyrics like she used to again. Though I guess that really just means “go buy merch.”

If they've been active for over ten years, that means they've also gotten over ten years older. Do they really have to write lyrics exactly like they used to?

I wonder if Nana-san and Yulippe have any siblings.

I'm working hard for Yuri-san again today.

>440 Who said that? Even from a longtime fan's perspective, there's no way around it: they've regressed. Of course, Nana-san still has good lyrics even if she's past her prime, but what I was saying is that the “quality” of her lyrics has changed. Being a fan isn't just blindly cheering them on.

Minus three days until I see Yuri-san in person.

Is anyone going to watch the live radio broadcast?

The women copying the vocalist by wearing flowers in their hair and ponytails were all ugly, lol. The men were all gross otaku too. There were some handsome guys in Osaka, though. Also, that group of Mixi, Dameba, or Bakatter friends was annoying.

Previous thread >938 Rather than saying the drums are too loud, the person playing drums has a seriously bad reputation at concerts. He's the kind of guy who keeps playing at the regular tempo even when Yulippe is singing a ballad, lol.

>397 Maybe that's it. They should think about how Yulippe's verbal tic, “I see,” brings every conversation to an end.

GARNET really failed by putting four gloomy people together. If they'd had one bubbly girl like Rina Aiuchi, they could've made friends in showbiz and gotten invited onto TV and radio shows. Musically, they could've made bright, upbeat songs instead of funeral music too.

Okamocchi has an older brother.

Didn't Nana-san write lyrics about her younger brother in “80.0”?

Well, I understand that she has to think about the pacing while singing and talking, so you can see that she doesn't have much leeway. But most of the time it just drags on and on. Honestly, if she were singing properly, I don't think people would complain this much about the MC. Especially the high notes. Like the “wow~yeah” part at the end of “wish.” As for “Smaney,” she completely gave up on the high part of the chorus, lol. Sing it at least once, lol. The first verse of “Kimi Tsure” was good. I want them to do the symphonic version again.

Even if she doesn't have much leeway, she's been doing this for years. I wish she'd get used to it.

I went to the first and second Tokyo shows. Afterward, Yulippe left early by herself, while the other three stayed behind and waved. It caught my attention.

>407 I thought the drums had calmed down quite a bit compared with the early days. Though Osaka was awful, www. Personally, I almost wish they'd use a sequencer for the drums too r(ry.

Yulippe's impossibly angelic growth process '`ｧ(*´Д｀*)'`ｧ'`ｧ(*´Д｀*)'`ｧ http://sakurasite.homeip.net/imgboard/img-box/img20120317133521.jpg

For today's radio show, I'm looking forward to the exquisite Yuritoris-na back-and-forth.

Yuri Nakamura: Mijiru-hime Yuri AZUKI Nana: Aimi Nakatani

>407 During the string version, he kept quiet and matched the mood. Anyway, I'm off to the municipal pool to see Nana-san.

Kaichi destroyed it on the first day, lol.

This is a little late, but does the “Blue Regret” lyric mean the person in their third romance died? It feels kind of like “Kassai.”

I'm at Kyoto Station, but where's the event venue?

>419 Seriously? The Fukuoka show three years ago was awful.

Lead's new song “Wanna Be With You” sold 23,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 3 on the weekly chart. That beats their previous best ranking since debuting in 2002. Their previous best was No. 5.

>406 You mean yourself... you mean yourselfーー!! >414 That's always how it is. Yulippe leaves early.

How was today's Kyoto radio show? I'm in Tokyo, so I can't even listen to the broadcast...

Okamocchi → good person Furui-san → good person Nana-san → good person Yulippe → two-faced, bad personality I love Yuri-san.

>425 About her leaving early. I see. I remember all four staying until the end at a concert I went to before. I was worried she'd gotten sick.

>406 So that means you're a gross otaku or an ugly woman yourself...

How was it for the people who went to Kyoto?

I didn't go, but probably something like this: http://fm-kyoto.jp/blog/sunny_side_balcony/garnet.jpg

I want to feed bread to a polar bear with Yuri-san.

>431 Yulippe and Okamocchi are still lovey-dovey as ever. I'm jealous.

I want Yuri-san and Nana-san to get along(´;ω;｀) Lately the concerts feel like a princess, her attendant, and everyone else. It's not just the outfits; it's the whole thing.

I want to go see the cherry blossoms and dolphins with Yuri-san.

“Heinrich von Ofterdingen” is killing an hour at Mister Donut... Just Googling “The Song of the Nibelungs” took an hour. The time I can read and research this stuff is a barometer of my physical condition... It calms me down. I mean, peaceful, gentle time is good... Even though the content is a brutal story about hunter-gatherer tribes murdering each other. What a mess. Lately I feel like Gane is just a way to motivate myself to read this book... I have this strong compulsion that, in order to go to a concert, I have to borrow CDs, play them, and analyze them. It's exhausting. I'm starting to understand why, after Minako died, I had to get rid of all the CDs in my house. I probably don't have bipolar disorder, but getting hyped up makes the aftermath hard. Once you get older, you have to be careful with upbeat songs.

I went backstage, but Yulippe did seem a little cold after all(´；ω；`)

You mean she was expressionless and matter-of-fact?

I want to send my sperm into Yulippe's vagina.

The CD I ordered from Amazon still hasn't arrived. I can't get it early because the useless Yu-Mail service isn't doing its job.

Daily singles -- Debut *1　Kis-My-Ft2　65,199

Today's one is already up. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm17306528

>437 So, like, does she have a face that says “Ew, otaku”?

>412 Was that what she said in Tokyo? If so, I guess it was the same as Osaka after all.

>444 Both Osaka and Tokyo. But Osaka was worse. You couldn't hear the piano, and you couldn't hear the vocals... It felt like nothing but a dress rehearsal.

>443 No, it wasn't like she had an “Ew, otaku” face. It just felt like the warmth wasn't really coming through. That's only my personal impression from a brief encounter. But I was shocked by how slender and beautiful Nana was. I love Yulippe, but Nana was something else.

>442 Thanks.

>437 Did you win the backstage invitation? Please tell us what the interaction was like—giving gifts, introducing yourselves, and so on.

Yulippe's face has changed compared with the early days. Maybe it only seems that way because her makeup changed?

She's much older than she was in the early days. I'm the same age as Yulippe, and I had a full head of hair back then too!!

Well, time to masturbate to Yuri and go to sleep.

Sadly, Nana-chan's breasts are starting to lose to gravity. Reality is harsh.

Mai Kuraki had a concert at Grand Cube today, so I went. (I went straight there after the radio show, lol.) As expected, the stage was a little more lavish. Though GARNET's was like that in 2010 too. But... was Mai a little tired? Are Yuri and Mai both in poor shape this March???

Is anyone going to On-Dama? I'm still deciding, but there are three acts this time, so can we expect around seven songs? I heard Yulippe will do a sing-and-play number, which has me a little interested, but the location...

>450 Baldy, nice work.

Sorry, I failed to sage the thread.

I went to the public radio broadcast at Kyoto Station today, but they didn't perform live. The opening band [sorry] and the solo musician at the end performed, though... They kept not starting the rehearsal even as time was running out, so I thought they might just do it cold. Then it ended before I knew it...

Come to think of it, doesn't Yulippe have hay fever? I feel like she once said they avoid doing concerts in spring. Why did they do one in spring this year? The staff have been sloppy in all sorts of ways lately. Did they lay off or reassign some employees? Well, the terrible merch operation was improved at this concert, so let's hope things get better.

Yulippe actually likes bald guys.

>458　They've done plenty in spring, actually. I went to Grand Cube in March 2010. 　　　Even though jumping was prohibited, everyone was jumping like crazy at the end of “Spiral,” (ry

>457 Hey, if it says “Live Show,” you expect a mini live performance, but when you go, it's a Live Talk Show. The official site should give a little more detail.

>446 Wasn't Yulippe actually opposed to showing the backstage area?

Nana-san really seems like a good person. She gives off the impression that she'd chat with you casually. Yulippe, on the other hand, seems prickly.

I wanna poke Yulippe's nipples.

About the Docomo “Hideo” bit on the 18th: is it true a fan said “Docomo” first?

>457 Tell me what Yulippe was wearing.

>461 The radio station wrote “talk show,” so I thought there wouldn't be any singing. I considered going since I had nowhere else to be, but I didn't. It was my birthday too... Then I listened to the broadcast and, unbelievably, they brought up birthdays... lol. I should've gone.

>448 We followed the staff into the room and waited. The members came in and we went, “Waaah.” Each member said a few words to us. The fans took turns talking briefly with each member and shaking hands. After we left the room, the members sat in chairs. The women stood behind them, and the men behind the women, roughly ordered by height. We took a group photo in three rows. The photos will be mailed later. Gifts and letters were handed to the staff. I learned that you really need to think carefully in advance about what to say, or you'll be too nervous to speak... Though there won't be another chance now... The male-female ratio was about half and half.

I went looking for photos from yesterday's event and checked the radio station's blog, but Yulippe is so tiny in the shot. What was she wearing?

I'm working hard for Yuri-san again today.

Yulippe only looks cold because her eyes are narrow.

>469 The top half was like in the photo. Jeans on the bottom.

I read that as “topless.” I thought you were a pervert.

>472 It's hard to tell from that photo. More details on the top half, please. Was it a low-cut shirt?

DREAMS COME TRUE's Miwa Yoshida (46) announced on her official blog on the 21st that she had married Jun Kamada (27) of the rock band Fuzzy Control, 19 years her junior.

>474 The usual pervert again. I shouldn't have engaged with him.

What kind of pervert can get it up for a 46-year-old granny?

My dick is Nana-sama's property.

I've listened to all kinds of songs, but “Wasurezaki” is still the best.

Okamocchi's diary updated for the first time in a while. So April onward really is production time? Guess I'll go enjoy On-Dama.

Okamocchi has been pretty relaxed lately.

>479 “Wasurezaki” is great, isn't it~ I really want them to sing it live.

Okamocchi's diary is here. It's sad that we'll have to go without seeing him again for a while. Bye-bye.

I love the “Wasurezaki” music video. Does anyone know where the riverside filming locations are?

Are the ticket results still not out?

Daily singles *1→*1　Kis-My-Ft2　42,251

Yuri-san is too beautiful...

This tour's pamphlet is pretty good.

GARNET CROW.

Yuri Kurose.

It takes so long, so I'm alternating between the notes and the posthumous works. Then from the commentary (chronology?) back to “notes and main text”... I reread the dedicatory poem at the very start of the notes, and the more I read it the more something felt off. “Viewing humanity as a microcosm~ the world as macrocosm also has emotions like humanity~” Classic scientific-minded Novalis. From the law of similarity, he can easily prove the existence of God to everyone...

>484 It's the Yodo River embankment.

>491 The incomprehensible mentally ill person is back again (sigh). “Blue Flower” is pretty interesting, though, lol.

Before I went to a concert, I always thought Furui-san was a really scary person. He always wore sunglasses, so he seemed hard to approach.

>488 It's good, right? This pamphlet is really good. Each of the four gets their own spotlight. Nana-sama is too wonderful, lol. For me, the old man's “We've been going for five years (ry” felt surprisingly heavy. It made me wonder if back then (and maybe even now), every year was a make-or-break year.

Hey, Yulippe is GARNET's face. The more you say “Nana-sama is amazing,” the more Yulippe's personality will get twisted. That's just how women are.

>484 http://gryphin.seesaa.net/article/104471011.html http://gryphin.seesaa.net/article/104471919.html

Okamoto Yuri.

The “Wasurezaki” music video is great. The scenery I see from the train I usually take appeared in the video, so I was happy.

I wonder which has more fans, Yuri-san or Nana-san.

My Yuri.

I impulse-bought tickets for Niigata Otodama, but there aren't any buses running round-trip from Tokyo that day. Going by shinkansen is expensive. Guess I'll have to use an 18 Ticket to get there, lol.

Songs I'd like Nakamura Yuri to cover, series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7TSQq0nHQI I'll blow everyone away!!!!!!!!!!

Spiral's performance time: 19 minutes 37 seconds.

>503 Thanks for your hard work. That's enough already.

>468 I'm 448. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I see. I'd like to have an opportunity like that too, but I'd probably end up worrying about all sorts of things, like what to give them as a present and what to wear...

>500 Yulippe by a landslide.

God Hand Furui. Golden Fingers Taka Kato.

Hare-dokei was filmed at Expo Commemoration Park.

>500 Among GARNET fans, it's probably Yulippe. But outside that world, Nana-sama seems to be the one people know. Apparently people find it unusual and say, “So it's a group with a cute keyboard-playing girl, not a vocalist?” Still... even if you don't go as far as Nana-sama < Yulippe, I don't think you can become a GARNET fan unless you can at least accept Yulippe's worldview (Nana-sama > Yulippe is fine too, of course). I'm not trying to deny the values of people who call themselves “Nana-sama fans,” obviously, but I think it's hard to remain a GARNET fan if you can't affirm Yulippe.

I just thought of something: not only GARNET songs, but I wonder what a song like Stay would sound like if Hatsune Miku sang it? Would it be funny in a way?

http://news.mobile.yahoo.co.jp/news/view/20120321-00000052-natalien-musi.html

Was Yulippe's top at the radio public event on the 20th really that low-cut?

To 497: I'm 484. Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Sorry for the double post. Thanks to you too, 492.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Bought the Bside collection. I'd never heard Nora before, but it's really damn good.

I bought it too because it has Whiteout on it.

Yulippe's makeup costs 30,000 yen. Nana-chan's smile... priceless.

Yulippe's been wearing pretty heavy makeup lately, huh? I think she could go a little lighter.

Those crow's-feet...

The Yokohama Arena ticket results are starting, but I can't get through at all, www

Were there any cute girls at the Tokyo lives on the 17th and 18th?

Please wait a while for the results and call back again.

>523 There were.

>523 There weren't any I could find on the 18th. On the 17th, there was one in my opinion. But compared to Yulippe, she wasn't even in the same league.

I got the date I wanted.

Kis-My is here~! 10,000 people smiling in Dotonbori The seven-member Johnny's idol group Kis-My-Ft2 (Kis-My-Foot Two) took over Osaka's Dotonbori on the 21st. At a secret event commemorating the release of their third single, “SHE! HER! HER!”, the seven arrived by boat, cruising down the Dotonbori River. They performed live aboard the boat near Ebisu Bridge, driving about 10,000 fans wild.

GARNET CROW.

>523 None whatsoever. Every guy except me was a gross otaku.

http://autolink.isgreat.org/

Looks like Nana-san is going skiing the day after Otodama.

Daily singles *1 *1→*1　Kis-My-Ft2　31,065 Album release next week.

Revolcane!!

I'm looking forward to Otodama★

>520 Agreed. On March 20 in front of Kyoto Station, the area around her eyes looked like a witch's. She should take it easy.

She's the face of the band, so I guess she wants to hide her aging as much as possible. Nana, meanwhile, is a strangely cute older lady in her natural state.

>536 Was Yulippe's top at the radio public event on the 20th really that low-cut?

It wasn't low-cut.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Are we going to have to bring a Lonely Light to all the lives from now on?

>541 Seems like it'd be better to bring one.

Or just buy one every time, lol.

Yuri-san is so damn gaudy that being alive is painful again today.

Yulippe is turning 35 this year, so what can you do?

Do you think Yulippe likes me?

She said she hates you, though?

If you think about it normally, 35 means a pretty serious number of wrinkles...

The ski club president has arrived.

Her makeup around the Over Drive era was heavy, but it never felt gaudy. Maybe it's the makeup around her eyes, the lip gloss, and the frizzy ponytail?

>546 Yulippe hates you, but I like you.

>523 There was a pretty girl who looked like Nana-sama, but she was hanging out with the gross otaku...

Swapping Yokohama Arena tickets.

The blue envelope arrived, lol.

It was also announced that Sexy Zone's Shori Sato (15) will take part in the 10K race “Ford Island Bridge 10K Run/Walk” in Hawaii, U.S., on April 7. Apparently President Kitagawa decided after seeing Sato sprint to first place in the marathon event at the Johnny's Jr. baseball tournament held on the 18th of this month. The members of “Sexy-” will also rush to the venue as his cheering squad. The race goes around an island that normally only military personnel can enter, and the course includes historic roads with traces of bombing left over from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

It was announced on the 22nd that the nine-member Johnny's idol group Hey! Say! JUMP will headline a new stage production by President Johnny Kitagawa at Tokyo's Imperial Theatre in November and December. The title is “JOHNNY'S WORLD,” a “commemorative production” celebrating Kitagawa's Guinness World Record certification last year as the person who had created the most shows in the world. It will also be packed with elements from his past hit productions. The contents of the production, which had only been announced as “a new Johnny's production” last October, have now been revealed for the first time. It will have two parts: a musical in the first half and a song-and-dance show in the second. According to Toho, the production will be filled with the flavor of the hit shows Kitagawa has worked on. The subtitle is “JUMP UP THRU THE HEAVEN.” Kitagawa explained the story: “Young people who long for the future travel through the four seasons and set off into space in search of a utopia called ‘the 13th month.’ There, they rediscover the wonders of their home planet Earth and return.” JUMP's first appearance at the Imperial Theatre looks set to be a grand journey transcending time and space. In keeping with the name of a commemorative performance, the stars who helped Kitagawa achieve his Guinness World Record—“I produced 8,419 shows from 2000 to 2010”—will also take part. Koichi Domoto (33) of “Endless SHOCK,” Hideaki Takizawa (29) of “New Year Takizawa Revolution,” and Kazuya Kamenashi (26) of “DREAM BOYS” will serve as advisers and make occasional guest appearances. Kis-My-Ft2, Sexy Zone, and A.B.C-Z will also appear. Including Johnny's Jr., more than 100 people will take the stage. “I think it means I've lost if I let the audience get bored for even a minute. That's something I'm confident about,” Kitagawa boasted. “3D is popular right now, but I want to do 4D. I want to add smells and fragrances too.” They are apparently experimenting with a new method of using the air conditioning to waft various scents through the theater. Asked whether renovations like those done at the Imperial Theatre for large-scale water effects and flying would be needed, he grinned and said, “It's a secret.” Even at 80, his creative drive shows no sign of fading. Since the Guinness World Record has once again drawn attention from around the world, they are also considering setting aside around 20 priority seats for foreign guests at every performance. “A Chinese person who saw SHOCK told me, ‘I want Chinese people to see it. I want 80 tickets.’” The show pamphlet will also be made in English. Keito Okamoto (18) of JUMP is reportedly going to show off his English in the production.

Johnny's otaku, go home. This is a thread for admiring a ripe Yulippe.

What even is that GARNET thread on Mixi? lol Honestly, it's kinda gross.

Didn't the tickets for the 5th sell out?

If you're going to say things like some person living in a TV show, then start with yourself. ...If [they] are there, maybe announcing a marriage or something would cleanly cut off the living spirits and romantic ghosts and let everything settle where it belongs, for both sides... Maybe we could move on to the next stage. At this point, is continuing my story under the current religion, even though it isn't constructive, a sin?... If she were an idol, it'd be 100% interference with her business, but if it's GARNET... Maybe people's interpretations of the songs would change, some kinds of fans would leave, and the community would move toward a certain kind of unity... I tried thinking about how to put on the brakes. I want to hear other songs, but the pacing is... Blaming everything on uncertain spirits is the worst thing to do, but can a Muse really disappear in real life? Only she herself knows... maybe.

The GARNET community on Mixi is having another meltdown, lol.

Good, good. Egos clashing! This is exactly why I can't leave the community.

Can't help it if they're gross.

Do you think Nana-san likes me?

>564 You want me to say, “She likes you”? Well, there's no way, so relax.

I have Nana-san's handwritten autograph. So what?

す 　　　　　 　　　　　き あ　　　　　 ず　　　　だ き　　　　　 七　　　　よ

I can pretty much tell who the people making those filthy posts are. There are people at the venue who obviously give off that kind of vibe too. Do they think nobody's figured them out? The fat guy and the shorty.

Putting the specific details aside, the essence of the problem seems to be: Critics → You shouldn't bother other people. Defenders → As long as we're having fun, who cares? I mean, aren't the defenders all DQNs who are mutual Mixi friends? I want a serious answer here: isn't it weird that the defenders have such a strong presence right now?

Is this Yulippe? Something about it looks a little different to me. http://f.mjmj.be/9mLPLh3Fyt/

I don't care about the community stuff, so take it somewhere else.

I don't use Mixi, so I have no idea. What's going on over there?

This has nothing to do with the community, but I want to ask: it's normal to think you shouldn't bother other people at a live, right? Don't you think the idea that “as long as I have fun, it's fine” is weird?

>569 The defenders are all mutual Mixi friends, yeah. I cracked up when the marriage woman joined the defenders too, www. Honestly, I never thought it would blow up this much. Whether they're defenders or just weirdos, there are people like that everywhere. (Come to think of it, the marriage woman was showing unusual restraint this time, lol.) Maybe ignoring them is better for your mental health. I've pretty much given up ← that's the current situation. The audience seems to have changed since around “Locks?”; if getting tickets through the fan-club allotment means ending up next to some weirdo, maybe it's better to just buy them through the general sale. Come to think of it, was it “Wish”? The old guy turned around at the end of his solo, right? That was cool.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

I think I more or less understand now. So basically, the people who want to make as much noise as they like at lives are fighting with the people who think harmony is important at lives, right?

I want to marry Nana-chan.

If people are allowed to make whatever noise they want at a live, it's a nuisance for the rest of us. The defenders are ultimately just a bunch of people with bad manners.

“As long as I'm having fun, anything goes.” That's a child's way of thinking.

The thing about Yulippe going flat when she sings at concerts: the low notes are all mumbled too.

She just gives up on the high notes too, lol.

I haven't been to a live yet, but GARNET's only been around for ten years, right? It's not some veteran singer/band or otaku act that can only fill live houses, so there's no way the fans would already be fixed in place. The fact that things are blowing up is proof of good health, or rather, it means the fanbase is still fluid and they still have a chance to go mainstream. Incidentally, Hiroko Taniyama and Mimori Yusa already had completely fixed fanbases 20 years ago, and even 10 years ago. Not that they ever got much recognition for their musicality. There were old-timers around, and back then, when computers were still in their infancy, was it like joining a school club? Did they call them forums?

Japanese, please.

Honestly, I kind of envy wotagei. It looks like they're having fun getting the place hyped up. I want to do it at a GARNET live too. Just sitting there quietly is boring.

>568 No, I bet the freak is probably a handsome guy or a beautiful woman.

>570 Give us a bigger one.

The “as long as we're having fun” opinion is fair enough, but please keep it within the bounds of not bothering other people.

The issue isn't whether saying “Marry me” is good or bad. The issue is whether selfish behavior should be allowed. The defenders are completely missing the point.

The defenders are ultimately just that short fat pig Yoko and her merry band of Mixi friends, lol. Are there any lives besides GARNET where people say things mocking the artist during the MC, like “Marry me” or “Your comments are too short”?

>584 Wotagei is nothing but a nuisance to everyone except the people doing it. Besides, this isn't the kind of live where that sort of thing fits anyway.

Yulippe is going to lose her temper.

I wish Giza would put up a little warning on the website. Something like, “Please refrain from words or actions that may inconvenience other customers.” And at the live venues too.

I hope the people who selfishly get hyped up and bother everyone around them don't get stabbed on the way home by some nasty fan.

>586 This is the only size they have.

Nngh—

Good morning, Nana-chan (ﾟ▽ﾟ)/

GARNET CROW is an artist that's already finished. There won't be any more lives anyway, so maybe you don't need to worry so much.

I'm off to get some takoyaki.

The people defending the nuisance behavior are getting utterly demolished by facts and are crying, www.

>594 Seriously? We're screwed—

Songs I'd like Nakamura Yuri to cover, series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYy_Xx62YUo This one's incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder whether Yulippe's music or Nana-san's lyrics come first. For artists who write both their own lyrics and music, it seems like the music comes first, but either way, it's amazing. They're pros.

>602 The music comes first. For most artists it's music → lyrics.

Rifa officially debuted on March 7, 2012. She made her digital debut with her debut song “Kimi ni Deaete...” after a video of her first YouTube upload, “Orion” by Mika Nakashima, got attention. Here's the PV for her debut song “Kimi ni Deaete...” ↓ http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnYts7erWV-k%26feature%3Dplayer_detailpage&feature=player_detailpage&v=nYts7erWV-k&gl=JP

>603 So Nana-san's lyrics are what give life to Yulippe's music. Nana-san's lyrics really get me. I like Yulippe's singing too. Furui-san's arrangements are great as well.

All I can say is: keep at it.

Don't you think her singing at lives has improved a lot compared to around 2004? Or were the old sound systems just not as good?

http://f.mjmj.be/O9UKRjmXFG/?guid=ON Is this Yulippe?

I thought it was the person in the middle.

Cute. http://f.mjmj.be/7lxaYRoz9A/?guid=ON

http://e.mjmj.be/N4ckufrg4s/?guid=ON

I wanna have sex with Yulippe.

The real reason SDN48 broke up is supposedly that the central members refused pillow work, so some big shot at the record company got angry and used his power to force them to disband.

I want to get in touch with that pretty girl who was at the Tokyo live. I wonder if she uses Mixi... She was with those gross otaku, so I figure they must have met through Mixi. She seemed like a pretty quiet girl.

Gross.

>612 Don't go on and on saying out loud what every guy here is thinking!

>613 I don't actually want to have sex... Am I an oddball? I don't like people touching my skin.

>608 Yulippe looks like an exhausted manga artist.

Yulippe's handwriting and drawings are both terrible, you know.

I'm doing my best again today for Yuri-san.

>617 That's pretty damn unusual. I can't control my libido, so I masturbate like crazy to Yulippe, you know? If I could have sex with Yulippe, I'd probably do it three times a day, morning, noon, and night.

Nana-san is prettier than Pe, but Pe is more popular here.

I don't particularly like Yong-jun.

GARNET CROW~

Starting at 1 p.m., there's a grram release commemorative event at the event space on the first floor of ARCHE in front of Omiya Station! They'll perform two songs♪ From 7 p.m., it's at the Harajuku KDDI Studio! http://p.twipple.jp/PWBws

I borrowed BEST (2000 TO 2005) and have listened to Disc 2 two or three times in the car since yesterday, and I'm starting to see the whole picture of GARNET... Listening to these songs makes me realize I'm becoming an old man. You young people in your twenties—just listening to this, I can understand why some people hate “Lonely Night,” why factions form, and why people drift away. You can't live on purity alone. From here on out, ordinary hardships are waiting for you, like being unable to go to lives or even post on 2ch. The ZARD woman isn't in this world anymore, you know. You may not understand what I'm saying, but hasn't this band been charging ahead for 12 years? I'm more worried about them getting sick than getting married and breaking up.

Old man, I have no idea what you're trying to say.

Sorry for the double post, but how can “Spiral” go on for dozens of minutes? At first I thought, what an incredibly groovy song. (Sorry, but whether it has vocals or not, I want to listen to it like a 20- or 30-minute instrumental band track.) ...The floating feeling up through the fifth line is Pink Floyd, some song by Hiroko Taniyama, and Yutaka Ozaki. The rush after the fifth line—“Hallelujah?”—also has that pure, fast-moving Ozaki, folk-like feeling. I never had a Japanese-music kind of youth. On company trips, I was forced to listen to Nagabuchi and Hamashō in the car over and over... Just an unpleasant memory.

Hashimoto, the mayor, declares war on pachinko? Online bulletin boards worry: “Wouldn't it be over if the police set their sights on them? They could just frame them with some made-up crime.” ★3 http://uni.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1332508201/l50

“Crystal Gauge” is totally Mimori Yusa, with that heavy Celtic flavor. The third song is just standard GARNET style. Still, being able to create a distinct “GARNET style” at all is pretty amazing. There's also a bit of rap arrangement and a hint of Being's sound... The fourth song too.

“Our Only Future” has a different color, kind of flamenco. “The Flowers That Adorn You~” is Procol Harum? “A Whiter Shade of Pale” plus Doji Morita plus GARNET style. The intro to “Wasurezaki” resembles “Seijaku no Concerto,” but they're both good songs. Still, once you get hooked on this stuff, it gets rough.

↑ You crazy bastard, go die. Go learn Japanese and come back.

All I can tell is that you like Western music.

Atsuko Maeda graduates from AKB. Nakamura Yuri enrolls in AKB.

What are you all doing after next week's Niigata live? Going to a ski resort?

I'm gonna Yuriny.

>629 Good riddance to pachinko. It's that kind of trash to begin with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmTHu_sX8Fo

I want a GARNET CROW pachislot machine and a CR GARNET CROW.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

I uploaded a report on the first day's live, including the MC. The MC was so substantial that it ended up becoming six posts. Sorry for using it to promote my blog too. By the way, I'm going to Otodama. I'm taking local trains for four hours to get there (lol). Even the shinkansen takes a fair amount of time, so I'm going straight home after the live. Report: http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ruriruri812/30357575.html

>640 Amazing. You remember it all so well.

>626 I'm an old-school fan, but your writing reminds me of Tomita's split crotch.

>634 >638 Stop it.

Aya Kamiki and Rina Aiuchi have had songs used in pachinko machines too, so GARNET could get one as well.

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The theme song for “The Mystery of the Three-Calico Cat Holmes” has been decided: Arashi.

The theme song for “The Mystery of the Three-Calico Cat Holmes” has been decided: Arashi.

>644 I didn't know Aya Kamiki until I played the game 428. So even singers who aren't that mainstream get their songs used in pachinko machines, huh?

Coming from the pachinko machine: らーいーらーいーやー

I've got 21 shows lined up by May, www.

>648 Aya Kamiki herself plays pachinko and pachislot too. She even owns a real Eureka machine.

GARNET CROW.

Kamiki is way more mainstream than those incomprehensible GARNET-whatever people. When she did “Pierrot,” she was on TV quite a bit because it was a B'z cover.

For a while, Kamiki kept using songs by Mochi. Furui-san has provided a few songs too, one of the rare times he did so.

I kinda want to have a karaoke party on the way back from Niigata. Does anyone know a good place? Should we head out to Takasaki?

Poster (Group / 1 design) ¥800 (tax included) Clear file (Group: 1 design; individual: 5 designs / 6 designs total) ¥500 each (tax included) Jumbo uchiwa fan (individual / 5 designs) ¥500 each (tax included) Original photo set (Individual / 5 designs) ¥600 each (tax included) Scarf towel ¥1,300 (tax included) Penlight Note: ¥1,300 (tax included) Note: These are the same goods sold at the winter 2012 “Sexy Zone First Concert 2012” performances.

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>640 Did you record it?

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

>658 Yulippe, you old lady...

>659 I'm 640. I was taking notes. Getting caught recording would be bad news, you know.

>658 She looks like Miku Shida.

There was an article about Mai Kuraki's tour on Yahoo! News. Why don't GARNET CROW articles ever make the news? There are articles about grram and all.

I only just noticed, but “Cried a little” and Natalie Imbruglia's “Smoke” sound way too similar.

642... Are there really old men with mental problems like that? I thought my depression was relapsing because the song kept looping in my head while I was working... Side 2 was two days late, like Chernobyl. I knew something was wrong. It's too late lately, but I've come to understand my own personality... I'm easily suggestible and easily possessed. My interest in this band is just that one keyhole where Mel Heaven overlaps with the image of Minako. Well, it's probably just something I've imagined. Who'd have thought a band active in the Heisei era could be like this, somewhere before early Yuming or Hiroko Taniyama's fairy tales.

There are people who refine and sing Yamaha Hawk, Doji Morita, and Miyuki Nakajima? in a modern style. Maybe it's because a best-of album is so dense... People can have their lives saved by songs depending on their circumstances and connections, but the reverse happens too. That's what I'm saying. Sensitivity plays a part, but songs themselves aren't responsible for anything... That's why, over these seven years, I went to about five lives while barely keeping myself together, but for my mental health it was better to study computers or work on something. I even went to learn guitar, but because it was “work,” it didn't attract any weird fixation, which was better for my mental health...

I realized from this best-of that, regardless of major or minor chords, given my current state, songs with that Ozaki-like? folk-like? Minako-like, deeply earnest, pure headlong quality become triggers for the depression in my brain... That's how good the songs are, though. Even though it's not in a minor key, getting rowdy to “Lonely Night” is better for my mental stability. Songs like “Issho ni Kurasou,” and that dark, Love Psychedelico-like vocal... “Stay” is sexy, jazzy, and urban too, so it's totally fine. I'm the opposite of the people who say the recent works are no good. I have the kind of temperament that can be crushed by purity... Sorry for this incomprehensible post.

Yuri-san is way too beautiful...

The leg album arrived, lol.

(⌒⌒) もちつけよ 　l|l l|l　　ど、どどど童貞の何がいけないんだっ！ 　　　　∧∧∧＿∧ 　　　 (；゜Д(｀･ω･´）") }}｝ 　　　　ヽ 、と'^)　　l^)´ 　　　 〜〉 　）　）、 ＼ 　　　　 (_ノ（＿_） ヽ＿）)))

By the way, those five lives I went to weren't GARNET ones... Seiko Matsuda, Kohmi Hirose?, Nana Mizuki, the band that sings “Listen to Me,” and Akihiro Miwa? The last one was the best for my mental health, but for religious reasons it's apparently bad to go too many times... Also, I thought I'd heard something besides Mel Heaven before, and then I remembered... that late-night TV stuff. Giza? The Being block. Mai Kuraki and the ZARD woman's early days, maybe... I think Rina Aiuchi? was at the anime festivals too.

I remember because someone called Saegusa? in db, or Decibel or something, appeared. So after Mel Heaven, I recognized them as “Is this that band? The people who sing Mel Heaven?” But I guess they had already been subliminally imprinted on me before that... From 2000 to 2005, I was obsessed with Akihabara voice-actor idols, so I probably thought, “What a gloomy band.” Analyzing it, my tastes changed along with Minako's death. The necessity of letting a substitute enter my heart... Something can be seen even when it seems invisible. Something can be invisible even when it seems seen. My battery's about to die, so I'm done... I'm out and about.

I want to know what sex feels like. I don't want to die without ever knowing for my whole life.

>665 I like Natalie's tone.

Weekly singles *1　192,937　Kis-My-Ft2

>665 I didn't know there was a song like this. It's 80% similar, huh? If you think of it as being inspired by it, you can let it slide, lol.

I want to tour Kyoto's shrines and temples with Yuri-san, then eat a bento she made for lunch.

I want to marry Yuri-san.

>675 >677 “Torn” and “That Day” are great songs too! They don't need to release singles for a while. I just want them to keep refining things over and over and bring back songs and lyrics like the early days.

>673 Good luck with the hospital visits.

GARNET CROW.

I'm looking forward to Niigata on Saturday.

Has anyone requested songs for Otodama yet? I requested these two: “Let's Make the Flowers That Adorn You Bloom”: because someone is starting a new life on April 1 the next day! “Haru Matsu Hana no You ni”: It's been about a year and a half since 3/11, but this is for the people who were affected by the disaster.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

>684 Whiteout, and then just songs I like. I figured hardly anyone would be going to Otodama, but judging by this thread, quite a few people seem to be going. I'm going too, lol.

Not many people. Niigata's far away.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

“Eiyū.” It's plagiarism, right? I've reported it. Lady Antebellum — “Just a Kiss ~ A Premonition of Happiness” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QlsA9LIxCg

They're insanely similar, www. Haven't listened to it, though.

>689 It was pointed out around two threads ago. Can't you understand GARNET's little joke?

Docomo. Similar. Good job to whoever noticed.

Of course. So it was covered on an overseas album, huh? GARNET CROW — “Eiyū” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhhs6mrRrQ Lady Antebellum — “Just a Kiss ~ A Premonition of Happiness” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QlsA9LIxCg (Contact) Label: EMI Music Japan http://www.emimusic.jp/support/?6 “Just a Kiss ~ A Premonition of Happiness,” included on the album “Yume no Kifujin,” released on September 14, 2011, was selected as the ending theme for “Wednesday Mystery 9,” which resumed broadcasting on the TV Tokyo network in October 2011 after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus.

I was watching a rerun and it came on—the GARNET CROW song. Wednesday Mystery 9 [Season 2] — Theme Songs for the Time Slot [October 2011 onward] Just a Kiss ~ A Premonition of Happiness Broadcast period: October 2011–March 2012 Artist: Lady Antebellum Yume no Kifujin (album) Just a Kiss [Single, Import, from US] Own the Night [Import, from US] (album)

GARNET CROW.

http://www.emimusic.jp/support/?9#

Cunt.

Daily albums *1　143,045　Kis-My-Ft2

>689 This one's freaking awful!!!!!!!!!!!

“Eiyū” has really good lyrics, but the music... Sorry, but it really is a rip-off.

Are you really bringing this up only now?

Even if you call it plagiarism, Eiyū is still better, because the lyrics are godlike. The original is just an incredibly generic love song. GARNET wins.

Songs I'd like Nakamura Yuri to cover, series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IUWDlv7CQA This is so frustrating!!!!!!!

Are people already lining up for the merchandise?

I listened on my phone. Is this really plagiarism-level? It'd be a different story if Eiyū's lyrics fit this song perfectly and still moved you... I think Eiyū has become GARNET's own song... Even though it's a cover, “Amazing Grace” has completely become Minako's song too. ...By coincidence, I was listening to All Night Nippon starting at 3 a.m. yesterday, and they were talking about the definition of plagiarism. Was it Eiichi Ohtaki?

Also, because I wrote “my depression has relapsed” on 2ch, a bunch of people at work were worried about me the next day. (They didn't say it out loud, but I could tell from their gestures and tone.) Is there no privacy? I'm not good with machines... Can people track or view someone else's posting history? I've been sending things to radio stations, concert questionnaires, faxes, and so on since more than 20 years ago, before I even used 2ch, so I guess I'm probably famous. From Mr. Ohtaki's point of view, anyway.

Cunt!

Right now, is there a feature on Pink Floyd's The Wall in Record Collector? I haven't read it at all, and I've already washed my hands of that stuff... The company newsletter had something about Yutaka Ozaki in it the other day, but Bunshun? Shincho? I didn't buy or read it, it was just a coincidence... Sometimes these things overlap by chance, and sometimes they're real... Even this phenomenon is a mental-illness thing. Incidentally, the reason I was able to post yesterday was that I did something three hours earlier that was like a prayer? Or a sutra? My depression disappeared. So the people at work think I'm throwing money at it and “leaving everything to religion”... And yet tomorrow I'll talk to everyone at work as if nothing happened. It's like psychological warfare.

Cunt?

Even if you call me famous, it's probably only as a weirdo... I asked at a computer class how to use file-sharing software, and they said, “We can't teach you because it's illegal!” Everyone at work downloads music, movies, and games for free... Honest people are the ones who get screwed. I have absolutely no idea how to use Mixi, Facebook, or Twitter, and I don't want to learn. “Yuzukiyo” sounds like Enya (Celtic?). “Futari no Rocket” sounds like Shonen Knife? It feels like a girl band, and has no GARNET flavor at all, but it's a good song. This isn't an episode, that's all.

Sexy Rose.

Cunt...

I'm off to Yokohama Arena.

>689 Yulippe and Furui-san knowingly did it. The lyrics use different words, so it's not plagiarism...

This is a thread inhabited by a genuine Kitty, a snake troll, and perverts.

It gets like this every year during spring break.

Cunt!?

I'm going to Niigata on Saturday in a T-shirt and shorts!

>689 This is terrible. I thought the accusations about the other songs were completely baseless, but this one is obviously a rip-off. Copying the chorus too is going way too far...

I want to tour Kyoto's shrines and temples with Yuri-san, then eat Yuri-san for lunch.

I thought it wouldn't really qualify as plagiarism, but I listened to it and it's incredibly similar. This is too much.

An amusing bit of trivia about Kato-chan's gold-digging wife: Before they started dating, club-loving Mr. Kato came in as a customer and requested Ayana, which is how they met and started dating. Ayana told her coworkers that she was only interested in Kato-chan's money, and that kissing or having sex with some old geezer like that was impossible. That's what she said... Apparently on TV they say they met at a sushi restaurant or something, but most of that is a lie. They just had the owner of the sushi restaurant they used for after-hours dates play along with the story. ↑ They did it for appearances, and the TV people know that too. But the TV side staged the footage because it gets ratings. In fact, when they started dating and got married, Ayana made Kato-chan promise that she would never kiss him. Kato-chan was crazy about her, so he agreed. That's why they never kiss on the lips at press conferences or even at the wedding. There's a lot more, but I'll refrain from saying anything further...

“Wasurezaki” is kind of similar to a song on a T-BOLAN album too, if you want to say it's similar.

“The Crack-up” and Yellow Monkey's “Kyuukon” sound similar too.

This isn't just “similar”—it's basically a straight copy... They've got some nerve doubling down like that.

I wonder if their set in Niigata will be about 45 minutes. Since they're basically the main act, maybe they'll give them more time?

I want Yulippe to apologize in Niigata. I want her to say sorry in front of everyone. Then I'll forgive her.

Are people already lining up for the merch?

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Four-hour wait for merch at the back of the line. From Twitter.

I skipped work today for Yuri-san.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Is she a different person?

Were there songs on this album that came together quickly, and songs that were difficult births? Yulippe: “It's Eiyū. I only rearranged it a little. *adjusts glasses*” I thought Mochi's harmonies were sublime too, a wonderful evolution into unknown territory, and then I felt betrayed.

Do you think the company is telling them to make more mainstream songs? Is the plagiarism Yulippe's small act of rebellion against that? I want the next album to be so out there that all the current fans disappear. It's a waste that she has the talent to make that kind of alternative stuff but doesn't. I'm sick of this pandering-to-the-masses direction. While we're at it, I'd like them to quit doing lives and disband the fan club too.

Uhh...

7 out of 8 people voted that “this review was helpful.” 5.0 out of 5 stars: “GARNET CROW's ninth album, bringing together new attempts and their signature styles,” 2011/12/18 “Eiyū,” which Yuri-san apparently wanted to make most of all this time, is also a song that feels uniquely GARNET CROW to me. Huh. So that's how it is.

Aren't you making too much of this plagiarism thing? So what? How does it hurt you ordinary people? You don't want to make a big deal out of it and affect GARNET's activities, do you? Considering the members' ages alone, it seems like they probably don't have that many active years left. Then we won't be able to hear GARNET's songs anymore. You're here because you like GARNET, right? Then please don't make a fuss—just watch over them warmly. I want them to keep going as long as possible.

I think this is plagiarism on the level of, or even worse than, Orange Range and Ai Otsuka, who caused a stir over plagiarism in the past. I'm disappointed by how little awareness the members have.

The downside of GIZA's one-act-dominant system. What people feared when Rina Aiuchi retired has become reality.

I don't get why age would be a reason for their active period not to be very long.

First of all, there isn't even any fact of plagiarism.

I mean, if you were going to say it, you should've said it right after the album came out, lol. Why bring it up now?

Yulippe, give me a job.

The single and DVD are hereee!

This has already been brought up. Someone pointed it out here right after the album came out. Read the previous thread. Otodama merch, www.

I checked, and it wasn't the previous thread. It was thread 266.

Regarding the Eiyū plagiarism thing, if Nana-san provided the lyrics without knowing anything about it, I'd hate for it to damage her relationship with Yulippe... They'd break up, you know. Maybe the song got stuck in Yulippe's ears without her realizing it and influenced her. GARNET is one of a kind to its fans, so I want them to keep going forever.

>745 Details, please.

Not yet.

You really shouldn't throw around accusations of plagiarism so lightly. 2ch isn't anonymous, you know. There are people who've actually been sued over this.

Yeah, this is at a level where you can't really blame people for calling it plagiarism. It's not just Yulippe's responsibility; it's GIZA's responsibility as a whole. Actually, Being too.

Why would they go out of their way to apologize to you people making a fuss here about plagiarism? Who the hell do you think you are, saying you'll forgive them??? If you're unhappy, just don't listen to it.

“Natsu no Maboroshi” is the most shocking one. There are similar songs to “Over Drive” and “on the way” too.

I'm a virgin.

I've never even kissed a woman, let alone had sex.

Talking about plagiarism on the 12th anniversary of their debut, lol.

>747 So what was the punchline back then?

GARNET CROW.

I want to smell Yuri-san's panties.

The pervy comments in the middle of this plagiarism argument are weirdly comforting, lol. Yulippe, don't worry about it. Make new songs and share your energy with us!

>756 Don't worry. I'm the same.

Has anyone ever met Yulippe in private?

Is there a song that's similar to “Let's Make the Flowers That Adorn You Bloom”? When I first heard it, I thought, “Oh, I've heard this before.” But I never managed to remember what it was, and the disc in my head got overwritten by “Kimi wo..." I'm not trying to say it's plagiarism. I'm genuinely curious, so if anything comes to mind, please let me know.

>764 It kind of reminds me of the old drama “High School Teacher,” but it's probably just standard GARNET CROW. Yulippe really changes when she wears her hair down. She goes from cute to beautiful.

“After Having a Dream” People who aren't fans probably wouldn't think it's a cherry-blossom song.

>766 Apparently the flowers used in the filming were plum blossoms, considering the season when it was made.

If you think of it as a cover, you can kind of let it go. But Yulippe is still at fault. Yulippe has a bad personality, so this is what happens.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

What the hell is “for we” supposed to mean?

There's a rest of the sentence hidden after “for we.” Something like “for we are...”

>764 I can't remember either. “Kokoro Komete Sodatete Yukuyo” especially feels similar. There's also a song that's similar to the non-chorus part of some song by Shibata Jun. The part where the lyrics go something like, “In this room where no one is...” I haven't listened to Shibata Jun in years, so I don't know which song it is, lol. I can't remember which GARNET song it is either. I'd know if I heard it, but I'm too lazy to look for it, lol.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Is it the Seiun commercial song?

The blind stans whining about defamation should first look up what copyright infringement is, lol. If they'd just said “it's a cover” or “it's an homage,” this probably wouldn't have blown up so much.

Enough with the plagiarism, plagiarism already. Pitch and note length aren't infinite, so apparently you can find as many similar songs as you want if you look. Even more so if you're writing songs from chord progressions. At least people who only listen to J-pop are barking about plagiarism like they've caught the biggest criminal in the world. They're barking up the wrong tree.

They're saying it because this is way beyond the level of accidental similarity. The melody, arrangement, and chord progression are all extremely similar. If GARNET were a little more famous, this would be a full-blown scandal.

>776 Exactly. If you judge it using only that kind of mechanical logic, then every song with the same chord progression would count as plagiarism. Melodies are heavily constrained by chord progressions too. In these plagiarism debates, people always ignore the “musical conception” part (on purpose?), and it makes you think, “Are you robots?”

The intro to Eiyū made me think of “Narayama Bushi” as you cross the mountains of Oku-Hida? That's the image I got. Even when I listened to the song people call the source, I didn't feel it at all... Maybe I'm the type who gets fooled by arrangements? I think Mr. Ohtaki said that about 80% of pop songs are rip-offs, and the song they ripped off was itself a rip-off of something else... People at the level of this thread, myself included, wouldn't notice even if the source were some obscure classical or jazz piece and they released it unchanged as a new song. (Industry people would of course notice.) To young people, songs from two generations ago—or rather, any song they don't know—are all “new songs.”

Sure, if Eiyū sold hundreds of billions of yen, the original artist might sue the people who copied it... I'm curious what the standard for judging it would be then... But for a band as great as GARNET, maybe knowingly doing it was just an easy way to generate buzz? Even with covers... Take enka singers: multiple singers can release the same song, but the way it sells can be wildly different. It's about that person's appeal. Someone like Minako is the exact opposite of Hiroko Taniyama; she has no songwriting ability or critical reputation at all, and yet I got obsessed with her even though she's completely not the type I'd normally fall for... When that happens, it's just one of those things... timing, generation, having looked down on them originally, or getting crushed under a pile of possibilities?

It's just plagiarism, after all.

But even so, Nana-sama must be furious that her lyrics were used in a plagiarized song.

This few lines sound like Procol Harum? Those few lines sound like Doji Morita, and these few lines sound like so-and-so... I don't think it means much. If you can make a song by cutting and pasting little pieces of different people's songs, that's a talent too. Normally it would turn out warped, so the processing skill must be pretty high... If she didn't intend to plagiarize and made it without realizing it, then she's a genius type (did she digest the songs that influenced her?). I used to splice together bits of other people's songs in a segment on Norio Tsuboi's radio show, along with my own voice, alarm bells, and so on... I edited it all together (recording with the clunky cassette tapes of the time) and it got broadcast, though that was basically a parody-song recording segment... GARNET's people are professionals, so I don't think they're operating at that level... Long story short, all I'm saying is that you can't deny “Let's Make the Flowers That Adorn You Bloom” is a good song.

I cut myself again today for the first time in a while. It felt like the murky, nasty stuff inside me was flowing out along with the blood.

I've learned that GARNET fans are basically all mentally ill.

Also, I think “Crystal Gauge” is a good song, and I'm not going to complain about the high notes. I used to like Mimori Yusa for a while too, so songs like this feel like Mimori-chan's exclusive territory to me. That woman genuinely has the image of a pure white “Celtic” fairy. GARNET's people bring in a “Christian” image of blood... The folk-like lyricism, rock/pop feel, moody jazz, classical flavor, and mid-to-low register are all beyond criticism... I'm tired, so I'm done.

If you plagiarize but don't get caught, who cares?

Lately I can't sleep unless I take four Halcion tablets. Even though the instructions say no more than two.

784... I don't know if it's true, but when I became depressed in my twenties out of despair over my situation, my initial symptoms were like this: I thought it would be bad to stay home because I might impulsively do something, so I just walked briskly all day toward some distant goal (the Yodo River or Mount Ikoma) until I was exhausted, and got through it that way... At the next stage, my parents dragged me to counseling and I was given medication, but I didn't take it... The reason my shut-in period was short was that I had the principle “those who don't work shouldn't eat,” so even when things didn't go my way, I got a job I could do alone. The money disappeared quickly on pachinko, sex clubs, and live tickets, though...

>789 I spend most of my time shut up at home. I do short-term jobs for now, but they never last and I keep drifting from place to place. I can't stay anywhere for long.

Kara, kara, taga, taga, taga...

Also, I must have looked depressed, because when I was walking around Umeda and Namba, I kept getting recruited by religious groups—several of them. I went along for several years? But I was fundamentally a science-minded person, so I talked endlessly about science and God until they couldn't make any headway and gave up... After that, my depression was cured. The reason was like saying, “Someone who failed to get into Tokyo University and killed himself wouldn't have killed himself if he'd gotten into Tokyo University.” That kind of ending. ...Then more than ten years later came Minako. This time was different from before. For several years, I had gradually felt as if my neck were being tightened, while strange things and synchronicities were happening in parallel. Because the fear came first, I turned to fortune-telling and religion... and that's how I got to today. I never went to somewhere like Aum Shinrikyo. Looking back, I guess I was lucky when it came to fortune-telling and religion...

GARNET CROW.

The wind is blowing insanely hard in Tokyo. I wonder if Niigata will be okay tomorrow.

The forecast says snow. You understand what that means, right?

I like snow. Standing in that quiet world where sound gets absorbed calms me down. It feels like I'm suppressing another version of myself.

Oh nooooo. I got scheduled to work tomorrowwwwwww! It was my one chance to have them come to Niigata... and it'll never happen again... orz

790... I feel like it's difficult for me to give you advice, but you're similar to my older brother. He couldn't get up until around 3 p.m. for 20 years... He didn't take Halcion, but I think he took Bufferin? He's gotten a little better lately. He likes philosophy and literature, but he's an atheist. Personally, I think my religious advice has started to work on him. ...I'm not qualified to say what level of karmic connection this is, but basically, it's like the drinking games at a university welcome party or a new-employee party, figuring out how much you can handle. With the amount of Halcion you take, maybe you're enduring it even though you could handle it?

Maybe I am not enduring it even though I could... That might be exactly right. I have a tendency to become dependent on things. I need to reduce the amount, in every sense. Trying to purify myself with blood and all that.

Also, it's dangerous to mistake depression for being entirely caused by evil spirits, join some weird religion, and get pounded on by everyone... My brother has never self-harmed, so it's hard for me to compare... The thing I respect is that even though working while depressed is painful, you're still doing it. I can really understand drifting from workplace to workplace. Even with a one-day or ultra-short-term job, if you don't say anything during group work, people treat you like, “What's wrong with this person?!” and consider you abnormal. I've been through periods like that too... That's why jobs you can do alone, jobs you can do at your own pace, and jobs working with older people (because you don't have to worry as much) gradually helped stabilize me mentally. Anyway, I have tomorrow, so I'm done. ...I'll be haunting this thread for a while, so the Novalis passage was me too.

>764 Someone did say it sounded like one of Aya Ueto's songs. The one that goes, “For love—I'll walk on / something blooming in my heart...” Apparently that one sounds like some other song too, though. By the way, how long does Otodama run, from 4 p.m. until what time? We don't know what number GARNET will be on, right? I'm so frustrated I can't give up, orz.

GARNET in the snow. Sing Whiteout!

I want to tour Kyoto's shrines and temples with Yuri-san, then eat a bento she made for lunch.

First go lose your virginity.

I'm heading to Niigata now.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

In Niigata now.

What's wrong with being a virgin?

>807 How's the weather?

I want to tour Kyoto's shrines and temples with Yuri-san, then eat Yuri-san for lunch.

I want to try sex too. It's not like I chose to be a virgin.

GARNET CROW.

Sex isn't really as great as people make it out to be, though.

To someone with no experience, it's something incredibly enviable.

Fuck.

It's almost cherry-blossom season. Though it has nothing to do with GARNET CROW.

Bleach, semen, kurinohana.

Is Yulippe still not here?

Probably still not-yet-appe.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

I'll get to see Yulippe, the alleged plagiarist, soon. I'm looking forward to it.

Petty thief.

You guys are beating up on Yulippe way too much. Enough already.

Hey you, take out whatever you put in your pocket.

Thief.

A gang of plagiarist artists.

GARNET CROW.

“Hibi no Hotori” is such a god-tier song.

Did they play “Uki Sekai”?

Please report the setlist and Yuri-sama's outfit.

GARNET CROW 01. Over Drive 02. Float world 03. JUDY (Yulippe singing while playing keyboard) 04. live (Yulippe on keyboard) 05. Smily Nation

What was Yuri-sama wearing?

The tour merch hoodie with a reddish long skirt.

>828 Same here.

Didn't it feel like an away game?

There were a few people who were seeing GARNET for the first time. Most of them seemed to be GARNET fans.

Far from being an away game, it was practically packed with GARNET fans.

GARNET fans are amazing.

“FLOAT” is a rare one.

A huge number of GARNET otaku even made it to Niigata.

I just took a dump and when I wiped, there wasn't any poop on the paper. Lucky me.

>841 Could it be Nana-sama?

Okamoto-kun is a pervert-type guy.

Nana is a goddess.

Far from being an away game, 90% of the crowd had been to ten or more GARNET lives. It was an extremely home-field situation. “Float world,” their first live performance of it, was probably the highlight today.

I wonder if they'll do the acoustic version of “float world” at another live.

Today, I have an important announcement to make to everyone. This time, GARNET CROW has decided to suspend its activities for the time being. I'm sorry to have surprised everyone who supports us with such a sudden announcement. From the time the members first began discussing suspending activities until now, we agonized over it for a long time. We came to this decision after calmly thinking it over, intentionally reducing the number of lives and increasing the time we spent facing ourselves. Thankfully, many people around us understood our wishes regarding this decision, which has made it possible for us to release a work before the hiatus. We want to give it everything we've got so we can continue bringing everyone enjoyable times, just as before. Even while we're on hiatus, we intend to continue creative activities such as writing lyrics and composing music, slowly and at our own pace... even if it's only little by little. I hope we can remain involved with music in a broader sense, not only for our own activities. So I hope everyone can understand, even a little, that this decision is a “positive hiatus”—a chance to recharge for the future and to once again clearly look toward the things we should pursue. Live performances remain our greatest reason for living. We don't know yet when it will be, but we hope to return to the stage someday. I'm sure there are things that can't be fully expressed in writing, but I would be happy if everyone could continue to watch over us warmly from here on as well.

You guys are bored. Why not go to bed early?

They should do more lives. The otaku will go no matter how many times they do it.

How many people were at today's Niigata live?

If fans show up even for a mini-live in Niigata, couldn't they do lives in regional cities too, as long as the venue is small?

Even if people show up, who knows whether it would break even.

The venue held around 200 people. Everyone sat in their seats and listened politely. DEPAPEPE and Sunplaza Nakano were both great too. Apparently DEPAPEPE has had rain at their outdoor lives six years in a row, making him an even bigger rain-bringer than Mochi. Sunplaza Nakano brought Kawai Pappara along and performed “Under the Onion,” “The Earthquake Song,” “Runner,” “Tabibito yo,” “Risoraba,” and mostly nostalgic songs from the Bakufu Slump era. It was great.

I wish they'd done “Eiyū.” But with everyone talking about it this much, I guess they couldn't, lol. It really is exactly the same.

What's the same?

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

They got 200 people to show up? Is Kimaguren not coming to Otodama?

I guess a layperson would hear that and think it's a complete rip-off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mApYueP3f4M&sns=em Okamocchi sings way too well. No wonder he's popular. But he looks kind of sick, lol.

847 “April Fools” won't get you off the hook here. I've reported it.

I'm off to Osaka-jō Hall for some takoyaki.

>860 Who'd you report it to, lol?

The police.

There's this trend where writing “plagiarism” makes you look like you understand music. It's an instant no-go word.

I wonder if they'll release a new song around June.

The other day, Chiharu Matsuyama said on the radio that regional halls can't break even unless they get 1,200 people. ...How do jazz musicians and other musicians who only play live houses make a living?

GARNET CROW.

There aren't really musicians who only work in live houses. People have always said that only a tiny number can live on music alone, so I guess they work part-time too. Even if it's behind the scenes, having a music-related job is probably the better option.

>866 Merch sales. The live itself is a service. Apparently regional shows are especially in trouble if people don't buy merch. The travel expenses for the whole group aren't trivial either. Some smaller artists even plan things like trips where they travel together with fans. If you want to support them, basically buy their CDs and DVDs. Seriously.

You think singers who've made their major-label debut don't have day jobs?

It would've been nice if they'd released the B-side best a little sooner... GARNET is always out of sync in that regard. It's sad that the better the stuff is, the more out of sync they are.

That's how all dream-chasing jobs are, right? Better than reaching some ordinary morning. Yeah, yeah.

Echigo-Yuzawa is closer than Niigata. It's ¥13,000 round-trip from Tokyo and takes three hours. Even so, only 200 people came, which is a little disappointing. JCB was sold out, though. Maybe there were more casual trend-following customers that time?

If all four members were appearing, I might make the trip to Niigata... @Tokyo Of course I like Mini-Crow too, though.

I bet Nana-san is the highest earner in GARNET CROW.

Karaoke royalties probably aren't much. I've never once heard a GARNET CROW song at karaoke, lol.

Why is Yuri-san so incredibly beautiful?

For a while, they called her the Momoe Yamaguchi of the Heisei era.

>874 Ahh, I see. That might be true. >878 Come to think of it, she is kind of similar when she sings with that blank expression, lol.

I could make it to Tokyo, but Niigata is tough when you have kids. When I was single, I even went as far as Osaka.

“Kis-My-Ft2 Kis-My-MiNT Tour” backing band: Yasui, Masuda, Anderson, Shō Takada, Teranishi, Shalf, Akio, Haruki.

I love Yulippe's singing! I like that, unlike whatever Minako is liked by the mentally unstable people who post here all the time—Baba-saki, Baba-yumi, or whatever—she doesn't sustain notes with vibrato. If she did that, it'd just be enka, lol.

I might be the only one who used a Seishun 18 Ticket to go to Niigata and back. I took local trains on the way there, but most people took the shinkansen back.

>883 You're not exactly at the “Seishun 18” age anymore, are you?

Come to think of it, I remembered Yulippe saying in Niigata, “It's almost April, everyone. It's finally the new school term,” and Mochi immediately retorting, “I don't think anyone here is really in the new-school-term age bracket anymore...”

>884 You've never used a Seishun 18 Ticket, have you?

>886 Nope.

>887 You've misunderstood what “Seishun 18” means.

>885 Ah, Mochi's comeback was so quick, lol.

What are Furui-san and the others doing?

I wonder if Yuri-san went skiing before heading home.

I think she said the staff or someone stopped her at the last live.

http://www.mikazuki-go.com/about.html She said she was going there.

There’s no way the athletically hopeless Yulippe could ski.

Yulippe is cute, yulippe zzz.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

It was nice that “STAY” finally brought them back to their early style, so why did they start heading in this weirdly bright direction again with “parallel universe”? I wish they'd remember their roots. Yulippe likes writing songs in minor keys better too, right?

Isn't it just the result of writing whatever songs they liked and wanted to write at each point in time? The Conan tie-in probably had an influence during that period too.

Now that it's April, the calendar has changed from Nana-chan to Okamocchi.

I think “STAY” is their best song in recent years, but I've never thought of it as part of their early style.

Furui-san's arrangements are always god-tier... They fit Yulippe's songs perfectly.

Songs I'd like Nakamura Yuri to cover, series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUpNwrpVnF0 This one's incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you think of “Aozora Kanata”? I absolutely love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8QhVb14vYM&sns=em Nana-chan really is cute.

Please add Rina Aiuchi-tan to the group.

Yuri-san is way too beautiful...

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GARNET CROW 46.

So that's what the lyrics to “Issho ni Kurasou” are like. I didn't know she was the kind of person who wrote lyrics that direct.

>904 I like it. I actually like “parallel universe” quite a bit, even though this thread doesn't rate it highly.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

>904 >910 I got excited and put them backwards. Sorry. “Aozora Kanata” made me realize again that it's a good song when I heard it live rather than on CD. It's refreshing, so it's a fine song for an ending. The lyrics to “Issho ni Kurasou” really feel like getting hit by a straight ball. A called strike. Personally, I find it interesting and would like to hear it live too.

>904 >910 I got excited and reversed them. Sorry.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1084870790

Is “Aozora Kanata” a long-distance-love song?

I want to marry Yuri-san.

I came to like “Aozora Kanata” after hearing it on the parallel universe tour~

So “Aozora Kanata” was performed on the parallel universe tour. I think they sang “Tell Me” in Osaka.

When did iTunes come back?

What kind of sex do Yulippe and Nana-san have? Does anyone know?

“Circle Days” is great.

“Kono Fuyu no Shirosa ni.”

Nana-san's hair is wet-styled in the live footage and I want to copy it. I wonder what styling product she uses.

She mentioned using Cape or something at the fan event.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Nakamura Yuri's vocal runs are like... What do you call a delinquent girl in puberty? The answer is... Yee-yeah~♪ (I hate being at home~)

1. B'z “GO FOR IT, BABY - KIOKU no Sanmyaku” 17.6 2. SUPER JUNIOR DONGHAE & EUNHYUK “Oppa, Oppa” 4.0 3. Kaori Mizumori “Hitori Nagara-gawa” 2.7 4. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu “CANDY CANDY” 1.7 5. Masaharu Fukuyama “Ikiteru Ikiteku” 1.5 6. Fairies “Beat Generation / No More Distance” 1.4 7. negoto “sharp #” 1.2 8. MAN WITH A MISSION “distance” 1.0 9. UVERworld “7th Trigger” 0.9 10. Kis-My-Ft2 “SHE! HER! HER!” 0.8

Are the ticket results out yet?

>922 Yulippe is a virgin, you know.

GARNET CROW.

Yulippe's pussy is loose—Yuruppe.

>923 Is “Circle Days” popular? Personally, I like it. The fusion of dark and pop is pretty interesting.

>926 So Cape is what she uses for the finishing touch?

【Survey】 More than 80% of women in their 30s are “looking for marriage” or “want to look for marriage.” 15% of women in their 20s “start hobbies or lessons to meet someone”... Marriage-hunting survey. http://uni.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/newsplus/1333509483/ I wonder if both of them are marriage-hunting. First, Yulippe needs to fix her appearance, and Azuki-san needs to fix her personality.

I'd do anything for Yuri-san.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

What happens when you press your ear to the earth and close your eyes?

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Is 939 a shill?

Not many posts lately. I guess it can't be helped since the members are working on production and aren't doing any public activities.

“Waratte Iitomo” on April 3: Rola: “I often take phone photos of just the pages I like at bookstores.” 389:04/03(Tue) 12:49 8ScSkoB4 [sage] She just casually confessed to a crime, lolololol. 390:04/03(Tue) 12:49 Z3RgArL5 [sage] That's digital shoplifting. 391:04/03(Tue) 12:49 3VYRnGY1 [sage] Don't take pictures, lol. 392:04/03(Tue) 12:49 PeXBiES4 [sage] It is a crime, after all. 394:04/03(Tue) 12:49 Xf5SfPXt [sage] Rola, that's a crime.

Being itself is a company that loves plagiarism. Didn't they recently make some half-baked group that copied Kalafina too? I bet GARNET CROW was also told by the higher-ups to make plagiarized songs. If they don't transfer somewhere else soon, maybe they'll end up in court.

Yulippe is so cute, yulippe.

>945 (^∀^)つhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqp1fB_0zOY&sns=em

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

>944 What's Kalafina?

The miraculous 35-year-old.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

I'm going to masturbate to Yulippe now.

I want Yulippe to watch me masturbate.

>952 She's probably having sex with her boyfriend right now.

>953 Absolutely not!!

>939 Probably nothing will come of that... More importantly, is this a thread where perverts put Nakamura-san down? This is seriously too much. Seriously speaking.

Next live, I want them to play nothing but “Spiral” for two and a half hours.

Any new fans would be completely put off and never come back.

There aren't any new fans to begin with, though.

>949 I did think she was miraculous until a few years ago, but lately it feels like she's deteriorated at high speed with her foot flat on the accelerator.

As for the music, it's deteriorated at rocket-engine speed.

>957 If anything, I think the old-school fans are the ones who have decreased. It's lonely not seeing those longtime fans who used to fill both sides of the questionnaires with comments at lives.

Even so, I like them, so I can't quit being a fan.

>958 I took someone to the last live. When I asked what they thought about going again, they said they'd think about it.

>946 This video is really good. I like the title song too. Too bad it didn't make the B-side best...

>963 You got rejected, basically. Did you at least show them the DVD beforehand?

For jAdb8GkQ0-san, here's the world-famous Miku-san.^^ I'm 955. I've been a fan since their debut. At first I thought they were a new group fronted by Takayama from TWO-MIX, since they were connected to Conan. Anyway, they're wonderful just as they were then and are now, and of course they will be going forward too. Isn't everyone else like that?

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

Yulippe at 34...

I'm seeing a 39-year-old married woman, and someone who looks young is totally fine by me.

Once you see the real person, age and all that just flies out the window.

Completely wiped out at the “Crie” lottery, www. It would cost 4.5 to buy one too, so I gave up, lol.

Still no news about a new song at all.

>946 This really is great. It's nothing but rare footage.

GARNET CROW.

I looked up “Astralis” and found out this novel is actually difficult... (Did the GARNET people go to a university literature department?) ...It seemed like too much work, so I started reading from the dedicatory poems in Part 2. The first half is way too full of erotic, sensual, romantic stuff, but if it can discuss myths, spirits, gods, supernatural phenomena, evil spirits and reapers in this tone, I'm all for it. I'm like a kid who gets influenced by looking at some weird website, so if it's serious literature, it's safe. Judging by the layout of the text in the second half, the main text after the dedicatory poems looks dark too... Just like the explanation I found online... ♪ I fell in love, what else could I do...

Azuki-chan is an angel, right? What kind of person would someone that beautiful fall for?

Cunt.

Hiroko Taniyama got older and married... Mimori Yusa got older and married too... It's a harsh reality for the idol-like, clingy, abnormal male fans here, but it's a road everyone travels. If the two GARNET members need to, they should announce their marriages... Is the religion I've joined really that powerful? I'm starting to see a structure like a game of Go where someone gives instructions. Is a barrier preventing me from seeing GARNET's lives? If I could see one, I'd pretend I was going to a museum next time (to distribute the weight, distribute the energy, and keep my center of gravity balanced).

I only recently realized that I like Michiko Kichise because she looks like Yulippe.

That person YUI (from the show Tamori was on yesterday, the chart show). If I use this person as a cushion, it'll be okay! Of course I knew her because it's a famous song. (Is that how a folk guitar looks?) Of course, I couldn't see it through Minako at the time. I had bigger things to worry about then... In no particular order, if the GARNET people announce their marriages, and then I find a beautiful woman in her late thirties through a marriage agency—someone desperate and looking vulnerable— the story reaches checkmate. I resign. A middle-game win, and everything settles peacefully.

If that's the case, I won't spread weird attached spirits or living spirits even if I go to a live. ...I'll dedicate this incomprehensible rambling to the person whose death anniversary is tomorrow? Please laugh at it... ...Namu Amida Butsu.

>976 Junji Takada or Yuji Miyake. Lecherous men, strong men.

Sticking a cotton swab up my ass felt good.

>983 Are you Nana-san?

“Real Scope Z” is great, right?

Shori-pon is so cute.

“Circle Days” is great.

Even if there's nothing to talk about, there are way too many perverts here. Let's each name our favorite song for now. I guess mine is “Crystal Gauge.”

I've been a fan since their debut, and I think “Timeless Sleep” is the pinnacle.

“Mawarimichi.”

I am a demon.

I'll do my best again today for Yuri-san.

I wish they'd announce the summer schedule already. I want something to look forward to.

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The chills are making me shiver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QlsA9LIxCg

Are you having fun? Picking apart and insulting other people. Is it self-satisfaction? Or is it love turned inside out? It's really twisted. Don't you feel empty? Go outside. The cherry blossoms are beautiful.^^ >989 Agreed. It's great. Including the PV, it feels like they've established their own world. And more than anything, Nakamura-san is so delicate and cute. I feel like I could have a good drink with you. ( ^^)Y☆Y(^^ ) >991 Nice job playing hide-and-seek.^^

“Nakenai Yoru mo Nakanai Asa mo” is my favorite.

Nana-chan.

Yes.

If this is post 1000, the age of GARNET CROW has arrived.