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I'm still slowly catching up with Scandal so to speak, though to be honest mostly their "greatest hits". It's crazy how productive they've been through all those years. And although not all songs are really my thing, they are definitely insanely versatile. And most importantly, they still seem to enjoy very much what they're doing!
And that is actually one of the greatest appeals a band can have to me. Nothing worse than a veteran band where the members seem to be only in it out of habit or for the money but can't seem to stand each other anymore.

Thanks for posting this! Actually I didn't have a chance to properly listen to this until just now! The last weeks were just crazy busy for me, which is also why I wasn't really active here recently...

But yeah, typically great song by Kaneyorimasaru I say! I wanted to write that it's a repeating pattern with them to show young women going through heartbreak in their MVs, but after a quick scan through YouTube, the only other one I found is 26. That one just seems to have left a big impression on me. 😅

I just kind of want to post a MV with a happy couple to balance it out now 😁

Hah, I knew that Band-Maiko started as an April fools joke by them, but I didn't know that about cluppo!

@[email protected] you haven't posted a 96neko song in a while, so I took the liberty. 😀

Cool, thanks! So it was this one? https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VIZL-2143 Maybe I'll treat my self too.

Did you order it directly from Japan or via an importer in Germany?

That's really an impressive song born from this collaboration! You're right, it does feel like from a musical, especially with the dialogue between the two parts. Also an great variety of musical styles incorporated there... At times it kind of seemed reminiscent of The Smashing Pumpkins, other sections were kind of 80s synth-pop, Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody?) or David Bowie... Pretty wild!

Man, you might just get me into idol stuff in my old days... Until recently, "idol" was basically synonymous with highly polished, overproduced and a squeaky clean image in my mind. So "underground idol" was basically an oxymoron to me. But this performance is really raw, in the good sense, i.e. gives an authentic impression. I really liked it!

When you say you've been talking with them (also in the 100-YOKAI post), do you mean on Twitter? Or are you in Japan and could actually meet them at events?

Cheers!

That's really interesting! Feel free to post more about them if you like. Do they talk about which youkai each member represents for example? Or is that obvious to an average Japanese person just by looking at them?

Lol, that's certainly an interesting concept for an idol group. Next you're going to tell me there's an actual zombie idol group out there!

Btw, could you maybe edit the post title so it contains the title "Samba de Onija" in romaji?

@[email protected] did the live bluray you ordered arrive? There are unfortunately not many live videos of this band on YT, only shorts...

Right? I haven't even watched Escaflowne, but this performance got me emotional. Kanno on the piano is outright adorable, with how enthusiastic she is about the song and getting everyone to sing along.

At first I thought this was another cover of the song "ERROR" you've already posted a few versions of here. Like an exploration of different interpretations of the song as a series of posts. I actually wouldn't be opposed to that. 😄 This one is also great though.