Got back from my 5-week Japan trip two nights ago. I didn't go to as many shows as I would've liked, but I did see Lillies and Remains, Love Ningen, and mizuirono_inu.
Lillies and Remains are incredible live. They have such a great presence, and I gotta say even as a hetero man, they're very hot lol.
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So the Love Ningen one was a strange occurrence. I randomly happened across a birthday show they were doing for 1000 yen at a live house in Shimokitazawa because I was checking on the venue out of curiosity since I heard it got shut down last year. It was a special place for me because I performed with one of my bands there when I studied abroad in uni. The bar was open, so I walked in and chatted with the staff, and they told me about the show and how it's still a venue just under new ownership. I got along with the staff really well and ended up hanging behind the merch booth for a while chatting and having drinks with them haha.
For mizuirono_inu, they DMed me a couple months back before the show was announced to let me know the date because I had said I really hoped to see them while I was in Tokyo. I talked to the band for a bit after the show and told them that was me, and it was very sweet. The show itself was one of the most passionate concerts I've ever seen and one of my favorites of all time. It was a free show, and they passed out two cases of beer for the crowd. They also pulled me and like 10 people on stage at the end, and I'll really treasure that memory. I didn't know until afterwards that other Virgin Babylon artists were in the crowd with me. The show reminded me of early Vampillia concerts where there's a mix of music and almost theater-like performance. Truly like no concert I've ever been to, though. It was a special one as they were the only act, and it was the longest set they've done to date.
View: https://twitter.com/Aurica__/status/1707762979725537700?t=xApr2MAqcZrxLExDDLAU9w&s=19
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Also, super random note, but I realized after looking at my pictures the next day that the Nishimoto guy on the shirt above? I saw him twice in Koenji earlier that same day. Very bizarre coincidence, but it was absolutely him because you don't forget a face like that (completely covered in tattoos)... and he himself was wearing a shirt with his face on it lol. Don't bother looking him up. He's just some guy trying to make some money off having an odd look.
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