vkei is doomed on media dawg

visual kei aint what it used to be, i was on tiktok and saw some make a video about "what vkei substyle are u!!!!!" and the only ones there were kote, oshare, tanbi, kurofuku, and softubi (labelled as soft-kei which is valid) and when i asked them about the others (i asked about iryou, okeshou, and loud) they said "what r those 💀"  ... please get ur asses on livejournal, mh, and vk.gy.. the thing that is even worse is that no one knows kurafu and showa kayou and angura is a whole mess (kurafu is basically just punk and red kote in EXTREMELY simple terms and showa kayou is showa era inspired pop while having a 70s/80s vintage feel in visuals) i feel like i should explain angura without brackets since it is important (kinda, idk), basically angura is westernized term for wafuu.

 now i need to rant about tanbi kei and vampire music. ever since the vkei boom on tiktok some new fans have decided to call vkei as a whole subculture "vampire music" .. nuh uh. visual kei was built off of glam rock and heavy visuals which slowly expanded into this massive and beautiful subculture, but mfs are out here minimizing visual kei into gothic (no hate to gothic music n stuff, i love gothic music) vampire 1800s fantasy character ai wattpad ao3 shit. i used to love tanbi kei and malice mizer but i get so embarrassed mentioning them because i dont want to get into a vampire music conversation. 

where do i go with the misusage of terms. i swear every once in a while i will see people using japanglish for vkei terms (bando, bandomen) which is fine and i love the effort but it just feels corny whenever i see people use it lol, but there is a bigger problem, honmei/oshi, cheki, live, i will see people, usually the vampire music mfs go "i got a new sena photocard!!" or "i stan mana", it hurts. it deeply hurts to see people use the word "stan", neo visual kei's motive is to not fit in with mainstream-ness, stan is like marketing someone as a makeup product, to make yourselves them and put them all over you (dont take this the other way.). its like the kawaii situation but instead of people being wrongfully educated people are just uneducated.

ok, if youre new to the scene and honestly dont know anything and want to not be a tiktok-only-source poser, heres some really good sources

vk.gy

vkei reddit

monochrome heaven (mh)

jrock one (used to be mh)

also interact with the vkei community on anything that you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

heres my vkei terms list, theres not a lot since its unfinished 

bangya/bangyaru - heavy fan, willing to do crazy things for a band, or a girl who imitates a bands looks

agaru - retired fan (to ascend)

gyao - male term for bangya

jouren - regular fan, visits almost/all lives

zentsuu - visits all bands worldwide performances

kaofan - only a fan for the visuals/looks

mitsukano - a fan that sends money

moumoku - only cares for 1 band/1 member and no others

obangya - older bangya (rude)

okkake - stalker fan

okini - band members fav fan

panpi - an outsider, someone who knows nothing of vkei

satsure - a fan letter containing contact info and money

shinki - new fan

tsunagari - connected to a band through contact info

ongen - any merch that makes sound 

ban/bando - japanglish for band

amaban - indie band

domainaa ban - super unknown band, only few acknowledge

kamiban - a loved band that disbanded

onnagata - a member who is a male but dresses feminine (crossdressing)

anchi: japanglish for anti, anti/band you hate

ike/ikemen - well looking (like haruka)

honmei - favourite

dai honmei - still active favourite

dekin - band banned from a venue or a fan banned from seeing a band

ibento - instore event or event live

insuto - instore event

most of these are basic japanese words as well, so dont mix them up, i would put hiragana but im too lazy