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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
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
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