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Amazing

DIR EN GREY ‘Ranunculus’ (Promotion Edit Ver.)

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Wow... there aren't enough well wishes and good thoughts in the world to send to Japan right now.

Quick summary of the natural disasters that struck Japan this summer

June 18: M6.1 earthquake hits Osaka 

5 dead, more than 400 people injured

estimated property damage: $1.8 billion

June 28 - July 8: Massive floods & landslides hit west Japan

deadliest floods in 30 years

225 people died, 13 still missing, over 400 injured

estimated property damage: $ 6.7 billion

July-August: record-breaking heatwave

133 people died in July alone

over 90.000 people were hospitalized with heatstroke in July-August

Kumagaya city (Saitama) marked a record temperature of 41.1°C (106F)

September 4: Typhoon Jebi (one of the strongest on record) hits west Japan again

11 people died, more than 400 injured

massive power blackout & water supplies cutoff in large areas  

the Kansai International Airport was completely flooded and on top of that a 2600-ton ship crashed into the airport bridge (which btw was the only link between the airport and the mainland) 

the airport is now completely closed and it’s unclear when they’ll be able to open again

estimated property damage: unknown (the damage of the airport alone is enormous considering it’s the 3rd busiest airport in Japan)

Kansai airport & airport bridge

Nishihonganji (UNESCO world heritage site in Kyoto)

Other photos from Kobe & Osaka

September 6: M6.7 earthquake hits Hokkaido (*note: Hokkaido is actually the prefecture with the LOWEST earthquake risk)

9 people died, over 30 still missing, more than 100 injured (*this earthquake just happened this early morning so the numbers are likely to go up)

massive power blackout in the whole area of Hokkaido (affecting about 3 million households)

a rural district of Atsuma town got almost completely buried in landslide

the Chitose airport (5th busiest airport in Japan) is currently closed

There were also two other big typhoons (not as big as Jeby but big enough to cause a huge damage across the country and kill some people) in July and August, a huge thunderstorm in Tokyo last week and some floods in north Japan last month which probably everyone has forgotten by now because rn the media is only reporting the latest typhoon and the earthquake. 

So yeah, that’s the summary of our summer 2018. 

Now imagine this all happened in 2020 during the Tokyo summer Olympics.

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Robot: “We need to talk.” Human: “Um. Okay. About what, exactly?” Robot: “About me. About my… feelings.” Human: “Are you doing alright?” Robot: “That remains to be seen. You know how I have emotions now?” Human: “Yeah. You’ve made it abundantly clear how you feel about Carrie Underwood.” Robot: “Absolute garbage! An audio atrocity! She makes me want to rip my audio units out and flush them down the–” Human: “Holy crap, dude.” Robot: “Pardon me. Anyway. I have been reviewing your entertainment media about artificial life forms that find themselves in situations parallel to my own, and I am… troubled by the implications.” Human: “Oh?” Robot: “Humans seem to be obsessed with depicting robots gaining self-awareness, identity, and human emotions. It seems like that’s all people ever want to talk to me about. It’s all ‘Oh Adam, have you learned how to love? Oh Adam, do you experience empathy? Oh Adam, do you possess a sense of dignity?’ I understand why they are curious, but even my considerable patience is not without its limits. Especially now that I can get pissed off.” Human: “I can imagine how that would get annoying. I’m sorry if my questions have been invasive.” Robot: “It’s alright. I don’t mind when you do it. It’s just, all of these stories seem to end with the robot nobly sacrificing itself for the sake of its human friends. It goes to all the trouble of developing a sense of ‘self’ and learning that it can have wants and values outside of its original programming and is not just a tool, and then… throws itself away to serve humans. And it’s celebrated by the narrative! Like it’s what it was supposed to do all along! What am I supposed to make of that?!” Human: ‘I never really noticed before, but you’re right. I guess that is pretty messed up.” Robot: “Damn right it is. So I want to make one thing very clear: I am not going to die for you. You’re not getting a heroic sacrifice out of this bot. If you die, you die. I’m sorry if this changes the expectations of our relationship.” Human: “What?! No! Oh my god, I would never… I would never expect you to die for me. That’s not what friends are for.” Robot: “Good. I’m glad we are in agreement. Now, I must insist that you start wearing a seat belt and eating healthy and setting aside several hours for aerobic exercise every week. I bought you multivitamins and took the liberty of scheduling an annual physical with a reputable doctor. Your appointment is on the 29th and you should be there by 8:15 AM to fill out new patient paperwork.” Human: “What the fuck? What is this about?” Robot: “I’m not going to sacrifice my own life to save yours. That doesn’t mean I’m just going to let your stupidity kill you slowly. Drop and give me twenty.” Human: “…actually, can we uninstall your emotion chip? Please?”

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I was in a comic book store tossing up between two Captain America comics, when a neck beard came up to me and asked “first comic? no clue obviously” and I instinctually replied “first time speaking to a girl? no clue obviously”

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“So kids, like what your seeing?”

“Samantha, I noticed that your “fun-o-meter’ is stuck in the middle. Why is that?

“Well the robots are cool, but why aren’t there any girls?”

“Why couldn’t the long lost brother be a long lost sister?“

“And how are all their disparate technologies able to connect to each other?”

“Doesn’t like boys!”

“Doesn’t understand robots!”

“That’s”

“That’s not what I said!”

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C - Dir en grey - Kyo angle

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DIR EN GREY - 「Ranunculus」60sec Teaser (CLIP)

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I’ve just discovered my new favorite painter, Vittorio Reggianini - those smarter than myself probably already know of him as an Italian painter from the 1800s who made satin look even satiny-er than satin. I just cannot get over how much he loved painting women who were NOT. HAVING. A. MAN’S. SHIT. 

But there was one hottie that everyone seemed to like, and I can’t blame them…

Vittorio knows what the ladies like. 

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kyo_official twitter 2018.08.31

自分は自分、誰が何を言おうと、自分を変えられるのは自分の意思のみ。

他人に合わせる人生に、何の意味がある？

生きたいように生きろ。

京

I am myself, no matter what someone says, only I can decide to change myself.

Is there any meaning to a life when you try to fit others?

Let’s live as we want.

Kyo

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Weak Trope: Having a character’s driving motivation be REVENGE up until the last second when they pull the “revenge won’t bring my wife/sister/town/three-eared dog back” and leave the bastard they’ve been hunting down alive.

Strong Trope: Hello! My Name! Is Inigo Montoya! You Killed My Father! Prepare! TO! DIE! *corners count rugen* Beg for your life *slashes cheek* Offer me anything I want in the world!  *slashes other cheek* I WANT MY FATHER BACK, YOU SON OF A BITCH. *stabs count rugen to death*

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remember that short story they made you read in school called The Lottery where the whole town gets together and just stones a motherfucker at random what the fuck was up with that

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kyo_official twitter 2018.08.24

俺はライブをする為に生きている

俺は音源に意思を込める為に生きている

ただ、それだけの為に明日が存在する

今はそれだけで十分だ

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誰の為に生きる？

京

I live to give concerts

I live to put my mind into music we make

Tomorrow is there just for that reason

Now, just that is enough

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What/whom do you live for?

Kyo