(04-21-2010, 12:50 AM)Yui Wrote: I'm not sure if this is the right timing for me to write here (I'm Japanese..) but all I can say is I agree to the comment that all fans are somewhat demanding in their nature. But then, I am excited about VAMPS for their ambition, inspiration, and passion for trying to put coolest sounds they can make together and sending them out to the world, and just having fun with it. I know there's lot of commercial part included in their promotions, goods, etc, well that's natural cause they are doing this for business.

I noticed some crazy comments about bashing girls on PV or other not really nice things to say for personal life stuffs. It makes me feel just sad. I'm sure our rock stars know what they got themselves into by being stars (I'm sure being stars are crazy businesses), but hopefully we won't see many crazy fans saying crazy things. I remember that hyde-san mentioned about the danger of the internet, and his thoughts was 'think about what you'll write on the internet if your identity was disclosed' or something like that. I'm on the same tone here.

Personally, I've been a fan for K.A.Z-san for more than 10 years, and I just want to enjoy what they do and their music.

Eh, I don't see why it should be a bad time for you to write here. We're only talking about the Japanese fans that were not so supportive (which, as you can probably see, was not a large enough number to make too big of an influence), not the more loyal fans as I'm sure you probably are (otherwise you would probably not be posting here). People in America act the exact same way sometimes. I hope it didn't sound like I, or anyone else, was saying that the Japanese fanbase as a whole was like that.

On a different note, yes, there is definitely marketing involved in the promotion of their music, but that's certainly not malicious. It's called making a living. You have to make money to survive so you can continue to do what you love, right? That's just how I see it.

EDIT - OH LOOK AT MY TINY LITTLE SIGNATURE! IT'S SO TINY! WHY IS IT SO TINY?! OH MY GOD! WHY?!?