A Very Asian Day

Somehow today was very Asian. First, we had a lunch in a Chinese restaurant.

Mandarin Palace in Sello

Then I returned these books to the library: 

Fan Art: Atsushi Sakurai

I rarely draw men, because it's harder for me, but sometimes I still try, and here is one of my recent attempts.

Atsushi Sakurai, Buck-Tick's vocalist.

It's Here! It's Here!

Yay, my exist†trace fan club card has finally arrived!

やった！exist†traceのファンクラブカードが届いた！

Sailor Jupiter approves!

「すごいです！」

Igu Day Fanart

Today is 19^th which means it's exist†trace's day! Their name is pronounced as igujisuto toreisu in Japanese, and “igu” sounds like 19. ;-)

今日はイグの日です！

I wanted to portray how the band looks like in their video comments. Usually two of them are normal, two are sleeping and one is hyper. (*^▽^*)

miko is holding Cheburashka, the unofficial band member.

Will we ever hear Cheburashka's back vocals?

Lots of hyperness here.

Fanart: Diamond Warrior Mally

It's fanart time again! (^o^)

I imagined Mally, drummer of exist†trace, as a warrior in samurai-inspired armour, and here is the result.

exist†traceのダイヤモンド戦士

To be honest, I love the colours a lot.（＾ｕ＾)

We play this, we play that

Sometimes it's hard to introduce someone to a new band, when their sound is so diverse that you don't know which song is The Song, the one that reflect the essence of the band the most. Some of my favourite bands are like that, switching from aggressive metal to soft ballads to pop-rock to something darker like it's no big deal. And the vocalists who can handle different styles of singing are the best!

I can't feature everyone here, sorry my dear Janne Da Arc, Dead Can Dance, Lacrimosa and many others. Only five bands tonight.

Nightwish (Finland)

Romanticide (vocals: Floor Jansen)

vs

Slow Love Slow (vocals: Anette Olzon)

Finnish dogs. Финские собаченции

Finns love dogs, there are lots of Canis everywhere I go. :-)

Любят финны собак, куда не пойдёшь – везде псинки. :-)

June Reading: LGBTQ

Because June was LGBTQ Pride Month, I only read books with queer characters. Here they are:

Wolf Kankare “Miska Pähkinä” (transgender)

Дарья Вильке «Шутовской колпак» (gay)

Arthur Conan Doyle “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes” (asexual, aromantic)

Caitlín R. Kiernan “The Drowning Girl” (lesbian, transgender)

Joana Estrela “Propaganda” (everyone? ^^ you can get this comic book here, read a review here)

Alaya Dawn Johnson “The Summer Prince” (bisexual, polyamorous)

Julie Maroh “Blue is the Warmest Color” (lesbian, gay)

Laura Lam “Pantomime” (intersexual, bisexual, gay)

Watched in June: