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The Wonderful World of Denpa
On July of 1981, a man by the name Kawamata Gunji went on a stabbing spree on the streets of Koto, Tokyo, claiming the lives of two women and two children. He then kidnapped a housewife and barricated himself inside a restaurant for seven hours. The day before this incident, Gunji had applied for a…
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about NEO-KAWAII
“Japanese is so difficult, but English is…” “More difficult!” Nardwuar vs. Chai It’s with these bold words that Mana, CHAI’s main vocalist, responds to an interview completely in English for one of their US tours. For nearly nine minutes the girls and the interviewer do nothing but yell English words at each other with smiles…
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Girls meet NUMBER GIRL
In seventh grade, Hisako Tabuchi picked up her brother’s guitar and never put it down again. It was 1988. She went on to join her school’s all-girl band, which led her to a music festival, where she met a bassist called Kentarou Nakao who watched her band and decided that this girl was alright. They…