When are you considered as a fan?

Nowadays Kagrra, and Golden Bomber is always in my head. lol. In which I keep thinking would I ever be considered as their fan? Cos I really like them... but somehow I feel that what I'm doing may not be sufficient from what a fan should do. Anyways, because of this, I'm thinking of my own definition of a fan from what I've been through as an Ayu fan. [Right now I'm already a hardcore Ayu fan. (^_-)-☆ ]

Different levels of a fan:
1. Discovering stage → just got into the artiste and knowing their basics such as the members/genre/concept, and listening to all their songs.
2. Supporting stage → by buying at least one album as they are worth your support now! Your are sure that they are your favourites!!
3. Collection stage → expanding your album/singles/DVD collection and also buying other goodies such as posters/keychains/cards/stickers etc...
4. Hardcore fan stage → doing all of the above + have a good understanding of the artiste's history/life/family/likes etc + keeping up with their updates!

I remember when I first bought my Ayu album A BEST I was so stunned! Cos I feel that all the songs are so familiar in which I think I must have really listened to them before [but don't know when]. And so this made me developed an interest in Ayu's music and I began to source for more Ayu albums ever since. ヽ(ˆ0ˆ)ノ

So at a minimum, I would say that at level 2 buying at least one album would be what a fan really is! Because you bother to buy the album as a start, in which it'll make u love the artiste more, and so u will get to the collection stage. ♪───Ｏ（≧∇≦）Ｏ────♪

Being a hardcore fan really takes a lot of effort! That's why Ayu has been my main focus all along. And so for now, I can keep up with news of Ayu much better. [besides the fact that news of her is easily accessible than other Japanese artistes (*_*) ] I think having one main singer you like the most and focus all your time on it would be more than enough!!
When I was at the collection stage, I even went to remember the tracklist of her albums and so I definitely know which songs are in which album. And of cos what the songs are about based on what Ayu has expressed in her lyrics and pv. They are almost at my finger tips already. xD And now that I'm already too much into Ayu until that I'm so concerned about her. I'm really sort of worried for her love life. (~_~) Maybe I'm just doing too much? haha. But that's what hardcore fans are I guess. (^o^)

So for Kagrra, I've already own 1 of their albums and I'm trying to listen to all their songs and looking at their lyrics, but I'm thinking am I at level 2 and 4? Cos I'm also now into knowing more about Isshi and the other band members. [Wonder what are they doing right now?] Can't believe I'm a Kagrra, fan for 5 years already. O_O
Anyway as you know, Visual-kei albums are hard to get and are so expensive!! I think it's already a miracle to me to be able to get that Kagrra, Shu album. I really cherish it a lot! So, not that I don't wanna expand my Kagrra, collection but it's something quite hard to do now.  (´･_･`)

As for Golden bomber, I'm still discovering them so I'm sure I'm at level 1 although I'm looking at their twitter nowadays wondering what they've been doing. haha. I'm kinda sad being at level 1 for GB as I wanna get their album!! At least 1 please! But it's really hard to get Kinbaku's album cos I can't find them here. (T_T) I'm pretty sure that besides me liking them being so hilarious, their songs are really my type! Although it's only Kirisho doing all these music thing. lol.

For Namie, I'm at level 3 now since I've got 2 Namie albums. I wouldn't say I know about Namie very well but I do know of her past cos I've once read the translation of a book that her mom wrote. It was really sad past for her. But I'm glad that Namie has achieved so much now. (^-^)


I would say that level 1 would be too low and it's more like casual listeners of a certain genre. So now my level 1 fandom would be Kyary pamyu pamyu, Fairies, the Gazette, XJapan, GUILD. I'm not that into them yet but I'm discovering them as much as I can. Although my time spent on them is quite little compared to my focus ones above. (≧▽≦)ゞ

Okay, I think that I'm discovering artistes that I begin to like almost every year. But they seem to stuck at level 1 for me. I generally like them but hard to develop any further. Because I have not got the urge to get at least one album from them! Besides that it takes a lot of effort, I don't usually got into an artiste so easily. It's not that easy to like someone or something isn't it? haha.

If I like them, I really like them~! Or else they will be level 1 for me. But I'm sure Kinbaku can be level 2 for me if I can get their album now cos I really wanted it! If I got the feeling of 'wanting' to buy the album, I'm pretty sure of myself I really have fallen for them and so I can declare myself as a fan once I bought their album. =)

Oh, that means for now, I still can't call myself a Golden Bomber fan. Oh well... I shall cry now. (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

Ar~~~ My dearest Golden Bomber...

please wait for me~~

Kyary pamyu pamyu in VOCE June 2012 issue

oh yes! This should be my first post about Kyary. hahaha. I bought the mag with her on the cover!! Yeah, it was the cover that attracted me first, and then the contents was exactly what I wanted! So that's why I ended up buying it. It's the first time I'm owning VOCE mag and I certainly hope it doesn't disappoint me like Vivi. (O_O)

Taking it at a slightly weird angle just to avoid that light reflection. lol but I just dun like to remove the plastic wrap before I take the photo.

There's 8 pages of Kyary in this mag. Nothing much in fact. I thought it would be nice if there is an interview of her inside but nope. Oh well, I should have expect it since it's not written on the cover anyway. It's just a short introduction about her and Kyary doll up herself like Brigitte Bardot. I dun know if she really looks like B.B but Kyary totally looks like a doll to me. haha. Kyary thinks that 'Kawaii' to her must be something evil, disgusting and poison! and that's the charm of it! I'm really surprised at her definition of 'Kawaii'. I thought cute things should be something that melts your heart where you will go 'awww....' Okay, that's my definition then.  ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

There are 4 different looks of her inside. In which they show the few cosmetics she used to achieve the look kinda like B.B. Seriously, I couldn't spot the difference!! Kyary looks the same to me! All big eyes. lol. The most obvious difference would be the lipstick. I can't really see much difference in the makeup. Or maybe I'm just bad at differentiating. haha. Anyway, that's all about it. End of the 8 pages. Although kinda disappointed but not totally. It's only Kyary's part that I wished there's more. About the rest of the pages....

The content features focus on whitening! As i've said, that's what I wanted to know! But first, when I flipped the mag there's alot of advertisement pages in the front. Only from Kyary onwards that's where the info comes. There are many Q&As and techniques about whitening. And even if there's advertisement, they show mostly on whitening products to use! There's even one part where they give scores!! I'm amazed at this part. I would say it's worth but the most expensive mag that I've bought. But anyway, content wise it's better than Vivi so even if it's slightly higher price it should be okay. Overall, I'm satisfied!!

Alrights. I would update about the whitening info when I'm free. They show so many new whitening products but most are kinda expensive to me I wonder when can I ever buy it. But I dun wanna give up doing whitening on my face! I dun like the skin tone of my face darker than my hands. The current whitening essence I'm currently using doesn't seem to be effective on me. I wonder how now.（・□・；）