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subgenres
Misshitsu kei密室系
- Looks: '70s~'80s inspired but dark or unsettling. Sounds: emotive rock instrumentation with high pop melodies. Active: '98~'04
osare keiオサレ系
- Looks: youthful, clashing materials. Sounds: childish but ironic, cloyingly happy, instrument-forward. Active: '02~'07.
pikopiko keiピコピコ系
- Looks: heavily cyber, Showa/sentai flourishes. Sounds: completely reliant on electronic elements.
shironuri kei白塗り系
- Looks: white facepaint, punk aesthetics. Sounds: punk or Western-inspired rock; vkei by association.
sounds like
digitalデジタル
- Heavily features digital sounds, techno elements, or synthesizer.
experimental実験音楽
- Music that is “experimental” compared to the scene at the time.
for fun
underrated過小評価
- Considered by users to have too little recognition compared to their talent.

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