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After having had a pretty anxious week in Japan (grad school, apartment trouble etc.), I went to see Garnet Crow with a Japanese friend who kindly bought the ticket for both of us last month because I couldn't do that from Germany. Since it was her first concert, I explained a lot to her about miniqlo and some recurring jokes and we said we would go together again and let's hope they do more oldish songs because those were the best and most original GC etc. We didn't see much because we had arena tickets, but that was okay.

During the concert, Yurippe talked about the album title "Terminus" a little and explained that it had to do with the English terminal as a place for people to meet during journey etc., and I was a little relieved thinking maybe it wasn't meant to signify their end. The concert was as usual, they played a lot of new songs, no 夢みたあとで and no Holy ground, and then after the encore when they all lined up and bowed, BAM! Yurippe announced their disbanding. I'm still under shock, to be honest. I came home last night and couldn't say anything to my guest family, but I did the dished, hoping it would calm me down, trembling. O.o

I know the disbanding of a favourite band is not the end of the world and that many people have more important problems, but it's still so sad how a band I've loved since high school and who gave me a reason to study Japanese can just disband. After all the anxiety I've had after coming to Japan, I was finally in a place where I could think, "maybe it's good to be here, even if it gets tough there's always Garnet Crow to cheer me up", and then this.
I'm sure they have their reasons (one online source said something along the lines of "used it all up" (出し切った)) and I know that I was among the people who complained about their latest work just not being the same, but couldn't they just take a creative break instead of a complete break-up? It's such a shame, especially for Yurippe's great and unique voice. The others have solo projects, but what will Yurippe do? Although to be honest, while she was fantastic yesterday, while watching the last concert DVD, I wondered if she might have vocal problems or if she was just exhausted.

Anyway, I will go to the last concert that was already announced for late May/early June, so hold your thumbs for me and (good) tickets! (I'm not in the fanclub because it was difficult to join from Germany, and now I don't think there's any use to enter anymore... it does cost money I don't really have at the moment. >.<)

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