AVO Magazine's YouTube Music Playlist has been updated!
New additions (Week 24, 2025):
🍙 PLOTOLEMS
🍙 ツバメおおよろこび (Tsubame big joy)
🍙 oono yuuki band
🍙 いまみれん (Imami Ren)
🍙 THE DO DO DO’s
🍙 DISTRESS
🍙 寝込みかんぱにゅら (Nekomi Campanula)
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Hero Time - I would love to have more heroes like them.
Every week, AVO Magazine brings you a treasure trove of captivating music videos from lesser-known, new and intriguing Japanese artists who deserve your support! Read our latest article, published to highlight music videos released in week 24 of 2025.
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#wss366 06/13 #train
*****Return to the FATE GEAR *****
**** Chapter Six ****
**** Throw Away Your Bicycles ****
“NINO,” Mina—captain of the airship FATE GEAR, a vessel of mixed sails and steam power—yelled, “train these lubbers!”
“To the capstan, me hearties.” A bassist in pirate boots grabbed the Otherside pair by the collar.
Toriko whispered, ‘This is fun. I’ve always wanted to be a pirate!’ That stilled Sorawo’s protest.
“Why on earth would you want that?” Sorawo thought, baffled. “They’re just thugs and robbers on ships.”
“Pull hearty, lubbers,” NINO said. “Don’t just stand there like great jellyfish. Grab a bar and push.” Then, speaking to the other crew at the capstan, “Body-surf them off the ship if they slack.”
“Up anchor,” Mina yelled from the bridge. “We are off to storm the heavens! Pull down the Ultimate Patriarch! Fish, throw away your bicycles!”
Each step forward by the sailors—Toriko and Sorawo included—came with a heavy clank.
“Why do we even need to do this?” Sorawo grumbled to herself. “Bloody ship should do it. It’s got metal-infused steam power. So use it!”
An angry steam whistle sounded overhead, and Sorawo heard, (“Because if I did everything, I wouldn’t need a crew. What’s a sailing vessel without a crew? You may be worthless lubbers, but even you must admit, I have my dignity. I’m no garbage scow. No seagoing tanker of earth-destroying ooze and tar.”)
“I’M FATE GEAR, A PIRATE SHIP, AND PROUD OF IT. Oi! Oi!”
“Okay, we get it. Every headbanger aboard recognizes your worth. Now stop flapping yur’ tin whistle and get us going,” the captain ordered.
“Hoist the sail!” she shouted. “Down with the Boss Man. Up with the proletariat.”
The Otherside pair followed the rest of the crew and began hauling on a rope.
“Wow,” Toriko said, looking up as the massive sheet of canvas arose, white as a seagull’s wing and majestic as a cormorant in flight.”
Then, behind the sail, a train appeared and raced across the sky, a comet of tinsel and stars.
The surrounding crew muttered, “A hype train.”
“I wonder where Captain Twitch is headed in such a hurry.” Yuri said, then typed, “Eighteen-whistle salute! Put yur’ steam into it.”
A deafening cacophony of steam whistles sounded. Deep train whistles, sonorous factory whistles, and two-penny tin whistles split the air and Sorawo’s eardrums.
(To be Continued)
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AVO Magazine's YouTube Music Playlist has been updated!
New additions (Week 23, 2025):
🍙 とうめい天国 (Toumei Tengoku)
🍙 indoor cats.
🍙 306area
🍙 天乞い (Amagoi)
🍙 The Cards I Play
🍙 Haze of the Bullet Blossom
🍙 171
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Every week, AVO Magazine brings you a treasure trove of captivating music videos from lesser-known, new and intriguing Japanese artists who deserve your support! Read our latest article, published to highlight music videos released in week 23 of 2025.
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#wss366 06/05 #league
*****Return to the FATE GEAR *****
**** Chapter Five ****
**** Toriko Tigers ****
*** Part 2 ***
While she tried to work up the nerve to ask another question, Captain Mina climbed to the poop deck, hit a bass note on her guitar, and announced, “‘The League of Free Buccaneers’ has set sail to topple the Ultimate Tyrant—God. Prepare your instruments. We have many leagues to go. The wide open sky awaits our glorious ascent on the most noble mission of our career. Proletariat, intelligentsia, adventures, scum of the earth, freebooters, pirates—every one of you! Are you with me!?”
The crew roared. “Oi, oi, oi.”
(“I hate it when she gets like this,”) the ship muttered.
“Me too,” NANA said.
“I can’t hear you,” Mina shouted.
“Oi, oi, oi,” the crew yelled louder.
(“Why can’t she just say we’re sailing?”)
“Throw off your chains! Take back the excess value. Eat the rich!” Mina was warming to her speech.
(“Benimori, the captain forgot her meds this morning. Bring them to the Poop right away.”)
“Oi, oi, oi.”
“You have nothing to lose but performance reviews!”
“Oi, oi, oi.”
“Arise, the 99%, and strike down your oppressors!”
“Tiger! Fire! Cyber! Fiber! Diver! Viber! Jya Jya!” The crew started tigering like crazy.
Toriko beamed. “Come on, Sorawo, the idol mix is fun!”
“Tiger! Fire! Cyber! Fiber! Diver! Viber! Jya Jya!” The crew, plus Toriko, screamed.
“Wow, that was something,” Toriko said.
“What was that?” Sorawo asked. It was almost as bad as those Minecraft-inspired stories. Worse, even. Toriko was in on it.
“It’s something you do at idol shows. I’ll teach you.”
“No, thanks,” Sorawo said flatly, not hesitating. She thought, “That was weird. Toriko and idol shows—I can’t picture it. What if she ran into the Akihabara idol mirror?” Another story rose unbidden, the one with the cursed encore loop. “No exit. No audience. Just encores.”
Mina started ranting, reeling off slogans: “Black Lives Matter, Trans Rights are Human Rights, No Justice! No Peace!”
Benimori arrived just in time, carrying a glass of grog and a handful of pills. The captain swilled both without breaking stride.
“She gets like that off her meds,” NANA said.
NANA turned and barked, “To your stations! You heard the Cap. We’re sailing!”
Yuri struck a note on her keyboard. The turbines roared to life, and the crew launched into “Super Sonic Samurai.”
The ship explained the music to the mystified pair, Sorawo and Toriko. (“We have harnessed the power of metal.”)
Youtube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=SlsOe67JPp0
Sound link: https://song.link/us/i/1573875214
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#wss366 06/05 #league
*****Return to the FATE GEAR *****
**** Chapter Five ****
**** Toriko Tigers ****
*** Part 1 ***
Mina paced the deck of the FATE GEAR, a music-powered, sentient sailing vessel. Far below, a tropical island lay in a blue sea. They weren't high enough to be above the clouds, but the fluffy shapes seemed close enough to touch.
As the newest members of the pirate crew, Sorawo and Toriko swabbed. “Doesn’t this remind you of high school cleaning duty?” Sorawo said.
Toriko needed a moment to think. “We had janitors in Canada to do this stuff,” she finally replied.
Sorawo remembered how little she knew about girlfriend. She’d made herself a promise, so she asked, “Oh, I’ve been meaning to ask about your past. What was school like in Canada?”
“Dull.”
“That was a flop,” Sorawo thought, eyes drifting back to the mop. Bubbles slid down the deck, taking her confidence with them. Then she remembered Kozakura saying, “Toriko’s dense. You need to be clear with her. Don’t give up. And you’re an idiot.” Sorawo winced, but began steeling herself up to try again.
<Continued>
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@yon @Kingu
AVO Magazine's YouTube Music Playlist has been updated!
New additions (Week 22, 2025):
🍙 BLAZE
🍙 レトロマイガール！！(Retromygirl!!)
🍙 無患子 (Mukuroji)
🍙 XAMIYA
🍙 Each Light
🍙 Akari Kiki
🍙 スパノヴァ特急 (Supernova Express)
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#MusicWomenWednesday The Legend (Live) by BABYMETAL
youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abpYJ9X5XVY
Every week, AVO Magazine brings you a treasure trove of captivating music videos from lesser-known, new and intriguing Japanese artists who deserve your support! Read our latest article, published to highlight music videos released in week 22 of 2025.
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#wss366 06/01 #Heaven
*** Return to the FATE GEAR ***
Chapter 4
Storm the Heaven’s – The Plan
Sorawo paused, carefully considering Captain Mina’s offer: (Escaping the brig had been easy. Did the ship help? FATE GEAR probably holding a grudge. Won’t be so easy this time, Sorawo thought. Brig, or orders from Captain Mina. Or... stay and keep looking at Toriko’s outfit. Brig or Mina.)
Unlike Sorawo’s careful calculation, Toriko went straight for the most important question. “Is Benimori the cook?”
Benimori saluted her with the spoon, leaving a batter stain on her forehead. (As well as flinging batter in the air that splattered the deck, resulting in the anti-grav turbine revving in protest again.)
“That sounds like HEAVEN!” Toriko said. “What are you making tonight?”
“Fufu cakes with maple syrup, stewed fruit, and American-style bacon,” Benimori answered. “We have lots. We’re fresh from looting Emperor Muskrat’s third-favorite air yacht, the Doge III.”
“Loaded with corporate welfare (‘and worthless crypto’),” Nana said as she joined Mina and handed her an anti-grav ball. “You left this in the mess, Cap.”
(“Capitalism never dies,” Sorawo thought, “it just floats higher and gets a better view.”)
“Fufu cakes! Bacon! HEAVENLY! You bet I’m joining! We eat good tonight!” Toriko had made her choice.
All the timbers of the FATE GEAR groaned, but the ship kept quiet after Yuri typed in, “Be quiet! This be the cap’s call.” It did sound “Tinkle Tinkle Little Star” on the galley steam whistle, signaling the rice was cooked and calling Benimori back to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Sorawo frowned but had come to the same conclusion as Toriko—though for different reasons. (“Shouldn’t have insulted the ship,” Sorawo admitted to herself. “It probably logged it. Probably reads minds, too. Why didn’t I study up on sentient ships? I meant to read about the Yamato. Brig’s going to be reinforced with extra spite this time.”)
But to be safe, she asked, “What are you currently doing, Captain?”
“We shall unseat the pan-ultimate tyrant. The crew of the FATE GEAR sails for the HEAVENS! Let trickle-down begin!”
“Down with tyrants! Oye. Oye. Storm the HEAVENS! Oye. Oye.” The crew shouted and then broke into song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjiGGFW7jBE&list=PLghYzmkF89GlIUtG0vYqyludt0ZQYUTxj
https://song.link/us/i/1573875212
“We’ll join,” Sorawo muttered, hands clamped over her ears as the singing reached its second verse—one she suspected violated at least three Geneva Conventions.
“Welcome aboard, mateys,” Mina said. “Now scrub the decks, ya lubbers. Solidarity doesn’t exempt you from chores.”
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I'm listening to a jpop album by a group that's new to me, and out of nowhere this banger of a song comes along 😊
Peace☆超パニック (MV) by GANG PARADE, youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7a6psGSuRc
Gang Rise (Introduction) by GANG PARADE (full album), album.link:
https://album.link/i/1795397010
edits: my spelling was a bit off this morning
AVO Magazine's YouTube Music Playlist has been updated!
New additions (Week 21, 2025):
🍙 Wepeg
🍙 shenome
🍙 heine died in a funeral
🍙 終日柄 (Hinemosugara)
🍙 on Bleed
🍙 liquid people
🍙 ハイドアンドシープ (Hide and Sheep)
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New music video "Song 3" from Babymetal. Brutal Song with many kawaii moments from Su, Moa and Momo.
AVO Magazine's YouTube Music Playlist has been updated!
New additions (Week 20, 2025):
🍙 Trooper Salute
🍙 超右腕 (Super uwan)
🍙 Hebi Katana
🍙 miu mau
🍙 TAMIW
🍙 capri=lante
🍙 Yusuke Terauchi
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EAST OF EDEN
With AYASA as the leader in the band, I really love their style. A pure Heavy Metal with that sound that reminds me of KANSAS. Another band in my list of Japanese music collection!
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EAST OF EDEN
With AYASA as the leader in the band, I really love their style. A pure Heavy Metal with that sound that reminds me of KANSAS. Another band in my list of Japanese music collection!
I just discovered that band now!
What a great music! Those girls are amazing, especially AYASA with her violin ! I dare to say that she reminds me of KANSAS, one of my top favorite bands !
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL2GQWhJaNQ
I just discovered that band now!
What a great music! Those girls are amazing, especially AYASA with her violin ! I dare to say that she reminds me of KANSAS, one of my top favorite bands !
