Ah, finally re-watched Mars on DVD. なつかしいなあ。。。I can criticize Gackt all I want but he still means a lot to me. Always will. I discovered his music at a time where I was disappointed in everything. Gackt's music and his whole existence was such a powerful statement in itself it really struck me. And years later, when I was at my worst his music supported me and help me to hold on. I shall never forget that.

Also another thing is I also watched that digest of Laruku from '93 and what I thought was... "wow, Hyde wasn't that good at singing back then!" It was a curious realization. Gackt also took a pretty long time to gain stability. I can't forget the awful fail of Starlight Gig and truthfully Mars wasn't all that good. I used to consider Shou a bit of a late bloomer but I guess it's not exactly the case. That just makes me all the more amazed at Shin who was really fucking amazing at Budoukan and he was just about 24.