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Moi meme Moitie items are now on Wunderwelt. https://www.wunderwelt.jp/en/fleur/brands/moi-meme-moitie
Does look like they remove items when sold out so I don't know what else was available because I didn't check right after they listed them. There was a black bat bag that I just paid the shipping on and that is no longer showing. Will see how this goes.

That's the plan, I'm going to crowd out everyone else's questions with 10 pages of nerd ::meev::

Or they could go tl:dr. Unless you wrote it all in Japanese. Since they are translating everything into Japanese for him.
 

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Moi meme Moitie items are now on Wunderwelt. https://www.wunderwelt.jp/en/fleur/brands/moi-meme-moitie
Does look like they remove items when sold out so I don't know what else was available because I didn't check right after they listed them. There was a black bat bag that I just paid the shipping on and that is no longer showing. Will see how this goes.



Or they could go tl:dr. Unless you wrote it all in Japanese. Since they are translating everything into Japanese for him.

So are these pre-owned or new? The bat handbag is still showing for me, if that matters.
 

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So are these pre-owned or new? The bat handbag is still showing for me, if that matters.

There was a full black one which I bought. The one still there is black with navy cross in pleather. From what was written on Twitter the other day these are items he gave them to sell. The bags are samples and a couple of other pieces have slight flaws from manufacturing. A few more things have sold. There are also new items in that section. Wunderwelt does note on their site when an item is second hand.

I edited what I wrote because I went back and looked at a couple of the items.
 
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Poor Mana, he wants to talk about Malice Mizer and before then so much. He even mentioned a few former lead singers this time. But he keeps deleting the tweets because he's using the Moi dix Mois twitter for it and I think he said he is deleting because it's Moi dix Mois twitter. (I know, Moi dix Mois is Mana but maybe he's wanting it as a record of what he has been doing now?) This is the third or fourth night in the last two weeks that he's done this. Would be good if he could come up with a solution. I think he uses twitter because people respond on that, including guys who use to tour with Malice Mizer way back when.
 

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I think I found a solution XD

Like I wrote, he enjoys getting the responses back right then which he doesn't get on his blog, plus this is random older things like first mentioning green outfits and having peppermint green blinds in his childhood home then talking about how there was a snow storm on the way to Nagoya which made traffic slow so he had to get ready in the van so he didn't have time to rehearse (mentioned he put on a green outfit for the show). Then talked about other bands they played with at that time, getting gold powder or fake blood on people in the audience. It's rather random and more conversational than writing a blog post.

It's pretty funny actually. Who knows, maybe he will blog about it. I think it would be easier if he just either made a Mana specific twitter or finally decided to not delete any more. But then maybe that's part of it, knowing he gets people to stick around to see if there is more. At least it's interesting stories unlike that other guy who goes on and on and on when he gets on Twitter. And I'm not talking about Kozi there.
 

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Aw man. I missed the van one.
Aside from the green, the van and the budoukan, did he have any other Malice posts?
Btw the latest one, about the Budoukan, is great lol

"Yeah....we Europeans don't understand why you have this sheet with a red dot hanging up. Can you take it down?"
(in the voice of Morty)


Also it's TERRIBLE but I think Trump has ruined that specific Valentines pic hair color for me.
 

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Missed this on Twitter, but it looks like Mana is finally starting to record stuff. I feel like I've heard this before XD But maybe we're finally, finally getting close to a new album.
 

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Missed this on Twitter, but it looks like Mana is finally starting to record stuff. I feel like I've heard this before XD But maybe we're finally, finally getting close to a new album.

I think they have been recording off and on for a bit. But given the complexity of his songs and he is a bit of a perfectionist with his music it's taken some time. Along with having to work around their schedules since right now Moi dix Mois is sort of a side job for them. I do think he is serious about getting something released this year since it's anniversary time.

Just wanted to add that based on the glimpses of his home studio and his being an avid computer users and from my knowledge and experience recording and mixing I'm going to give an educated guess that a lot of the recording work he does at home with digital editing and using MIDI.
 
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I'm trying to find Mana's curry from his latest tweetertweet:
https://twitter.com/M_d_M_official/status/883859509961048065
But it doesn't seem to be available outside Japan ::hora::
http://www.delhi-shop.jp/shop/item_list?category_id=98445

US has rules that don't allow certain products into the US because there is or could be meat in them. Pre-made Japanese and Indian curry falls under this. I know because I asked the local Japanese market (Uwajimaya) a while back as to why they didn't carry any packaged curry from Japan. It's sad because there is so much out there. Thankfully Customs didn't find the one box I brought back with me on my last trip.
 

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US has rules that don't allow certain products into the US because there is or could be meat in them. Pre-made Japanese and Indian curry falls under this.
But you can get all kinds of other Japanese boxed curry mixes in the US. Like this, they have it in pretty much all the Japanese stores around here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043ZJ3DS
Or even the kind with vegetables included. I think it's just that no one bothered importing that specific brand.

... might have to go restock on curry mix tomorrow ::mana::
 

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But you can get all kinds of other Japanese boxed curry mixes in the US. Like this, they have it in pretty much all the Japanese stores around here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0043ZJ3DS
Or even the kind with vegetables included. I think it's just that no one bothered importing that specific brand.

... might have to go restock on curry mix tomorrow ::mana::
I'm pretty sure those are made in the US. There is also House Foods curry which is pretty good. Both are companies in Japan. The box says product of Japan but from what I was told they have manufacturing plants in the US and have also met the FDA requirements which most out of country curry makers have not so House Foods and S & B can import also. It's confusing I know.
 
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The box says product of Japan but from what I was told they have manufacturing plants in the US
*hmmm* Well, in the name of science and gluttony I picked up a box of S&B today. It does indeed just say "Product of Japan" on the box. From what I was able to find out online, they do make a separate recipe and packaging for overseas (for example the US version is vegan, the Japanese one isn't) Couldn't find anything specific on where it might have been made, other than that S&B does have both Japanese and overseas manufacturing facilities.

I should just ask Mana, he'd probably know ::meev::
 

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*hmmm* Well, in the name of science and gluttony I picked up a box of S&B today. It does indeed just say "Product of Japan" on the box. From what I was able to find out online, they do make a separate recipe and packaging for overseas (for example the US version is vegan, the Japanese one isn't) Couldn't find anything specific on where it might have been made, other than that S&B does have both Japanese and overseas manufacturing facilities.

I should just ask Mana, he'd probably know ::meev::

I hope you will post a review. Did you get the cubes or the pre-made in the packet?
One of these days I have to try to make Japanese curry from scratch. I had all the ingredients, just never made it.
 

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I hope you will post a review. Did you get the cubes or the pre-made in the packet?
The cubes, I don't like all that other junk. I dunno what kind of review you want though XD I mean, you make your ingredients, stew them in water, then add the cubes and let it thicken up into curry sludge. It's not exactly the same as the curry you'd get in a Japanese restaurant but it's not bad.
Even the "Extra Hot" is not very hot though, so you'll have to "kick it up a notch" on your own if you want more spice.
 
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