![Release Date: 08/25/2010 Track List 1. Senkou (閃光) [PV] 2. Le Grand Bleu 3. Solar Eclipse 4. Namida no aru basho (涙の在る場所) After almost 2 years of blogging inactivity, I give you a new blog and my first review! :D To be honest, I’m probably a bit rusty – the most practice I’ve had are multiple 140 character posts on Twitter. XD In case you were wondering about Shou’s eye patch alice nine.’s recently uncoordinated and somewhat garish image, it can all be explained by the fact that Senkou is the theme song for the game, “Samurai Warriors” – as a result, it was...](http://www.neetlinks.com/reitsu/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/senkou-alice-nine-650x350.jpg "[Single] Senkou 閃光 – alice nine. アリス九號.")
So after two and a half years of blogging with Vox [one of which I was stagnant], the blogging platform has finally decided to permanently close its doors and is shutting down. Users were offered the choice of migrating to WordPress or TypePad but seeing as I had already started work here, I took it as a sign and have finally decided to go ahead with the creation of Chiaroscuro with entirely new content. Of course, it’ll all be J-rock/Visual Kei based but I’m still not entirely sure of the direction I want to take this blog in. At the moment, I think my primary focus will be on reviews. But as with most blogs, things can change in the process so you never know what might happen.
For now though, I’ll be working on getting this thing off the ground!
![Visual Kei (ヴィジュアル系) Written and Compiled by: Reitsu Last Editted On: 18/07/2011 [Further reading section] Sources: Otaku Issue 05 – Mecha Madness (South African Anime Lifestyle Magazine) Jrock Saga [Site Inactive] Jrock Visual [Site Inactive ] Wikipedia Author’s Note Originally, the motivation for this article came from the desire to find a definitive explanation for the movement (this was just after I had discovered Visual Kei). However, on having followed the scene for three years now, I’d say that this is not easily done. This is because not only because the movement itself is experiencing changes but also the mentality...](http://www.neetlinks.com/reitsu/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/n620280189_541050_4738-195x110.jpg "FYI: Visual Kei")
![My Twitter profile pretty much sums up the short and long of it: “South African born Chinese. High school student. Art nerd. Fashion Dabbler. Visual Kei addict. Music blogger. Fangirling in moderation.” I’ve been listening to Visual Kei for about three years now and through a strange twist of fate, rather than a music video or song, it was a drawing of GazettE guitarist Aoi (as seen on deviantART) that pointed me in the direction of Visual Kei and J-rock. Since then, I’ve been hooked. Some of my favourite bands/artists include: D’espairRay [disbanded], Dio ~Distraught Overlord~ [disbanded], DIR EN GREY, DELUHI...](http://www.neetlinks.com/reitsu/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Icon-195x110.jpg "The Writer"){kind=icon}
![Chiaroscuro [noun; kee-ahr-uh-skyoo r-oh] 1. The artistic distribution of light and shade in a picture. 2. The use of deep variations in and subtle gradations of light and shade. Welcome to Chiaroscuro: a Visual Kei blog featuring PV, album and single reviews. As of late, it seems like review blogs (especially of the J-rock kind) have been few and far between and seeing as I’ve always had thoughts on the music I listen to, I thought why not create a review blog? And while my feelings haven’t always been clear, writing has always been a way of expressing myself and gaining better insight into not only the music but my own thoughts and emotions as well. It’s very...](http://www.neetlinks.com/reitsu/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Gallery-Copy-195x110.jpg "About")