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| Prologue, page 1 | Yoshi voiceover: Mujou Yoshinori, 21 years old. / Yoshi voiceover: I'm a pretty average guy.
/ < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050327.html |
| Prologue, page 2 | Yoshi: ... / Kirei: Yoshi?
/ Yoshi: ... / Kirei: You still there?
/ Yoshi: ... / Kirei: I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH "..." BEFORE I HANG UP!
/ Yoshi: Heh, sorry about that. I'm here, I'm here. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050328.html |
| Prologue, page 3 | Kirei: So anyway, back to my question. You want to play guitar for me? / Yoshi: But... I don't understand... / Yoshi: I mean, you already have Airashii-san for a guitarist. / Kirei: Yeah... About that. Jolie broke up.
/ Yoshi: EH?! http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050329.html |
| Prologue, page 4 | Yoshi voiceover: Maybe I should back up a bit... / Yoshi voiceover: You see, Rei is actually known to most of the world as "Kirei", vocalist of the popular visual band Jolie. / Yoshi voiceover: And just to clear up any confusion, Rei is in fact male. / Yoshi voiceover: He's a j-rocker, what do you... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050330.html |
| Prologue, page 5 | Yoshi voiceover: With Kirei on vocals, / Yoshi voiceover: Airashii on guitar, / Yoshi voiceover: Subarashii on bass, / Yoshi voiceover: and Kawaii on drums,
/ Yoshi voiceover: Jolie was at the forefront of the Japanese rock scene. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050331.html |
| Prologue, page 6 | Yoshi Voiceover: But back to the present.
/ Yoshi: Jolie broke up?!
/ Kirei: Yep. / Yoshi: But how?! Why?!
/ Kirei: These things just happen, you know? / Kirei: It's time to go our separate ways. Gotta seize new opportunities while we still can. I mean, we're not getting any younger. / Yoshi: YOU'RE... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050401.html |
| Prologue, page 7 | Kirei: Anyway, I decided that I wanted to try a solo career, so I need a band
/ Kirei: and that is why you are going to play guitar for me. / Yoshi: But... me? I mean, shouldn't you... I don't know, hire a professional or something? / Kirei: Yoshi, don't go fishing for compliments, you know you're... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050402.html |
| Prologue, page 8 | Yoshi voiceover: So how does boring old Mujou Yoshinor 21 years old studying business at the university still lives with his parents get a call from a famous rock star asking him to play guitar for him? / Yoshi voiceover: Actually, Rei and I were childhood friends. / Yoshi voiceover: We grew up down... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050403.html |
| Prologue, page 9 | Teenage Kirei: This is really good, Auntie.
/ Teenage Yoshi: Mm-hm.
/ Yoshi voiceover: By the time we were teenagers, Rei practically lived at my house. / Teenage Kirei: Yoshiii~ Help me with my chemistry homework~
/ Yoshi voiceover: It got to a point where he wouldn't even knock anymore, he would just... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050410.html |
| Prologue, page 10 | Kirei & Yoshi: < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050417.html |
| Prologue, page 11 | Kirei: < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050424.html |
| Prologue, page 12 | Kirei: Wow, how long has it been since I was last here?
/ Yoshi: < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050501.html |
| Prologue, page 13 | Kirei: Stop looking at me like that. / Kirei: I just came from a photoshoot... / Yoshi: What, a photoshoot for Asian hookers?
/ Kirei: Your wit slays me. / Yoshi: Do I even need a punchline?
/ Kirei: Fuck you. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050508.html |
| Prologue, page 14 | Kirei: I'll have you know that it takes a man very secure in his masculinity to wear this outfit. / Yoshi: Uh-huh...
/ Kirei: You're giving me that look again... / Yoshi: Uh-huh... / Kirei: Yoshinori, the rich and famous rockstar does not feel like taking criticism from the part-time waiter who still... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050515.html |
| Prologue, page 15 | Kirei: Yoshi, I want you to take my offer seriously.
/ Yoshi: ...said the man in the lingerie. / Kirei: I'm sorry, did you prefer the pink trenchcoat?
/ Yoshi: Well. Kind of. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050523.html |
| Prologue, page 16 | Kirei: So, how do you feel about joining my band?
/ Yoshi: I don't know, Rei... / Yoshi: I mean, I've got work and school and- / Kirei: Are you seriously trying to tell me that school and work are more important than being a rock star? / Yoshi: Will you hit me if I say yes?
/ Kirei: QUITE POSSIBLY. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050530.html |
| Prologue, page 17 | Kirei: I can't believe that-
/ Yoshi's mom: I thought I heard a familiare voice~ / Kirei: Auntie <3
/ Yoshi's mom: How are you, Rei-kun?
/ Kirei: I missed you <3 / Yoshi's mom: Ah, let me have a look at you... / [Yoshi's mom sees Kirei's short shorts and makeup.] / Yoshi's mom: Oh, my. / Kirei: ?
/ Yoshi's... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050606.html |
| Prologue, page 18 | Yoshi's mom: So you want Yoshinori-kun to join your little band?
/ Kirei: < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050613.html |
| Prologue, page 19 | Kirei: Auntie, not all j-rockers dress like that.
/ Yoshi's mom: You do. / Kirei: Um. Well. Yeah. Kind of. But I don't wear dresses!
/ < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050620.html |
| Prologue, page 20 | [Magazine pictures featuring Kirei wearing dresses.] / Kirei: What, do you maintain some sort of "Kirei in dresses" photo collection? / Yoshi's mom: We collect all of the magazines that you are in.
/ Kirei: How sweet... / Yoshi: It's not our fault you're wearing a dress in damn near every one of them...
/ Kirei:... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050627.html |
| Prologue, page 21 | Yoshi's mom: I just don't know if this will be an appropriate atmosphere for Yoshinori-kun to be developing in.
/ Yoshi's mom: I mean, look at you out there, canoodling with a different person in public every week. / Headline: YURA'S B-DAY SHOCKER! KIREI'S SURPRISE LAP DANCE!
/ Headline: KIREI + AI:... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050701.html |
| Prologue, page 22 | Yoshi's mom: Well, Yoshinori-kun is an adult, so I trust him to make his own decisions. / < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050711.html |
| Prologue, page 23 | Yoshi: You know my mom's just joking.
/ Kirei: Yeah, I know. / Kirei: I just hope that for the next comic we can move on from taking cracks at my lifestyle choices and return to mocking your lameness.
/ Yoshi: Hey, now... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050714.html |
| Prologue, page 24 | Yoshi: Well, since you probably wouldn't listen to me even if I said no, I guess that I will have to join your band. / Kirei: Sorry, didn't mean to force you into the realization of your lifelong dream. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050718.html |
| Prologue, page 25 | Yoshi: Of course I'm a little wary. / Yoshi: First off, I'm not gonna let you put me in a dress. / Yoshi: Second, you keep your tongue away from me. / Yoshi: Thirdly, no-
/ Kirei: I get the point already! http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050721.html |
| Prologue, page 26 | Kirei: This solo project is about making the music that I want to make. / Kirei: When you're in a band, you're limited by what everyone agrees to, and what comes across in the music isn't just your ideas. There's this synergy thing going on that brings out something in the music that isn't "you" but... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050725.html |
| Prologue, page 27 | Yoshi: Have you started writing any songs, yet?
/ Kirei: Yeah, I've got a ton of lyrics and a couple arrangements already worked out.
/ Yoshi: Can I hear some?
/ Kirei: Yeah, just- / Kirei: < http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050728.html |
| Prologue, page 28 | Kirei: So, you're a big Aki fan, huh? / Yoshi: Well, yeah...
/ Yoshi: She's an awesome guitarist. / Yoshi: She's amazing at composing and arranging songs *_* / Kirei: Plus, she's got a great rack.
/ Yoshi: That has nothing to do with it! She's really talented!
/ Yoshi: But yeah, she definitely does... http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050801.html |
| Prologue, page 29 | Yoshi: Ready to play? / Yoshi voiceover: Anyway, that's how boring old Mujou Yoshinori 21-years-old-studying-business-at-the-university-still-lives-with-his-parents was dragged into the strange, androgynous world of jrock.
/ Yoshi voiceover: ...
/ Yoshi voiceover: God help me. http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050808.html |
| Chapter 1, page 30 | Chapter 1: Tokyo, HO! http://jrock.comicgenesis.com/d/20050815.html |