Just what is it with Mana that makes us tick?

Fer me, it definitely has to be the aura he exudes. I am so drawn to his enigmatic and charismatic doll-like aura, I admire him so much, I desire to be like him. Also, the image he has perfected for himself is too beautiful, too sexy :D~~~

Listening to Mana's music (Malice Mizer or Moi dix Mois), looking at his lovely pictures, talking about him, interacting with Mana fans (like you guys!), all these make me forget about the everyday shit I have to face (at home, in school, in the society) and I'll be like transported into another a fantasy world, Mana's world. It's a cathartic process. Call it escapism but I never will want to leave this fantasy world, ever. I know this is where I belong.

Mana's life also inspires me to follow my heart, my dreams, to be a deviant of society (down with conformity!!) and to embrace the freedom of individuality. He's truly a role model be it whether as a musician, an artist, a fashion icon or a brilliant businessman :P.

So I suppose that summarises why Mana sama's such an influence to my life .

(In terms of influence, Mana is only second to God. No matter what, I'm still the staunch Christian I always am and so many times I struggle with the kind of music I expose myself to T___T especially M10M.............. but lets not get to there.)

Mana is love!!! <3 <3 *throws confetti*

wow, you've practically taken the words out of my mouth of how i feel for Mana. o.o;

Although for other things, I truley love him for who he is, rather than looks (what I mean is, some people only tend to judge Jrockers by their pretty outfits, make up, hair, etc). In today's world, ESPECIALLY where I live, you never find too many deep thinkers, like Mana. Everyone around here is constantly like "sports, football, school spirit, hick things!" I've NEVER enjoyed that sort of thing. My entire life has been highly influencial on the arts and Mana is one of the most artistic people I can possibly think of.

I look up to how he can be his own person and not care about what other people think. I can understand how hard it must be for him because not all Japanese people are as open minded as one might think. From what I hear, many Japanese citizens don't like people mentioning visual kei, I'm sure thats the older generation, but still..in a past Madousho issue he mentioned that even people in Japan still mistake him for a girl. Its been so inspiring to me how Mana will wear what he wants to and go out and around like that. I do the same thing too but many people around here understand less than I think they would in Japan so I'm constantly getting a lot of crap. None the less, I think of Mana when people give me a hard time and he usually puts my mind into thinking "its ok, those people don't matter, never change."

aahh theres so many things I love about Mana, i feel bad about dragging this on to more but oh well. XD This thread was made for that, wasn't it? hehe

Ok, so I really like Mana's mind and the way he acts. I also think its funny how he can be so "dark" yet like a lot of different things like french pop, video games, curry, anime, and stuff like that. I'm a lot like that so its easy for me to relate to him.

As for Mana's music...it has helped me through the most difficult times in my life. Its almost been a year now, a VERY good friend of mine died in a skiing accident in Colorado. The worst part was, I didn't find out until almost a week after it happened and I had a friend over when I found out because we had to work on costumes for an anime convention the next day. It was a really bad time, but the thing that kept me going was the song "Dialogue Symphonie". There was something about it that just kept making me think about how hes in a better place now, hes ok, and one day we'll all go to heaven some time or another, it was just his time before mine. Ever since then every time something tragic such as a death around me happens, I always turn on that song and it makes me feel better.

Theres really A LOT more to Mana thats inspired me and made me love him to no end, but I wrote a lot already. I write about these kinds of things and how much Mana has inspired me a lot in my LJs, so sometimes I get a little carried away in my typing lol.

I almost wept reading your articulately expressed post because it really hits home. Really, I cannot emphasize how MUCH I can so relate to what you've shared. :]

That's the beauty of Mana's love isn't it? His love stretches beyond a selfish, exclusive relationship; it extends beyond to all who also love him. It's a selfless, caring love which we share so openly among all of us. (Our community r0x0rz! :P)

With regards to teh Mana love, yes, it's definitely not easy for us to want to stand out, stand proud as the special Mana lovin' individuals whom we know we are. Its crazy trying to be different when everyone's there to lure you into the herd mentality of ideals and crushing you down. And I don't mean outwardly dresssing and looking different wise, just wanting to be and do things different from people's expectations is already quite intimidating. I listen to gothic Jrock like M10M and I get teased or face immediate persecution, friends outrightly dismissing my choice of music as distasteful and satanic. I put Kagrra or Mana themed wallpapers on my iBook, people frown upon them and labelling me The Weird, The Eccentric Outcasted One. They just won't accept me for who I am (but really, do I look like I care? :D). Perhaps only by putting up pictures of Britney Spears on my desktop will I be deemed normal enough for them, the swines!

Yes, whenever I think of Mana, I compare myself with the years of crap he had to go through to become the successful man he is today, I grit my teeth and trudge on. Loving Mana doesn't mean we all have to start crossdressing and wear blue lipstick to imitate him; loving Mana also means loving and respecting ourselves as who we REALLY are and to fully EMBRACE that because I believe that's how he will want us to live our lives. That's how I am going to live my life.

Mana means so much to me... he's not just another Jrocker in the scene. ;)

You know, we should never stop talking about Mana! Talking about him makes me happy!! ^_^

wow, so very true, so very true.

You know what else rocks about Mana? (even though you've mentioned this before, it just never ends to amase me) is how he can bring all of us here together like this. I think it would be highly doubtful that just anyone could do that. There are so many other Jrock fans and fans of all sorts of things where the fans pretty much rebel against each other.

Take Dir en Grey for instance. Not that I don't like them or anything, its just something thats been brought to my attention over time. I swear theres AT LEAST 5 Diru fans for every one Mana fan. Having said that, I always tend to think their fan base is always lacking something us Mana fans have. Whenever I talk to two Diru fans at the same time (like a chat or something) they always tend to fight over who each member belongs to. The interesting thing about MOST Mana fans is that a lot of us have the maturity level to not sit there and fight like that. Sure we might say something like that every once in a while, but we do that kind of in a teasing way or what have you. I'm just saying we dont sit there and fight over who Mana belongs to because Mana belongs to himself (or whoever he wants). We're here to cheer him on and do what we do best, be his loyal fans! ^__^

I noticed this, too. There're more "mature" fans ... but the fangirlish ones spread their "fangirl-ism" very well -_-".
It's like the more mature fans are often in forums and stuff (take -scape- for example ... I don't dare to write there in fear I would say something wrong ... but I love to read it!). The fangirlish fans tend to use Blogs *nod*. I've read sooo many "bull-shit blogs" about dreams with nightly activities with Mana and stuff.


I love Mana - in a special way. Not this "OMGWFTBBQSAUCE!!!!111 He's so hawt!!1111eleven!!". It's more like that I love him for making music and being the way he is. (Not that his looks are bad... :rolleyes: )
His music helped me in many situations (and I've gone through hell ... I know physicial pain very well...) and because his music is actually him, he was always there for me.

If you say "I'm a Mana fan" most look down to you like "oh no ... girlie-attack". I actually have this problem. Most of other J Rock fans I know think that I just love because I think he looks good and is soooo~ mysterious. They just don't (want to) understand that there's more, than "man with make-up, killer boots and guitar who is arrogant". And it's so childish to "love" someone you don't know anything about or treads his fans with his killer-boots of death (... that was the part where I started to wonder... he treads us? when? where? tell me! I've never noticed it -__-).

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA like WTF, seriously. :P

I cannot agree more. That's exactly how I feel about Mana and his music. *weeps*

*random thought* I found this girl's internet blog (it wasn't LJ) once and I think she SERIOUSELY thought Malice Mizer lived with her...that had to of been the strangest journal I have ever ready in my life. o.o

Wow, it's hard to say something that hasn't already been said. ^_^
I have been a fan of his music (Malice Mizer to Moi Dix Mois) for only a little over a year now but it's indeed startling when I think of how much he has affected and inspired me in such a short time.
He has made me reflect on many subjects and let me see the world in a new way. His music has also helped me, and is currently helping me, through some hard times.
I only wish I could thank him in person for all he has done. ^_^

:o lots of writing. lol I dont think i can express what i feel because others have already said it.

lol, I know it gets a little hard to say something when its already siad, but you're welcome to say anything you feel about Mana here, even if its already been stated. We're all just kind of expressing our thoughts of what we think about him/why we love him, so theres really no problem if you feel the same way! Its important for Mana's fans to express how we feel about him..if we didn't then how would Mana still be able to continue doing what he does? He still needs perservirance too, just like anyone else. ^^

thats true. i just love him for who he is and what he does. and i love his music and clothes. the music jut soothes me when i am mad about something or sad.

also, Sarah you should know as well as me that wearing womens clothes over here stateside is considered wrong. but he dont care! he thinks that it dont matter. and really, why do other people waste air to talk about it. its that persons choice.

Yeah, thats what I think. I just wish people around here were more open minded, but we all know you can't persaude an entire nation of people that such a thing is acceptable...unless you like brainwashed them.

sounds like you have an idea. 0_o lol

Perhaps I do. >}

:o suspicious....... lol :P

wow. everythipng you guys said sums up what i was gonna say!
but Mana is so freakin cool! he's eccentric, mysterious, and sounds like one cool guy! and the fact that he's such a hardcore gamer is awesome too! i just wish i could meet him! then again he probably wouldnt want some kid who hasnt even listened to Moi dix Mois to be his friend.....i feel so unworthy...... :unsure: ( sulks in the corner) but anyway he is soooooooooooooooo cooooooool!!!!!! Go Mana-sama!!!!!! Booyah!!!!

damn. words right out of my mouth.

I love Mana pretty much for th reasons you said and just simply becuz of one similarity we share i am a guy... (Im Gay) but i dress like a woman almost everyday... my friends gave me the nick name: sexsi lexsi... i wear female clothes to school... even skirts... and i also wear makeup too the only time i do not wear makeup iz at work... i go to do my job not to impress anyone
:)

Mana to me is like...*thinks* Well, just the thought of him can lift me out of sadness. I respect everything about him, so when someone like the girls in my class go 'Ew, he is such a freak!' or something like that, I get really angry, because they can't see past the skirts and makeup, and don't see that he's actually an amazing musician and designer. When I pointed out these facts, one girl actually said, 'Well, yeah, but he dresses like a woman!' I really am amazed I didn't slap her.

Whenever I see people like that (conservative idiots that are against Mana for how he dresses), I just think to myself "I've never seen such a big crowd of people that needed to be punched in the forehead."

same here! haven't people ever heard the saying "never judge a book by its cover"? if they read the book that is Mana-sama, I'd sure they might find it quite an interesting book. :) my older brother is one of those people who is freaked out by Mana just cuz he crossdresses. he hasn't heard Moi dix Mois' music though. I'm sure that after I get through with him, he'll finally see the light. wish me luck! ^_^

Say it sister!
My sister woman!

it really bugs me when people are so wierded out by Mana that they go so far as to verbally assault him. it upsets me when people do these things! if they have nothing nice to say, just keep it to themselves or get lost. thats what I think.

I wondered how long it would take me to post in this particular thread... and yes I was correct, not long.

"Mana".
When I read or hear his name I just feel... happy.
I look at him.... I feel happy
I read about him... I feel happy
I listen to him... I feel happy.

Mana is happiness to me.

For all the things he creates. For being himself right to the very core of his being. For being the biggest and best inspiration a person could ever have. For Moi Meme Moitie. For getting an understanding of curry and learning all his spices. For compulsively talking about food. For all the strange and dark things he likes. For all the little geeky things he does and he's into. For being so interesting. For all the barely visible, but funny expressions on his face. For the delicate flutter of his eyelashes. For all the times his music has sent me to sleep. For all the times he's woken me up (rudely!!). For entering my life. For all the times he's entered my dreams. For all the times he's rescued me in nightmares (with Dada and a spaceship!). For the simple phrase of "Gitaa no Mana desu". For the 8th wonder of the world which is his hair. For all the times he's given me an ideal name for a game character. For all the things he's introduced me to. For all the great fans I've met. For giving me something to talk about. For giving me a hobby of picture hunting. For making me feel special as a fan. For making me feel unique. For that one picture of him smiling. For all the things that I forgot to mention...

For all these things I love Mana...

(And I know he didn't have much of a choice...) I love Mana for existing.

Last year was so turbulent for me. I have been suffering with depression and anxiety disorder on a serious level for the past 18 months, when people haven't been so understanding and had lost their patience with me... at time all I felt I had was Mana's music keeping me sane. It may have seemed obsessive looking back over the past few months, but I'm glad in some way he was there. My escapism, there on a CD.
Apart from all the obvious reasons to love Mana, that have been highlighted in many posts, Mana will forever be special to me. Mana is my little moonbeam, that shines in my dark little nighttime world. As long as he's there, as I already said... I AM HAPPY.
FOREVER HAPPY BECAUSE OF MANA.

(I'm sorry if I seem fangirlish...)

Izumi, that was beautiful and i almost cried for you said everything and more about Mana.................and that was fangirlish but it was so pretty and so is Mana.

THank you Izumi.

um......this may be a bad thing but when people at my school verbally assult Mana me and my friend verbally attack I.C.P. concidering that most of the assholes that do insult Mana are juggalos.

I love your post Izumi :) When I read it I thought that I feel same things. And I feel them for real, but I'm not so good in describing feelings (maybe one day I'll try :P ) Don't worry about girly style. Every fan must sometimes talk about idol in that way I think. So, good job

T__T gomen nasaiiiiiiiiiii.... but i did know how else to express it other than the fangirl way.... and i didn't particularly want to write a long drawn out essay about how awesome he is...

Don't worry Izumi, I think you said brilliantly what all of us think but were not articulate enough to say. :D

I completely agree with everything you said.

I know ^^ But nevermid. Your expressions are written in very good, poetic way

Ahhh it feels good not to be knocked down for loving Mana in the way that I do. Most foums I've said such things in, I have always been criticized for the way I express my love for him.

Thank you for not being that way...

Most people can't tell apart normal feelings from girly fan speech. People you described probably didn't understand you

Yes, exactly. I absolutely hate it when people shoot down my feelings for Mana because they think "oh, you're some fangirl" but they have NO IDEA...when I put on music Mana creates, and I just have this indescribable feeling within me...thats not just some fandom. I always feel as though that is Mana speaking out to me...well..not to -ME- in particular XD (I KNOW hes not saying "Sara-san, this is your song!"), but the music he makes and who he is makes this sort of impression in me nobody else has. Thats kinda why I put up these forums in particular to go along with this website though.

I feel a certain way for Mana...a very special way to myself, and to me its understandable if others feel the same way I do. I think it makes Mana very happy when he is able to understand just HOW his fans feel exactly, rather than just "fangirls and fanboys", but when we can all actually come together and speak with each other about how we feel towards him rather than sit at each others throats ALL THE TIME (as most other places tend to be towards Mana), its a more comfortable setting. I always think that when I come here, I should be able to speak about Mana however I feel. There really is no point in masking your feelings, other than just wanting people to stop harassing you about the way you feel in a negative way.

Its like...one of my friends told me once that I shouldn't feel that way about Mana because (she put it in this tone) hes better than us and nobody could ever have someone so superior to themselves. To me, thats pretty silly, because I see Mana as I see everyone else in the world, except the one thing I see about Mana is how much more he has done for me personaly and how special he is to me...and I think things like that go towards others who feel the same way. (and also because Mana IS a person too, and he also has feelings. That would be very sad to deprive him of what maybe he'd like to feel. She has no reason giving me that statement when she doesn't even know how he feels deep down inside.)

XD Sorry for the long drawn out message. </sarah's stupid ramblings>

Girls have a lot of problems when they are fans. They're immediately put into conviction "stupid fan-girl". Of course I don't say that everyone think that but it's simply irritating when I talk to somebody about beauty of Mana's music, about his talent, his image and I hear "Ehhh, great, you should kiss every picture with him". But now I don't talk about it with people who can't see my passion. My passion shows my love and respect for Mana, for hard work he makes, for his engagement and most of people here can see (everyone in own personal way) Mana's hidden communication with his fans. It's beauty he delivers to us. So it's sad that we can't be perceived like "fans", but only "girly fans". But we can always talk each other for example here and everyone will be understood fortunately. And even male fans can talk with female fans in normal way

Sarah - you're talkative, that's very good, so you don't need to worry hehe ^^

XD I only make up typing for what I lack in real life.

But yeah, I definately agree with you!(^^)

I think that if you like Mana, you like Mana. simple as that. but I absolutely love Mana for who he is. he is an amazing guitarist, a successful person in general, he is beautiful, both in EGL and EGA and all his quirks and quallities are just so lovable. thats my declaration of Mana love for today. :)

I love Mana’s music, I love the clothes he make. I cannot but admire his artistic skills, the same with his courage to be and dress as he wants to.
I am glad, and a little humbled, that I have the chance to take part in experiencing that special thing which is his world. -_-

some might find Mana's world to be dark, evil, infernal and gothic, but I think Mana's world is just beautiful. "beautifully dark" I like calling it. there's elegance, beauty, darkness and despair, but at the same time, its a perfect mix.
what do you guys think?

My favourite words for Mana's world : beautiful, mysterious and dark (in positive sense) I agree with word "elegance". And "despair" is also good term. Mana shows his despair in perfect way

Its like all the opposite concepts of the universe can come together and form something entirely new. Be harmonized with each other.

I admire Mana for being able to create that for himself... I wish I could do it, and not have the criticism for choosing to live that way.