2ch: GACKT to retire then migrate to Malaysia to avoid arrest!!? [RUMOR]

[fma245]

One year after GACKT's illegitimate child scandal, disaster relief funds embezzlement allegations, and tax evasion fracas, what has GACKT been doing

Comments

[rakun]

I'm just like "what the actual fuck" right now.
I'm not even much in the Gackt fandom at all anymore (I've never been much of a fan but I used to like him; lately I just don't really care anymore, but he's still an artist I respect and I follow this comm to keep myself at least the tiniest bit updated), but I'm just like... huh. What. What is happening.
All of this sounds like Gackt's career is over and five billion things happened and he's a criminal and his life is over and done with. What. I don't get it. A child in Canada, him moving to Malaysia or China, his girlfriend, his concert venues not selling out, issues with donations, what.

I'll prolly just pretend I never read this article and guess/hope his career is as okay as it's always been, despite him saying this "last visualive" thing during his concert in July.
Rumours can be so scary. And they are weirding me out.

[pyroyale]

Well, this article has accumulated over a year. Some of the rumours it talks about first surfaced last summer and they've gradually snowballed and been added onto until this mess happened. Other than him changing companies, none of this is confirmed or has any evidence. And it's been a year of this. But, GACKT hasn't publicly and forcefully denied it so it keeps rumbling along...

I guess if you haven't seen the stories along the way it really does sound awful. To the rest of us who have seen the previous stories, it's more a case of "ugh, this again?" At least the cup ramen thing and Malaysia thing is new.

[rakun]

Ah, yeah, I really don't follow the news usually so the whole article kinda hit me in the face; I didn't hear about anything of it ever before. The only thing I did read about was this scandal thing where a hostess claimed Gackt had raped her but besides that... And yeah, it all sounds pretty awful.

I don't quite get it though why people would make up so much crap about him. I usually perceived Japanese press to be a little less rude and awful (compared to other countries, say, the US), and I don't know any other J-artist people keep on talking as bad about as they do about Gackt. Like there's something special about him that makes people want to make life especially hard for him or something. I feel sorry for him. /sigh

[pyroyale]

The Japanese press can be vicious, they just tend to stay away from a lot of the artists that get international fans and recognition so it doesn't get picked up as much by foreign fans. They don't target Arashi, for example (other than the occasional Sho is grumpy story), or any of the Visual Kei bands that the average person in Japan doesn't care about. But yeah, GACKT does seem to get it worse than most. It comes in cycles with him but he's been getting a kicking from them for years.

[cherrylng]

So... it's basically almost a combination of all the scandals that accumulated from tabloids, and added with more rumours, and of migrating elsewhere?

I don't really care if he wants to move away from Japan, because everyone has different ideas of where opportunities lie for them, but Malaysia? Really? 2ch, are you sure? Because last time I remembered, even as a Malaysian, that there's not really anything interesting happening here. Hearing actual Japanese artists coming to perform here is already rare and weird. Singapore, yes. Malaysia... is like telling me that unicorns exist and they speak Hangul.

[pyroyale]

Ah, it's Shukan Bunshun alleging the potential move to Malaysia. 2ch are just commenting on it.

[cherrylng]

Oh, sorry. Sometimes I mix two different things up by mistake, and tend not to notice it until it's too late. But with these two, it's hard not to side-eye such rumours so hard that my eyes could've been all white.

But it's quite bemusing that SB chose Malaysia of all places. Like, I have lots of doubt about my country since we're not as good as Singapore and/or maybe Thailand (hell, maybe even Brunei) in terms of economy, government, media and safety, but I still have some love for it. It's just that SB at least could've chosen some other country as a better candidate. So the bullshit's too easy to see through.

[pyroyale]

I cannot see why they chose Malaysia either. I know next to nothing about Malaysia (sorry...) but it's not a country in Asia that he's been linked with much. There's many more countries that make more sense. It's like someone just threw a dart at an map of Asia and it hit Malaysia.

[artcika]

i literally laughed out loud and clapped to this.

Magazines like ARENA37C clossing while the tabloids are blooming in all way!

sounds like Maro (Ayu's ex-dancers) story how he was homeless and ate grass...lol

oh and 2chan is the best place to look for legit stuff.*sarcasm*

[osusao]

Tabloids and rumors. Pffft. I think it´s a good thing to know things even if it would cast a shadow to GACKT´s reputation, but there are no proper sources ( grandmother? hahahahah! ), no confirmation. Just rumors. Boring. If GACKT decides to make an announcement or something then I would like to know the backstory, but otherwise posts like this are just silly and unneeded, or funny and ridiculous, depending ones point of view. And nothing to fuss about. But at least it amused me a short while. Very short. Boooooring.

edit: So, now after finding out more of this 2ch, I don´t wish to see any post of them as a "source", thank you. Locked posts are fine, though.

[pyroyale]

As explained in the first comment to the entry, 2ch is not the source of the story. The tabloid Shukan Bunshun is. 2ch is just the comments in bold that are under the cut.

[osusao]

Ooops, there was 2ch also in the headline, so my mistake.

Perhaps all rumours should be locked posts...?

[osusao]

I don´t know how the other celebrities are being treated in Japan, but GACKT seems to get quite a rough handling. I do not understand why.

Except, money. His name sells.

[osusao]

Mystery always fascinates people. And GACKT certainly is a man of mystery ;)