The standard reaction 
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I came through X-Japan because i saw Yoshiki perform with KISS and wondered who they were, but then i listened to malice mizer and really enjoyed them. Although it was Buck-Tick who really sent me down the rabbit hole, their dark yet beautiful lyrics and aesthetic drew me in.
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Still one of my favorites! 
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wow nice i’m so surprised at x japan getting anyone into anything 
i remember a guy telling me he saw x japan at the end of a movie (google tells me this would’ve been saw IV) and they “weren’t bad” lol
edit:
my story is i liked to sing anime songs and one thing led to another
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In the ballpark of 12-13 - I was indoctrinated by Saw IV and a friend in an AzuDaioh community getting me into Galneryus.
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I was also hooked by X-Japan. Their music was used for the anime X/1999. Forever Love for the ending of the movie and X as an opening for the series. Me and my bff were huge fans of X/1999 (on my desk I still have a photo of 15/16 old us with holding the manga) and really moved by the ending of the movie. So I looked for more music from X-Japan and read about hide’s tragic death and his music
I think I was 17 by the time I really got invested 
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At 13 or 14 I found Agitated Screams of Maggots and thought it was one of the worst things I had ever heard, later that same year by coincidence I listened to Different Sense without knowing it was the same band and instantly became obsessed. I guess I got into VK properly through Diru’s early stuff but the transition was so natural that I don’t remember how I started listening to more lesser known bands and such. I’m 21 now and also consider Agitated Screams of Maggots to be a classic
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It took me a while to see that one, lmao. I was more confused than anything, especially not knowing the lyrics
I come from listening to KISS(like every other band member lol) and Marylin Manson so the shift to vkei was natural and eventually bound to happen, cool and edgy visuals helped. X-Japan just made that easier being a vkei patriarch, but also one of the best metal bands out there.
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I heard X at the end of X/1999
They heard X at the end of Saw IV.
We’re not fans.
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Late 90s - early 2000’s for me.
A random mix of memories: Jam by TYM! Penicillin - Hanazono Kinema! Ja,Zoo! Glay’s peak around year 2000! Bis (Believe in Style)! Houmura Uta! Raphael! DeG in general, The Final! Nogod - Guren! Gazette! La’cryma Christi! Le arc en ciel’s peak! … ah they just keep popping up in my head. Good times, good times… 
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Old branch! 
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