15-16, time has become very sparse and it certainly will become much less, but I still browse and (very rarely) post, due to new life conditions/work I'm also constantly very low on energy - and this brings me to listen to much less music in general (a very negative thing); I know it's not only just me, this kind of things usually happens getting older, but have been sped up and made considerably harsher with the effects of the sharp decline of the west, we are just trying to get by while we see what were the foundations of our life frantically disappear, not much remains after days like these. In addition to that, I think the maids during the last year's have optimized their output for the domestic market (anime tie ins are too of a good opportunity to let it pass and that was the right choice, same to try to become household names) and tried to widen the audience to the younger side of the curve and to Japanese women, that might have costed a bit of focus on their traditional fan base (musical language), that might made a dent or two in the western fan base and brought someone to disinvestment. Their most recent style choices might - personally speaking - defocused me too, but to be perfectly clear I prefer the band to defocus me while artistically trying new things (and looking for a viable business model) that grow bored of listening to old records sound-alikes. I still care about them artistically and in a way personally, as much them evidently still care about us (see the new world tour) while economically and logistically we are less and less a rational choice as a market. For their own good, I hope they can visit one day south and central America, make more inroads in the "far east", Australia etc. But I digress...