The Curse*: Is it real? Does it require that we allow a goat to attend a baseball game? Who knows! What we do know, though, is that we took a look at the ill-fated Parallel Japan just the other day, and now they’re at the very least taking a break:

Thanks, Caleb! Or, more appropriately, no thanks!

Fortunately, maybe, they describe it as their last live “as Parallel Japan”:

12/25のライブが
パラレルJAPANとしての
最後のライブになります。

— パラレルJAPAN(公式) (@P_P_JAPAN) December 8, 2016

So they’ll hopefully be back in 2017 with a refresh. We need our hardcore, dance-specialist idols.

人工感情
断然ライブ
@大阪アメリカFANJ twice pic.twitter.com/6CR3MHxdv7

— パラレルJAPAN(公式) (@P_P_JAPAN) December 9, 2016

人工感情
断然ライブ
@大阪アメリカFANJ twice pic.twitter.com/Dup7JX5TKd

— パラレルJAPAN(公式) (@P_P_JAPAN) December 9, 2016