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[Nayok-Kihara]

Official single announcement video. The short version of the "Ai Mashou" MV will be shown in a few hours on Hello! Station, the full version will be uploaded on 4/1 at 9 p.m. JST.

[YellowAccel]

So excited! It's been a while since we got a preview!!!

[YellowAccel]

Hello Station is up. The MV is pretty much your usual dance shot, but the girls are slaying. Moe and Ayano's facial expressions are perfect. Kerorin and Layla are rocking the center position. Yuki's sounds good though i hope one of the song will focus a bit more on her.

Can't wait to be on friday. I hope the 2nd part continue to give us more godess Kerorin

[Angermetico]

That's it! Love it! Much better than the first song of the previous single.

Kawana Rin has a lot of protagonism, at least in this short version.

[tadase]

I was surprised to see a face behind the solo shots - perhaps they should have darkened the background out to leave just the lighting?

Also where the hell is Wakana, she's missing on the first half and you'll only see her on dance shots. Sad

[Angermetico]

^ although I really liked what I saw, it's true that I didn't like that of a face behind the shots.

 

Maybe we'll get more of Wakana in the second half.

In this, it is clear that they wanted to give Rin Kawana a push.

[Solarbladepsy]

Agreed those light bar swingers were kind of distracting at points...but so far so good.

[Juandalyn]

Someone called MM's effect maker and recorded the MV like Future Smile with a better budget.

I do like the songs though and am pleasantly surprised by the Layla/Narin lead.

[patapataful]

Someone called MM's effect maker and recorded the MV like Future Smile with a better budget.

I do like the songs though and am pleasantly surprised by the Layla/Narin lead.

haha laughed so hard!! yeah I don't like the "special effects"... but the song and the facial expressions are nice

[tadase]

 

Likes:

• New 5 member lines at the second part
• New member actually stealing everything - spotlight, center dance positions, even that final line. She's more than ready to be a group member and this MV shows it

Dislikes:

• They could've utilized the faster EDM beats to throw in a fast dance break with those who can dance well like Rikako
• Song is just ok. Nothing spectacular
• Still hate the fact that we see the Poi spinner at the back. Not that I hate the guy, it just distracts the focus in the solo shot with all the effects on the sides and the very harsh lighting

[Nisaponchu16]

I looovee this song. Haven't actually heard the other 2, but this song alone makes buying the single worthy to me.

[YellowAccel]

It's shame they didn't continue the Rin/Layla center from the first part, Shion's line in the 2nd verse was weird and Yuki is too talented to be so invisible. But the song is fire! And it was nice to get more Kerorin, even if it was mostly in the 1st verse. She improved so much.

[Juandalyn]

^^^ I agree with everything you said. I still like it, though.

[mizukingdom1]

So I watched this completely blind not checking anything and the song is so good though!!! It's the MV which drags it down to just being okay.

The H!P editors have really upped their game but whoever does their set designs need to be fired.

You're not saving money by reusing sets/props. You are hurting their sales more than anything and turning people off from checking them out.

[Nayok-Kihara]

^ You can blame the director for all of that.

 

I haven't seen the full video yet but once I learned the director was the same guy that did Morning Musume's "Yoshi Yoshi Shite.." MV, it wasn't surprising that the video direction seemed more focused on CG effects and editing.

[YellowAccel]

Aisuru Beki :

https://twitter.com/...uRbHQkx1NQ&s=19

I love it so much! Lines for Layla, Moe, Kerorin (?), Wakana, Shion and Ayano.

[YellowAccel]

Hade ni : https://twitter.com/...BtqUPxPeDg&s=19

Several lines for Akari, Moe, Rikako, Layla, Ayano and Yuki, one for Shion, Wakana and Kerorin and i don't think Rin H got anything.

The other 2 songs are far better IMO.

[Nisaponchu16]

Human Life is the weakest song for me, but it's still very enjoyable. This single is strong, I hope it'll sell good too!

[Lotty]

About Ai Mashou
Wow I'm actually impressed by Kerorins improvement in singing! I like the song. Not the best one but decent to put it into a playlist to listen to it more than once.
Plus Yuki was such a good addition. Her vocal flavour is so unique to the group and enriches the song! I like that they focussed on the newer generations aswell!

 

Gonna listen to other other songs when the MV is up.^^

[Nayok-Kihara]

Short preview of "Hade ni Yacchai na!"