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On Namida no Iro first impressions.

So, the PV to C-ute's latest single is out, and I brought out the old trusty text editor to jot down some of my initial reactions. Here we go:


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I don't particularly care for Nakki's hobo outfit, and Mai looks like she is playing an eggplant in a school play...

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Snatch? SNATCH!? They mean like to grab or seize right? RIGHT? Ah, how I long to know what the rest of that shirt says. Though, I think it would be better if the shirt read "Snacchi".
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Am I the only one confused by the fact that Saki's hat has a reservoir tip? Is this whole video some elaborate public service announcement? "If you wanna get the snatch, / you gotta wear your hat! / There are diseases that you'll catch / If you ain't down with that."


Okai looks pretty hot here. Plus, she wasn't the one to get stuck with a hat covering most of her face this time.
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The song is okay, it is yet another single by "The Suzuki Airi Experience feat. Yajima Maimi". I like it better than Tokaikko Junjou though, you know sometimes I feel I'm the only one on earth not in love with that song.

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I like Okai's hair, they managed keep her hair off of her forehead without resorting to a top of the head ponytail. Hopefully they now understand that there is a better way to do these things and won't go back to that again. Also, it is hard to tell given the low quality of this video but it would appear that they have gone with a much thicker eyeliner here which I feel goes well with the overall color palette and feel of the video. I like it since it adds a bit of drama to the look.

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Holy crap, I've managed to convince myself I can make out Okai's voice here: song +1; delusion +1.


Also, after looking at these screen shots there appears to be a distinct 80's vibe in the costuming that I didn't pick up on when I was watching this the first time through. Chisato has a mohawk like hair style, the one arm-sock thing, the heavy eye makeup and a baggy shirt that hangs off of one shoulder. And just look how huge Maimi's hair is! (Okay, I'll admit that is partly because of the moment I took the screen shot at, but it is still curled and fairly big.)

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Suddenly the dance takes turn for the absurd. I just can't believe that the director thought that this looks really awesome in slow motion. Saki and Kanna hardly get their legs up at all and the whole sequence just looks silly. Early in the video I didn't notice, but this time around it couldn't be ignored.


Final verdict... I like it quite a bit. It has surpassed Sakura Chirari as my favorite major label single by C-ute. I'm looking forward to a higher quality version because I have questions about the boots they wear and I want to know what it says on the back of Maimi's jacket (I'm hoping for obscenities). The video itself was pretty well done, the production may have been frugal, with no costume changes and only one and a half sets, (the dance shot and the yellowish hallway) but that cheapness doesn't leap out at you. My initial grade: 5.72/7

Hmmm... I don't remember seeing Kanna much in this video... perhaps it should be closer to a 6...

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