By now, who even cares what I think about this?

What, wait really, what is this...?



Oh, my.



Uh...



Well...



Oh, jeez, I don't even...



They're 13!? What is this...


Oh my, are they actually...?


O___O




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So, honestly, I didn't want this post to become another AKB-rip fest where I call them all sluts, or on the other side, defend them and cite all of the times where H!P has had sexual things like this in a PV, and call the haters just plain haters without any real reason to hate it.

But, all the captions are pretty much what my first reaction was to this PV, at least the first time I saw it.

I'll admit that upon re-watching it, I began to get less shocked by it, but I don't know if that was just me getting used to the craziness or it actually being not that bad.

On the surface, I can see what some people are saying when they defend this as almost a satire in exploitation PVs. The sexuality of it is so blatant that it could be kind of a funny thing, I guess. But, I dunno, it seems a little too convenient that AKB is using the same techniques that it's making fun of, if it is indeed intended to be a "joke" PV.

But, if I have to go with my gut reaction, I would say this whole thing makes me uncomfortable. Not that I'm going to pretend H!P is "more wholesome" than AKB, but to be fair, H!P's never done stuff quite like this before. Sure, there are a few dance moves that C-ute or Berryz does that are awkwardly sexual (see Dance de Bakoon post), and some outfits that MM has used aren't the cleanest, and hey, just look at v-u-den. But one can say that H!P has never thrown it all in our faces all at once, like this PV does.

So... all in all, I'm not really sure what to think about this PV. But, since I don't claim to be an AKB fan, thank god I don't really HAVE to have a stance on it.

But this part I can safely say is fucking weird:











Tomomi kind of grosses me out, even without all this stuff, but, God, this is strange. If you can't figure out what this is representing, it looks like someone just CAME ON HER FACE. That's messed up. *shiver* I don't think there's any excuse for that.


As far as the song itself goes, at least no one seems to disagree about this. It's fine, but not as good as Ponytail. But I have found myself humming it without realizing it, so I dunno, maybe its not so bad.

Like I said, lots of hypocrisy in this post on my part.

But, hey, I feel like I don't have any concrete thoughts on this.

PS, I did like this part:













AKB, why can't you put out more stuff like Sakura no Shiori? I love that stuff.


Coming soon... to this blog...

-GO!GO!7188 review
-Berryz DVD live review... as soon as the thing gets up on the tracker, dammit

Bye everyone <3