Onaji (other words) Mama PV Review

Sorry it took me longer than normal to get a review of this up, but an even vaguely HD PV only showed up today. Don't you hate that? When you don't get a decent PV directly from UFA for the longest time? If I remember correctly, that happened with Otakebi Boy WAO! and it was just as annoying then as it is now.

But anyway, I did get a PV file, so let's begin! S/milege's new single, "Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama" !

Lord, that is a horrendous title.

First things first: the song review. I think everyone agrees that it's an okay song (some people think it sucks, but I'm not going to take it that far). The arrangement is a bit cluttered, similar to the way Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai was, and the "rock" aspect doesn't really feel well done at all, just kind of thrown in there.

I don't like that monologue AT ALL, but for the most part I hate all monologue in H!P songs so that might be a personal preference more than an actual flaw.

The vocals on this track are okay; S/mileage still has the tendency to hurt your ears with really nasally voices. As usual, Sakitty has the most easy-to-listen-to voice, and Dawa has it on the other end of the spectrum. They've both proved that through the TV performances of this song... one is the best sounding, the other is the worst sounding. Take a guess which is which.

OKAY, onto the PV!
















Awww. I like this close-up version a lot. It gives the impression (and few idol groups give this impression) that, you know, S/mileage might kinda like each other.

The dance is not that great, though. It's super jumpy, and I normally wouldn't care but I'm sure it makes it a lot harder to sing. There's a reason that Gambaranakutemo always sounded better live than other singles -- cause the dance was not as unreasonable as this. Like...















Or this part, during Kanon's monologue...














Like, is this the best the choreographers could come up with? On TV perfs of this I always hoped the camera wouldn't show this dance move because its pretty weird.

Oh, and there's a guest in the PV... um, you know... it's that girl that was one of the two friends but this was the one that didn't have affairs with older men... what was her name again...?














Ohhh, right, Nono. She even points that out for us in the PV. (The girls are singing "NonNon" and she points at herself, which its pretty funny.) I don't have any qualms about her being in here; since I wasn't a fan of MM when she was in it I'm not really a fan of her now. But it seems like as far as the rest of Japan goes her being there might help people notice S/mileage, if just a bit more.

But one thing Nono did kind of perplexed me...














What is she doing? Admiring the mop? Well, I guess its just supposed to look cute.

Some other parts of the PV that I liked...



INTENSE KANON









NO MORE MAEDA








WE'RE FUCKING S/MILEAGE!










Well, thanks for reading. Overall, I liked the PV okay, the song is meh, so in conclusion, it's no Gambaranakutemo.

But the b-side is great! Give the new Chottoko LOVE a listen.

Upcoming stuff... the new GO!GO! album review is about 3/4ths done, so someday that will be here.

Thanks guys! We're fucking S/mileage!