by AyuHikaru » Sun Jun 23, 2013 5:41 am
I love Risako a lot. I think her expressions are spot on. her dancing is good, and she can sing like no one's business. The problem with her, I think, is that she's shy. The kind of shy she is is perfectly fine in real life, but not at all in entertainment. She needs to be TV shy. Eri was TV shy. It's a strange kind of outgoing shy where you do weird things but are still called shy. I know Risako is weird from her blog (Buying a ring that looked like teeth, whhaatt?) but I don't know that from her actions. She's boring, frankly. And that's a shame. She's a front girl, whether she likes it or not, and she needs to do something with that status.
I same could be said for all the girls in Berryz. They are idols, they need to DO SOMETHING WITH THAT STATUS. I feel Momoko does it well, and Miyabi - when she's being kind of mean - does it pretty well to. I am utterly disappointed by Chinami and Maasa when I see them on TV though. Utterly. Chinami was always at the bottom of my ranking, until Dschinghis Khan. That video was like Chinami heaven, she was so funny in it and stood out a LOT for me. I praised her up and down and all over, saying that's how to get attention and what not. I noticed other people who weren't me pay attention to her during this time as well. My roommate became a fan of her during this time. Maasa and Chinami were also really funny during that time when I watched stuff. Now-a-days I feel like I harbor loyalty to Chinami purely based on 2008 Chi. I loved 2008 Chi, I don't know who this person is in 2013. I just want 2008 Chi to come back. Same with Maasa, except also 2010 Maasa. 2010 Maasa was fighting Maasa, she was damn great. And it wasn't because she was thinner either, 2010 Maasa was on TV, getting attention, she was in your face and she made you pay attention. 2013 Maasa is quiet and sticks to the back. For God Sake Maasa you were in a movie, you should have done something with that and you DIDN'T. You just went back to the back, pretending that never happened. MAAASSAAA.
Anyway because of this rant, I went and watched Dschinghis Khan for the first time in probably 2 years. Then I watched Cha Cha Sing and I do not know man, it's like night and day.. DK was full of energy and spark and fun, Cha Cha Sing, while a fun song, they really just stood around with a half baked smile. The dancing had little energy and they looked mostly like they were going through the motions. The best shots were when they were all singing in front of the camera as a group and doing their own thing, but it's still night and day from DK - where they looked like they were having fun throughout the entire video. 2008 Berryz would have killed Cha Cha Sing and blew 2013 Berryz out the water. And I don't think it's an age thing at all, they can still be goofy as all hell from at ages 19-21.
But I still like both these songs on this single so I'm just gonna hope they start caring again.
I really don't see C-ute or S/mileage getting better treatment except with a one off here and there. Even Morning Musume's last 2 PVs weren't all that if you try to look at them budgetwise.
Miya, Momo and Chinami get it right most of the time, I think. Risako is dead weight on TV, with Yurina and Captain being just there. Actually Maasa is a bit more entertaining than them, she was okay in that show with Haruna.
