[8/28] Morning Musume。54th single - Wagamama Kinomama Ai no Joke / Ai no Gundan [#1 single, 144k]

[Amped]

so good. so sharp. so amazing. whoa.

[Jessi]

Instant love.

The outfits are amazing tho I'm not too into the pants on some of the members. Still I like when the outfits don't look like cheap concert outfits and these don't give me that vibe.

With that I also have to say I also approve of the background. It also doesn't look cheap and its effective.

The instrumental is incredible. Just a different level of awesomeness.

Robo Sayu is back! And it was perfectly placed at the end.

The dance! HOLY CRAP! The members have become sharp! Who was dancing with Riho and Ayumi during that dance break because that was amazing!

H!P's translator gets the most criticism because their English is slipping...

The song itself is very chill and relaxed and I can see why someone would say uninspiring. Maybe Ai no Joke is more powerful. I can't wait to hear it.

[mura_yo]

those outfits
and the dance is pretty great.
the song.. i'll have to listen to it a few more times to decide whether i like it or not..

[esm]

The dance is amazing.

The song is growing on me as well. Probably gonna watch it many more times today.

I really like the outfits a lot, all the versions.

[Chatin]

I definitely approve of the Riho/Sakura/Ayumi/Mizuki dance break (same as Brainstorming), followed by Robo Sayu ft Masaki and Sakura. The chorus is definitely underwhelming.

Sayu looks damn fine in her outfit. They all look good, really. Riho and Sakura seem to have the same outfit apart from the colour of the beret. Ayumi and Mizuki have the same outfit apart from maybe a bit of colouring on the collar?

[otaku_blue]

Omg guys I strongly recommend listening to this song with headphones.

WOW THIS INSTRUMENTAL

hp uses sax so well and its so addictive omg

and masaki looks great.

edit: I LOVE THIS. OMFG. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. (this was kinda what i wanted with the cool, stylish and girly thing for MM)
YES!

Omg just realised they look like World War 2 European women who were involved in the war and it looks like they're on a battlefield.

[MarioYaguchi]

Instant crush... Amazing dance, they all look cool and the song it's gonna be one of my favs, for sure. I didn't feel like Reina was missing...

[AyuHikaru]

1. There's a saxophone, hell yes~

2. The song sounds kind of old school crazy with anew school twist

3. They have the girls dressed as opposites of each other where they are just exactly the same with the opposite color scheme. It's Riho/Ayumi, Haruna/Sayumi (<3), Zukki/Eripon, Masaki/Haruka, and Muzuki/Sakura and the four main dancers (I never thought I'd say that about Morning Musume O.o) are all in dresses.

3. That dance is incredible.

4. Line distribution is GREAT. No complaints there.

5. Haruna, you are so amazing in my eyes, look at your dancing now. Look how much you've improved. You should be so so proud of yourself.

THIS PART:



When it goes with the DUN DUN of the music, my mouth dropped

[randompasserby]

First impressions...

Visually, I'll have no problem watching the dance shot repeatedly for the foreseeable future. The girls as always looks great, the outfits are eye catching in a good way (the black and red contrast pops out immediately and the mirror image thing going on with pairs are very interesting) and the choreography... holy crap, the formations looks interesting and very dynamic.
From what I can tell on first viewing the girls are all on point the whole time too, they keep pushing their limits and outdoing their past selves like this is just ... wow

As for the song... well, the instrumental is catchy I'll give it that. Personally I think there's way too many unison lines so it kinda dragged on/blurred together with too few high points here and there. On first listen the solo parts I could definitively remember was only Sakura's.
That said, I don't think this is a bad/boring song at all. It definitely hooked me in enough to keep coming back to it for tonight at least.

This feels like the kind of song/performance best viewed live, can't wait!
Get them booked on live music shows, stat H!P/UF!!

[Starra]

I fucking love this. It's almost as good as Brainstorming.

Man. These girls are so amazing.