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

[Yattaruchan]

What's the point of Japanese CC when it's all written on screen in the video anyway?

[Celedam]

Since it's text data separate from the video, it can be machine translated into any other language via Google Translate. Use the video controls to turn on translation and select the language.

The quality of machine translation varies greatly, of course, depending on the translation engine and the source and target languages. But it works in principle.

[DARC1993]

Zukkki looks amazing.

Points for you.

[Yattaruchan]

Too bad translation only works via web browser and not YouTube apps on various devices. Not for me at least.

[boinsie]

Something to the effect of...?

"Regarding idols, though it's no good if they only laugh,
it's even worse if they forget to smile,
don't you agree?

Suzuki Kanon, 15 years old.
I am the current Morning Musume.
So, let's go."

[Sohee]

"Idols who do nothing but smile are no good. But an idol who forgets how to smile is even worse, right?
Suzuki Kanon. I'm the current Morning Musume."

[Denki]

Smiling always represents Zukki. ♡

[Starra]

Gah, she looks gorgeous .

I love her a lot.

I love them all a lot.

[TotallyUncool]

OK -- I just watched the Music Station appearance. And i agree with what most people have been saying -- there's no need to add any new members right now, because the current version of MoMusu has the whole thing down beautifully. I had almost forgotten how impressive a MS appearance can be -- not just for the prestige and the exposure (as valuable as those things are), but also for the showcasing: Music Station's staging and camera work are first-rate, and every close-up shot was pure gold in terms of presenting the individual members of the group to the public.
In fact, in a lot of ways, the MS appearance brought the new Morning Musume into sharper focus for me. I admit that I haven't followed MoMusu in recent years as closely as I used to, but still, I've listened to the singles, watched the PVs and other clips, spend enough time here picking up everyone's enthusiasm and opinions, and I've developed my own favorites and biases -- enough so that I can say I really have been following the group more closely than I did a few years ago. But in a lot of ways, they still seemed to be a bit too much of a blur (in terms of bringing out the character of the individual members on stage).
But with MS appearance didn't seem like a blur at all -- I could see it all -- Sayu/Riho/Mizuki up front, the others when they had lines, and the individual girls in the background -- in a way that frequently doesn't come across in the PVs. Even little bits like Kaori Jr.'s (I mean Haruna's ) quick turn of the head and back came across beautifully in close-up Things like that can do an enormous amount to sell the group to the wider audience that it's going for.
(And maybe maybe maybe -- I hope -- they'll be back on for the next single. Their performance was good enough so it seems like a real possibility.)

[otaku_blue]

This is great.

Wagamama Close-Up Version
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjAwNDM1MjU2.html

Ai no Gundan Close-Up Version
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjAwNDM1MjIw.html