[6/4] Berryz Kobo 35th single : Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no naka ni / Futsuu, Idol 10nen Yatteran nai desho!?

[Nayoko-Kihara]

I just assumed the horse noises were meant to tie back into the dance bits where it sort of looks like they're trying to ride really short ponies.

the whole country western theme going on during the ending

You have an odd definition of country western.

[forgetmenots]

I think what's so weird about the horse part in the song is that the song sounds like it should be a normal, fluffy, idol song and then suddenly at random parts it takes a turn for quirky, weird, fun idol song and it just doesn't seem blended well together. Also the girls look so awkward during the break-down part, I wonder if they saw the dance and were like uhhhh what? I like the fighting elements much better and I wish they had gone for that during the break-down.

Styling... I think if we saw this level of styling on the other groups we'd be all up in arms about how bad it is, but compared to the last two "normal clothes randomly put together on the girls" costumes, they are much, much improved.

That is the thing though... I personally really don't like the lack of cohesiveness in the outfits.. they seem to make them match using the lighting and not the clothes themselves. Individually many of them look quite good.. it's just together... it still is so weird.. Miyabi especially in the last two singles, she looks absolutely fantastic, but just it's jarring how different she looks from everyone else. This time, she's very... pink and light colored, every time she's on screen it's like BAM. Risako's outfit is much better in photos on it's own than it is in the MV.. it's also.. really awkward.. especially when she's in the center of everyone singing.

That all being said, this is definitely an earworm of a song, It's been in my head for hours now @_@ lol

EDIT: Though I will say, Maasa looks really good here, that outfit looks good on her and with her short hair.

[jeiwa42]

^^ LOL I meant um...you know, those old timey showdown duel with sheriffs and bandit stuff. The last few seconds really sounded like that so the horses sounded right in that situation

Yes, Maasa does look cute in this outfit, I forgot to add that in my comments.
Also, Yurina is wearing Pajama looking things, but she still looks beautiful haha

[otaku_blue]

^^

yeah! thats how I feel.

like if it were there for another reason like apart of the single concept itd make more sense. but it just feels so random and out of place for me since they're singing about their idol tenure and a random horse pops up LOL.

[BerryzCelebration]

It was a Miyabi refrence. (LOL, Jk. jk. I love her xD.).

My favorite part of the dance are definately the chorus and the ending. Everything else was "Meh", especially the dance break.

The styling kind of matched the girls' personalities in a way, especially Miya, Risako, Chinami and Maasa. I don't really like Risako and Yurina's outfits, nor Risako's hairstyle, but everyone else's is pretty good.

The MV itself is good, kind of goes with the groups' personality. They're all personality, decent at singing (4/7), and they aren't really focused on dancing, although they do have some (Captain, Momo, Miya) good dancers in the group. I like the lighting, although the make up and the lighting is just... No xD.

I love the song itself, I can't choose a favorite A-side out of the two. This song is meaningful, talking about how their 10th anniversary and the ups and downs of being an idol, but they still love it (Considering graduation, wanting to pursue in other careers, etc.). Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni is kind of like a bad-asss war song. It's really good, one of their best songs in a while (alongside 1oku, Rock Erotic, Sayonara Usotsuki, Asian Celebration).

It's a great single. Really solid, despite having some ups and downs.

[Rm88]

I really love Futsuu. Despite a couple of weird outfits, I think they look fine And as a self-celebration single, lines are pretty well distributed. Plenty of Chinami! That's always a plus to me. Definitely my favorite song from this single, but then I vastly prefer the outfits for Ai wa Itsumo and we've yet to see the PV.

[Supadackles]

Ai wa Itsumo Kimi no Naka ni - MUSIC FAIR

[otaku_blue]

loved it, great performance by them.

the back up singers really helped though, especially since yurina wasnt there. really makes me think that miya, risako, momo and saki as a unit would be fierce and flawless as fuck.

i've never noticed until now how skinny and awkward chinami's arms were, and maasa looked really big in comparison to miya at one part for me.

[321BreakinOut]

Best BerryZ song ever ?

[forgetmenots]

Crap that was awesome. I love this dance and what a great song to have live instruments for a performance! it sounded great. This is certainly going to be one of my favourite HP songs