by koregaboku » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:33 pm
I think Yuugure is my favorite song of the bunch. I THINK.
Overall, it does seem reminiscent of the Platinum Era and for that I'm really grateful. This song is so right in so many ways.
As for the performance, I'm loving Mizuki center. It just feels so right. Also, the camera loved Duu, Harunan had great expression, and Riho looked great.
Nitpicking, I forgot Miki existed until the very end when the camera finally cut to her. For whatever reason Ogata and Akane got a lot of side screen time so I saw them more but I don't really recall seeing Miki anywhere. And of course Maria stood out because she's already gorgeous as all hell.
The one part of the song I didn't particularly like and I hope isn't as noticeable in the studio version is the final chorus where Ayumin gets her emphasized line that gets sung really strongly/sharply. Those types of line feel great in singers with great voices/technique (Airi, Miyabi, nowadays probably Riho and Mizuki) but for Ayumin it emphasized for me the screechy one dimensional/yelling aspect of her voice (similar to how sometimes Maimi's voice gets papery). Yes it's nitpicky and I realized it's a small push that Ayumi got but I honestly feel like even if it wasn't one of the front girls who got the line it would've sounded much better with Duu or even Kanon getting the emphasis.