by Daisuki Daiiyo » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:02 am
I'm not terribly surprised by how this is doing? I think, since they've mainly been performing Desugita on shows so far (as far as I know anyway, I've only seen the one tv performance), that the general public is only perceiving this single as being 'metal'. And for the casual Angerme fan, metal/hard rock is probably a bit much for them-- especially after how fun and funky Gashin and Taiki were. So they feel a bit alienated by this release.
Then, the people who Desugita might have appealed to (such as fans of Babymetal and/or metalheads) probably view this as an insincere foray into the genre and not "real" metal, so they won't buy it either. I mean, even Babymetal had to work for some years doing non-stop metal songs to build enough street cred before they were able to be commercially successful lol. Since this is just a one off thing for Angerme (I hope anyway), those potential fans won't be enticed to purchase.
I normally enjoy most things metal too, but Desugita is just... not good lol. Top it off with weak performances, then it's just not good all around. Maybe if Desugita was the b-side, and they pushed hard with Dondengaeshi, it might be better. But even that song is just so so.
We're only two days in though, so it could make a huge leap later on in the week, who knows. As others have mentioned previously too, people are probably saving up for the album. This single isn't on it though, so idk. All that's left is to wait and see, really.