Nov 15 2008
C-ute PV Ranking
It seems like a while since I’ve ranked anything, and I kind of miss it. Maybe my OCD tendencies are coming out, but there’s something satisfying about putting things in order, so I’m starting a new rankings series, this one for PVs. I’m trying to judge just the PV while ignoring how much I like the song, which may not be totally possible, but that’s the goal anyway.
C-ute is first because I’ve got C-ute on the brain since their new concert DVD just came out. For the groups like MM who have a lot of PVs I probably won’t comment on every single one like this, but C-ute has few enough that it’s manageable.
9.Lalala Shiawase no Uta- Lalala, girls putting on makeup in front of a mirror. We’ve never seen that in a h!p PV before. They could at least be doing it on an interesting set or something.
8.Sakura Chirari- Close-ups are just too close, the box background isn’t very appealing, the costumes and dance suck, and I wonder if Maimi knows Airi cheating on her by doing pair scenes with Kanna on the side.
7.Ookina Ai de Motenashite- God…it’s so CUTE. Love Nakki’s hair, btw, but the set looks super duper cheap, even by h!p standards.
6.Massara Blue Jeans- They’re outside, so I guess MaiMai’s sunglasses make sense for once. Or maybe she’s just trying to hide the fact that she’s waaaay too young for that aggressive air humping.
5.Edo no Temari no Uta- It fits the song, I’ll give them that. After watching the “dancer shot” version of the PV though all I can see are the creepy asexual background dancers.
4.Namida no Iro- So the girls look hot, which is good, but all we’ve got here is the usual dance shot/close-up rotation.
3.Soku Dakishimete- This PV is almost verging on having a plot. In what must be the lowest scoring game in the history of basketball, the clock is running out, C-ute is behind “ENEMY” 8-9, and Megumi makes the basket to give C-ute the victory. Unfortunately, she later tested positive for steroids and was forced to retire, but that has nothing to do with this particular PV. The freeze jump shots are a nice touch, particularly Maimi’s graceful leap to the basket and Mai’s adorable failure.
2.Tokkaiko Junjou- There’s lots of good things about this PV: Maimi’s back against the city skyline, the night dance scenes, and Chisato’s “WTF, that’s my ball bitch” face. However… the little girl gang walk thing is awkward, they make some strange faces at the camera in their close-ups, and it’s just not as fun as Meguru.
1.Meguru Koi no Kisetsu- I love the fact that they were actually rolling the different backdrops and girls in and out of view. They could have done the background changes with CG, but I like it a lot better this way. All the little scenes and the “snap shots” are great. The best PVs are the ones where you get a glimpse of the girls just goofing around together.
<3<3<3,
~Celestia~
You forgot Koero! Rakuten Eagles.
hmm, well, I guess I don’t consider that to be a real single
It has a PV, though. In any case, some of MoMusu’s PVs are not singles (including my favorite, “Ganbacchae!”).
And now that “FOREVER LOVE” is out….
I know, I know. It wasn’t when I wrote this. I think I’d put “Forever Love” in the vicinity of Namida no Iro. I’ll have to watch it a few more times before I decide on before or after.