I think I might cry of boredom - Naichau Kamo

Writing this, I realize I never reviewed Pepper Keibu properly. All that really needs to be said was "I enjoyed it a lot, Hello! Project generally does well with covers."

I've never actually been as disappointed with a single as I am with Naichau Kamo.

I mean, come on. The title holds promise, it makes the fans excited to see what the song will sound like, and then we get generic recycled-song. It sounds like a mix between Resonant Blue or ONSA and Iroppoi Jirettai. The new "sad and angry" image Morning Musume seems to be adopting isn't bad, but they need fresh sounding songs for it to work. Resonant Blue was a good step in that direction. Naichau Kamo isn't terrible, but it could have been a lot better.

For instance, the use of 8th gen. Almost everyone is saying this, and the fact is, that is what will give the group a new sound. Only using Ai-chan and Reina with a few minor vocals from Gaki and Eri is okay, but using the whole group in a song would definitely bring about this line-ups voice. The group as a whole sings pretty well. Junjun has matured her voice, Koharu can be okay if she tries, and Sayumi has a come a lonnnggg way. Mitsui and Linlin were decent singers to begin with, and I'm sure they've developed their voices quite a bit.

Here's some positive, though..!
-The set looks nice, and not super-cheap. Did you notice that the black things are umbrellas? I thought that was kind of clever.
-Taking the girls outside to shoot a PV is practically unseen, so seeing the girls outside was pleasing for me.
-The girls all look great in the outside scenes. Their hair all wet and them (attempting) to cry made the girls look very depressed and vulnerable (even if a few sort of didn't pull it off too well, namely Niigaki, Mitsui, and Linlin). Junjun played her part almost surprisingly well. Reina and Aichan were of course, great at being sad, and Eri and Koharu may not have been crying, but they did look dejected/depressed.
-I enjoyed Reina, but I do want to see more than just her and Aichan, seriously.
-I like Sayumi's lines. They were probably the best part for me.

And here's the negative!
-the song is typical, I said that already, but heres the biggest reason why: Naichau Kamo is formuliac. Verse1 Chorus Verse2 Chorus Dance Break Chorus Chorus. Borrrrrinnnggg. The forumuliacness that bothers me could have been avoided by making the line distribution or the song itself a bit more interesting, but that doesn't happen.
-The dance outfits are kind of lame. "Whoo! We're Morning Musume and we are angwee girls!" just doesn't cut it with me. If they lost some aspect of it, like the jackets or the fishnets, it would have been quite a bit more appealing. The "grunge" or whatever look someone chose they were going for didn't really work...

So yeah. They could have done better. I have hopes for their next single -_-.