The Fedora is the coolest. Gachinko de Ikou! - Buono! Review
Woo, my life is starting to slow down a bit. Marching Band will be over November First. Hopefully I can catch up...I probably wont be able to, though...so please bear with me. D:
I honestly don't find this song catchy at all. Whenever I try to recall any part of the song, I start humming "Buckets no Mizu" instead. Is that bad?
This makes it sound as if I don't like the song much!
I do like the song, really!! It is a summer-y fun anime-ending song. It fits the previous ending song tunes and themes well, and thats really what its supposed to do, I think. Tie up the series with an ending that is reminiscent of the previous endings...it seems to be sort of common these days in anime (Although the only example I have is with Code Geass...and all of ALI PROJECT's songs sound the same, so maybe it isn't as common as I would like to think it is). Anyway! I am enjoying the vocal selection of this song, as Momoko seems to be the major lead (with only three people, they are all leads..) in this song. She is also not singing in her usual squeaky voice, so she matches Airi and Miyabi very well :D. Although the song is very similar to previous singles, there are attributes that the previous songs do not have! Such as the cute speaking parts before the chorus, and the mixed-in speaking parts at the musical interlude. They add flavor to the song, making it a bit more interesting! Hopefully this paragraph convinced you that I don't dislike the song (haha). I enjoy the song, but I feel as though I would like the song a lot more if Renai Rider and Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! had not come before it.
The PV provides us with some amusing scenes of the girls in their adorable suits. These scenes have a dark-basement feel to them, which adds to the Playing-Poker idea I believe they are trying pull off. Instead of poker the seem to play Old Maid instead, which is probably more interesting for them to play than poker. Momoko's excitement when she gave Miyabi the joker alongside Airi's "Woohoo, whatever" attitude was great. Actually the girls playing the games makes the PV worth watching overall. The other two scenes we are provided are a little...bland. I can understand the use of a white background for the dance scene. Its supposed to make the girls pop out, right? The thing is, the girls are wearing a lot of black, gray and white, therefore they blend in to the background much more than they pop out. With better color choice, this could have been a perfectly aceptable dance shot. The other scene, with the musicians playing and Buono! running around 'playing' the instruments could have been a good scene also, except...the musicians seemed to be looking at Buono! like "Why are you playing my instrument? Go away!"...that kind of ruined it. There are a lot of fun and creative elements in this PV making it worth the watch. I still feel like there are some simple things the creators could have done to make the PV awesome.
Character Review:
Suzuki Airi: Although I always find her kinda boring, she tends to shine a bit more in Buono! PV's. Her totally uncaring expression during Momoko's excitement was the best XD. She has a cute outfit here, I like it a lot. Fits the anime's theme. I found her hair and hat outfit to be quite unflattering on her, though.
Miyabi- Oh my goodness! I am so happy that she wore her hair down! She is so pretty with her hair down...and her fedora, haha. I felt that her voice fit rather well in this song.
Momoko- She is the highlight of the PV (this is obvious, she is my favorite). She is really expressive, which is something I love to see in Idols these days. Momoko has such an adorable persona, it is very hard to not like everything she does (perhaps this is a bit biased.) I find that she fit the role best for this song. She wasn't the least bit awkward. This isn't to say the other girls looked strange in their suits or how they acted, Momoko just had the most fun. This could be because she was given the role to have the most fun, but I feel as though she gave it her all, while Miyabi and Airi gave most of it.
Overall: Good Song. Okay PV. B+.
-Hotaru <3
