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Okay, so I watched the regular version of "Jaja Uma Paradise", and to my surprise, it was even more boobtastic than the Pink Version. (Am I the only one that thinks it's funny that it's called the Pink Version when you think about the Japanese and the color pink? Okay, I'm done making dirty commentary. For now.)

Actually, I think it's hilarious that "Jaja Uma Paradise" roughly translates to "Shrew Paradise" (shrew meaning difficult woman) and I just got finished doing tech for a play called "Taming of the Shrew". I'm sure I could make plenty of jokes within this entry using lines from it, but I'll refrain. Unless one of these screencaps just begs for a quote about tongues and tails. Okay. I'm done now, I swear.

The song is starting to grow on me, though I'd still gladly one-two-three KICK (yes, that was a bad pun. I'm really sorry) it out the window for another "Ajisai" or "Kacchoiize." Though I do confess to running around all day going "Odore! Koisuru no rodeo danshi!"

What I don't like is how they're trying so hard to make the girls sexy and while they do succeed to an extent, I kind of laugh watching this. Rika doesn't look very good in that high ponytail; though Yui and Erika are gorgeous. The dance is laughable, especially the part where they wave their arms above their heads. I mean, come on. I found out Natsu Mayumi does the AKB48 choreography...and they have such awesome choreography. What the fuck happened here?

And even MORE blatant boob shots. That said, I kind of like the glittery thing on Rika's right boob. Now, if only it was somewhere else so I wouldn't have to look at Rika's goodies while I go, "OOOH, SHINY!"

The video only makes more obvious how desperate Biyuuden's situation is: come on, Goto Maki did this exact same kind of thing, and she graduated. But what can Rika do? H!P is really the only place where she can take the front and center like this, so she and the rest of Biyuuden have to dance there and look overjoyed at thrusting while wearing hardly anything. Very flattering.

Rika tries to look alluring. She fails. Well, I think she does, anyway. The legions of nosebleeding fanboys might disagree.

If anything, this pretty much shows you everything that's wrong with Biyuuden: their sexiness isn't at all classy, and while Erika and Yui are decent singers...those "dangerous" and "fantasy" parts were almost painful to listen to, and because of all this, they have to stand there and look absolutely fucking thrilled to be doing this.

Forgive me, but I just can't believe that this is what any of them thought they'd signed on for. Not even Rika.

Also, I was watching a subbed version, and does anyone want to update me on what "Taro and Hanako" is? They mention things like "otoko to onna" and "Adam and Eve" (well, really "Ivuko", but whatever) so I'm assuming they're like a traditional symbolic Japanese pairing (you know, like Adam and Eve is for some of us, or Han Solo and Princess Leia...well, the second one might just be me.)

Oh, Yui. Yui, Yui, Yui. There are no words to express my love for her.

Erika spends a lot of this video looking off into space. One can argue that this was thought up by the director to enhance the boobage, but I had more fun saying things like, "What's that in the distance? Is it Max Matsuura, coming to sign me to Avex and let me put my clothes back on?"

And hey, speaking of the clothes, does anyone know why there's a dead skunk hanging off their skirts?

Actually, other than the dead skunks and the disturbing amount of cleavage, I kinda like the outfits. The skirts are flashy at least, and if they make the shirt longer and less prone to smashing boobs together, I might actually wear that.

Might being the key word.

I saw this mentioned over at Thoughts on Jpop about the choreography, and looking at it when it's screencapped, there are points when they seem rather out of sync. I didn't notice it in the video, more likely because I was constantly pausing it and minimizing the window every time a family member walked by.
 

That said, it doesn't really matter, because I hate this choreography. The part where they're high-fiving each other, Rika looks partly "Must keep smiling" and partly "Dear God, please let my hand reach Yui's" since she's not looking.

Erika's hair apparently is not long, but it still looks pretty good. I miss her "Koisuru Angel Heart" hair, though. That was beautiful.

All insults aside, though, they do look quite pretty. Yui especially. I think they overdid Erika's eyeliner, though. She looks like a raccoon.

You know, this PV looks like it was fairly budgeted. Certainly there are more than two sets, two versions, and confetti flying everywhere. I think Coconuts Crazy was right about Up-Front using most of its money to sex up poor Gocchin.

"Shake it, do it, do it!"

For a few moments here, the Biyuuden girls are rendered blurry with happiness. Or the crazy horny camera guy just can't hold it still. Something.

Rika looks very satisfied here. Turning on wotas and freaking casual listeners out. All in a day's work.

I've never liked the idea of Biyuuden much ("Let's take one of H!P's worst singers and toss in two others to make it less obvious! YEAH!") but they always managed to make it worthwhile. "Ajisai" was lovely and didn't even try to sex the girls up too much (though I agree with Ray that Erika shaking it was probably the most unintentionally sexy moment of the PV) while "Kacchoiize!", while not exactly as complex as "Ajisai", was at least interesting (lesbian love triangles, anyone?) and there wasn't a part of either song that I flinched at.

I know I keep comparing everything Biyuuden does to "Ajisai" and "Kacchoiize!" but for me, those are their two best songs ("Koisuru Angel Heart" gave me hope for their newer stuff, but "Jaja Uma Paradise" crushed it again). I also really liked "Koi no Nukegara", and that PV was absolutely beautiful, with the traditional Japanese...stuff (haha, I don't know the right word for it)...and the dresses and those little sprigs of whatever that is in their hair...

And it's not like this is Morning Musume, with their ever-changing lineup and the styles that change from lineup to lineup (example: fourth-gen 10nin did happy happy pop; fifth-gen 13nin and 12nin did more experimental things like "Mr. Moonlight" [swing] and "Souda!" [which I don't think I can even begin to categorize])...this is one group. If Tsunku and his creative forces can write things like "Kacchoiize!" and "Koisuru" (I don't believe he did "Koi no Nukegara" or "Ajisai"), or at least hire people to think up things like "Koi no Nukegara" and "Ajisai", why doesn't Biyuuden put out better stuff? You're obviously going to have good songs and bad songs, but from "Kacchoiize!" to something like "Issai Gassai"? I don't see it. Sorry.

Anyway. Where was I before I went off rambling? Right. Biyuuden started out good, and they've had spikes of improvement ("Aisucream" and "Koisuru" come to mind) but then they come out with something like "Jaja Uma", which is catchy, yes, but it's catchy like that song you completely hate is catchy. It doesn't fit with Biyuuden's usual level of music.

Normally I'd close this off with some advice, but there's really nothing I can say. Um, at least they're hot? Something anyway.