A PV preview for AKB48's sister group NMB48's debut single, Zetsumetsu Kurokami Shoujo, was just released. It's yet another obnoxiously long PV preview that ruins the surprise. This one clocks in at nearly 2 minutes. Which is a little less then 2/3 of the PV.
Ever since I heard the radio rip I have been in love with this song. So, I was expeting a lot from this PV. However, those expectations weren't really met.
Nearly the entire PV so far is nothing but the girls surronded by rice paper doors. The dance scene is filmed in front of one, the close-up shots are filmed in front of one, and a member is even shooting an arrow surrounded by 8 or so of them. I'm also pretty dissapointed with the dance itself. Not because, it's anawful dance or anything. The dance is find, it's pretty much a standard idol dance. But when the song was first announced they said the dance was supposed to incorporate Kabuki elements. Now maybe I'm just not familiar enough with Kabuki, but I didn't notice anything that remotely looked like Kabuki.
The second half of the PV preview is significantly better than the firs thalf. It shows the girls wearing kimonos, which is always adorable. And we are also treated to a new dance scene. Where the girls are wearing pretty skimpy outfits dancing in front of a Japanes style painting. Which is a nice touch.
Overall I'm a little dissapointed by the PV. Since it's a song about being proud of your black hair, and being Japanse (I assume) I really wish they would have added more Japanese customs/traditions they should b proud of. Like kendo, origami,
ikebana, a tea ceremony, etc. I really would have liked them to take the Japanese theme and just go all out with it. At the end of the PV they seem tobe doing calligraphy so maybe, just maybe, we'll see more Japanese elements in the full version.
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