I can honestly say without doubt that maru, sankaku, heart is the best gravure / idol video I've ever seen (the video that was posted right above this post). I highly recommend it. Not because she has a super fat ass for a j-girl
(which she does), but because it does something I have never seen before in an idol video. Although I must admit I am no expert on idol videos, I have about 30 or so saved on my hd and countless more that have been deleted, so I'm definitely no beginner to idol videos either.
This video was highly similar to eroge. It was like eroge in which you could not pick responses.
It was basically a story of rika falling in love / experiencing her first love. I don't want to spoil the story for those who want to enjoy it, but its sooooooo cute. I muttered kawaii to myself at least 3 times... just wait till you see the confession, lol. In between the standard idol video fare (laying in the bed with a bikini on, taking a shower, wearing school uniforms), there is quite the story which is carried out much like eroge. The male's parts are written (you) and the woman's parts are voiced (rika). Basically (like eroge) in the story parts the camera are your eyes and she does "stuff" to you (no sex or anything), like cuddles with you or patch you up after an injury.
This concept mixed with rika makes this the best video I've ever seen and if I ever do a presentation on gravure / idol videos this will be one of the videos I include to represent the awesomeness of the genre. Music for most scenes is really good too.
Now for those avid gravure watchers, are there other IV's out there that play a lot like eroge? If so could you be so kind as to tell me in a PM so I can watch those too?
Edit: I should mention that her "acting" is particularly amazing, in fact its quite cheesy at times, but the concept of the video is what I'm raving over.