Review time/first thoughts. Just typing along as I watch... so bear with me.
M00. overture
Finally, B5 time!
M01. Yuuki no Hammer
lol, Rammstein vibes... lol, those hammers are super light
man, it feels like I'm watching some sort of school musical
and the costumes make some of them look fat
M02. Inseki no Kakuritsu
Now we're talking. proper cute outfits. Het, it's that Chikarina chick. Myao and Mayu look good together. Rie, Amina, Kasai, Yuki =
The song is... forgettable
Not bad, just kinda generic.
M03. Ai no Stripper
Interesting title... lol, shameless fanservice
Nice choreography.. some interesting vocal lines.. horrible 80's sound
M04. Theater no Megami
EPIC! Great outfits and Yuki is singing
lol, this chorus is giving me 'Shounichi' vibes. Ah Mayu.. hmm.. there's seems to be a lot of Myao, maybe at the expense of Mayu? Let's keep watching. Hmm.. I'm sure Rie can sing better than this.. aw well, at least she looks great.
-MC
Mayu needs a new catchphrase. Something fresh. Like MYAO. Mikapon also needs a catchphrase. Her talk is similar to Moeno's during Team B's national tour; i.e. talking about sweat
. Harukyan Doito!! Hmm.. her voice is slightly annoying, but she looks cute. ....Did Amina just say she's the oldest in new Team B?! Man, Yuki is pretty perfect.
M05. Hatsu Koi yo, Konnichiwa (Sato S., Watanabe, Oku)
Love these outfits. The song has a bit of an ani-song vibe to it. Talking parts
Upskirt
M06. Arashi no Yoru ni wa (Suzuki, Komori, Miyazaki,. Sato N.)
haha wow. New Faint? Hmm.. maybe not. Lol, Komori pulling badass faces. I quite like this song.
M07. CANDY~ (Masuda, Kasai, Sato A.)
Tenshi no Shippo intro... I was looking forward to Kasai-Amina pairing, but I don't really like that it's such a cutesy song. Yuka must feel great about her vocal skills in this trio
Hmm.. not really digging this song that much.
M08. Locker room boy (Ishida, Kobayashi, Kitahara, Hirajima, Chikano)
Lacrosse? We don't have that over here, so I have zero affiliation with it. Hey, it's that Chikarina chick. Rie pwns this song. This song doesn't really stand out either. I hope there'll be some winners coming up soon...
M09. Yokaze no Shiwaza (Kashiwagi)
Finally, Yuki gets her well-deserved solo song. Too bad it's a slightly boring one. At least it gives Yuki room to show of her vocal skills
-MC-
Pretty interesting to see them lined up like this.. oku/mayu/myao/sumire/mariyannu and mikapon look pretty good together. Natsuki looks too mature to fit in with this crowd
M10. 100 meter Conbini
lol, this melody gives me a Zelda/Kirby/Nintendo vibe. Yuki and Rie rocking it. Pretty cool stuff
M11. Suki Suki Suki
Yuki and Kasai sound great together. Nice feel good song.
M12. SAYONARA no KANASHIBARI
Hmm... I got nothing.
-MC-
Amina's voice
Kana talks too much
M13. Shiokaze no Shoudaijou
More silly hats
It's the necessary ballad... pretty good. Reminds me of B3's Boku no Sakura, which I really like.
-ENCORE-
M14. Honest man
Finally some guitars! This stage is a bit keyboard heavy. Mayu's silly hat
Cool song!
M15. Team B Oshi
Glad that they made a new Team B theme song. Love it. Filled with great fun
I miss Sasshi.
M16. Bokutachi no Kami Hikouki
Pretty cool happy song to end the stage with
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So, mixed feelings...
The Good:
-Great outfits throughout the stage
-Many of my favorite members
The Less Good:
-Only a couple songs stand out. A lot of the songs are kinda generic or they sound like remakes of other AKB songs. B3 and B4 had a lot of guitar based songs, which I'm missing in this stage.
-My most disliked members are here too
In the end? Cool stage for sure, enjoyable to watch and I'm sure I'll appreciate some of these songs better as I hear them some more. However, it did not blow me away as much as I hoped/expected (?) it would.