[2012.02.15] AKB48 - 25th Single "GIVE ME FIVE!"

[YKT]

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[negi08]

  AKB48 25th - Sweet & Bitter (Selection 6) PV Preview

[gekikarabuACE]

Naruhudo Perf - Not sure how live the perf is since it's kinda out of sync at the start.

Some changes in the line-up:
Rena - no sub
Sasshi - no sub
Jurina - subbed by Rie
Mariko - subbed by Akicha
Mayuyu - subbed by Sakiko!!!
Sae - subbed by Sayaka (because I can and I want to put it like that, lol!)
Shiichan in Rie's place
Mocchi in Akicha's place

I guess it's understandable why Rena and Sasshi didn't get any subs. A single trumpet and trombone can cover it, though the sound kinda gets overpowered in the song. So aside from Rena and Sasshi, they shuffled the back-ups and the percussions a bit.

[Rayle]

Fuck yes, Baby Blossom's not a one-off!



I love the sassy little head bob she does at the end. Get it, Captain.

[adsad]

I doubt it's live since i still heard brass sound when both Yui and Miichan sang chorus.

[almond]

I doubt it's live since i still heard brass sound when both Yui and Miichan sang chorus.

It may have been partially live - like they put in the recorded brass for the missing girls' parts. Or they may have used recorded parts for when they effed up

[Rayle]

Nah, whole thing is definitely pre-recorded: More than a few cymbal crashes not matching up with Yukirin's movements.

[aefan_27]

Sweet & Bitter (Selection 6) PV [正式PV]AKB48 25th CW スイートビター - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看
NEW SHIP (Special Girls A) PV [正式PV]AKB48 25th CW NEW SHIP - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看
Hitsujikai no Tabi (Special Girls B) PV [正式PV]AKB48 25th CW 羊飼いの旅 - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看

[gekikarabuACE]

What is that SGB PV?!  Someone please explain it to me because I've been looping it for a while now and I still can't figure it out past the fact that Yuki, Rena and Haruna were leading some kind of mystical ceremony with their subjects in an effort to revive their fellow priestess Mayu.

Hella weird and creepy with the way they 'died' after the candle blowing, but it's so pretty~

[Seigus]

What is that SGB PV?!  Someone please explain it to me because I've been looping it for a while now and I still can't figure it out past the fact that Yuki, Rena and Haruna were leading some kind of mystical ceremony with their subjects in an effort to revive their fellow priestess Mayu.

Hella weird and creepy with the way they 'died' after the candle blowing, but it's so pretty~

I can't, for the life of me, really figure out the PV for Hitsujikai no Tabi too! All I know is that the girls look gorgeous and I'm seeing hints of MaYuki littered all over the PV ♥♥

Mayu was revived but she lay down to rest again at the end. I think the PV is suggesting that life is a neverending cycle of ups and downs. Either that or someone/something is always sacrificed for someone else's happiness. After Mayu "died" at the beginning, the girls in white were revived. And after Mayu was revived, a couple of the girls in white tried to chase after those in black as if knowing something bad will happen to them once Mayu is alive again. Yui, Akicha and KitaRie attempted to give life to the bare tree but it only bloomed after the girls in white and Rena and Haruna "died" and Mayu transferred their lives to the tree. As Mayu walked to the stone bed at the end to "die" a second time, the rest of the girls were revived. Basically, the PV seems to suggest that there has to be a constant balance of good and bad things in this world. As for Yuki's role, I'm just guessing that she's God or something

My theory is full of loopholes and is probably wrong in many ways but that's what I managed to gather. Plus, trying to figure it out is so much fun. I have a love-hate relationship with such PVs. I hate it that I don't fully understand the PV yet at the same time, I love it for leaving the story/message open to our imagination.

Anyway, I'm now glad that Mayu and Yuki were left out of Selection 6 because I'm so loving Hitsujikai no Tabi over Sweet & Bitter.

[oist]

Hitsujikai no Tabi PV made my day just for the millisecond flash of Haa-chan's face near the end.
And yes, about a total of five seconds of Kasai, and two of Yuka.

[gekikarabuACE]

Hitsujikai no tabi = Shepherd's journey, right?

I actually wonder if this is a bit of an allusion to Christianity, not only because I see some crosses in the background, but also because of how they used the concept of a 'shepherd'. Yuki is obviously playing a higher being here (god). Right under her are Mayu, Rena and Haruna. Then after them there's Akicha, Rie and Yui (they're evidently following senbatsu rankings here, except for Yui who jumped over Sae, Tomomi, Micchan, Amina and Sayaka).

We have Mayu, Rena and Haruna acting as shepherds to the rest of the group. Miichan and Churi tries to go after Yuki and the rest as they presumably leave to do their thing, but are stopped because it's something that they (the black-robed ones) must do. I'm assuming that thing was Mayu, Rena and Haruna sacrificing themselves in order to revive the dead tree. The way I interpret that scene where Umechan opened the book to let the pages fly was that they were letting their prayers reach Yuki. Yuki answers by reading the page and the tree is revived, but at the cost of 3 of her shepherds (and one of them was her favorite ). In the end, Yuki leads her flock with her remaining shepherds and they advance forward into the horizon.

tl;dr - leading a pack of 200+ girls is not a walk in the park. great sacrifices are made left and right.

Superficial thoughts:
- Mayu looks beautiful without the twin tails. It suits her really well.
- The PV is like 40% Yuki, 30% Mayu, Rena, Haruna, 15% group shot, 10% mid to lower senbatsu, 5% close-ups of UG.
- Everyone, and I mean everyone, is so beautiful in this PV.     

[aefan_27]

GIVE ME FIVE! Full PV
[正式PV]AKB48 25th Give Me Five！完整版 - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看

[Seigus]

Hitsujikai no tabi = Shepherd's journey, right?

I actually wonder if this is a bit of an allusion to Christianity, not only because I see some crosses in the background, but also because of how they used the concept of a 'shepherd'. Yuki is obviously playing a higher being here (god). Right under her are Mayu, Rena and Haruna. Then after them there's Akicha, Rie and Yui (they're evidently following senbatsu rankings here, except for Yui who jumped over Sae, Tomomi, Micchan, Amina and Sayaka).

I know close to nothing about Christianity but what you said makes more sense than my out-of-nowhere theory

Yuki answers by reading the page and the tree is revived, but at the cost of 3 of her shepherds (and one of them was her favorite ).

And this is my favourite part of your theory - MaYuki! It makes me sad that Yuki has to sacrifice her favourite but I cheer myself up by telling myself that Yuki is God and can revive Mayu anytime (Rena and Haruna also didn't really "die" as they opened their eyes at the end)

[gekikarabuACE]

I know close to nothing about Christianity but what you said makes more sense than my out-of-nowhere theory

I'm surprised you actually understood what I was trying to say, seeing as how I made so little sense now that I re-read what I wrote. I think I got my theory figured out now, though. Basically, the allusion to Christianity goes like:

Yuki(god) sent her favorite Mayu (Christ) to the people to lead them, with the help of Rena, Haruna, Rie, Akicha, Yui (the apostles). But Mayu, along with her assistants Rena and Haruna needed to sacrifice themselves in order to revive the tree (save the people).

And... yeah, that's my theory. Lol. I wrote so much on my previous post but this is basically what I was getting at. Anyway, like I said, it's just a theory. I hope I'm not offending anyone's religion here. Really, that's not my intention when I drew the comparisons.

Now to watch the GIVE ME FIVE movie, I mean, PV. 

[maliciel]

Guys, just dropped in to say:

What the fuck?

[Seigus]

Yuki(god) sent her favorite Mayu (Christ)

I admit my heart did a little dance when I read that. Hopeless MaYuki supporter here

I wrote so much on my previous post but this is basically what I was getting at. Anyway, like I said, it's just a theory. I hope I'm not offending anyone's religion here. Really, that's not my intention when I drew the comparisons.

We all do that when we try to put our first impression into words. But I like reading lengthy and detailed theories/analyses so what you wrote earlier was very welcome. And I don't think anyone should take offence at what you said. It's near impossible not to associate the PV with Christianity due to the crosses and bible-like book. Plus, it's not like you said anything bad about the religion. I just wonder why AKB48 management would want to produce a PV with a religious theme. Perhaps it's not as sensitive a topic in Japan? *shrugs*

I'm going to watch GIVE ME FIVE PV now too. Hope to see subs (English or Chinese) soon so that I can understand what they are saying!

[maliciel]

SWEET AND BITTER SO FUCKING GOOD OH MY GOD.

IT IS LIKE AKI-P DECIDED TO MAKE A GROUP LIKE SECOND GEN TANPOPO.

[gekikarabuACE]

Guys, just dropped in to say:

What the fuck?

EXACTLY. This whole Hitsujikai no tabi PV is one big 'WTF?!?'. But I think I'll stand by my 'lamb of god' theory here. I mean, I don't have any other explanation as to why they went all 'the secret circle' with us on this. 

GIVE ME FIVE MAKING OF

[特典]AKB48 25th Give Me Five！ Making 全编 - 视频 - 优酷视频 - 在线观看

Okay, I'll admit - I got bored watching the 34-minute PV. I thought it was too much of a montage with voice-overs than a drama (and yes, I consider it a drama because... why else would it be 34 minutes long?). No one had any real speaking lines except for the prof Acchan, Yuko, a bit of Takamina and even less from Yuki. Heck, the prof had the most speaking lines, and most of it he read from a book. On a different note, I did find a few things interesting/amusing:

- Yuki is good with that wild and/or glassy look in her eyes.  Is this the reason why she always seems to get the emo role in PVs?
- Sae totally looks like a guy. WTH?! I did a double take when I realized that it wasn't just another male extra sitting in front. 
- Jurina doesn't look out of place at all with the other adults. It's not supposed to happen. She's just 14. 
- Everyone looked bored in the last classroom scene. Acchan looks like she's daydreaming, Rena is about to fall asleep, Tomomi is asleep. 
- Seeing Rena in this made me realize just how much I want to see her in a normal school drama as a playful/naughty student, and not as the emo/loner type (as with every other SKE PV out there) nor as the insane/violent one (a la Gekikara).

[Rayle]

That first classroom scene was gold. The shenanigans with the note-passing would be great in an of themselves, but in this drama setting they weren't as exaggerated so it felt real, and I loved it.

Mariko and Jurina in the same class. Lol, the age gap between all of these girls being in the same class is so suspension-of-disbelief-breaking.

I think I ship Rena/Sayanee now.  But completely agree with gekikarabuACE, playful Rena was really fun to watch.

Oh snap, Yukirin can act! Did not see that much eye-acting coming.

Dawwwwww Takamina. GET IT TAKAMINA. <3 Her acting isn't immediately catching me like Yuki's, but like all things Takamina, comes off completely sincere and compelling for it.

The Oshimaeda scene: This is where the 34-minute thing breaks down in execution, because a full drama(or mini-series) would give us episodes of Yuko being peppy to give this mental breakdown more impact. Instead, we've been told not shown that Yuko's the mood-maker of the quartet. Similarly, previous episodes would establish what the OshiMaeda dynamic was like before the band and before the confrontation, so that we could see the changes after.

LOLOLOLOL JURINA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. WITH MARIKO LOLOLOLOL.

What the fuck Kasai pregnant? What the fuck Saeboy? So fucking randommmmmm.

Heh, the strings they're using for the teacher's speech are like old PS2 synths. So cheap.

Aaaaaand so Yukirin's depression was magically cured, and everyone else found better jobs? What? And the school managed to buy a new set of drums with a fixed cymbal?

Ah well, don't care as long as Acchan and Jurina continue to wear those leather jackets. :d :d :d

ICWUDT with that "Onee-chan!" Aki-P. Make it easy for the fans to self-insert, eh?