[2012.05.23] AKB48 - 26th Single "Manatsu no Sounds Good!"

[LovelyGaki]

PPL WATCH BEFORE IT GET'S DELETED!!!!!!

[pastil]

New center!

I've been listening to the piece of music they put during the end credits of the PV on repeat...

[Amplifier]

I'd buy 10 copies of this single, if you know what I mean.

[LovelyGaki]

I've been listening to the piece of music they put during the end credits of the PV on repeat...

I'm doin the same thing. I would buy a full version of the Piano rendition of [M no SG]


SO. . .I finished watching the PV.
Great PV and all, but I'm still "Wtf just happend" I'm just so confused ahah.

Only downside, I was a little dissapointed.
If you guys understand what I mean, with the "millions" of previews that was in the news.
Trailers making the PV look so epic, then when you actaully watch the whole thing

[jafeijai]

I've been listening to the piece of music they put during the end credits of the PV on repeat...

I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up being on Sakiko's album..

[winner]

I've been listening to the piece of music they put during the end credits of the PV on repeat...

I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up being on Sakiko's album..

^Yes please.

Been dodging all info on Manatsu till the full PV.
Acchan grad = end of the world = needs Mayuyu
Vet members/new gen side-by-side scenes. Done nicely.
CG stuff made you guess there'd be some epic ending. Like making a hairy earth-god roar . Doesn't happen.
Beach dance still cute.

Now waiting for the coupling PVs.

Just remembered, I haven't even watched the Give Me Five PV yet...

[Rayle]

Bigger, includes dl link:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/112350136814815717597/posts/1xTvnwyeqaL

[SomethingWild]

Only downside, I was a little dissapointed.
If you guys understand what I mean, with the "millions" of previews that was in the news.
Trailers making the PV look so epic, then when you actually watch the whole thing

This. Somehow the full PV didn't live up to the hype. As usual, all the good bits were in the preview already. And two minutes of credits? Pff..

Aw well, still good. Nice incorporation of the current changes in AKB48 as well as some nice bikini shots. Can't complain much 

One small thing, they switch shots too often/quickly during the dancing scenes on the beach. Just when I try to figure out who I'm watching, the shot changes to three other girls. Can't keep up. Gotta watch the PV in slow motion too, lol.

[almond]

My main reaction at the ending was "OH GOD THEY ALL DIED." 

I couldn't find Takamina during the battle scenes 


Also, I've been reading way too much manga because I'm convinced that Iwata killed them all

[boykun]

Agree with everyone.

PV answers nothing and probably raises more questions, wtf? I'm sad there are no snipers taking pot shots from the top of the hill . Looked like they just randomly died. The digital stuff on their hands and what looked like some holographic dome thing was kind of cool.

I am convinced there will be another ridiculously long drama version to be released or coupled with the single DVD, otherwise this is a huge disappointment. Maybe there's some cool war type stuff they're saving for the long PV, lol. At this point though, it seems like their PVs are just another medium for famous directors to show off with random stuff.

Also disappointed they ruined the Kachuusha outfits. Come on, man, those outfits are cute as hell.

As far as the song goes, it's better than I initially thought, but still meh. It'll probably grow on me by the time it actually comes out.
And I am totally 100% fine with Mayuyu center. I personally welcome our new cyborg overlord.

[Masa]

The best wallpaper ever?

[Rayle]

Agree with everyone.

PV answers nothing and probably raises more questions, wtf? I'm sad there are no snipers taking pot shots from the top of the hill . Looked like they just randomly died. The digital stuff on their hands and what looked like some holographic dome thing was kind of cool.

I am convinced there will be another ridiculously long drama version to be released or coupled with the single DVD, otherwise this is a huge disappointment. Maybe there's some cool war type stuff they're saving for the long PV, lol. At this point though, it seems like their PVs are just another medium for famous directors to show off with random stuff.

The director seems to have studied with the Evangelion guy. So yeah, we can blame Gainax for this. 

Actually, I'm not so sure there'll be an extended version. We've already had a long PV this year with GMF, and the other long one will probably be reserved for the Election results single like with Furage. Plus, Kataomoi Finally and Dareka no Sei de Wa Shinai were never extended ,and they've got loose ends and plot confusion all over the place, too.

[muppet]

Some of the singles captured me the first time that I heard/watched, some took time and grew on me.
Am interested to see a longer version..........................to explain a little bit more about the war/ attacks.
However, symbolism of new girls helping out the old guard worked well.

[Sieka]

At first when I watched them and I saw the signs on Atsuko and Tomochin's hand appear, I thought that they came from other space or what, but heck, its confusing how everyone started coughing out blood or dying...

Are they promoting helping people in need - theme? I'm seriously confused.

Although the bikini shot scenes were okay, why was it there? Even though in the past scenes, there were blood and dying.

I'm confused and I don't get it at all.......

[maliciel]

"These angels have come down to perform for you ... Are you ready?"

You might think this is just the Overture, but watch the PV again. Where do Maeda & Co come from? The stars, of course. It's a play on the usual alien invasion trop, with a little twist. The aliens this time are really fucking pretty, and they come with a message.

"Just leave me, we decided that earlier, didn't we?"

Is what Acchan says, imploring Mayuyu to leave her, presumably to die.

"But I can't, there's things you have to tell us, right? That's why you're here!"

"No. We came here for our own sakes, to change ourselves."

Everyone who touches the girls contracts some sort of weird shit that gives them super TB and pretty much kills them.　This could be an allegory to the AKB48 policy of never touching anyone you don't have close contact with. Aliens in this case probably referring to how AKB48 can't have boyfriends and whatnot. Two girls are not affected by this Super TB, namely Mayuyu and Karen; We can see this when Karen stands alone in a sea of bodies, apparently the only survivor. There's two ways to see Mayuyu's immunity: It's an in-joke about her cyborg self, or it's an allusion to what Acchan said to her earlier about it already being decided. Mayuyu is not of this earth, in the way that the rest of the frontgirls are not of this earth. She came here earlier, as a scout.

The dance sequence is not so much a random thing, but rather Mayuyu being brought back to her alien self, by the hands that cover her eyes. She's essentially a sleeper Cylon, with no memory of anything that happened before until she is brought back to the fold with those hands that cover her eyes. The dance sequence represents the awakening of Mayuyu's self as an alien. The dance world and real world exist concurrently, but only a few have the ability to transition between both worlds with no harm being brought to them.

Then Mayuyu leads Acchan in a Psalm type sequence. She leads Acchan to the path of righteousness, for AKB's name's sake. Well except the water is not very still. And it's Guam. Mayuyu doesn't have any sort of weird reaction to the group of people waiting for both her and Acchan. That's because she has been awakened and she is finally returning back to the fold. The dead AKB48 girls are now part of the dance world, due to their succumbing to the TB-like disease. But look at where everyone stands. Who's behind Takamina, and between Sashihara and Oshima?

That's right. Karen.

Karen is the true savior. She lives, but also gains the ability to move between the real world and the alien world. Mayuyu is a connection. In the real world, Mayuyu is the 3rd gen member that can still carry on after the pioneers have left. And she will be the bridge that facilitates the transition and transfer of power. The credit roll at the end is to encourage nostalgia (from the silly piano lines) and to ease the shock of just seeing the future of AKB48 in the span of six minutes.

That's right, all Anno Hideaki up in this sumbitch. Oh, I forgot to mention. Acchan uses 私たちが変わる. But 代わる can also mean succession.

[lolym]

I really liked the pv but it was so crowded, I barely saw some of my favorite girls, Yuki was on screen for like 5 seconds 

[Masa]

PV screentime comparison:

[yukofan]

after i finished watch the pv, i thought "wtf is this pv about"..i didn't get the story LOL
but like scene whe mayu-jurina-milky dancing..they are so cute..

[t-motion]

I like the PV, I get the story, but for me a bit short. Hope there will be longer version.

Many people didn't like the covers. Specially the fonts. Me neither
I made a alternative:

[carenduna]

Ah well, at least there is a segment to the PV where they are dancing and looking happy... that's what I enjoy in a PV, so I can then see them in my mind's eye whenever I listen to the song. Blood, death and destruction are not things I like to ponder when relaxing :-/