[PV/Preview] Mano Erina - Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo

[Shoujo Q]

Good quality Radio Preview on YouTube

This is her fourth major single this year if anyone is keeping count. I am apparently.



The single comes out September 30th in four versions.



Regular Version

Limited Editions

Type A w DVD

Type B w DVD

Type C



Single Videocomes out October 7th



Mano decides to slow it down a notch. I wonder if she'll stay behind the piano this time for this?

But the big question is, will the covers all be close up face shots again? <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /crazy.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whatthe:' />





Edit : PV Added - Dohhh Up!

[Ap2000]

I'm just going to quote the last comment on the youtube video:



"Oh my God, this is really amazing. Her voice sounds better than I have ever, ever heard it, and... wow. I really, really love this. It really does have a Christmas-y feel to it, doesn't it? I think it's absolutely lovely. ;w; <333`" - mecchagyaru



...and now, think of the exact opposite.

Another really boring song from her.

I really can't see why she's popular, looking good won't keep me entertained for so long, especially if you always look the exact same.

[EmEl]

[quote name='Ap2000' post='67155' date='Aug 10 2009, 05:14 PM']"Oh my God, this is really amazing. Her voice sounds better than I have ever, ever heard it, and... wow. I really, really love this. It really does have a Christmas-y feel to it, doesn't it? I think it's absolutely lovely. ;w; <333`" - mecchagyaru



...and now, think of the exact opposite.[/quote]

So, by "exact opposite", you're trying to say that your main feeling about the song is that you don't think it has a Christmas-y feel to it?

[Special Needs Tricycle]

I like this a lot. The verse parts at least. It sounds like something Matsuda Seiko would sing. In a good way. I don't really like the chorus where it speeds up. :x



And she sounds to be getting a lot better at singing. That's always a good thing.

[tsukinobyouin]

I guess she's getting a little better at singing, she doesn't sound quite as robotic as she used to. Still bores me to tears though. I could probably get into her if they gave her songs similar to the ones they stuck her in with C-ute and Berryz on the cover album, stuff with a little bit of personality to it.

[BeForJess]

^ Ai wa Katsu that she did with C-ute was the best thing she's done, IMO.



She is steadily getting better, but I like the stronger, less breathy voice she had on the C-ute and Berryz group songs.



This song, like most of her stuff, bores me, but it is nice to see her improving.

[Cyrene]

This song reminds me of something Miyoshi Chinatsu would sing (at least, the slower part of this song). The only difference is that she's a good singer and Erina seems to be...lacking in the vocal department. Though she does sound better in here than she has in the past. I will give her that!



So yeah, this song is boring and I don't think a fun PV can come from it.

[Ian905]

I can't wait to get this single and hear the B-side.



I really love all her songs, except for Lalala Sososo. And I'm not CRAZY about Sekai Wa Summer Party, but I don't skip it when I get to it in my winamp playlists.

[tsukinobyouin]

[quote name='PQ' post='67141' date='Aug 10 2009, 07:23 AM']But the big question is, will the covers all be close up face shots again? <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /crazy.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='=3=' />[/quote]



Yup.

[EmEl]

Well, it's slightly better this time. It's zoomed out a little, you know.



God, at least give her a prop or something.

[Shoujo Q]

PV up on Dohhh UP!



Watch it for your s/mileage fix, I mean Mano fix. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... stling.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':P' />

[EmEl]

I think I kinda liked it. The song, of course, doesn't lend itself to an exciting video, but at least the atmosphere of the set and camera shots had an interesting feel. The last two videos of hers were shot with an annoyingly blinding bright filter or something, so this at least doesn't go that road (I didn't expect it would).



But mostly I'm distressed by the lack of animals. Last time we had a parakeet, before that there was a turtle and a fish, and before that there was a, uh, flower. But this time, we get a book.

[Madara]

Someone please answer a question about Erina Mano:

Why are there so many different "versions" of every single she's released? There are at least four CDs for every single, plus a Single V. Is she that big in Japan that people are buying all of her releases?

Check out her page on CDJapan:



http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search3.html?q=er...core&media=



Quite a line of product for someone who's done so little.



Why doesn't she just put out an album?



I find some of her stuff painfully simple and catchy, to the point where I would buy an album of hers and listen to it when I'm in the mood for that sort of thing. But I have no intention of buying any of her singles. I can wait for an album.

[aine]

[quote name='EmEl' post='67827' date='Aug 24 2009, 07:07 PM']But mostly I'm distressed by the lack of animals. Last time we had a parakeet, before that there was a turtle and a fish, and before that there was a, uh, flower. But this time, we get a book.[/quote]







This has suddenly become very deep and insightful.

[Shoujo Q]

[quote name='Madara' post='67831' date='Aug 24 2009, 04:04 PM']Someone please answer a question about Erina Mano:

Why are there so many different "versions" of every single she's released? There are at least four CDs for every single, plus a Single V. Is she that big in Japan that people are buying all of her releases?

Check out her page on CDJapan:



http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search3.html?q=er...core&media=



Quite a line of product for someone who's done so little.



Why doesn't she just put out an album?



I find some of her stuff painfully simple and catchy, to the point where I would buy an album of hers and listen to it when I'm in the mood for that sort of thing. But I have no intention of buying any of her singles. I can wait for an album.[/quote]



She'll put an album out at the end of the year for sure. All the singles and stuff, that's just the agency's way of pushing her and getting her established so people will WANT to buy the album.



I want an Andy Warhol inspired cover for her Album release. It's not TOO much to ask for is it?

[BeForJess]

^^ Hmmm....

mano.jpg

Creeps me out.

[Tsuki]

Looks like she's about to cut something I might miss.

[EmEl]

[quote name='Madara' post='67831' date='Aug 24 2009, 03:04 PM']Someone please answer a question about Erina Mano:

Why are there so many different "versions" of every single she's released? There are at least four CDs for every single, plus a Single V. Is she that big in Japan that people are buying all of her releases?[/quote]

Because for every wota that will buy every version of a single just because it's there, that's 4 times the amount sold. I mean sure, there are probably some who buy dozens of copies of the same thing to win the event lottery ticket thing, but I think it's a method to get fans who want every variant version.



I'm sure her modest first-week sales numbers of 15000-20000 per single would be quite a bit lower otherwise.

[EmEl]

This single has the weirdest daily charts on Oricon.



6, 9, 7, 8, 8, 1



I'll just assume a bunch of people heard about her from the Hello Kitty announcement.

[Special Needs Tricycle]

Oh wow, #1?



C-ute took #1 for a day during Everyday Zekkouchou too (And over Kouda Kumi!). WHAT'S UP NOW BERRYZ.