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You take a song about realizing mature love and turn it into a song about an unhealthy relationship. What a buzzkill. /s You're probably right on some level though. Great reaction! If you want to try a positive Fujii Kaze song that you can in no way spoil, try "Matsuri", both live and MV are bliss.

check out sunburn by fuel bad day and hemmorage are also both top tier. such a underrated band. i grew up to my parents listening to them and still listen to them today now as a 28 year old father myself! your also literally the only shimmer reaction video on youtube btw, ive searched for hours with different searchs

Lyrics of Itadaki Mandy and Sunday is just word play with Japanese and English. Nonjapanese peaple can’t understand . Don’t take it so seriously. I choose you over three meals a day is Japanese idiom commonly used to talk about something people like no matter what.

Suggest you watch the official video with the captioned lyrics.

This is the theme song for a Japanese series about young women at a school who are into video games (viewed as not ladylike). The lyrics about dying make sense when thought of as a video game). The lyrics relay the tension players feel when losing a game after getting close to winning.

As always, the unpredictable AG! slays with impressively energetic performance with a song that has very relevant message.🔥🤘 Better to watch their official mv also to have a complete feel of this dynamic song. Thank you for another great reaction video. For a little twist, you might want to react to the official music videos of their songs Hanako and Suki Lie.

AG! have been starting concerts with this recently because of it's high energy and I love it for the insane guitar and Kanon's and Mizyu's dance breakdown in the middle. I think the lyrics have a common AG! theme of being strong and not letting life's difficulties overwhelm you. Any reference in song lyrics to a "battlefield" always remind me of Pat Benatar

I love that you took the time to research the lyrics since this version doesn’t have subtitles. Ironically, I think the lyrics in this case aren’t to be taken too seriously. Song credit goes to Kenta Matsukuma, a prolific producer for the WACK label (now defunct?), which is known for their “anti-idol” groups, like BiS and BiSH (which is said to stand for Brand-new Idol Shit). I’m not knowledgeable enough to explain, or even understand what “anti-idols” are, but in this case, I sense that the whole concept of the song is “What would it be like if adorable Atarashii Gakko! were to do a really heavy song with intense music and loaded with dark teenage angst?” Of the three MVs they put out for this song, this is my favorite. It was done in the same town and with the same director that they did the “official” MV, which has them dancing/cavorting/emoting around the picturesque and sleepy seaside town of Tottori. That MV uses bucolic imagery and video effects in homage of the Beastie Boys’ “So Watcha Want” video to play with the gap between the wholesome natural setting and the existential distress of the music. As great as the official video is, this stripped down video, shot in the very everyday setting of the empty shopping mall offers the same sense of irony, but let’s us focus on their dancing, which is impeccable, original and fun. They each do solo turns which play off their individual personas: Suzuka - punk; Rin - tough and street; Mizyu - playful and pixie-like; Kanon - elegant and graceful. The real moment is the one you paused on, where they dramatically twirl their arms around in a style called Wotagei. This is a style practiced and performed by avid and disciplined fans of certain types of idol groups, usually using glowsticks for dramatic affect. In an interview, they said that Kanon did the research on it and came back to the group with ideas. If KZbin comments are to be believed, even Wotagei fans are impressed with what they’ve done. Bonus point: for a good thirty seconds or so, there’s a little dark shape scurrying around the sign in the foreground on the right. Jury is still out on whether it’s a mouse or a windblown leaf.

Seishun Wo Kirisaku Hado is to me the perfect balance of early AG’s more jazz, drum, piano and guitar sound (Koi Geba, Dokubana, Saisyu Jinrui) and newer AG sound like (Pineapple Kryptonite, Change or Nainainai). Of course add in one of my favorite choreography (only like Koi Geba better myself) and you get a banger of a song. Great breakdown as always.

Sorry that you found it boring and did not enjoy it. it was me that suggested it. There is dichotomy between the beautiful soft melody and the lyrics which are kinda wild. 😂. Sorry again.

I always enjoy watching your ATARASHII GAKKO reaction videos because there are so many details that you observed and explained that other reactors usually don't notice. Thanks for reacting to Tokyo Calling and looking forward for more AG! contents. You might like to react on one of their hit songs Seishun Wo Kirisaku Hado.

Forgot to add in my comment that this is the theme song to the movie “What if Tokugawa Ieyasu was to become Prime minister”. Ieyasu was a shogun whose line ruled Japan for years. He was the last of the 3 great unifiers of Japan. It’s as if George Washington time traveled to the present day and became president again. The official music video for this song has subtitles in English and its theme is that Japanese people and by extension Japanese culture, needs to change. Even though the movie is probable a little silly and cheesy by western standards, I suspect it also has moments of great pathos and sadness. I kinda want to see it

Good observations. I think part of the lives is short segment is also about how people especially in Japan need to work all these jobs to survive and are working dead end/physically exhausting jobs. Atarashii gakko songs can have these deeper meanings despite the catchy pop rhythms

I really like your approach to reactions, pausing to point out the humor, and also to try to dig a little to get at the meaning, something that is worth doing with Atarashii Gakko. They combine the silly and the serious in a very unusual way. You did a great job of analyzing this one on the fly. As the “Power Ranger” types (apparently more inspired by certain characters from the Ultraman series), they are raising the alert about the malaise afflicting Tokyo (and the rest of the modern world). The alert summons AG in their giant goddess form, who, as you say, disrupts the status quo and inspires the populace with their spirit bomb. You got the important ironic point that switching jobs to “do what they love” didn’t solve their problem. They really had to change their attitude. There’s also a bit of wordplay to the song which doesn’t work in English, and that’s that Tokyo Calling is pronounce the same as Tokyo Korin, which would mean “descent on Tokyo”, as by monsters, but also as by gods, goddesses or other supernatural beings. Now, if only we could suss out the deep hidden meaning of Suzuka’s tongue gymnastics!

Thank you for noting the excellence of their posing acumen. They just don’t usually get the credit they deserve for that.

Can you react to Hanako by Atarashii Gakko please

Excellent reaction. I can see you’re actually watching and appreciating what they are doing. The AG songs from 2018-2021 need to be on your watchlist to understand their talent and growth. Keep it up and your subscribers will definitely grow.

As USA usual you did a superb job analyzing the performance. Still waiting for your Koi Geba mv analysis as it is a great, song, storytelling and commentary on society as well. I am off to find another live for you as they do kill it live. This is from a Covid livestream the whole performance is what made me a fan. Here is Mayoeba Toutoshi with English subtitles. They absolutely give it all when they perform: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ7Raop4e6egjqMsi=FekJj27xag8ZAHCt

ただ曲に合わせて踊っているだけではない、曲が始まって終わるまで一緒に旅をしているように感じるっていうコメントに、とても納得しました。

Great detailed analysis! There is so much going on in their performances. For another high energy song I would recommend Seishun wo kirisaku hado. Another artist you might want to check out is Fuji Kaze His live version of Shinunoga E-wa is so beautiful and mesmerizing. I would love to hear your thoughts. it’s the live version at Nippon Budokan

Wow, you did an on point and detailed analysis! Thank you for noticing even the minor details that make this AG!'s performance an amazing one. These talented ladies always give their 100% commitment and energy. I salute and admire them so much for that. Btw, please check out their newly posted CHANGE dance practice. For sure, you'll see more awesome and important details there. AG! One of a kind!🌟🌟🌟🌟 SUZUKA!🔥💖

Great reaction to a great group. I love your analysis and how you express what you see and what the group, performance and song make you feel.

Dude, you don't need to explain yourself, it's all good. Just like AG. Some of the subtle things they do are really creative and easily missed.

Check out XG Move. This is where they go all out with their dance skills.

AlphaZ on deck!👊🐺✌️

More XG please. 😊

This is their alien interpretation of human fashion!😂 And they revealed their alien superpowers! Juria, teleportation, Jurin, time control, Maya, mind control, etc

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Thanks for the reaction. I love Twice ❤

i had just broke up with a girl when this song first hit and when i would hear it on the radio📻🔊 🎶for a while my eyes would start watering up thinking about her.🥺

If you watch enough of their dance videos (and some of their non-dance stuff as well) you'll see they can all bend back and touch the floor with their heads without the use of hands. Not just great dancers but superb athletes and acrobats as well.

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Great reaction video! AG! One of a kind! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 SUZUKA 💖 Please check out their newly posted live performance of CHANGE. This is another impressive original soundtrack of an epic Japanese movie.

Damn dude you just keep releasing these get well thought out reactions, much appreciated.

You mentioned that many of their songs sound like anime intros - well in this case, that could be because this is the theme song for a TV show. That also sheds some light on the lyrics as well, because it’s a cop show called something like “Inspector Demon God”, about a vigilante detective who takes justice into his own hands when he sees the legal system letting criminals go unpunished. The title of the song can be read as “upright person” or “evil person”, highlighting the moral ambiguity of the lead character in the show. AG likely had little input into the song itself, but like everything they do, they make it their own. They are alternately judging gods and writhing condemned spirits, with a little bit of hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil thrown in. There are two other versions of this song, not counting live versions: a studio choreography version, and drone-shot choreography version they did at the same location as this one. As usual, their stripped down, “just the dance” versions are compelling.

Great reaction! I like that you actually try to analyze the video, the group, and the lyrics (when many a reactor only go as far as repeating formulaic phrases that are common places to all reactors). Great job!

AG are all trained dancers, but I think Kanon has the best technique, closely followed by Mizyu. I agree with your comment about them not having strong egos, even though they all have very distinct and strong personalities. In fact they've talked about putting the group first and I think Mizyu took a step back early on when Suzuka's personality and strong voice made her a natural focus. Suzuka has also talked about the other three helping her through some issues a couple of years ago. AG! have grown up in a world full of social media so I interpret the song as calling out the trolls and conspiracy theorists who hide behind the anonymity of a keyboard. A couple of times they even mime typing. At the end they use their bodies to spell out Maningen (マ人間). I'm looking forward to the live reviews as that's where AG! really stand out from most other groups.

In the Saisyu Jinrui video, Kanon goes from lying flat on her back to standing up straight. Even at my youngest and most flexible I couldn't do that.

Very good reaction, AG! you are the best

They will change the world

Thanks for checking out Dreamcatcher's Justice!

AG, as well as XG, are loves of mine. Nice "Woke Up" reference thrown in there. I will say-- probably echoed here already-- but AG is best seen live. They are incredible live performers. And Suzuka is probably one of the best front women in music right now regardless of genre.

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Psychedelics huh? Man of culture, I see.