Because they were really cool.

Cheers from Austin!

Normally I don't like reactors who try and interpret the lyrics and stuff. Usually it's "no, it's not that at all, it's this, can't you see that". Whereas with you it's "no it's not that. The camera guy is just trying to make the artist seem more dynamic by moving the camera as if they are on a rocking ...ship... relationship..., damn why didn't I see that." Take my like, I got my money's worth in this reaction.

Suki Lie (Love Lie) is all about romantic betrayal...once again the pronunciation is flexible and at the beginning AG! sing " Suki kirai" which means "Love Hate". I get the feeling that this is one of AG!'s most personal songs and is probably based on some real events because it has a lot of passion. Thanks for reacting to the dance video because it highlights AG!'s ability to tell a story with dance.

The drums that Geisha no Kanojo plays from the beginning of the song are

This is just pure genius 👍

Rather, I think that Moaning Mirtle is a Hanako type of situation... this is a 1950's Japanese ghost story. Great analysis, again.

This entire video is a major flex and social commentary boy Chanmina is different. She's a real one.

Enjoyed your thoughts on the lyrics...

Interesting take. I don't really agree though. IMO she just rattled off a bunch of feminist stereotypes about toxic masculinity and then claimed that she deals with anger INFINITELY more than the Hulk (not just a lot more, but INFINITELY) because of things like "cat calling" or know it all men (as if women are never know it alls)? That's ridiculous. Banner's entire life revolved around controlling his anger. This show was just another tiresome feminist soapbox. As the feminist trope always does, the woman starts out almost perfect and her problem to overcome is that she doesn't believe in how great she is because men are holding her back. Once I hear that garbage, I am pretty much out.

細切れにMVをとめたり戻ったり何がしたいのかよくわからない

考え過ぎ😂ホルモンの歌詞にそんな深い意味なんかないよ！

音楽やビジュアルがすごすぎるせいか詩の世界まで深く味わってくれるリアクター少ないんです 楽しい分析でした！

SHIMI 🔥🤘💥 Legendary MtH feat. my favorite free spirited AG! Kudos MtH and AG! What an epic collaboration! Love Atarashii Gakko!'s versatility. They are never afraid to try new things and never let themselves be boxed in one style or genre only. New School indeed!

It’s always fun watching you enjoy another AG video. I do get a touch of cringe when I realize, “Oh no! He’s really going to attempt to decipher the meaning of these lyrics on the fly, slogging through the poor subtitles, lack of context, passing familiarity with the genre and in spite of the likelihood that the lyricist themselves would probably be embarrassed to have the lyrics read aloud in a quiet, rational tone of voice as you do. As always, you do a fine job, making reasonable and satisfying sense of the chaos. You also banged your head vigorously, as Suzuka commanded us all to do, showing you have a true grasp of the deepest meaning of the video. One fun detail in the choreography which is easy to miss: at the end of both Suzuka’s and Kanon’s solos, they thrust their fists under their shirts and thump it about like a feverishly beating heart - and so it is. However, in the behind the scenes videos they did with MtH, it’s clear that in addition to being a gesture of pent-up metal emotion, it originated in a sight gag on the name of the song, Shimi, or Stain. It’s the move that you make when you spill spaghetti sauce on your favorite blouse and reach for the Woolite. Something Maximum the Hormone and AG have in common, they both know how to put a smile on the face of the apocalypse.

AG has metal fans not because of this song but because of their style and substance. Shimi just reinforces it. Maximum the Hormone is a legendary band with a totally unique style. They are a deep rabbit hole as is the band who formed as middle schoolers covering their songs, Hanabie. Now Hanabie is gaining loads of fans world wide as well.

Glad to really see a lyrical breakdown on this. The AG collab works so well for the tone of it and how increasingly optimistic the lyrics slowly get as it goes on and commits to that idea of discarding the spiritual stains, with Kanon's quiet gracefulness really bridging between the deep raw vocals of Shizuka and Nao's firm mature style at the end. Real turning point lyrically is Ryo's section after Kanon's, and Rin's rap section. The progression of the imagery is really on point for this too. The small torii gate inside the filthy hallway MtH plays in, the shimenawa ropes hanging between smokestacks are a real beautiful display of contrasting traditional spiritualism with industrial/urban decay. The imagery changes as the lyrics change in tone throughout the song are really on point too. When AG are running through the outdoor hall, it's the first bit of blue sky we see, with AG on the edge of the urban scenery, flanked on one side by trees and brush, followed by Kanon's vocal segment that adds the traditionally garbed dancers and the piano, notably covered in ofuda, then the shamisen and flutes leading into Rin's verse. After Rin's rap is the first time we see MtH's members outside, dancing in the street in front of the large torii gate, and Nao's vocal segment takes place on the roof of a shrine that forms in the air above the stained urban sprawl. In the final segment of both groups singing together, the shrine remains in the sky, and behind it behind the streams of smoke we can see blue sky and light wispy clouds.

That lady at the end is Nao, MtH's drummer.

Great analysis!

Atarashii Gakko is the medicine for the itch! From what I hear MtH is obsessed with karma in this video and in general. You seem to be on point with your take.

Shimi is an old MTH song and this strikes me as a collaboration of different styles of music and also generations, but not vastly different attitudes. It works so well because the original version of Shimi had the slower more melodic parts sung by MTH's drummer Nao, so substituting AG! sounds natural - Nao is the woman in the kimono singing the final melodic part. AG! add some pop, rapping and dancing and some pretty awesome headbanging. The lyrics are pretty negative, but the ending actually feels pretty optimistic with AG! and MTH singing toigether.

Finding this is the first vid I've seen from you but instantly subbing because I think this is the fastest I've seen a reactor just immediately hit on the full message of a song like this.

Screw the lyrics man we can hear them, just enjoy the music.

Great review. Thanks

Basketball players. Toronto Raptors ❤

Do their song "FIRST" you will not be disappointed.

I always thought at the end of the video, Suzuka was the ghost who was running with the living people, but when she got near the light, she realized that she couldn't follow them.

You don't need to go line by line

Check out the new Maximum the Hormone/Atarashii Gakko MV for Shimi. Best collab of the year. Be warned, it is very metal.

Just in time for Halloween season!

It is emily Armstrong, and she is great, so happy that linkin park is back ❤❤❤

To understand the song you need to understand that "별별별" (the title of the song) have two meanings, stars and weirdos. NMIXX was criticized by haters for being different to other idol groups (being weirdos) and they might have frequently got told that they should have done things this or that way ("square box" in the lyrics). So, this song is basically their response to those criticisms that they know they're weirdos but they are proud of it and don't care what other people say (stereotype) because they are stars (shine in the dark) and it's their time to rebel and go higher. The "see that" simply means they want haters to see that they've slain the stereotypes time and time again. They also want haters to follow and stick with NMIXX and they will get absorbed deeper and deeper. But you've got most parts. FYI, I'm not a Korean speaker but I've done my research well. Lol

Have you also seen NMIXX in Tiny desk Korea? it's a masterclass!!!

i usually never comment on videos but i loved your interpretation of the song and your thoughts on the video, if you’re still interested in learning more about them i recommend their other song “Otomodachi” their whole concept is retro horror and they’re produced and formed by Ado, Japan’s #1 female singer! thanks for reacting to them and keep up the great work!!

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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.