Let me start by saying that, in my own personal opinion, this PV isn’t bad; it’s simply incredibly dull. The actual editing, angles, clothing, and concept are all a step in the direction of a more modern feel to H!P videos.
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The dumbed down colors are lame, by a large margin, but I’m that’s just from the less than HQ rip. The girls, discounting Rika, all look amazing here. Yui should never stop with this hair style – it evens out her facial features and highly pronounced jaw and makes her face look more proportioned and symmetrical. Erika always rather reminded me of an animal of some kind; not really a bad thing, but she always had this kind of sad-puppy look to her. But the new, long, curly style makes her look like a model, she by far is the star of this PV. She has a gorgeous smile, and she rocks this baby-ish singing style, which is saying something considering I consider them the most vocally impaired non-H!P Kid group.
Rika… well, Rika looks a bit tired, to be honest. It may just be the lighting, which her being very, very tan could have simply washed her out, but I see bags under her eyes, and the short hair still fails to do her any favors. The cute act has become such a habit for her, that she really seems far too practiced next to the other two. The other two aren’t used to playing the role, so it comes across much more natural, but you can almost see Rika calculating each move before it comes. She also has a rather annoying habit of raising her eyebrows for long periods of time when she does the cute thing; she looks very shocked for most of the PV.
The PV is too basic, far too basic. They have a long way to go, but it looks like H!P has finally tried catching up, after the childish affair and embarrassment that was the Onna ni Sachi Are and Koisuru Angel Heart. There are no gimiccy cosplay costumes, just bland, though stylish clothes. The set is lackluster; they should have focused less on closeups and more on the girls dragging clothes from the clothing rack. The title means, basically, Wild Girl Paradise, but they aren’t very wild. I’d like to see them spazzing a bit more in the PV, maybe throwing clothes around or some such. Something besides sweet looks at the camera and shaky head movements. If on a rating system, I’d probably give it a 6.5/10. Close, but no cigar.
No offense, but isn’t that the “Pink Version” you’re talking about?
That it is, actually, but at the time, it was thought it was the official version XD It seems to be the one their advertising with, at least…